It's okay to not be okay

Hi there,

I created this sweet Shelf Card for Mennys Bastelshop using the Mama Elephant It's okay, Little Shelf and Little Shelf Accessories sets:

• stamp lots of images and the sentiment from the Mama Elephant It's okay, Little Shelf and Little Shelf Accessories sets with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• add strips of patterned paper to the left and right side of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Bunny

Hi there,

I created this card for Mennys Bastelshop using the Mama Elephant Lil Birthday Docket and the Mama Elephant Docket Lil Banners:

• cut out two banners using the Mama Elephant Docket Lil Banners - one from colored cardstock and one from patterned paper
• stamp one of the bunnies from the Mama Elephant Lil Birthday Docket set with Lawn Fawn Jet Black
• color the image with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Brilliance Thyme onto a strip of colored cardstock and ink up the edges with Distress Ink Peeled Paint 
• create a background using kraft cardstock, the Pinkfresh Studio Hexagon Tile Cover Plate and splatters of watered-down Distress Paint

Have a colorful day.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 8

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. This is the last set.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the Mama Elephant Happy Hedgehog, the Lawn Fawn Dandy Day, the Mama Elephant Dandelion Wishes and the My Favorite Things Next to you sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

I hope you enjoyed this little series.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 7

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's continue.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards and the Lawn Fawn Silly Goose sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

I hope you will join me again next week for the final set of cards.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 6

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's continue.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the Lawn Fawn Berry Special, the Lawn Fawn Garden Mouse, the Lawn Fawn Veggie Happy and the Lawn Fawn I love you Mower sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Spring Happiness

Hi there,

it's Inspiration Week over at Mennys Bastelshop and this week our topic is "Interactive". I used the Mama Elephant Deliver Spring Happiness on my project:

• stamp the image from the Mama Elephant Deliver Spring Happiness set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils 
• create a Slider Card using the Heffy Doodle Slider Pop up die set
• create a background using the My Favorite Things Cloud and Grass Edges stencils and Distress Ink Broken China and Bundled Sage
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Distress Oxide Ink Bundled Sage 
• stamp the "Slide Me" from the Lawn Fawn Push Here set with Versafine Arctic and Morning Mist

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 5

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's continue.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the Lawn Fawn Your are Sublime, the Lawn Fawn Shello Friend and the Lawn Fawn Mermaid for you sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 4

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's continue.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the Mama Elephant Rainy Days, the Lawn Fawn Toadally Awesome and the Lawn Fawn Here for you Bear sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 3

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's continue.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the Lawn Fawn Super Star and the Lawn Fawn Upon a Star sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

I hope you got inspired.

Have a wonderful day.

Party Caybara

Hi there,

it's time for our Inspiration Week over at Mennys Bastelshop and this week our topic is "DIY Striped Background". I used the Lawn Fawn Capybaras! stamp set on my project:

• cut out a tag from smooth white cardstock using one of the Mama Elephant Fave Tags
• stamp one of the capybaras and the cake from the Lawn Fawn Capybaras! set with Gina G. Designs Obsidian
• color the image with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• add a striped background made from colored cardstock underneath
• stamp some confetti from the same set with Distress Oxide Ink (Scroched Timber, Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass)
• thread two strands of twine through the hole of the tag

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 2

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's continue.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the My Favorite Things Magical Dragons, the My Favorite Things Magical Friends and the Mama Elephant Dragon Wishes sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Deck of Cards - Set 1

Hi there,

over the next few weeks I would like to show you a project that I created for Mennys Bastelshop together with my so very talented daughter Emily. It was a gift for my son - a deck of cards. I used the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Card die set on each of them combined with different stamp sets from Mama Elephant, My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. Every week I will show you four cards. Let's get started.

• cut out the Mama Elephant Artist Trading Cards from smooth white cardstock
• add color with Distress Oxide Inks
• stamp images from the Mama Elephant Magical Wizards, the Mama Elephant Bewitched and the Lawn Fawn Purrfectly Wicked sets
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• assemble the cards

Hope to see you again next week. 

Hugs,

Make a Wish Snowflake

Hi there,

it's time for our Inspiration Week over at Menny's Bastelshop and this week our topic is "Snowflakes":

• cut out some tags from grass cardstock and patterned paper using the Mama Elephant Fave Tags die set
• stamp the sentiment from the Mama Elephant Mini Messages set with Versafine Clair Portobello
• cut out one of the Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers Large Snowflakes from foiled cardstock
• add a button and some thread in the middle
• thread two strands of natural twine through the hole of the tag

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

1 Set - 2 Cards with Mama Elephant's Little Elephant Agenda

Hi there,

it's time for the Inspiration Week over at Mennys Bastelshop and this week our topic is "1 Set - 2 Cards". I used the Mama Elephant Little Elephant Agenda stamp set on my projects:

• stamp the image from the Mama Elephant Little Elephant Agenda set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out a Lawn Fawn Mini Picture Frame from woodgrain cardstock and a little bow from blue glitter paper
• create a background with patterned paper
• stamp the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Whoosh, Kites! set with Versafine Clair Medieval Blue

• stamp the images from the Mama Elephant Little Elephant Agenda set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• create a background using grass cardstock, an embossing folder and glitter paper
• cut out four little rectangles from dark blue cardstock and add hills cut from grass cardstock
• ink up the hills and the background panel with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs
• stamp the sentiment from the Mama Elephant Celebrating You set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Sending You Hearts

Hi there,

I created this sweet card for Mennys Bastelshop using the Gerda Steiner Designs Li'l Hedgie stamp set:

• stamp the Gerda Steiner Designs Li'l Hedgie with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the image with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• create a background using Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock and an embossing folder
• add white splatters and ink up the edges with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs
• cut out one of the Mama Elephant Paper Hugs sentiments from pink cardstock and add highlights with a white gel pen
• add strips of colored cardstock to the left and right side of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Hello Little Piglet

Hi there,

I created this sweet tag for Mennys Bastelshop using the Mama Elephant Deliver Summer Vibes stamp set:

• stamp the adorable little piglet from the Mama Elephant Deliver Summer Vibes set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the image with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out the Heffy Doodle Tag along from grass and kraft cardstock
• add shading with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso
• add some texture by using an embossing folder
• cut out the Memory Box Hello Daily Script from blue and white cardstock as the sentiment
• thread two strands of twine through the hole of the tag

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Birthday Mice

Hi there,

I created this card using the adorable Lawn Fawn Birthday Mice stamp set for Mennys Bastelshop:

• cut out the box from the Mama Elephant Docket Lil ATC Box from kraft cardstock and three ATCs from smooth white and colored cardstock
• stamp the balloon, confetti and a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Birthday Mice set with Versafine Clair Portobello
• stamp the three mice from the same set with Stellar Ink Black Widow
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils

Have a wonderful day and I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Endless Fun

Hi there,

it's time for the Inspiration Week over at Mennys Bastelshop and this week our topic is "Watercolor/Aquarell". I used the Mama Elephant Falling Leaves stamp set on my project:

• stamp the raccoon from the Mama Elephant Falling Leaves set with Distress Oxide Ink Lost Shadow
• color the image with watercolors
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• add some splatters with watered-down Distress Ink Gathered Twigs
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versafine Vintage Sepia
• layer the watercolor panel onto a piece of kraft cardstock and adhere it to a grass cardstock cardbase

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Succulents

Hi there,

I created this plant lover card for Mennys Bastelshop using the Mama Elephant Little Succulent Agenda stamp set:

• stamp three succulents from the Mama Elephant Little Succulent Agenda set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• add strips of colored cardstock and plywood
• add more strips of colored cardstock to the bottom portion of the card and three little hearts to the upper portion
• stamp the sentiment from the My Favorite Things Beauty of Spring set with Versafine Clair Fallen leaves onto a strip of white cardstock

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Thinking of You-Calyptus

Hi there,

I created this sweet card for Mennys Bastelshop using the Mama Elephant Little Koala Agenda:

• stamp four koalas from the Mama Elephant Little Koala Agenda set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• create a background with the help of colored cardstock, grass cardstock, the Honey Bee Stamps Eyelet Lace embossing folder and the My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 die set
• stamp the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs You're Koalafied set with Versamark onto a strip of colored cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,