Creating a Multi-Layered Card

Hi crafters, Julia here.

Today I have a very cute and multilayered card for you using only product by Mama Elephant. I wanted to build a scene around those cute critters, so I'm using two die sets and one stamp set. You can find all of the products I used in the description below.

I started out by stamping the critters on Copic friendly paper and coloring them in. The matching die cuts helped to quickly cut them out. For the waves, I used a piece of light blue paper and stamped it with a background stamp. You can use any background stamp that you already have, or even patterned paper to create a nice effect. Thanks to the Landscaped Trio Dies, I have nice stitched edges.

For the clouds I used the same die set but simply cut the clouds from vellum. By layering the clouds, and only adhering them on the outer edges, you get a perfect floating effect. It looks really nice in person. You can use dye ink or distress ink to add some blue to the upper part of the front panel so it will shine through the clouds.

The card took actually quite some time to make, but it's fun and I really like the results. If you like, you can add some sequins or seed beads to sparkle up the card, or you can leave it out if you think it's fine as is. Thanks for stopping by and reading. If you want to see a video of how I created the card, head on over to my blog, you can find the address in the sidebar to the right.

Up and Away

Landscape Trio Creative Cuts

Mama Elephant Basic Set - Creative Cuts

Mint Julep Shadow Ink

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Dino Birthday

Hi there ! Happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing with you a card packed with lots of stampy goodness :)

I made the card base using  Lawn Fawn 'Large Stitched Journaling die', I used the die set also for the speech bubble for the sentiment. Those super cute dinos  and the super palm tree are from Lawn Fawn 'Critters From The Past'.For the tasty looking cake I used 'Bake Me A Cake' (sorry OOS).

The group of balloons are from Mama Elephant 'Up & Away' and the single is from Wplus9 'Whole Lotta Happy Dies'. For the sentiment I used a mix of Lawn Fawn 'Milo's ABCs' and Wplus9 'Strictly Sentiments 1'.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Hugs Lydia xxx



           

Thanks You're My Hero

Happy Friday! I hope you have had a good week and have a super weekend planned. I think we are having a chilled weekend as it's the end of the first full week in school I just want to spend some snuggle time with the kids and not have to rush around.... sometimes having no plans is the best plan, don't ya think?

Today I am sharing with you a super fun card using a couple of the adorable sets from Mama Elephant.

The characters and balloons are from 'Up & Away' which I have paper pieced. Wit the balloons I did three layers to create dimension to them. I used two sets fro the sentiment 'Sketchy Letters' for the 'thanks' and the rest is from 'In My Heart' (sorry OOS).

The background clouds I made by cutting a mask from scrap paper using the 'Landscape Trio Dies' and inking over it in different places using Salty Ocean Distress Ink and then adding a layer of vellum to soften it further.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia xxx

Mama Elephant UP AND AWAY Set

Mama Elephant_ In my Heart (MTDS)

Mama Elephant SKETCHY LETTERS Set

Mama Elephant- Landscape Trio Creative Cuts (MTDS)

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G'day To Be Happy

Hi it's Lydia here today with my usual Friday spot. I hope you all have a great weekend planned and that the weather bucks up it's ideas a bit.

Today I have a card to share that has a 'Stepped Back Die-Cut Frame' to frame the main image on my card.

* Take a piece of paper from Lawn Fawn 'Let's Polka' and cut slightly smaller than your base card.
* Stamp the monkey and balloons from Mama Elephant 'Up and Away' (sorry this is currently OOS but..... not for much longer) and colour using Copics. then fussy cut out.
* Cut out some clouds using Lawn Fawn 'Spring Showers' die .
*Create a stepped back die-cut frame using circle stackers dies.
*Stamp sentiment from 'Up & Away' on to a cloud and arrange on card.

A different angle.....

Thank you so much for popping by! If you would link to watch the video on how I created this card please call by my blog Love Lydia Brooke to take a peek.

Hugs Lydia xxx


 

Floaty Monkey

Howdy there stampers! Hope your week is going good.

Today I'm sharing with you a card using the stamp set Up & Away from Mama Elephant.. unfortunately this set is OOS at the moment but the technique I have used could be used with any image. 

I wanted to create a sunburst behind my image using sequins to add some sparkle and shine......

Firstly I cut my card layer slightly smaller than the card base and die cut a circle, this will be from where the rays are emanating. Draw the rays and cut the pieces cutting a thin strip where your lines are. Stick these pieces down one by one adding the sequins to the gaps before you stick down the next card piece.

Hope you like the sun rays and even give it a go yourself... I would love to see yours.

Hugs Lydia xxx