Mama Elephant | 7th Anniversary Stampede | Day 2


Welcome to a very special Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop! We are celebrating 7 years this month with a fantastic new holiday release along with our amazing friends!

Here is the promotional flyer for this year's celebration. We've added an extra freebie tier this time around!




You can shop the newest release which is LIVE in our store now!

www.mamaelephant.com

I’m so thrilled to be part of this fabulous event as a guest! Mama Elephant, THANK YOU SO MUCH for having me another year with you for the birthday celebration! I’m a big fan and it’s a great honor!

Here is my card featuring the brand new Oh Puppy Tree stamp set: 




I first stamped the background and the sentiment in light gray ink. I used my Misti stamping tool. I then stamped the dog tree again on white cardstock in black ink and colored all sweet puppies with Copic markers. I die cut a heart shape from that colored panel and adhered it as shown to the card base on top of the greay stamped tree using foam pads. I really love this technique. It makes the heart stand out and it looks very special. I hope you like my card inspiration and get inspired!




That's not all! To celebrate this special Anniversary release, Mama Elephant is giving away ten $25 gift certificates to our store!!! That is 10 winners!!! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the 3 day Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «
» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «
» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/leave a comment for us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «
(Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!)


Here are the designers for today. Please make sure to visit each of them and leave some kind words and comments!



Amy Yang » www.sharingnewlove.blogspot.com
Mette Witus » www.mettewitus.home.blog
Elaine Wakeling » www.pinkpeppermintcards.blogspot.com
Laura Bassen » www.laurafadora.com
Francine Vuillème » www.1001cartes.ch
Laura Volpes » www.abitofmycrafts.blogspot.com
Krstina Werner » www.kwernerdesign.com/blog
Mama Elephant » www.mamaelephantblog.com

Thank you and Happy Stampeding!

Comments

Isabel Z said…
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create--thank you! Your card is so clever.
Isabel Z said…
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create--thank you!
Karthikha said…
Wow!! Fabulous coloring and what a creative spotlight!! Love the heart shape! <3
Danielle Cleary said…
This is so creative! I love how you colored in the pups to make the heart shape!
cattimir said…
Lovely card! Clever idea to color only the heart.
Val p said…
How clever! I never would have thought of cutting a different shape from the Christmas tree!
Emma S. said…
Francine, this is the most special card. It is beautiful! I will try this technique.
Too bad, you couldn't squeeze Sweet Little Max in there. This is a perfect card also for Max's breeder family.
Mary Holshouser said…
Fantastic idea to color the heart.
Great job. thanks for sharing
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TLady said…
OH MY GOODNESS! This is SO BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET! I LOOOVE the way you spotlighted on your card, Francine! Your coloring is WONDERFUL!!! SO RICH!!! LOVE those Copics! ;) NO WONDER you were asked to help celebrate with MaMa Elephant! LOL You did a WONDERFUL JOB on your card, Francine!!!!!!!! ;)<3
Lagene said…
AWWHH!!! Love the heart shaped highlight coloring!
Barbara said…
This is adorable and a very creative and unique look for this set. I love your design!
ericastwilight said…
I love the spotlight coloring you did! Its so adorable. I love these large trees like stacks, so cute. TFS!
Jen P said…
What a fun spotlight you did! Your coloring is wonderful!
Becca Yahrling said…
Wow, your coloring is just phenomenal. Beautiful card.
Anonymous said…
Wow...just WOW! Love this idea! Great card! Very creative!
Thank you for sharing!!

Julie (julieschoonoverwfg@yahoo.com)
Hanh said…
What a great idea! Thank you for the inspiration!
Kelly B. said…
This release is adorable!
Heather Innusa said…
Oh I absolutely LOVE this idea!! So fun and BEAUTIFUL coloring!
Karen H said…
Very creative! All those sweet puppies are so cute. Thank you for sharing your inspiration.
Lisa Petrella said…
Adorable card, Francine!!! And such a fun technique to use with this image :)
Andre M. said…
Such a fabulous idea to spotlight some of these adorable pups! Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Cacia said…
I love the depth of your coloring, especially on that Yorkie with the hat! The spotlight coloring technique is a great idea for changing up the look of the Puppy Tree stamp.
Barbara-Jean said…
Such a clever idea! The heart "spotlight" is really a warm touch to the card.
frommycraftroom said…
Love the way you highlighted with a heart! how original and inspiring.
Sam B said…
Well, I'd never have thought to do that with the heart but it looks AWESOME! Great idea, thank you so much for sharing this technique!
Wendi J said…
How clever. I'm going to have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
Heather M said…
Fabulous card! Love how you spot-lighted some of those sweet puppies in the heart! So great!
Neha said…
This seems like a very unique way of Card making. Perfect focal point. Looks amazing.
Denise Bryant said…
Fab card! Love the heart-shaped spotlight of coloring! Adorable pups!
Fabulous card! I’ve been eyeing this set since the sneak peek! Love how your spotlight is heart shaped!
{mc} said…
What a great idea!
Helen said…
Your card is just stunning, Francine! Such a super way to adapt this wonderful stamp! This is a great new release! Thanks so much for sharing!
Mirella said…
Oooooh I love it! That spotlight heart is perfect for this image, well done!!!
Mary-Anne V said…
I love this technique...looks fabulous. I will need to try in the near future.
Sandy S. said…
What beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
A heart shaped spotlight--how creative is that?!? L❤VE❣❣❣ Your vard is not only adorable, but it's fun and creative. I've seen alot of spotlighting, but none like this. Great job--you have sold me on a stamp set that I was tryi g to figure out different ways to use it.
Claudia M. said…
So different, I love it! Your coloring is amazing, by the way!
Waving My Wand said…
Woah. This is so clever, so inventive.... well done! Terri Burson
Julie from NZ said…
Oooooh I just love your card. The highlight colouring is fantastic. So different for this image. Love, love, love!
Lee said…
Wow! Your coloring is SO vibrant! Gorgeous. Its particularly well spotlighted like this. Really good work with this precious stamp.
Jennifer D said…
Wow Soooooo Adorable Love your design a Fabulous Card. xxxooo
Lisa Byers said…
I love your design!! The vibrant colors of the puppies in the middle is spectacular!! Love it!!
Chandhini said…
Love the spotlight technique, lovely coloring too.
Unknown said…
Very beautiful card. Thank you for the inspiration. Laura
Anne Lee said…
I love this technique! Pinning it and definitely going to try this out!
S Jameson said…
Such a great idea! Very cute.
OMG! What a card, love the technique.
Connie said…
Wow! Thanks for the new technique!!! Your card is charming! Thanks for inspiring me too :)
Cheriese said…
so fun - what a brilliant technique, so clever!
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Heather said…
Adorable!!! And what a great technique for this image!
Mrsh1212 said…
THis card is absolutely adorable. Love love love mama elephant.