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Heffy Doodle Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAY!)

15 Jul

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:

Heffy Doodle Blog 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.

Heffy Doodle Blog Hop

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!

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Comments

  1. Connie Melton says

    July 15, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    Aww-love your little prancing elephant. Cute for all ages!

    Reply
  2. fragkopouloukhotmailcom says

    July 15, 2017 at 5:52 pm

    Gorgeous looking card!Love the design!Thank you for the inspiration 🙂

    Reply
  3. Francine says

    July 15, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    I am really loving this elephant stamp set. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Lindarub says

    July 15, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    Cute card.

    Reply
  5. BunnyD says

    July 15, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    What a cute card! Isn’t Lesley creative? Such fun new images and all the accessories to go with them.

    Reply
  6. Anne Wylie (Angie Wylie) says

    July 15, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    Love the card. The elephant is adorable!

    Reply
  7. Lisa says

    July 15, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    Ermig-d, so cute. That elephant is awesome, and the sentiment? yes please!

    Reply
  8. Jennifer taylor says

    July 15, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Adorable card!!!

    Reply
  9. Sharon Lopez says

    July 15, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    Love the sentiment and elephant is adorable, great card

    Reply
  10. sally says

    July 15, 2017 at 11:37 pm

    Love how your elephant moves. Great idea!

    Reply
  11. Constance Hildebrand says

    July 15, 2017 at 11:54 pm

    The elephant is my favorite stamp. Cute card… thanks.

    Reply
  12. Florence Pangelinan says

    July 15, 2017 at 11:54 pm

    Your elephant card is darling, as is the sentiment! It made me laugh with such pleasure. 😂

    Reply
  13. Tracy A says

    July 16, 2017 at 12:03 am

    Perfect color background for this little elephant to play one.

    Reply
  14. Denise Bryant says

    July 16, 2017 at 1:16 am

    Darling card with that delightful elephant!

    Reply
  15. Ann Eslinger says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:23 am

    Super cute

    Reply
  16. Magee Dudley says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:28 am

    Your elephant card is so cute. Love the Rosey cheeks.

    Reply
  17. Susan Travis says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:39 am

    Just adorable

    Reply
  18. Mirella ROGAN says

    July 16, 2017 at 6:02 am

    Such a cute card, Jessica, and I have to say – I am in love with these sentiments! LOL

    Reply
  19. kReN@afourthlife says

    July 16, 2017 at 6:20 am

    Love those oxides! Great cards and congrats Heffy Doodles!

    Reply
  20. Irene Herrera Shan says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:20 am

    Love the little elephant. He has so much character. The card is so adorable. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  21. mjmarmo says

    July 16, 2017 at 10:31 am

    Just delightful!

    Reply
  22. Megan N says

    July 16, 2017 at 10:34 am

    So cute! And super clever design!

    Reply
  23. Cynthia Da Costa says

    July 16, 2017 at 10:36 am

    so cute! 🙂 can’t get enough of the sequins!

    Reply
  24. christine says

    July 16, 2017 at 10:41 am

    love how clean and simple this is with a flash of color down the middle

    Reply
  25. Peggy Mallon says

    July 16, 2017 at 11:07 am

    Really cute and different card!

    Reply
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