Thursday, October 11, 2012

Mama Elephant Grand Opening Stampede + 10% Off!

 

Hello! Do I have exciting news for you today?! My pal, Kryssi Ng, has launched a brand new stamp company with her pal, Angela, called Mama Elephant and I am so happy to join in the blog hop! If you're here from the blog of Cristina Kowalczyk, then you are right on track with the Mama Elephant Grand Opening Stampede. If you happen to have stumbled upon this post, start here.

About the company: Mama Elephant is owned and operated by two childhood friends from NYC. We are so happy to bring the collaboration of our aesthetics to Mama Elephant! Our stamps are designed with card makers and scrapbookers in mind! Our stamps are carefully curated to provide optimal versatility with a wide variety of styles - cute, whimsical, bold, graphic, and fun!

Here's one of the eight sets in Mama Elephant's first release, Trifecta.


Don't you just love this stamp set? Here's a layout I made with the set.

Photo Credit: Loretta Tong

Materials used: Mama Elephant Trifecta stamp set, Martha Stewart medium balloon punch, American Craft Zing Embossing Powder in Gold, Colorbox Chalk Ink in Tangerine and Yellow Citrus, Ranger Adirondack Lights Ink in Shell Pink, Colorbok alpha stickers, K&Company Actopus to Zelephant Wood, Bazzill Cardstock, velvet ribbon


A closer look: To create a geometric background with lots of floating balloons, I masked the background with balloons and added the pattern color strip by color strip. I then took the masks and used them for more dimension. To round it all off, I added a wood grain balloon and a gold embossed balloon. I love how these techniques combine to create great textures and dimension.

Don't forget to visit Mama Elephant to get your hands on this perfect set of triangular patterns and more. Plus, buy your favorite sets today and get 10% off the whole store! Use coupon code: GRANDOPEN. Today only!

If you're lost, here's where you are:
Now hop on over to Vanessa Menhorn's blog!

Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl

47 comments:

  1. Ahhhh... i love triangles... thanks for showing this technique :)

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  2. wow your layout is totally amazing...love the design...thanks for sharing..

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  3. I love that you used these on a page! Amazing!!

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  4. squeal!!! wow!! your layout is AMAZING!!!! LOVE the effect with the balloons!! LOVE your layout. wow. i can't stop looking at it!

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  5. SUCH amazing stamping on this layout! It's fabulous!

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  6. What a great layout! I love the ballooms jumping off the page.

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  7. This is just too cool! Love how you did the balloons, what a great way to use masking, just looks fantastic!

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  8. Magical LO for magical day, love the balloon release :)

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  9. Loving how you used the stamps on a layout! TFS!

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  10. Wow I love the background you created and the colors you chose!

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  11. Absolutely stunning layout, love the design and all that masking is just superb!!!

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  12. Such a FUN and CREATIVE layout!! I LOVE it!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  13. This is incredible, Pearl! I love how the balloons lift the triangles off the background!

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  14. What a cool set! Love the masking on your layout.

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  15. What a great layout... love how you create the borders and used them on the balloons too.

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  16. Love your page. I can see this stamp set would be fun to use for that added touch. Great look.

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  17. Holy moly! This is AMAZING! I love the balloons popping out of the background!

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  18. What a gorgeous card. Love the stamped balloons!

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  19. Very nice. I love the effect you got masking and stamping. Lovely page.

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  20. That is beautiful!! Love those colors and the background is perfect!!

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  21. wow! love love the color combo and the background looks amazing! gorgeous layout!

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  22. Wow, what an awesome layout with the new stamps! Love it!

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  23. I love what you did with the triangles.

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  24. What a gorgeous layout! I love the floating balloons.....makes such a great look!

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  25. Wow! What a fantastic layout. The layering of the balloons is great!

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  26. Oh my gosh this is seriously awesome! I love that the balloons are coming out of the design...how creative!

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  27. I love this LO. It's full of imagination and clever ideas! The balloons are so cute!

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  28. Great layout--I like the geometric background.

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  29. Wonderful positive/negative design going on along with the colors changing! Love to see stamping on layouts! TFS!

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  30. Wow Pearl! This layout is stunning! I love your masking technique! Thanks for sharing how it was done!

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  31. Love how you created the background.

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  32. I love that you used the stamps in a layout, shows the versatility of these great new stamps. I can't wait to own some myself and play to see what I can create with them!

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  33. super layout. the stamp is fantastic!!
    grace

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  34. Love the colours on this scrapbook page and what you've done with this fantastic set

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  35. I like the way you made the colorful background for the LO. Thanks

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