Missing You

Following winter is another spring card. I think I'm getting more comfortable with using flower stamps.

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~Elle~

Thanks for being there

And in contrast with the last card, here is a happy spring encouragement card.

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~Elle~

Loved Hug

I wanted to play with some die shapes today, so I made a little scene with a bird and a bunny from my colored images stash. I also used some alphabet stickers - which I really ought to use more often on cards.


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~Elle~

Hello Spring!

Happy Spring everyone! Since it's now officially spring in my corner of the world, I thought I would make a spring-inspired card.

I used the sweet bunny from Mama Elephant and some strips of patterned paper from my scraps stash. I should really find more ideas to use my scraps stash like this. I really like how this card turned out!

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~Elle~

Pastel Hello

I'm in a spring mood today, so I thought I'd make something super cute. I used Mama Elephant's Pretend Play stamp set and hello die, along with a Blueprint die from My Favorite Things. I'm really digging this comic strip look and I think it works just perfectly for today's card.

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~Elle~

Happy Pix

And I'm back in my comfort zone with a sweet little card featuring the adorable Pix the bunny from Mama Elephant. I really like this playful "happy" die and I think it matches perfectly with a candy stripe and stitched scallops. A bit of gold cord and a few enamel dots tie everything together perfectly.

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~Elle~

Winter Rabbit Thanks

I'd like to send a couple of thank-you cards to friends and family to let them know just how much I appreciate their generosity and and their time this holiday season. Although my mind is already thinking about spring, I enjoyed making this simple little winter card with a sweet bunny and a simple snowflake.

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~Elle~

Thank You Bunny

I was having fun layering some goodies from Mama Elephant. I think it turned out pretty fun.

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~Elle~

Navy and Grey Greetings

I thought I'd switch things around a little bit and try for a more sophisticated palette of white, gray and navy blue. I did make it very cute again by adding Pix and her tree, but I like how frosty the card turned out. I was inspired by the background paper and thought it would be fun to try out a different layout.

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~Elle~

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

There are so many things I'm thankful for in my life that it would take me ages to even list it all. But one of the biggest things I'm thankful for is my family. I'm spending the day with my family and enjoying every moment of it.

Thanks for reading.
~Elle~

Merry and Red

I thought I'd go in a slightly more traditional direction with today's card and add some red and green to a card. I generally gravitate toward more cool tones for my Christmas cards, but sometimes it's nice to go a little more traditional.

Of course, I also managed to sneak in some minty tones, as they add just the right amount of frostiness.

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~Elle~

Pix's Holiday Greetings

Mama Elephant - Pix's Happy Holiday

It's been a couple of really busy weeks for me and I've been itching to get back to my crafty endeavors - more specifically, I've been wanting to make some holiday cards so I'm better prepared for Christmas this year. In the past, I've seriously underestimated just how much time I would need to get ready for the holidays, so I'm definitely starting earlier this year.

For today's card, I really wanted to use Mama Elephant's Pix's Happy Holiday. I thought I'd make a cute little scene with a not-so-traditional palette. I think it turned out really cute, and now I have the difficult task of trying to figure out who I should give it to.

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~Elle~

Palette Trio Challenge: White, Blue and Aqua

For day two of the palette challenge, I'm going with a slightly more limited palette -- only 3 colors: white, blue and aqua.

This particular palette is often seen on boy cards or underwater cards, but I think it can be very feminine when paired with the right image. I chose to keep this card really simple and added some interest with Nuvo Jewel drops and die-cut stars. I think it turned out lovely.

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~Elle~

Concept Trio Challenge: Seasons - Autumn

Mama Elephant - Pix's Favorites

Continuing on with the seasonal concept challenge, today I'm tackling autumn. As autumn is my absolute favorite season, I felt a lot of pressure to come up with just the perfect card. Of course, trying to come up with a perfect card is pretty much impossible - so I decided to just take a couple of simple ideas and run with it.

One of those ideas was to stamp my sentiment in color. I usually just stick to black or brown for sentiments, but I think a bit of color in a sentiment can really make a difference. I opted for a teal and a yellow - both colors that I pulled from the Doodlebug paper I chose for the card.

I think I'm going to have to use color for my sentiments more, as I absolutely love how it turned out.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~

Peachy Smile

Avery Elle - Woodland Wonders

Of course, I couldn't stop at just one card - I had to create another fun encouragement card using warm tones. I opted for my favorite yellow/peach/pink palette that ruled over my summer creations.

I think it turned out fun, and the loopy die-cut sentiment fit just perfectly.

Thank you for reading!
~Elle~ 

Minty Smile

Avery Elle - Woodland Wonders

I love creating encouragement cards. Not only are they full of fun and brightness, but they really do bring an unexpected smile to the recipient's face. 

For today's card, I used a little cut-apart from Pinkfresh Studio and a couple of sweet critters from Avery Elle's Woodland Wonders (hint: you will see many cards with this stamp in the near future). I went for cool, minty tones for a fantasy bunny and owl, and set them against a fun patterned paper.

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~Elle~ 

Bonjour Bunnies

Mama Elephant - Pix's Favorites

Today's a very busy day, but I couldn't resist putting together this quick and simple little card.

I hope you're having a wonderful day!
~Elle~

Pix's Autumn

Mama Elephant - Pix's Favorites, Potted Pretties (sentiment)

I couldn't resist playing with Pix's Favorites stamp set again - this time, creating a simple little autumn scene card. It's finally getting cooler in my corner of the universe, and that always puts me in the mood to create autumn cards.

I went for a really simple scene, using some Distress Oxide blending for the background, along with textured grass. I really like how it turned out.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~

Pix's Purple Thanks

Mama Elephant - Pix's Favorites, Many Thanks

Today's card is a pretty clean and simple card, but I'm happy how it turned out. I started by creating my front panel by layering some white cardstock onto a piece of starry patterned paper. I used a curved edge die to make an interesting  border and I adhered the panel to a light purple card base.

Next, I stamped out the sweet bunny and tree trunk from Mama Elephant's Pix's Favorites stamp set onto some Copic-friendly paper. After coloring and fussy-cutting, I added them to the front panel, using liquid adhesive.

I stamped the sentiment from Mama Elephant's Many Thanks onto a banner die-cut and adhered it to the front. I used liquid glue for that as well, since I wanted to keep this card relatively flat (and easy to mail.

As a last touch, I used Tonic's Nuvo Jewel drops to create a little trail of bubbles. Since jewel drops are translucent, it turned out just perfect!

Thanks for reading,
~Elle~

Dreaming of you

I really liked this cute sleeping bunny from MFT, and I wanted to make a very simple card that features him. I had a pretty elaborate idea of making a scene card set in a bedroom with lots of layers and textures. But in the end, I just made it very simple and added a starry patterned paper under a frame and a sentiment banner.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~