Mama Elephant April Stampede

April 15, 2020

Mama Elephant April Stampede

Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!

Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!

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Hello friends! I am so happy to be back this month stampeding along with Mama Elephant and their amazing design team!!! I have an over the top adorable card to share with you today featuring the new Boba Shaker Combo Creative Cuts.

To create my card, I began by die cutting the pieces that I wanted to use for my shaker boba tea from Bristol Smooth Cardstock for the bottom of the cup, acetate and vellum for the cup topper, patterned paper for the straw, and white cardstock for the boba and whipped topping. I wanted to make a pretty lime green color for my tea so I ink blended Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Lucky Clover Distress Inks onto the Bristol Cardstock and then flicked water droplets on it to give the drink a textured look. For the whipped topping, I used Copic Markers to color it and then added Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard for a sweet sugary look. I also colored the boba using Copic Markers. I then assembled my pieces to create the shaker using adhesive foam that I die cut using the Boba Tea Creative Cuts set, added tiny clear sequins, the boba, and voila! The cutest boba tea that you ever did see! Haha!

It just wouldn't be right not to include an adorable critter into the mix, so I used the adorable bear from the Book Buddy Bear and Dog Creative Cuts set. I sponged on some Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink to give the bear a rounded appearance. For the crown, I pulled out my Favor Bag Accessory Cat Creative Cuts and die cut the crown from yellow cardstock. I added Glossy Accents to the eyes and nose for some sweet shine and to make the eyes really pop.

To frame the scene, I used the Framed Tags - Madison Avenue Creative Cuts set and die cut the frame from white cardstock two times. I then layered the two pieces to make the frame more substantial and adhered it to my card front. The sweet little hearts are die cut from red cardstock using the Basic Set Creative Cuts set with a little more of the Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard on top.

To finish off the design, I die cut the heart from the Pocket Envie Creative Cuts set from pink cardstock. I used Candied Apple Distress Ink and sponged the edges of the heart. I then embossed the sentiment from the new Boba Tea Stamp Set with white embossing powder. To draw even more attention to the die cut design, I took a white gel pen and drew some shine marks here and there.

Thank you so much for visiting with me today! Please be sure to stampede along with us to see what the design team has created to share with you. There is also a chance to win! To find out how, read on below for details. I will be back soon with more projects from the April Release from Mama Elephant. Stay safe and healthy!

Mama Elephant Products Used:

Boba Tea Stamp Set

Boba Shaker Combo Creative Cuts

Pocket Envie Creative Cuts

Basic Set Creative Cuts

Favor Bag Accessory Cat Creative Cuts

Book Buddy Bear and Dog Creative Cuts

Framed Tags - Madison Avenue Creative Cuts

Check out the rest of the hop for amazing inspiration from our Design Team!

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is picking 3 winners to win their choice of stamp set! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

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