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March is a big birthday month around here!  Just in the immediate family, there’s the 5th, 10th and 15th.  That’s not even touching on all of our friends and extended family!  The fun part is testing out some new designs and techniques on cards!  Here’s the latest project for my Father-in-law’s birthday today.

I found inspiration from a couple of different cards which I came across on Pinterest.

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"Congratulations" with Mama Elephant!

Hi Crafters! It’s Valerie here today; how about some fun with Mama Elephant and MFT Die-namics today?

I absolutely LOVE city skylines and bridges (and I have a soft spot for hot air balloons, too); so when I saw these stamp sets & dies from Mama Elephant, I about died! 

I put them all together and created this beautiful Congratulations card; it can be used for any occasion where you want to Congratulate someone (graduation, new job, retirement,engagement…).

The card is an A2 size (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″). I created the sky with my Ink Blending Tool, and 3 Distress Inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Tumbled Glass, & Salty Ocean.

The beautiful bridge and sentiment are from the Mama Elephant Sightseeing stamp set (I stamped (& heat embossed with gold embossing powder) the bridge onto vellum paper); and the hot air balloon is (stamped & heat embossed with red embossing powder) from the Mama Elephant Sunny Skies stamp set.

The gorgeous skyline is the Mama Elephant Cityscape die. The one-piece Congratulations word die is from the Die-namics Graduation Accents die sety; I painted the word with my Zig Clear Wink of Stella Pen, and then added Glossy Accents to it.

The sequins are Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Cupped Sparkling Clear sequins.

The card base is Bazzill Classic Smooth 8 12″ x 11″ White paper , and I used my Crafter’s Companion Adhesive to adhere almost everything down.

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#happybirthday with Lawn Fawn

Monday already? Sheesh, where did the weekend go?! Well, we might as well start the week off with some cute Lawn Fawn products today

It’s Valerie here on the blog today, and I have a sweet mini using all Lawn Fawn goodies:

#Awesome stamp set

#Awesome die set

Science of Love stamp set

Science of Love die set

So Much To Say stamp set

Let’s Polka 6×6 Petit paper pad

Stitched Scalloped Borders die set

The card base is from a piece of Licorice Twist Bazzil Card Shop Paper

All the images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card paper, and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

The products that gave a nice accent are the Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Pen, Craftkin Bakers Twine Lemonade, and Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear 4mm sequins.

And of course, the standard supplies I use on almost all my projects include:

Apple Pie Acrylic Stamping Block 4in x 5in

Apple Pie Acrylic Stamping Block 3.5in

Crafters Companion Versatile Units that store all my Copic markers

  The Copics I used are:

Bird: Y02, Y06, Y08  / YR04 / BG0000

Birthday Hat: B32, B34, B37 / Y13, Y17

Balloon: R22, R24, R27

Thumbs Up: B32, B34, B37 /C00, C1, C3

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4 Mini's with Avery Elle

Hi! It’s Valerie here today, and I have a cute set of 4 mini’s using Avery Elle’s Red & Goldie stamps & dies!

  I die cut the rectangular fronts of these cards from the MFT Die-namics Pierced Rectangle STAX  dies.

The banners are stamped using Lawn Fawn’s Home Sweet Home stamp set (they have a matching die set, but I don’t have it).

The black stamped images are all stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The floating hearts are stamped with Memento Rose Bud and Memento Bamboo Leaves dye inks.

The patterned papers are all Lawn Fawn’s Let’s Polka 6×6 paper pack.

The Copics I used for all the coloring are:

Card #1

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: E53, E55

Shawl & Tights: Y00, Y02, Y08

Dress: BG000, BG01, BG02

Boots: E13

Card #2

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: E25, E27

Jacket & Socks: RV52, RV55, RV66

Dress & Shoes: C1

Card #3

Bear: E33, E37 / Nose: R22 / Tummy: RV21, RV23

Fox: E17, E09 / E50

Tree Stump: E21, E23, E25, E27 / G24

Card #4

Tree Stump: E21, E23, E25, E27 / G24

Basket: B21, B24 / G24

Mushrooms: Y02, Y06, Y08 / RV23

And here are the close-ups of all the cards! The overall size of the card fronts are 2 3/8″ W x 3 5/8″H:

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Card #4

And of course, there are the standards any crafter must use on a project like this:

X-Press IT Blending Card Paper

Bazzil Basics 8.5in x 11in Classic White Smooth

Crafter’s Companion Double Sided Adhesive Extra Strong Permanent Tape Runner

Apple Pie Acrylic Stamping Block 4in x 5in

Apple Pie Acrylic Stamping Block Set of 3

Aple Pie Acrylic Stamping Block 3.5 in

And I store my Copics in these great Crafter’s Companion versatile units

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"Thanks" with Mama Elephant

How about a Thanks card today, using a great Mama Elephant stamp set?! It’s Valerie here today, and the set I’m using is called Stitches.

This was a fun card to make, because I created the entire background with the stamps from this set; you could say I went a little “stamp crazy”! But overall, I really like the way it turned out

The cardstock I used to create this card is Bazzil Classic Smooth White 8.5 x 11

I used 5 Memento Ink pads:

Tuxedo Black

Rosebud

Cantaloupe

Bamboo Leaves

Summer Sky

I have 4 great acrylic stamping blocks by Apple Pie that I used for the various stamp images:

The 2.5″ Round block

The 4″ x 5″ block

A set of 3 various sized blocks