Mama Elephant October 2025 Release

Hello crafty friends and welcome to the Mama Elephant October 2025 release! I was so excited for the book themed sets in the release (the other stamps are awesome too!) and was inspired to make this Grinch themed card! I combined a lot of different sets to create this scene.

My card centered around the little boy reading the book and I wanted it to look like what he was reading was coming to life in his mind. I scoured my Mama Elephant sets to find the different elements to create this card, and I will list all of the sets I used at the end of this blog post.

For the background, I used a polka dot stencil from Waffle Flower with Concord & 9th pebble ink. I also masked off the ground and inked a floor with Concord & 9th cobblestone ink. To create the gingham background, I stamped gray cardstock with Lawn Fawn manatee ink using a Lawn Fawn gingham stamp.

To create the book quote, I typed and aligned it on a Word document and printed it on cardstock. Then I trimmed it down to create the card front. I used a cloud die to create the border and make the scene look like his imagination.

My favorite part of this card is the cover of the book! I drew the Grinch with a super fine micron pen and used a green gel pen for the pizzaz around his face. Then I colored the cover with a Copic marker so it looks like the actual Grinch book.

For the inside, I layered 3 sizes of hearts together cut from 3 different shades of red cardstock and stamped the sentiment from Holiday Reading. (Do you get why I did the 3 hearts? Hehehe!)

I hope you enjoyed this card! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Mama Elephant supplies:

Reading Tree

Holiday Reading

Abundance of Toys

Santa's Friends (Santa hat)

Decorate the Tree

Me and My Yeti (Grinch)

Oh Merry Tree (Cindy Lou Who)

Little Agenda Bus (Max the dog)

Holly’s Reindeer (antler on Max)

Snow Globe Bitties (fireplace)