Heya! I am super excited to be a guest designer for Mama Elephant this month! I think the world of Kryssi, co-owner of Mama Elephant, so when she asked me to join in the fun I just had to say YES!
We’re having a blog hop AKA stampede to celebrate the release of some awesome new stamps for April! Woo!
Our April release is now live and available for purchase in the store: www.mamaelephant.com.
To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is giving away 3 gift certificates worth $20.00 each to 3 lucky people! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday, April 19th.
Here’s how to qualify to win (leave a separate comment for each):
1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Become a follower of our blog: http://www.mamaelephantblog.com/
3. Like/share us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/mamaelephant
4. Follow/tweet about us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/heymamaelephant
Here are your stops in the stampede:
- Kryssi Ng / Mama Elephant
- Lisa Spangler (guest designer!) <— you are here :)
- Mariana Grigsby
- Lea Lawson
- Alice Wertz
- Elena Roussakis (guest designer!)
- Geralyn Sy
- Savannah O’Gwynn
- Cheiron Brandon
- Pamela Ho (guest designer!)
- Jenn Biederman
- Pearl Lui
- JJ Bolton
For my card today, I used the new Central Park set to make a little horse and buggy springtime scene! Check it:
First, I stamped the skyline in soft granite so that it wouldn’t be too bold. Next I masked off a spot and decided to mist it to make it look like an impressionistic garden. Think Monet would be proud? HA!
Next, I splattered a few drops of mist for the sky to carry the garden up. Then it was just a matter of adding some silver sequins and glitter tape — can’t seem to get enough of them lately!
Thanks so much for joining me today, and thanks again to Kryssi for asking me to be a part of the April release. Now, keep on rollin’ to the majorly talented Mariana Grigsby’s blog — I can’t wait to see what she’s come up with!
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The horse and buggy look right at home trotting through your flower garden!!! Love that!
Monet would most definitely be proud! What a stunning scene you’ve created!
Wow! Love how you misted the flower garden!
Wow, I loooove your misting technique for the garden. That is way cool, I wish I could do stuff like that!
OHHHH! this is SUPER cute!! LOVE the papers and the glitter with the sequins! FUN use of these stamps!!!!
Well, hello there roomie;) Loving your gorgeous card with all the paint splatters and sequins. So happy to see you guesting with Mama Elephant!!!
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing :)
What a gorgeous creation, LOVE the sequins! :)
This is such a fabulous card… loving the buggy with the skyscrapers in the background! TFS!
Such a fun card! Love the spritzes of color!
Love your use of the mists to make your garden!
Fabulous spring time city scene!
Lovely card! I really like the misted garden.
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I did everything you asked above. LOVE your card – the gray city line and the grassy area are beaten by the horse and buggy – they are fabulous!!!
Love the softness of this card, and the foreground is stunning, LOVE how this turned out!
Love your “garden” scene with the horse and buggy!!! Such a fabulous card!
Fabulous card!!! You’ve totally convinced me to get this Central Park set!!
LOVE!!! I’m such a sucker for a good cityscape–the whole card is BOMB, chica!!!
Charming. It reminds me of Central Park.