*I have two posts up today...if you're looking for the Paper Smooches hop & giveaway, click HERE
Hey again! Back today with a few more Mama Elephant cards. I absolutely adore the two new sets that I got to create with today! They are both new for the month of January...Smitten and Type It.
My first card uses both sets. The typewriter is from Type It and the You. Me. Oui. sentiment is from Smitten.
I played around a little more with the water color technique I talked about the other day...I felt a little more successful this time around and what you see here was actually my first attempt (unlike last week's watercolor adventure). That cute little sheet of paper stamp is also included in the Type It set. The You Me Oui sentiment (from the Smitten set) is all one stamp, but I used a bit of clear tape/masking to seperate it between the three typwriters. The love you sentiment is from Type it.
My next card uses a few different stamps from the Smitten set. I couldn't resist using that feather again...it's such a fun, trendy image. I paired it here with the "smitten with you" sentiment and some diecuts.
I split the sentiment (again using a little clear scotch tape when inking) and put a diecut arrow pointing down to the rest of the sentiment. I used a brayer to ink the edges of my cardstock.
Thanks for stopping by to check out my Mama Elephant cards! These stamps can be purchased through the Mama Elephant site, or from Simon Says Stamp. Oh, and also, be sure to stop by the Mama Elephant blog to see more projects using this month's new stamps!
How totally cute..
Posted by: Annette Allen | January 23, 2013 at 08:16 AM
Eek! Love what you did with both of these! The watercolor technique and brayer technique look great!
Posted by: Kalyn | January 23, 2013 at 08:28 AM
VERY SWEET CARDS Betsy!!!!!!!!! :) I LOOOOOOOVE VALENTINES!!!!!!!! I REALLY DO LOVE that watercolor technique too! :)
Posted by: Becky Green | January 23, 2013 at 08:56 AM
Wow!!!! Both cards are just overwhelmingly amazing! Wow! I LOVE the watercolor and typewriters in the 1st one! And the 2nd one is so fab with the hearts and arrow!
Posted by: Samantha M | January 23, 2013 at 09:13 AM
These are just gorgeous!!!
Posted by: Tracey | January 23, 2013 at 09:38 AM
I am head over heels in love with these! So cute!!!
Posted by: Jingle | January 23, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Wonderful cards, I love the Basic Grey paper, you do patterned paper always so well!
Posted by: Tracey McNeely | January 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Wonderful cards, Betsy! I especially love how you divided up the sentiment onto three different typewriters-- so creative and clever!
Posted by: Leigh Penner | January 23, 2013 at 10:33 AM
These cards are sweet with a timeless vintage flavor!
Posted by: MollyK. | January 23, 2013 at 11:51 AM
I'm with you on that feather image! And your layered hearts are so fun with that striped arrow next to them.
Posted by: maria f. | January 23, 2013 at 03:23 PM
Super cute, great ideas!
Posted by: Wendy aka Roo | January 23, 2013 at 04:12 PM
Lovely cards! Those typewriters in pink are adorable!
Posted by: Loly Borda | January 23, 2013 at 07:25 PM
I may have said bad words in a good way when I opened up this post. I LOVE these awesome cards, Betsy! LOVE them!
Posted by: teri | January 24, 2013 at 04:36 AM
Super cute!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | January 24, 2013 at 08:52 AM
Darling cards! I've used your scotch tape ideas already a couple times since I saw you do it in a papertrey ink video--Such a great tip! :)
Posted by: Mendi Yoshikawa | January 24, 2013 at 11:29 AM
OH MY OH MY! Betsy---these are AMAZING! You really are SUPER DUPER FABULOUS AWESOME!!! LOVE your style and creativity!
Posted by: Sav O'G | January 24, 2013 at 09:00 PM
I love your cards!!
Posted by: Katrina H | January 25, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Beautiful cards! Love those new sets :)
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: laura m. | January 30, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Betsy, thanks for more wonderful eye candy! Always a treat to see what is new from you. Also, thanks for the link to Mama Elephant. They have some amazing stamps and CT creations. Always enjoy spectacular new finds in the stamp world! Thank you!
Posted by: Julie Rae | February 03, 2013 at 10:11 AM