Monday, July 15, 2013

Mama Elephant July New Release Stampede!!


Hola my chicas!!

I am thrilled beyond imagination to announce that I’m guest designing for Mama Elephant this month – ACCKKKKK!!!  When I received the new stamps, I screamed with delight at their cuteness.  Thank you, Kryssi, for asking me to join in on all the fun this month!!  I get the great pleasure of sharing a few samples for today’s July Stampede blog hop.  So let’s get started, shall we?

JULY

First off, I should tell you that the new stamps are available for purchase NOW at the Mama Elephant Store.  Next, if you arrived here from the Mama Elephant Blog, you’re on the right track.  If you didn’t start there, you totally need to go back there because I wouldn’t want you to miss a thing – especially the chance to win some amazing prizes!

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is giving away THREE gift certificates worth $20 each to THREE LUCKY PEOPLE!  Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede.  Winners will be announced on the Mama Elephant blog on the last Stamp Highlight day (July 19th).

Here’s how to qualify to win (leave a separate comment for each):
1.  Leave a comment on this blog post;
2.  Become a follower of the Mama Elephant blog;
3.  Like/share us on Facebook; and/or
4.  Follow/tweet us on Twitter.
Here’s the list of participants in this month’s Stampede (in case you get lost along the way):

Karolyn Loncon <------YOU’RE HERE!


Full House - Mama Elephant July 2013
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My first sample features the uber adorable stamp set called Full House!  This stamp set is full of some of the most adorable little houses and word bubble sentiments you’ve ever seen!  They’re graphic and fun and cute all at the same time – be still my itty bitty little heart!!  I grabbed the city scape buildings from Bling and went to town (no pun intended!  LOL) stamping my little village.  Do you not just love those little houses?!!

Hustle - Mama Elephant July 2013
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My next sample features an amazing sentiment set called Hustle.  I love that Kryssi and Angela use current trendy songs and sayings to provide us with the opportunity to express our feelings in a super fun way!  I stamped the sentiment onto the large cloud in black dye ink, and then stamped it again on a scrap using a spectrum stamp pad to get the rainbow look.  I trimmed out the banner and popped it up using foam dots.  The raindrops are from Up & Away.

Your next stop in the Stampede is the amazingly talented JJ Bolton – no doubt she has some crafty deliciousness that will blow your mind!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  I’ve listed the products I used below!  Have a great day!


PRODUCTS USED:
Full House Card
STAMPS:  Full House and Bling (Mama Elephant), Graph Background (Hero Arts)
INK:  Pool, Island, Slate, Provincial Gray, Celery and Mango (Fresh Ink), Pumpkin (A Muse Studio), Black Dye and Unicorn Pigment Ink (Hero Arts/Memories)
PAPER:  Solar White CS (Neenah Classic Crest), Black Licorice CS (French Poptone)
OTHER:  White Ribbon (Stampin’ Up!)
Hustle Card
STAMPS:  Hustle and Up & Away (Mama Elephant)
INK:  Black Dye (Hero Arts), Circus Spectrum Pad (Tsukineko), Sno Cone (My Favorite Things)
PAPER:  Lemon Drop CS, Sno Cone CS and Orange Fizz CS (French Poptone), White Linen CS (Ellen Hutson), Candy Apple CS and North Sea CS (Bazzill Basics Paper)
OTHER:  Rainbows & Clouds Dies (Lil Inker Designs), Jumbo Cloud Stax Dies (My Favorite Things), Linen Impression Plate (PTI)

62 comments:

Emily Leiphart said...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your cards, Karolyn!!

Christina's Creations said...

Ahh, I am loving the rainbow card! What an awesome sentiment and your card is just so cheery and lovely. :)

cdoggett01@yahoo.com said...

You're Full House card is really cute! Thanks for the chance to win!

Jennifer Grace said...

Cute cards! I love the multi-coloured village on the first one! x

Audrey said...

Such great cards! I love that rainbow sentiment!!

cdoggett01@yahoo.com said...

Love the Full House card...those little house are so stinkin' cute!

Laurie said...

Gorgeous cards - love the urban feel of the Full House one, and those great sentiments!

Lea Lawson said...

These are super cute!! Love the cute houses & that fabulous rainbow!!

conil said...

Terrific cards. Like the way you used Full House for your background.

Unknown said...

Love the rainbow

Gina said...

I love that Full House card. So very, very cute. Those stamps are going on my wish list!

Lorraine Marasigan said...

So nice! I like how you made the Bling buildings and Full House image work so well together.

Jamie said...

Amazing cards Karolyn!!:)

grace said...

Very cute cards!!
I'm loving all the stamp sets this month~

Miriam Prantner said...

Great cards! Love how you combined Bling and Full House and love the rainbow stamping on the second card!

Miriam Prantner said...

I already follow the ME blog

Miriam Prantner said...

I already like and shared about the Stampede on Twitter

Miriam Prantner said...

And I already follow on twitter and tweeted: https://twitter.com/MiriamPrantner/status/356789593711968256

Samantha Mann said...

aw!!! absolutely adorable cards!! LOVE that background you created with the houses! :) the colors are fabulous!!
and the rainbow card is sooooo cute!! love that perfect rainbow!! and congratulations on being a guest designer this month!! :)

Torrie said...

Super fun cards!

Houses Built of Cards said...

Beautiful cards! Especially LOVE the houses stamped as a background!!!

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Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OH MY! Karolyn!!! These are amazing cards-- LOVE that first one! Esp. the black with that colorful stamped background!! FAB! LOVE!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Love the mix of the two stamps in your first card! i also love your happy second one!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

I already like the ME blog, yay!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

I'm a fb fan too!

Sue D said...

Cute way you lined up the houses and love the rainbow.

Sue D said...

I follow the ME blog.

Maureen said...

I absolutely adore your house card - that should be patterned paper we can buy!

Pam said...

Both cards are just perfect!! Awesome work!

Liliana said...

Wow, both cards are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Melissa said...

Cute cards! I especially like the word bubbles against the colorful houses.

Memories by Manda said...

Fantastic cards! I love how you used the house stamps. That phrase from Hustle on the second one might just be my favourite.

Memories by Manda said...

I already like ME facebook page

Memories by Manda said...

I already follow the ME blog

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing your beautiful and inspiring cards!

Pam from Maine said...

What a great way to wake up in the morning---your cards are great. Love the "rainbow" sentiment.

Unknown said...

Love what you did with the stamps! Especially the cute colorful houses (:

Unknown said...

Following on bloglovin'.

Unknown said...

Following on twitter.

Elena said...

Wow! Your cards are beautiful!

Michele Duffy said...

I love your color combo for the little stamped houses and buildings, very cute!

Laura said...

Love the color combo you used, great new stamps!

Giorgia Rossini said...

I love the rainbow one :)

Colleen said...

Love both of your cards, thanks for sharing them.

karenelr said...

I just can't get enough of those Full House icons--I love your card! You can guess my favorite stamp set!

karenelr said...

I am already a Mama Elephant blog follower!

karenelr said...

I also am a follower on FB!

Amy Kolling said...

Your cards are a wonderful showcase of the new stamps.....I can tell you enjoyed designing with them!

Amy Kolling said...

I am a follower of ME blog!

Amy Kolling said...

I like ME on FB!

Amy Kolling said...

I tweeted on Twitter!!!

Marcia said...

I like what you did with the house stamp.

Cristine said...

Great cards! I love how you used the houses to create your background on the first card and the second card is so colorful!

Cristine said...

Already a follower on fb!

Cristine said...

Already a blog follower!

LEG Studios said...

What pretty cards. I love the multi-colored houses with the adorable speech bubble!

lostinpaper said...

Both clever and wonderful cards Karolyn!

Janis said...

Oh, my....that Full House one is just ADORABLE!!!
<3 J

Janis said...

I am a devoted member of the herd that follows Mama E by email. :)~
<3 J

Lyndal said...

FABULOUS stamps & FABULOUS cards :)

Kavitha Vadhri said...

Beautiful cards with awesome stamps.

Katherine said...

I bookmarked this last year when I saw this & bought the Hustle stamp set! I want to feature your card for Trendy Tuesday article for the blog at Paper Crafters Library. We'll be featuring rainbow inspired projects next week. You can ck out the blog here: http://blog.papercrafterslibrary.com/ The image of your project will credit you and link back to your blog as well. If you do not wish to be featured for this article, just let me know. Love your work!