Butterfly Reflections, Ink

 Hello friends! Audrey here!  I hope you are enjoying this holiday season!  Today, I am sharing a set of gift tags that I made for my nieces and nephews for their Christmas packages.  I make new ones for them every year and I always love making them.  These tags use products from Lawn Fawn, Sunny Studio Stamps and Reverse Confetti! Products used: Lawn Fawn Henry's ABCs Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflakes Sunny Studio Stamps Feeling Frosty Sunny Studio Feeling Frosty Dies Reverse Confetti  Big Confetti Tag Lawn Fawn Yeti Ink White Gel Pen Thanks for stopping by!  Happy New Year, Friends! :)

 Hello crafty friends and welcome to my very last post for this term on the BRI design team! I had a blast creating all these cards for you and am so thankful for this experience. Huge thanks to Vanessa for blessing me with this opportunity (again)! So I wanted to make a thank you card as my last card! I looove the new Heart Garden Border from Lawn Fawn's latest release, especially since I can use it for other occasions besides Valentine's Day. I combined it with the Big Thank You So Much from Mama Elephant and the adorable Bicycle Built for You set from Lawn Fawn. I cut out the background panel from Lawn Fawn paper using the Mama Elephant Cloud Nine die.  A note about the sentiment: I ink blended pink cardstock, then I cut out the sentiment. I like ink blending first because I find it hard to ink blend narrow paper like the letters in this sentiment. I also get a more even gradient this way. Supplies used: Lawn Fawn Bicycle Built for You ( coordinating dies ) Lawn Fawn He...

 Hello friends!  Audrey here with a bright and bold holiday card to share with you using products from Lawn Fawn and Pinkfresh Studio!  There is a new Lawn Fawn release in the shop today so be sure to check it out!  It's full of fun  new goodies! Products used: Lawn Fawn Giant Outlined Oh What Fun die Pinkfresh Studio Slimline Stripes dies That's all for me today!  Thanks for stopping by! :)

 Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a cute and simple holiday shaker card! This little card was pretty quick to put together and my favorite part of the card is the felt bow! Bows always make everything cuter! To make the shaker, I die cut several of the hexatag snowdrift frames and stacked them together. I prefer the cardstock stacking method for shaker frames because you can customize the depth of your shaker well this way. I ink blended a quick background on the solid hexagon piece and glued on the vellum trees. After gluing the shaker well onto the hexagon background, I used my powder tool to remove any stickiness and static. I added the shaker bits, acetate, and finally the top frame. Don't forget to stamp your sentiment on before assembling the shaker!  There is a snowflake on the reindeer's sign... if you squint you can see it😆! (In real life, you can definitely see it...) You can put all sorts of things in the signs. I think the Mama Elephant set Holiday Bitties...

 Hi crafty friends! Christmas is almost here so these adorable Sunny Studio penguins are busy getting ready for the holidays!  The penguins under the mistletoe actually come from a non-holiday set but I thought they would be perfect for the little mistletoe scene. My favorite penguin is the little guy with antlers enjoying the warm mug of cocoa! These Sunny Studio penguins are just the cutest! After cutting out the pieces for the center picture window card, I made my own patterned paper with the snow stamp from the Lawn Fawn set Window Scene: Winter and Lawn Fawn kiddie pool ink. I went with a pink and aqua color theme-- very non-traditional holiday colors but I just love them together! I used some kitsch flamingo Distress oxide ink to add a bit of color to the inside panels and to stamp the sentiments.  Supplies used: Lawn Fawn Center Picture Window dies Lawn Fawn Center Picture Window Add On dies Sunny Studios Penguin Party  (coordinating dies available here )...

 Hello crafty friends! As the blog post title says, today's card embraces classic Christmas but with a touch of cute! Classic Christmas colors, check! Festive wreath, check! Classic Christmas plaid pattern, check! And a cute Lawn Fawn Christmas-y deer, check!!  I love mixing brands and using new products with older favorites! I saw the new Concord & 9th plaid turnabout stamp and love how it can be a versatile background for occasions beyond the holidays. I made the background with some classic Christmas colors-- red, green, black, and silver.  I heat embossed the silver but let me give you some tips if you heat emboss with this stamp!! (1) Make sure your background is COMPLETELY dry, especially if you use pigment inks or else the embossing powder will stick to it. (2) Don't forget to use a powder tool before you stamp with embossing ink! (3) Stamp with embossing ink/heat emboss on your last "turn." To create the wreath, I used 3 shades of green cardstock for ...

 Hi crafty friends! It is time to crank out the HOWL-iday cards! Today's card features some cute Lawn Fawn puppies building a snowman! (Look out, one mischievous puppy grabbed an arm! And don't forget the mittens, little puppers!) I colored up the images and also the snowman die cuts with Copic markers. It's hard to see but I added some prisma glitter to the snowman and Santa hat. For the background, I used the Lawn Fawn snowfall backdrop die with patterned paper. You can't tell in the picture but I added flocking to my snow drift for extra fluffy fun. And finally, I used a glitter pen to color in some of the falling snowflakes.  Supplies used: Lawn Fawn Build-A-Snowman Lawn Fawn Furry and Bright (and dies ) Lawn Fawn Joy to All  (and  dies ) Lawn Fawn Cheery Christmas (and dies ) - for the hat Lawn Fawn Snowfall Backdrop: Landscape Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes Rainbow 6x6 paper Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners Lawn Fawn Extra Sentiment Banners Lawn Fawn Prisma ...

 Hi crafty friends and happy November! I wanted to share one last fall/Thanksgiving card before launching into Christmas cards. I just love the recently released Concord & 9th Freshly Picked dies and stamp set ! It is such a cute and versatile set and the interactive option is seriously the easiest one I have ever made! I cut out all the pieces for the basket and pumpkins from colored cardstock. For the wooden basket, I used kraft cardstock and ink blended the edges for some interest with gathered twigs Distress Ink. I thought it would be fun to have some cute critters hanging out with the pumpkins and the Lawn Fawn mice were perfect for this little scene. I used a small sign stamp from Mama Elephant The Cat's Meow for the "pick me" so the recipient knows to pull the pumpkin for the interactive feature. For the sentiment on the banner and pull tab, I used the sentiments from the coordinating Freshly Picked stamp set. Since I made this a fall themed card with pumpkin...

 Hi crafty friends! Growing up, I would hear about Knott's Scary Farm and vowed never to go there because I do NOT like scary Halloween stuff. So today's card is inspired by the non-scary, magical Halloween fun at Disneyland! I used mainly Lawn Fawn stamps for the images and colored them up with Copic markers. (The castle is from a different company but Lawn Fawn and MFT have castle stamps.) For the background, I ink blended the clouds with Distress Oxide ink and the MFT mini cloud stencil onto dark blue cardstock. Then I splattered liquid stardust onto the panel and let it completely dry overnight. (*Tip for using liquid stardust: I have found the best success with splattering it straight on, no diluting with water!) For the ground, I lightly ink blended some dark gray cardstock. The sentiment was heat embossed and popped up with black foam tape. Supplies used: Lawn Fawn Costume Party (and dies ) Lawn Fawn Coaster Critters (and dies ) Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners Law...

 Hi crafty friends! I know Harry Potter themed cards can be made year round, but there's something about October that feels extra Harry Potter-y! Last year, I made this Harry Potter card and my stamp sets got a workout 😂. This year, I went a bit simpler because I had this vision of an interactive card featuring my interpretation of the dragon scene in Goblet of Fire!  I created this mini slimline card using a mix of products from Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn. The background is a first for me-- I drew and colored the stones and fence with Copic markers. (I was inspired by this Sandy Allnock Instagram post and then watched this Sandy Allnock YouTube video and thought I would attempt a custom Copic colored background. YouTube makes you think you can do anything!😂 Definitely not professional level but it was good enough for me!) The rocks in the foreground were cut out with a Mama Elephant die and then ink blended with Distress Oxides. I used foam tape to pop up the rocks to ...

 Hi crafty friends! Today's card features a fun scene using Lawn Fawn stamps. These cats are up to something with their potions, spell book, and cauldron full of gummy worms! (But look! One worm got away!)  I am loving these night skies with glowing moons so for the background, I masked off the moon and used some purple Distress Oxide inks to make the glow around it. I darkened the sky up with chipped sapphire and black soot Oxides as well. I used the new Lawn Fawn Night Time Sky stencil to create the moon craters with some manatee ink. I splattered water and black soot ink and then cut the panel out with the Mama Elephant Cloud Nine die. Finally, I finished off the background with birch trees and ground cut out of black cardstock.  I used Copic markers to color in the images and popped some of them up with foam tape. The sentiment was white heat embossed on purple cardstock (a first for me! I don't think I have ever used purple cardstock for a sentiment strip before!). S...

 Hello friends!  Audrey here with a Halloween card using products from a few different companies.  The images are from an older Clearly Besotted stamp set and there is a new Clearly Besotted release in the shop now! Be sure to check out all of the cuteness! Products used: Clearly Besotted Halloween Plushies Pretty Pink Posh  Spider Web Stencil Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Halloween die Lawn Fawn Hearts and Stars Skinny Tag die Tim Holtz Villainous Potion Distress Ink That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

 Hi crafty friends! Happy October! Today I have a colorful Halloween card that features Lawn Fawn stamps! Before I get into today's card, I have a friendly PSA: if you are about to recreate the colors of candy corn, double check on Google to make sure you have the colors in the correct order before creating the entire background and sticking it permanently onto your card base. (Ask me how I know, ha! Sigh... 😂) And now onto my card! For the background, I stamped the images with the different inks to create a tone on tone look. I mounted the panel onto a piece of fun foam and then glued it onto the black sparkle card base. I had created my own sparkly black cardstock by taping a border around the edges and then covering the sticky tape with embossing powder. (I knew I was going to adhere a panel in the middle so I only needed a border of sparkle.) After heat setting it, the cardstock looked like it was glitter cardstock.  To create the focal sentiment, I die cut the "B" ...

 Hello friends!  Audrey   here with a fall themed card using products from My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn!  I love mixing and matching products across companies, and I love even more that I can find everything at Butterfly Reflections Ink! This color combo brings all the fall vibes! :)  The background was especially fun to make! Products used: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse stamp set Lawn Fawn Fall Leaves Stencil Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Fall Dies Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside Stencils Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint Gansai Tambi Starry Watercolors That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

 Hi crafty friends! Have you ever made an action wobble card? It's been around for a while and it's a simple concept-- stick an image on a wobbly spring and watch it wiggle jiggle! This cute hedgehog from the oldie-but-goodie Lawn Fawn set Jump for Joy was perfect for my wobbly card today! You can buy action wobble springs or you can make your own! Here is a short video tutorial I made so you can make your very own action wobble.  I love the idea of jumping into a pile of fall leaves, but where I live, most of our trees do not change colors and I don't get to make big piles of leaves. So I will just make a fall birthday card about it! There are several stamp sets out there with lovely leaf pile stamps (like Mama Elephant's Jump for Joy ) but I decided to use masking to create my own big pile of leaves. I colored all the images with Copic markers, and then I fussy cut the leaves and die cut the hedgehog. For the background, I first ink blended the sky with Distress ox...

 Hi crafty friends! I needed a housewarming card and the Mama Elephant Little Agenda House stamps were perfect!  Since we are heading into fall, I used some fall colors to color in the trees. I created a custom sentiment using Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn stamps. (All supplies are listed below.) I am a patterned paper hoarder so I was glad I could use some from my stash to create the top panel! Supplies used: Mama Elephant Little Agenda House (and dies ) Mama Elephant Scene Builder (and dies ) Mama Elephant Little Signage Agenda Lawn Fawn Baked with Love Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners Pink and Main Double Stitched Heart Dies Lawn Fawn Cloudy Stencil Distress Oxides ( tumbled glass , broken china ) Distress Inks (crushed olive, fossilized amber, mowed lawn) Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting! 💖 Jenn  

 Hi crafty friends! Today I am sharing a quick and simple fall card featuring Lawn Fawn Car Critters . These cute critters are coming home from visiting the pumpkin patch! They are so thankful that they were able to find the perfect pumpkin! My favorite thing about this card is the license plate! I was so excited that the sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Booyah fit (with some clever masking). The fall sunset sky and grass were cut from patterned papers I had in my stash, but you can get a similar watercolored look with  Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes paper . Using patterned papers really helps with fast and easy cards! Supplies used: Lawn Fawn Car Critters (and dies ) Lawn Fawn Coaster Critters (and dies ) - for the fox Lawn Fawn Costume Party (and dies ) - for the pumpkin Lawn Fawn Booyah - for the license plate word Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Borders Lawn Fawn Jump for Joy - for sentiment MFT Modern Trees (and dies ) -- You can get a similar look with Lawn Fawn Simple S...

 Hello there!   Audrey here with a fun birthday card to share with you using products from Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn! I just love mixing and matching products from various companies and I think all of these things work together so well!  Even better that everything I used is available here at Butterfly Reflections Ink!  Read on to see what I used for this cute pastel birthday wish! :) To create this card, I used: Mama Elephant Celebration Hamsters Mama Elephant Celebration Hamsters Dies Mama Elephant Party Scene Cover Panel Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Birthday Die Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Metallic Watercolor Diamond Stickles That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

 Hi crafty friends! Ahhh, it's that time of year again-- the smell of new crayons, the feel of a freshly sharpened Dixon Ticonderoga pencil gliding across wide ruled paper, and the morning rush to get out the door on time... it's back to school time!  I made this pop up box card to celebrate this glorious time of year using several Mama Elephant stamp sets and the Lawn Fawn box card pop up die. I colored the images with Copic markers and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I tried to turn the bear image into a panda because pandas are a favorite animal here in my home.  For one of the side panels, I thought it would be fun to cut out one panel from actual lined notebook paper for the cat with the pencil and then I wrote on it with a pencil.  To create the background, I cut out a box panel from gray cardstock and used a brick stencil with Distress Oxide ink. For the floors, I used a woodgrain stamp with Versamark ink on kraft cardstock. I heat embossed the sent...

 Hello friends!  Audrey here with one of my favorite kinds of card to create... ocean themed!  I love mixing and matching ocean and sea themed products from different companies to add to the scene creating possibilities! I just love this adorable little kitty and his balloons from the Clearly Besotted Balloon Bunch Sea stamp set!  There are not companion dies for this set, but I was able to easily cut them out with my Scan N Cut.  Read on to see what other products I used to create this card! :) Products used: Clearly Besotted Balloon Bunch Sea stamp set Lawn Fawn Say What? Pets stamp set (speech bubble) Lawn Fawn Ocean Waves Stencils Distress Oxide Ink in Salvaged Patina Diamond Stickles Bubble Embellishments (not exact but similar) That's all for me today!  Thanks for stopping by! :)