Sister Act Card Challenges #81

I have a new card for Sister Act Card Challenges. It features the Love Quotes set from Mama Elephant. 

I love these Sister Act challenges because it’s a simple anything goes card only challenge that gives people a platform to share their work. So please feel free to join us a link up a card anytime. 

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Challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge #81: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Marker Pop Challenge #55: Anything Goes with Markers

You Make My World Spin and a Video

This card started off with the inspiration photo at the Mama Elephant and Me challenge. However I’m sure you can tell it kind of took off in a brighter direction quickly. I started with the idea of the tops of the boxes in the photo look like the fireworks from the Mama Elephant Around We Go set. While I was at the Mama Elephant event in NYC they showed us how to use Hero Arts daubers to add color to the fireworks and I wanted to make use of that technique. However I’m cheap and so I use bingo markers from the dollar store. For more on how this card came together check out my video below.

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Challenges:

Mama Elephant and Me: Inspiration Photo

Freshly Made Sketches

The ABC Challenge: Orange

Wherever You Go

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Mama Elephant has a photo inspiration challenge up. I wanted to play with some of the stamps that I got at the ME+KP in NYC event and my new Inktense Pencils. I started by heat embossing the bridge, cloud, and sentiment. I scribbled on a little color with the pencils and then blended it out with water. I pulled my color inspiration from the photo but I am not comfortable with the amount of white space so I let the bold colored panel dominate the card. The stamps I used will be available in a future release from Mama Elephant so I can’t link them. Go check out their fun challenge for your shot at joining the Mama Elephant challenge team!

Mama Elephant You Make My World Spin

Mama Elephant has a photo inspiration challenge up. I wanted to play with some of the stamps that I got at the ME+KP in NYC event. I love the fun fireworks. I added dabs of bingo markers in the middle. Bingo markers from the dollar store can be a good substitute for ore expensive craft daubers like the ones from Hero Arts. Check out more about the bingo daubers on this post. I pulled my color inspiration from the photo but am not comfortable with the amount of white space so I grounded it all with a stamped background panel. The stamps I used will be available in a future release from Mama Elephant so I can’t link them. Go check out their fun challenge for your shot at joining the Mama Elephant challenge team!

Instagram Mini Album

A few weeks ago I took Kelly Purkey’s Insta Moments class as part of ME + KP in NYC. During the class I didn’t actually make the album though because I’m no good at scrapbooking without pictures so I simply made the pages and cover and tucked it away for a later date. The class included a kit full of Mon Ami papers and stickers. Right now you can get a great deal on that collection at Blitsy. This week I sat down with the supplies from class and a package of Basically Bare arrows. I went with the Basically Bare pack because I like to make mini albums quick, easy and cohesive.

I decided I would use a few basic techniques to alter the arrows and make sure that each technique appeared more than once for a cohesive look. I used the Basic Grey Tape Strips from the class to cover two of the arrows. You can see that I easily trimmed and tucked the edges in the photo below. I think covering the chipboard in washi would be even easier.

I decided I would also quickly alter the bare chipboard pieces with Distress Stain. I like using the Distress Stain because it is faster than paint but still vibrant. It’s also super easy to stamp over. I used the Mama Elephant set I got in the workshop as well. Like many of you I get a bit nervous stamping on my only piece of a product and as you can see my stamping wasn’t perfect. Never fear though, just use a thin pen to add in the line. You would never know in the final product. 

I used the same technique and a different Mama Elephant set on this yellow arrow. I love how vibrant the Basically Bare chipboard was when stained. It has a smooth and  more evenly colored surface than a lot of bargain chipboard. It’s also firm enough to result in a crisp stamped image.

I also covered some of the black pieces with patterned paper from the collection. The black didn’t really work in my color scheme but covering chipboard in patterned paper is a super easy way to make custom embellishments that add dimension to a project.

This album chronicles my journey into running for the first time so I’m entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week. The theme is journey.

Mini albums are a great way to tell a longer story and can be super quick if you limit your supplies like I did here. I hope this quick and easy album inspires you to pull out a small grouping of supplies and make fast work of an important story. Remember if you’re in the market for some fabulous Mon Ami papers Blitsy has a great sale on them if you catch it in time.

Simon Says Stamp Take a Picture Challenge

The latest challenge at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog is to use a film/picture theme. My card features Glitz paper and the Mama Elephant We Click stamp set. Simon Says Stamp is as always offering a generous prize so check it out.

Mama Elephant Sketch Challenge 2

I’m participating in the Mama Elephant sketch challenge. I used the We Click set with it’s super trendy camera images. I think that sentiment is perfect for an everyday pick me up card. I stamped the cameras to create a simple pattern at the top and layered on a little strip of the camera paper from Cosmo Cricket’s Twenty Three line to tie it the PP to the stamps.

Mama Elephant Color Challenge 1

I’m not very good with color challenges. I prefer to keep it simple and work with a single paper line but I wanted to share a creation with my Mama Elephant stamps. I have used them before but I don’t get to share much because I’m only home during the daylight on days I don’t have work. So I took advantage of this time off to enter this challenge. I used the colors and it may be hard to notice in the picture but I sprayed the card with glimmer mist to add the glitter element. The stamp set is Believe in Magic. The papers are from my November Paper Made Bakery Kit.