Hey you guys! Today is a very special day! You see, my sweet friend Kryssi is launching the grand opening of a new stamp company that she started with a friend: Mama Elephant!
Mama Elephant is owned and operated by two childhood friends from NYC. We are so happy to bring the collaboration of our aesthetics to Mama Elephant! Our stamps are designed with card makers and scrapbookers in mind! Our stamps are carefully curated to provide optimal versatility with a wide variety of styles – cute, whimsical, bold, graphic, and fun!
And when she sent the PDFs of the stamps to pick from for the hop of course I loved them ALL! It was so hard to chose just one. But THIS set? Oh my this Good Times set? Oh. Em. Gee!
First up, I made a window card with the Oh. Em. Gee. message. I kept it super clean and simple to keep the emphasis on the message. Check it out!
And here’s the inside! Just a little washi goes a long way here!
Next up, I *had* to play with the balloons. I wanted to see if the outline would line up with the solid balloons — knowing Krissy, I figured that it would! And once again I wanted to make a clean and simple card — this card has no layers!
Here’s a little trick that I discovered while playing with these — don’t ask me why, but when I stamped the outline first and then the solid over top I had no troubles lining them up! No need for a stamp positioner, woo!
To ground everything, I used my new mini scoring tool to make a line for the figures to stand on. Fun. And I discovered that pencil matches perfectly with soft granite, too! And the darling little bows just add the finishing touch.
That’s not all — I had to make one more card with this fun message — totally cracks me!
Ha! Too funny.
Now then, stampede on over to the next blogger in the hop: the super fabulous Joy Taylor! Be sure to leave comments all along the hop to WIN prizes!
You should have arrived here via Kryssi’s blog, sugarbuffet. Here’s the whole list below. And you can always start at the beginning at the Mama Elephant blog! There’s so many talented stampers in the lineup — don’t miss a single stop on the hop! And then! Visit Mama Elephant again tomorrow for Day 2 of the Stampede with a whole new lineup of artists! WOO! :)
- Teri Anderson
- Cheiron Brandon
- Kalyn Kepner
- Karolyn Loncon
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kryssi Ng
- Lisa Spangler <– you are here :)
- Joy Taylor
- Vera Yates
- Alice Wertz
And that’s not all! Kryssi is having a grand opening sale! Woo! Receive 10% off the whole store with coupon code GRANDOPEN for 2 days. Start shopping right HERE and pick up the Good Times set that I used HERE.
Happy stampeding, and good luck to you, Kryssi and Angela! And thanks again for including me in the grand celebration! Hugs! xo
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Oh, Em, Gee I’m lovin these cards. Fantastic. Luv Sandie
Your cards are darling! I love this new stamp line–all the sets are keepers! Thank you for sharing!
That card phrase cracked me up too! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
Wonderful cards! TFS =)
Cute cards! Love the color combinations you chose!
Your cards are so gorgeous! love, love them all. I love the clean and simple style yet captures the fun part of card making. The recipient will surely love them too.
I absolutely love all of your cards here. Wonderful!!
Lisa, these cards are so awesome!! Love your style! :)
Love,love your cards! I have to have this stamp set.
Oh Em Gee, I love it.
I am loving these fun new sentiments! Awesome cards!
I absolutely love your cards! And I’m really loving this stamp set – I wish there were more “funny” sentiments out there. It pleases the sarcasm monster in me. :)
I super LOVE what you’ve done!!!!!
these are all sooooo cute! love the fun messages, super sweet images, and great colors you used!! :)
He, he! I just commented on the wrong posting! All of these cards are perfect Lisa! I love them all!
These are all fantasic! You showcased this set beautifully! I love the last card especially!
Love the balloons!!!! so cute!
Wow I just love what your create…how did you make that adorable window on the first? and the last is just amazing with the kraft!
Hi Mary-Anne! Glad you like! To make the window, I stamped “Oh. Em. Gee.” on the front of the notecard, then I used a circle punch to punch 2 circles on either side of the message. Then I used a ruler and a craft knife to cut the cardstock away from between the circles. Takes longer to type than it does to do ha ha! Hope that helps!
love your cards, what a fun sentiment set, very hip and modern
These are so fun, I really love the cut out on the first one.