Butterfly Reflections, Ink

Hello crafty friends! Today is my last post for this DT term and I am so sad! It has been such an honor to be part of this design team and I had so much fun creating cards for you these past four months! I am so grateful for Vanessa giving me this opportunity and I appreciate all of you for your support and encouragement! *hugs!* For my last card, I have a Happy New Year card featuring Mama Elephant's Me and My Yeti . I have always wanted to try creating a bokeh background and thought it would be the perfect backdrop for the yeti as he rings in the new year. I masked off part of the card and then used a lot of Distress Oxides ( picked raspberry , salvaged patina , cracked pistachio , wilted violet , chipped sapphire , black soot ). Then I stenciled on the bokeh circles with white pigment ink . I cut out the panel with Mama Elephant's Cloud Nine die. I cut out "2022" from silver glitter cardstock and black cardstock using Concord & 9th's Tall Type Numbers . I ...

Hi crafty friends! Peggy here with a cute Christmas card using Mama Elephant stamps and dies. I recently got my hands on the Me and My Yeti stamp set and this is the first card I created with it! Let me show you how I made this card! I started by cutting a panel of sturdy white cardstock roughly the size of the stitched slimline die in the Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics die set. I used Versamark embossing ink to stamp all along the top of the panel. For this I used the Pine and Posy stamp set, but there are many stamp sets with which you could create similar results. I used white embossing powder and a heat tool to emboss my stamping. Next, I used Peacock Feathers , Salvaged Patina and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide to ink blend, leaving the bottom portion of the card fading to white. I used watercolor and metallic watercolor to paint the stamped foliage. I dried the panel with my heat tool and set aside between a heavy book to flatten. If anyone has a better method, please let...

Hi Everyone!  I'm back today sharing with you a super fun and sparkly card for the holidays!  Below is a supply list to help you find all of the goodies I used to create this card. Supply list: Studio Katia Iridescent Stars Pretty Pink Posh 3mm sparkling clear sequins Pretty Pink Posh Friendship confetti mix Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen crystal clear Mama Elephant Me and My Yeti Mama Elephant Me and My Yeti coordinating die Mama Elephant Sentiments from a Yeti  & coordinating die Sizzix Framelites Circle Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Frames We R Memory Keepers Gemstone Embossing folder Black cardstock Pink cardstock Acrylic paint Versafine Onyx black ink Foam squares Foam tape Starting with a piece of black cardstock cut to A2 size, acrylic paints mixed with water (colors used: light pink, pink and violet ) were splattered in a diagonal pattern.  Then the piece was set aside to dry for several hours.  After the background was dry, I used...