Happy Graduation

Hey stampers, Anni here!

We have exciting times in my family at the moment: Two of my nephews finsihing school this summer. Overhere in Germany the graduation is called Abitur or short Abi!

So I decided to make a card for my nephew (I am sure you will see the card for my other nephew in the next weeks). Mama Elephant's Page Huggers is just the perfect set for this occassion.

I started by stamping the cute critters and all the accessoires from the set which are graduation related. For the colouring I used alcohol marker. After finishing this part I fussy cut all the images iwithout leaving a white border. I decided that these were images simple to cut out so I didn't need a white border.

I added white highlights and Glossy Accents to some part of the images to achieve a more realitstic look.

For the sentiment I stamped out ABI with Owen' ABC by Lawn Fawn in black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. On a narrow stripe of turquoise paper I stamped You Dit It from the set Congrats by Waffle Flower.

I assembled the card and added a little bit of shadow beneath the animals.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Anni

      

Consider This A Hug

Hey stampers, Anni here!

Aaaw, isn't this little bear from Mama Elephant's set called Page Hugger the cutest? I couldn't resist and had to use him on a card.

I started by stamping the bear in black ink. As a little accessoires I chose the letter with a tiny heart for him to 'hug'!
I coloured him with coloured pencils. Coloured pencils are my favorite colouring medium. It takes more time than colouring with alcohol markers but I find it very relaxing. And it is so much easier to add details and shadows. To add some highlights I used a white gel pen. And to make the eyes and the nose extra black I used a black gel pen on them.

For the frame I die cut My Favorite Things' Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frames several times from white cardstock and stacked them up to achieve some dimension.

I die cut a banner form pink cardstock and heat embossed the sentiment in white on it. It is from my new favorite sentiment set called Lots of Hugs by My Favorite Things. I like the font and sentiments are just too cute.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.
Anni

         

Simply a mouse in spectacles.

Hi everybody,

Jill here and this week I've got a super simple and, hopefully, sweet card to share...

Using Mama Elephant's adorable Page Huggers set.

This set is originally designed to make little book marks, but the critters (you get four different cuties) are just so beyond amazing looking, they work in any way you want them too.  The faces on them...you know when a set just melts your heart to look at....this does that to me, it turns my insides to mush!

I started by stamping out my little mouse in a light grey ink to make the whole scene a lot softer than using a harsh black, and added this sweet heart balloon from Paper Smooches Hullabaloo set.  I coloured everything, including my background, using Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens with water to create a soft water colour effect.  I LOVE my Zigs, yes, they're a little pricey, but they are just so wonderful and easy to work with.  They're pretty much my 'go-to' colouring tool nowadays.

You get a load of little accessories in the Page Huggers set so I thought I would add a pair of spectacles to my little pal and added a coat of Glossy Accents to the lenses and to my balloon.

My sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Woodland Gifts and is stamped out in a grey ink, but a few shades darker than my critter to allow it to stand out.

I added a few flicks and splashes across my background for a little added interest and added a string to my balloon for my mouse to hold.  I then cut my panel using Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles, and mounted the whole thing onto a pale grey notecard.

I really hope you like it, as always, everything I used is linked below.

See you next week.

Jillx

    

  

Cute Critter Christmas Tags.

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week I've got some cute critter Christmas tags for you...

Using Mama Elephant's adorable 'Page Huggers' set.

I didn't buy this set when it was first released as I was trying to be 'good', but then I remembered that good doesn't suit me and life's too short to not have adorable stamps, so snapped them up as soon as they were back in stock!  This set is designed to make little book marks, but obviously they are so cute and versatile, you can do anything you want with them.  As soon as I set eyes on them I knew I wanted to make tags from them, they have such a large simple body area I just thought they'd be perfect.

I started by stamping out my little Santa hats (how do you make something 'Christmassy?  Simple, whack a Santa hat on it!), four times onto strips of kraft card, masked off, and stamped by lovely huggers over the top.  I then coloured them, very simply, in coloured pencils.  I love pencils on kraft, and always think it works perfect with a festive theme.  I then scored a line, right above the highest point, folded my card strip, and cut around ensuring to leave enough connected area to make the tags strong enough.  I guess this would be much easier to do if you opted for partial die-cutting the matching dies, but I don't have them so went the old-fashioned route.  I then punched a hole through the top of each tag, and threaded with some red twine.  At this point they were done, and looking very cute, but I decided for one last final touch, to add a little candy cane to each of them; so stamped out, coloured and fussy cut these little canes from Mama Elephant's Reindeer Games, snipped a little cut around my critters paws, and added the cane.

I really love how these turned out, and really enjoyed making a project with a bit of a difference.

I really hope you like them, as always everything I have used is linked below.

See you next week.

Jillx