Busy day on the blog! For my Ellen Hutson guest post and giveaway please scroll down or click here!
Good morning! I’m thrilled to be a hop stop for the Heffy Doodle blog hop! My friend Lesley has started her own stamp company, Heffy Doodle, and we’re helping her celebrate with a huge hop, crafty giveaways, and lots of inspiration using her new stamps! If you haven’t heard of Heffy Doodle yet you can head here to her Kickstarter page for more information in how you can support Heffy Doodle!
Here’s what I created for the hop:
My card is a little bit of a tribute to Lesley! I first discovered her on Instagram last summer when she posted this super clever interactive mermaid card! I loved the idea of sliding the acetate around to move the mermaid into the scene and wanted to do a little spin on that for my card. My little elephant doesn’t move all the way around the card because I used cardstock for him but he does slide back and forth across the card and he’s on a wobbler for even more action! 😉
So I started by blending cracked pistachio and broken china distress oxides onto a piece of white cardstock and then flicked it with water. I let it dry while I worked on my elephant. I started by stamping the adorable ellie from Elephant of Surprise onto cardstock and colored her with copics before using the coordinating dies to die-cut her out. Then I stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock and trimmed it down to create a window for my shaker. I used a thin piece of acetate (from stamp set packaging) to create the shaker by sealing clear confetti over the blended background and adhering the edges of the acetate behind the background panel. Then I taped a second piece of thin acetate around the first to allow my elephant to slide back and forth. I used an action wobbler to attach the elephant and then adhered the sentiment panels to the background panel with foam mounting tape.
I adore this little elephant…she’s so cute! 🙂 And I love that she can kinda prance back and forth across the shaker background! Thanks for the idea Lesley!! 😉
To celebrate the launch of Heffy Doodle Lesley is giving away a Heffy Doodle cotton tote and a set of 12 distress oxide inks to one lucky commenter! Leave a comment before 7 AM EST on July 20th for a chance to win! The giveaway is open worldwide but you need to leave a comment on every hop stop! Here’s a list of all the stops:
- Heffy Doodle Blog
- Nichol Spohr
- Justine Hovey
- Laura Sterckx
- Alicia Havranek
- Sandy Allnock
- Amanda Kortkova
- Elizabeth John
- Lesley Oman
- Laura Bassen
- Dennice Watts
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> YOU ARE HERE!
- Heather Hoffman
- Nicole Picadura
- Lydia Evans
- Laurel Beard
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop! If this is your first time here I hope you’ll come back! Have a fabulous Saturday and happy crafting!
How cute is this card!
Really love the colors of your card!
Love your cute little card with the adorable little elephant! Terrific of you to support your friend’s new venture!
Just fantastic, Jess!! Love the idea of the dancing elephant – I’m going to have to try this technique soon. The use of sequins is lovely, makes me think of the morning dew.
Such a pretty card! That elephant is sooo adorable and your distress oxide background is amazing!
Now, this card says it like it is!!!
Love that your elephant moves as well… These elephants definitely have a soft spot in my heart… and those pink cheeks… Awww . Thanks Jess.
Jessica, Your elephant is so cute; I love the soft grays you used in contrast to the background and sequins. It shows him off beautifully! Love it.
Super cute card! I love the elephant set.
Such a cute little elephant!
That such a cute card i love it.
Super cute and love the distress blending and sequins in shaker card! The elephant was my first fav stamp set, I have 3 fav’s- interactive- crocs & elephants, lol. Oh my!
Great card. Love the layout.
Sucha darling card:)
This card is super! I love the interactive elements.
So so so cute! Love the idea!
Oh, nooooo! Not another stamp company that will make me buy stamps! My husband is going to kill me! I already checked out their website, and their critters are adorable, the puns are cute and I love that interactive sayings set. There goes another paycheck down the drain! Thank you for sharing!
I love the blue and green color together!
Congratulations to Heffy Doodle and I hope that the campaign is a huge success for them!
So adorable. This release is beyond words! I hope they do well. Thanks for sharing your talent.