Mama Elephant November Stampede



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

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is giving away one of each of the new stamps released! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the blog on the last Stamp Highlights Day on the Mama Elephant blog.

You have up to 3 chances to qualify to win! Just leave a separate comment for each!

  1. Leave a comment on this blog post
  2. Like/share Mama Elephant on Facebook
  3. Follow/tweet about Mama Elephant on Twitter
For today's blog hop, I created some tags and packaging. I've been obsessed over making suitcase gift boxes and so when I saw the new Confetti set, I was so excited to use it to create tags.



Materials used: Mama Elephant Confetti, Embellished Tag die, Dainty Bow die, Letters die, Creative Color inks (Lollipop, Hazel); kraft gift box, felt, Hambly overlay, Memento ink in Tuxedo Black

Here's a closer look at each tag! I used the Mama Elephant Embellished Tag die to cut out all 4 tags. 
  1. The first tag is created with two pieces of overlay sewn all around with sequins inside. I then stamped "smiles inside" on a piece of kraft cardstock and adhered it to the top of the tag to give the tag an added layered look.
  2. The second tag is created simply by using the Mama Elephant Letters die to cut out "joy." I then stitched on the word by running the tag through the sewing machine and stamped the bow image above it using Mama Elephant Creative Color ink pad in Hazel.
  3. The third tag is created by die cutting "joy" with the Mama Elephant Letters die from the tag so that there's a nice negative on the tag. I then cut another tag out of polka dot paper to back the top layer.
  4. The last tag is created simply by stamping "to you from me with love" using Mama Elephant Creative Color ink pad in Lollipop.




Be sure to stop by every blog in the Mama Elephant Stampede blog hop to see what the rest of the design team put together and to enter to win!




Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl

Mama Elephant Highlight: Lights Out

Good morning! Here to share another Mama Elephant highlight. This set is perfect for personalizing how you want to tell someone they're awesome or just to say "watt's up?" I look forward to telling someone they're brilliant with this card.


I stamped the lightbulb and personalized the inside of the lightbulb with the start circuit design. To give it that extra color, pattern, and sparkle, I stamped it on a Basic Grey pattern paper and added orangey gold glitter to the star. I used foam dots to adhere it to white cardstock for that extra dimension. To give it an extra pop of coordinated but understated color, I layered iridescent star confetti and sequins streaming behind the lightbulb. Finally, I added the perfect coordinating sentiment, "I think you're brilliant" to finish it off.


Materials used: Mama Elephant Lights Out; Basic Grey pattern paper, sequins, confetti, glitter

I love the simple layers and dimension created with the use of pattern paper, glitter, and iridescent confetti and sequins.

Be sure to stop by the Mama Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team created! And come back tomorrow for another highlight!

Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl

Mama Elephant Highlight: Today Was

Today will be a great day! And you can bet on it with the Mama Elephant Today Was stamp set. It's perfect for everyday journaling or Project Life pages, but it's also perfect for card making!

I used the Today Was chevron frame to create a glitter pocket. The pocket consists of a Hambly overlay and an old dictionary page with glitter and sequins in between. I then created a tag with the sentiment "smiling's my favorite" and layered some gold heart confetti to finish off the card.


Materials used: Mama Elephant Today Was stamp set, Memento Inks, Hambly overlay, glitter, sequins, confetti

Here's a closer look at the glitter pocket. I love the layered look created by the pocket and various colored glitter.


Make sure you head on over to the Mama Elephant blog for more inspiration from the rest of the DT.

Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl

We Love Travel

Hello there! It's been quite hectic here with the last months of summer and wedding planning. Hence, the lack of posts around here the past few weeks. But I'm back today to share a SEI layout recently featured on the SEI blog, using 4 different collections of SEI papers! So versatile and always a great blend.


Materials used: SEI Desert Spring, SEI Mayberry, SEI Field Notes, SEI Cheery Brights, doily, gold metallic paper, ivory tissue paper, confetti hearts, heart punch

I love taking panoramic photos but they're sometimes hard to incorporate into a layout. Read more about how I made it work in this layout on the SEI blog!


Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl

"Today" Layout: Confetti Shaker Tutorial

Hi there! Back again today to share something you can make this weekend. A confetti shaker layout!


You may have seen this tutorial earlier this week on the Hambly blog. But here's another look at the project. Check out the simple step-by-step tutorial on Hambly in case you missed it.

With this and a sewing machine:

You can make this:

I'm totally obsessed with this technique to make an interactive layout and/or cards! Enjoy and show me what you make!

Thanks for stopping by!
- KRAFTY pearl