THANK YOU FOR BEING TRULY GREAT

Hello and happy Saturday to you all!!!
Autumn is coming... you can feel it in the crisp air and in the turning leaves: yeahhhh!!!!
Today I want to share with you a very simple card I made using the amazing girls from "Miss Anya Coffee Break" stamp set by The Greeting Farm.

I started cutting a white panel with La Coppia Creativa "Posta Felice per Te" dies and I ink blended it using a color combo by my super talented friend Davina .
I used spun sugar, worn lipstick, dried Marigold and walnut stein Distress Oxide inks and I added some splatters of Indian gold Nuvo mousse loosened with a drop of water.
I then stamped my images with Memento black ink and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.

Here are some of my Spectrum Noir color combos:
-face: FS4-FS1-FS9
-brown hair: EB6-EB4-TN5-TN4-TN3
-blond hair: GB9-GB11-GB7-GB6-GB4-GB3-GB1
-gray boot: GG5-GG4-GG3-GG2-GG1
For the sentiment I used Honey Bee Stamps "Truly Great Friends" stamp set.
I ended my card adding some Lucy Abram's sequins here and there.

I really enjoyed myself coloring this cuties, so I hope you enjoy this card too.
Thank you so much for passing by once again by my blog and I hope see you here soon.
Have a wonderful weekend, Silvia.

MAMA ELEPHANT STAMPEDE BLOG HOP

Welcome to a very special Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop! We are celebrating 7 years this month with a fantastic new holiday release along with our amazing friends!

Here is the promotional flyer for this year's celebration. We've added an extra freebie tier this time around!

You can shop the newest release which is LIVE in our store now!

www.mamaelephant.com

Hello there and thank you so much for stopping by my blog today.
Please pinch me, because I can't believe it yet...I'm sooooo excited  to be part of the Mama Elephant 7th Anniversary Celebration this year!!!
I have created  4 cards  for this special event to share with you and I hope you like them all.
For my first card I combined the new "Little Penguin Agenda" and "Mini Merry Messages" stamp sets with last year's "Santa's Sleight".

I started ink blending a white cardstock panel with salty ocean, blueprint sketch and chipped sapphire Distress Oxide inks and splattering it with a bit of water and a bit of white acrylic paint. I then stamped all my images with Memento black ink and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.

For my second card I created a "polar scene" using my new stamp sets and Mama Elephant "Landscape Trio" Creative Cuts.

I had so much fun playing with this super adorable little penguins that I made two other cards using "Framed Tags - Madison Avenue" Creative Cuts and "Scripty Xmas" stamp set for the first one and "Oh Joy Halo Script" Creative Cuts for the second one.

And now it's Giveaway time!!! The details are below, so be sure to see how you can enter.
Tahnk you so much for stopping by my blog today and enjoy the hop and this amazing anniversary celebration!!!

That's not all! To celebrate this special Anniversary release, Mama Elephant is giving away ten $25 gift certificates to our store!!! That is 10 winners!!! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the 3 day Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «

» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «

» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/leave a comment for us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «

(Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!)

Here are the designers for today. Please make sure to visit each of them and leave some kind words and comments!

Keeway Tsao » www.kiwikoncepts.com
Silvia Galloni » www.piccolepolpettecrescono.blogspot.com
Melania Deasy » melaniadeasy.blogspot.com
Ali Farmer » www.alilovescardmaking.blogspot.com

Lucia Cao » www.blueberrycrafty.wordpress.com

Kathy Racoosin » www.thedailymarker.com
Mama Elephant » www.mamaelephantblog.com

Thank you and Happy Stampeding!

SWEET MICE, SWEET CHRISTMAS CARD

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

Do you like mood boards? 

I'm not so good with them, but I can't miss the opportunity to play with this month amazing one by Butterfly Reflections, ink. and don't take my chance over Davina's blog challenge #1.

So... this is my card.

I played with my beloved Distress Oxide inks for the background (I used tattered rose, skattered straw, tumbled glass, cracked pistachio and peacock feather) and Lawn Fawn adorable "Mice on Ice" and "Frosty Fairy Friends" stamp sets.

I stamped all my images with the new Lawn Fawn crunchy leaf ink and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.

For making the frame I used some La Coppia Creativa dies.

I'm so happy of how this card turned out and I hope you like it too.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. 

I wish you an amazing Sunday, Silvia.

With this card I also take my chance over Lawn Fawnatics challenge 60 create a scene.

LEAVES ARE FALLING AUTUMN IS CALLING

Good morning!!!
I'm so happy I added Lawn Fawn new "Crunchy Leaf " ink pad to my last cafty order because I'm so in love with the "warm touch" it gives to my card.
Today I want to share with you the first card I made stamping all my images with it, but I'm already working on some new ones, so stay tune!!!

For this card I started by ink blending my cardbase with my favourite fall background Distress Oxide inks color combination: antique linen in the middle, dried marigold on the bottom and tumbled glass and salty ocean on top, with some splatters of Indian gold Nuvo mousse loosened with a bit of water.
For the grass I used a shabby shutter and walnut stein Distress Oxide inks combo.

I then colored my images (they're from Lawn Fawn "Thanks a latte", "Pick of the patch" and "Butterfly kisses" stamp sets) with Spectrum Noir and Nuvo markers, I fussy cut them and I added to my card, creating a sweet Autumn scene.

I really enjoyed myself a lot making this card and I hope you like it  too.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and see ya soon.
Happy Fall, Silvia.

"HELLO PUMPKIN" FALL CARD

Hi there!

You know that I love mixing up different stamp sets to create my card scenes and for today's card I played with Heffy Doodle "Absotoothly Awesome", "Veggie Patch", "Big Bug Hugs" and "More than Smores".

I started by stamping all my images with Memento black ink and coloring them with Spectrum Noir markers.

I then die cut a white panel using the largest die from Heffy Doodle "Imperial Stitched Rectangles" and I ink blended it. I first applied tumbled glass Distress Oxide ink with a life changing brush. I then used Heffy Doodle "Cloudy Skies" stencil and salty ocean Distress Oxide ink to create my texture and I ended by darkening the edges of the panel with blueprint sketch Distress Oxide ink.

I then die cut three stripes from a white cardstock with Heffy Doodle "Grassy Lass Border" dies and I colored them with shubby shutters and mowed lawn Distress Oxide ink. I also added a "warmer touch" to my sky and grass splattering some Indian gold Nuvo mousse loosened with a drop of water on them.

I ended my card attaching all my images in place with some liquid glue except for the flying fairies: I used a pice of  foam tape behind them because I wanted them to pop-up a bit.

I'm really happy of how this card turned out and I hope you like it too. 

Thank you so much for passing by today and see you very soon.

Hugs, Silvia.