Mama Elephant - Hello Pandas

Today is the last day for the Mama Elephant Color Challenge, so I saved the best for last. This is my favorite card I think I have ever made, so I thought it would be a great way to end the challenge. 

I knew I wanted to play with the Mini Distress Inks Cubes again. This time, I used Peacock Feathers, Broken China and Evergreen Bough. I put swatches of these on my craft mat, misted them, placed a piece of watercolor paper in in, and kept repeating the process (heat setting in between) until I was happy. After it was completely dry, I cut out a speech bubble using Speech Trio Creative Cut dies.

I knew I wanted dimension, so I cut the Hello Script Creative Cut out of Neenah Solar White cardstock six times. I glued them on top of each other, using Tombow Mono Multi Glue, creating a thick die cut. This would give me the dimension I wanted, without having to cut up tiny foam squares. :)

I liked that look so much, I repeated it with the pandas. I stamped two of the large pandas from Pandamonium and die-cut them using the coordinating Pandamonium Creative Cuts. I cut five more of each design out of Neena Solar White, and glued them in a stack, the same way as the hello cut.

After assembling the card, it was missing something...so using the scraps of the watercolor paper from the speech bubble, I cut out two Dainty Bows and created a bow time for the boy and a hair bow for the girl  (I did end up cutting the tails on the girl's bow, so they wouldn't get in her eyes.)

Too cute!

Materials Used:

Mama Elephant: Speech Trio Creative Cuts, Hello Script Creative Cuts, Pandamonium stamps set and coordinating Pandamonium Creative Cuts, Dainty Bow Creative Cuts

Ranger Distress Ink Mini Cubes: Peacock Feathers, Broken China and Evergreen Bough

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Watercolor Paper

Mama Elephant - Thanks

I have enjoyed the Mama Elephant Color Challenge, and have loved all the cards I have created. I have two more cards created for the challenge. The first is below.

I recently got all the Distress Ink Mini Cubes. I've been wanting to try Distress Inks, but never have gotten any, because I knew if I got one color, I would want them all. The Mini Cubes were the perfect solution. I could get a lot of colors with a smaller investment.

Using Versamark, I stamped the Thanks greeting with heart accent from the Mama Elephant Stitches stamp set, on watercolor paper. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I got out my Ranger Craft Mat, and laid out patches of color on the mat, in Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Scattered Straw. I misted the ink with water, and then dipped my stamped paper into it. I repeated this several times (heat setting between), until I was happy with the results.

I knew I wanted it to be a shaker card, but didn't want a plain front, so I went through my cardstock and found the perfect sheet. The B Side of the PrintShop Framed, by Studio Calico was absolutely perfect...it had the right colors, the appearance of stitched lines, and an awesome greeting. :)

After assembling the card, I wanted something extra, to fill the white space. I stamped one of the spools on a sheet of Woodland Whimsy (also from the Studio Calico Printshop collection). I wrapped it with some of my hand-dyed twine and attached it to the card with foam adhesive and some dabs of Glossy Accents to keep the twine in place.

I absolutely adore this card. I can't want for the perfect occasion to mail it to someone!

Materials Used:
Mama Elephant Stitches stamp set
Studio Calico Printshop Collection: Woodland Whimsy, Framed
Mini Distress Ink Pads: Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Scattered Straw
Clear Acetate
Various Sequins
Hand-dyed Twine