Monday, July 15, 2013

Mama Elephant July Stampede


Welcome to the Mama Elephant July Design Team blog hop! Our July release is now live and available for purchase in the Mama Elephant store.

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is giving away 3 gift certificates worth $20.00 each to 3 lucky people! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the blog on the last Stamp Highlight day on the Mama Elephant blog.

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 our blog
  3. Like/share us on Facebook
  4. Follow/tweet us on Twitter
One of my favorites is Hustle. It is awesome because of all the fun sentiments. I particularly love "if you want a rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain".


To create this Caribbean pink and purple sunset-inspired postcard piece that's perfect for anybody's desktop, I used clear embossing powder to stamp the sentiment onto watercolor paper. I then created a background using distress markers using the ink to craft sheet, water and bead up the ink, before applying paper to the craft sheet. This is one of my favorite techniques currently.


To finish off the postcard piece, I added sequins, photo corners, a pattern background, and placed it into a frame.

Materials used: Mama Elephant Hustle, Tim Holtz distress markers, Ranger super fine embossing powder, sequins

Hope you enjoyed this project. Be sure to hop to every Mama Elephant design team member's blog.
Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl
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46 comments:

  1. cdoggett01@yahoo.comJuly 15, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    This is so very pretty! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  2. Christina's CreationsJuly 15, 2013 at 9:50 AM

    Ooh, I love the distress inks you used here! The colors and technique are gorgeous under the white embossing. :)

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  3. AudreyJuly 15, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    Such an awesome watercolor technique! I love that sentiment!!

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  4. Jennifer GraceJuly 15, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    I love the resist technique, and the colours you used are perfect! x

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  5. Lea LawsonJuly 15, 2013 at 11:29 AM

    This is really pretty! I love that frame!!

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  6. graceJuly 15, 2013 at 1:54 PM

    That's really pretty!! :)

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  7. Miriam PrantnerJuly 15, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    What a gorgeous technique! The background is fantastic, love this piece!

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  8. Miriam PrantnerJuly 15, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    I already follow ME's blog

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  9. Miriam PrantnerJuly 15, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    And I like ME on FB and shared about the Stampede there

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  10. Miriam PrantnerJuly 15, 2013 at 2:51 PM

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

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  11. Samantha MannJuly 15, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    so beautiful!!! LOOOOOOVE how you created that background!! and not only that, it goes PERFECTLY with the sentiment! (since it looks like rain, and it's 'water' color! ha ha!)
    gorgeous! i love it!! thank you for the pretty inspiration!

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  12. TorrieJuly 15, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    What a cool little project. I think that it would cheer you up on a "rainy" day.

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  13. Houses Built of CardsJuly 15, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    GORGEOUS!!! LOVE the sequins tucked on there too!

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    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  14. Savannah O'GwynnJuly 15, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    SUPER fabulous watercolor background! LOVE the extra sequins!

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  15. MaureenJuly 15, 2013 at 9:48 PM

    What a darling little decorative piece and that background is so pretty!

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  16. Lisa's Creative NicheJuly 15, 2013 at 10:00 PM

    Oh this is so beautiful! I love the frame that it is in! Fabulous!

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  17. Lisa's Creative NicheJuly 15, 2013 at 10:00 PM

    I'm a blog follower!

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  18. Lisa's Creative NicheJuly 15, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    I'm also a fb fan!

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  19. Sue DJuly 15, 2013 at 10:24 PM

    Very pretty for a desktop!

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  20. Sue DJuly 15, 2013 at 10:24 PM

    I am a ME blog follower.

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  21. LilianaJuly 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM

    Great water color technique, thanks for sharing!

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  22. Memories by MandaJuly 16, 2013 at 12:40 AM

    That's a neat, easy colouring technique that works so well :) lovely postcard.

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  23. Memories by MandaJuly 16, 2013 at 12:41 AM

    I already follow the ME blog

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  24. Memories by MandaJuly 16, 2013 at 12:41 AM

    I already like/follow the ME facebook page

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  25. AnonymousJuly 16, 2013 at 1:07 AM

    That watercolour technique is so soft and beautiful!

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  26. Pam from MaineJuly 16, 2013 at 7:01 AM

    You do a great job with the Distress inks and the water. It looks great.

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  27. UnknownJuly 16, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    What a neat way to use the stamps! Thanks for the inspiration

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  28. UnknownJuly 16, 2013 at 8:48 AM

    Following on bloglovin'.

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  29. UnknownJuly 16, 2013 at 8:48 AM

    Following on twitter.

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  30. ElenaJuly 16, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    Wow! What an amazing project you created!

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  31. Giorgia RossiniJuly 16, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    This is my favorite project!!

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  32. Michele DuffyJuly 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    Very pretty effects with this technique!

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  33. karenelrJuly 16, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    Oh, how beautiful! I love what you did with the watercolors--making it look rainy and rainbow-y at the same time!

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  34. karenelrJuly 16, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    I am a follower of ME's blog!

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  35. karenelrJuly 16, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    I also follow ME on facebook!

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  36. Amy KollingJuly 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM

    Wow what a work of art!!! gorgeous!

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  37. Amy KollingJuly 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM

    I follow the ME blog!

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  38. Amy KollingJuly 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM

    I follow ME on FB!

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  39. Amy KollingJuly 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM

    I tweeted on Twitter!

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  40. CristineJuly 17, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    Wow! This is gorgeous! I love the watercolored background!

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  41. CristineJuly 17, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    Already a blog follower!

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  42. CristineJuly 17, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    Already a fb follower!

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  43. LEG StudiosJuly 17, 2013 at 9:44 PM

    What lovely watercolor art!

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  44. JanisJuly 18, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    That is gorgeous and so elegantly framed!!!
    <3 J

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  45. JanisJuly 18, 2013 at 6:11 PM

    As an elephant, I can walk for miles and miles.....but I would never go anywhere without following the leader of our herd, Mama Elephant, by email. :)~
    <3 J

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  46. Kavitha VadhriJuly 19, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    beautiful background created and loved your embossing of sentiment.

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