Butterfly Reflections, Ink

Hi crafty friends! I'm back with a nutty card for a nutty friend! (And I mean nutty in a good way!) I love these cute, happy squirrels from Let's Go Nuts by Lawn Fawn . And even though I don't get to experience the beautiful fall colors where I live, I love colorful fall leaves... At least I can stamp and color fall leaves for this card! I stamped out the images from Let's Go Nuts and the tree branch from Jump for Joy . I used Copic markers (listed below) to color and then I cut out the images with the coordinating dies .  To create the background, I used speckled egg Distress Ink and the Lawn Fawn cloudy stencil to create subtle clouds. I also splattered more speckled egg ink. For the grass, I used the MFT grassy fields die to cut out some grass and added color using Distress Inks (fossilized amber, crushed olive, mowed lawn). The frame was cut from several layers of cardstock using the Backdrop from Lawn Fawn . The top frame was cut from Lawn Fawn Knit Picky patte...

Crafting makes everything better! Kathy here to share a couple cards created with Gina K Designs Crafty Notes stamp set . This awesome set makes my heart so happy - it contains images of all the crafty tools I love to play with!   For my first card, I layered Lawn Fawn Black cardstock onto the cardbase.  I then cut circles from Lawn Fawn White cardstock using Waffle Flower Stitched Nesting Circles dies ; offsetting the die cuts.  I stamped and copic colored the craft images popping them up on and around the circle die cuts.  I then stamped the images using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad .   For my second card, I layered Lawn Fawn Black cardstock onto the cardbase.  I then layered on a piece of Lawn Fawn White cardstock and blended some Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink with the Mini Ink Blending Tool .  I stamped and copic colored several of the Crafty Notes images and arranged them.  To finish, I stamped the sentiment (my man...

Happy Friday!! I hope you all had a Wonderful week! It is  Dana  here today sharing a two cards using the Gorgeous  Concord & 9th: Just Love Stamp Set. I started my card's by creating my backgrounds. I used  Nuvo Shimmer Powder ...if you do not own any of this powder stop what you are doing and head to the store to place your order!! It is so fun and creates the most gorgeous background!!  To begin, I used the  Tim Holtz: Distress Watercolor Paper . I used washi tape and attached the paper to an old cutting plate so it wouldn't warp as I added water. First, you want to wet your paper a lot. Then, you can slowly add your powder, a little at a time. I found it was easiest to control, by gently tapping the bottle and just letting a little come out at a time. Keep adding water, and tilting your paper to let the colors run together and cover your background. I also used a paper towel to dab up my extra water that accumulated around my edges.  ...

Hey there!!  So I wanted to share a card with you that was fun and easy to make. Let me tell you how I made it. First I took an acrylic stamping block and put Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink on one half of it and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink on the other.  I spritzed some water on the stamping block letting the ink pool a little.  I then turned over the stamping block onto a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor paper  and let it sit for a few seconds.  I then took my heat gun and dried it all the way through.  I trimmed it down and stamped a greeting from the Snow Play stamp set from Hello Bluebird .  I had a image that I had stamped, colored and die cut from the North Pole Littles Stamp  set and the North Pole Littles Dies .  I adhered the cute Santa to the watercolor piece.  I then trimmed down a piece of patterned paper from the Knit Picky 6x6 paper pad from Lawn fawn and adhered it to a white card base.  Using foam a...

Hi friends of BRI!  Norine here with you today!  Weird blog post title, right?  Hang on, I'll get to that in a second. So, I've been dying to use this Floral Background stamp from The Stamp Market for weeks now.  I gave it a test run back here , but I really wanted to make a project where it's beautiful design was the focus.   I tried a few versions of this technique, first with Gelatos, then the Prima IOD water soluble oil pastels , to little success, and a bunch of wasted watercolor paper.  Coloring directly onto a stamp with  heavily pigmented crayons like those, and then spritzing water on the stamp and stamping onto watercolor paper, is a fun technique, but one that produces a very loose and watery style, and I wanted something more defined for this project. So I switched to Strathmore Bristol smooth cardstock, and water-based pens.  Tombows, Distress markers , any kind of water-based marker will do.   And here's ...

Hello! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a card with you! Yay card!! Ha! I used lots of products available in the shop, so let's get into the nitty gritty and then you can get to the shopping! :) I used the adorable Mermazing stamp set from Neat and Tangled and I am in LOVE with all of these images! Eeeek! So cute, right?! I colored her in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers , and then fussy cut her out, but if you're not a fussy cutter, there are coordinating dies , too! and that makes this card even easier! **And guess what, the coordinating dies are ON SALE ! ** To create the background, I used Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch to create that FUN watercolored wave! I started by smooshing the ink onto a piece of plastic packaging in a wave shape, spritzed it with water, and then pressed it onto my cardstock!  I repeated that process a few times with the various colors to add some depth. And when it was all dry, I splattere...

Hi Everyone! Jenny here with a delicate and soft birthday card using a wonderful stamp ' Botanical Banners' by Brutus Monroe .  The card uses watercolor, heat embossing and dry embossing - here's how I created it. I used some Altenew Spicy Yoghurt cardstock for the background panel, trimmed down to A2 size, which I dry embossed using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix Roses embossing folder. The Tim Holtz embossing folders give a gorgeous subtle effect and create a wonderful impression that is create to add texture without making a card busy, so you can still keep it clean and simple.  I recently got this one and can't wait to use it.  Bring back dry embossing :) I added a border frame with the same cardstock by using two of the Hero Arts Infinity Rectangles and adhering the frame to the embossed panel with Ranger Multi Medium Matte .  I adhered the panel directly to a card base.  For some subtle color, I mixed some pink watercolor up and flicked it on to the pane...

Hello everybody, Nicky back with you today with another sweet card this time using the adorable Bunny Tea Time  by Memory Box . The base of this card is made from Kraft card stock which I am increasingly using because I love both pastel and more vibrantly coloured decorated panels against this contrasting background - just a personal choice of course! The white panel was ink blended softly using the fabulous Clarity Stencil Brushes to create a focal point using Distress Ink  and then the 'thank you' sentiment was stamped repeatedly around the edge in a circle using Ranger Archival Ink .  Any black ink would have sufficed in this application but the Ranger Archival Ink provides such a strong and true black image every time you stamp provided you don't rush it! Next i stamped up all of my images using the same Archival Ink.  I watercolour 'painted' them using the wonderful Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers  and a Watercolor Brush Pen  - you'll nee...

Good morning, everyone! It's Cassie here, and I'm going to be sharing my last  card as a Butterfly Reflections Ink design team member! It's such a sad thing, because I've had so much fun working with Vanessa and all the amazing products she carries, but I've loved my time as a part of her team :) For today's card I'm using some new Lawn Fawn products that are just SO sweet. Let's take a look. I started this card by stamping the octopus from the Octopi My Heart stamp set in VersaMark onto some Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock . I used a dark gray embossing powder for him, and did the same with the sentiment. Then I took out my Distress Inks and did some ink smooshing over top of the embossed octopus. Instead of going with ocean or sea colors, I decided I wanted more of a warm color combo. I used Work Lipstick, Dried Marigold, and Wild Honey to do this. In the end I did end up using a paint brush to add more color where needed. I also added a littl...

Good morning, all! Happy Wednesday, and thanks for stopping by! I have a fun card for you today that had me smiling the entire time I was making it. I recently placed an order over at Butterfly Reflections Ink (imagine that!) and realized I had purchased no Halloween stamps. This really bummed me out, until I got the idea to get creative with what I had purchased! Here's the outcome! I took the Let's Mingle stamp set by The Greeting Farm and turned all the adorable winter looking mice into little trick-or-treaters! This was so fun because I really had to think outside of the box and attempt to make these little cuties into Halloween obsessed cuties. From left to right their costumes are: Minnie Mouse, a Starbucks drink, a pumpkin, a queen and Harry Potter. I started out by making my card base with some Bristol Smooth cardstock and the Large Stitched Rectangle die from Lawn Fawn . This is my new go-to for Distress Ink blended backgrounds. I used Post It tape to get t...

Good Morning, all! I'm super excited to be back on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to share another card with you today, because I've been dying to play with this stamp set since I saw it. The Sunny Studio set Autumn Splendor  has had me drooling lately. The cards being made are amazing, and I knew I needed to make a card with it ASAP. So here's what I came up with!    This stamp set is great for stamp layering, but honestly I don't have a ton of coordinating inks. So instead I knew I'd be making a Distress Ink card. (Oh, shucks. I was so torn up about it) I started by cutting out a stitched rectangle with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles dies. The paper I used was Bristol Smooth cardstock. I started pulling the leaves I wanted to use and the inks I wanted to use. The ink colors I used were Fossilized Amber , Fired Brick , Tea Dye , Candied Apple , Carved Pumpkin , and Ground Espresso . I rocked the perimeter of the leave on the ink pad...

Hi peeps! How's thing going? Vera here today on this beautiful Saturday.  I am an animal lover at heart and for those that knows me personally, know that I am a huge dog lover. I am especially drawn to pug, but I love dogs in general. So, when I saw this Crazy Dogs Stamp Set , of course I have to have it (even though they don't have any pug on this set, hah!). There's just something about their wild eyes that call to me. Hm... does that make me weird? Maybe, but I am okay with that. ;) I have a dear friend that loves dachshund and this particular dog reminds me of her dog, so I am making this card for her. I colored it with Copic and then fussy cut the dog. I don't have the matching dies, yet, so fussy cutting it is. Aside from the dog, to make this card, I used mostly My Favorite Things products. I die-cut a stitched panel using the largest dies from  Die-namics Double Stitched Rectangle STAX  and framed it with patterned paper from Plaid Pattern...

Happy Sunday, BRI friends! I'm Janette and I'm bringing you a card made for one of my besties who has a birthday today. Shh, don't tell her... I won't see her until Tuesday! The Crazy Dog stamp set is just too fun! So many doggies to create so many paper crafts! I chose this guy with a few accessories and colored them with Distress Crayons in Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Festive Berries, Black Soot, Antique Linen, Chipped Sapphire and a water brush . The background was easy peasy with Color Burst watercolor powders . I saturated the watercolor paper with clear water and spritzed a bit of Lemon Yellow across the paper. I waited for the water to dry a tad and added a sprinkle of Sepia to my craft mat. I then picked it up with a damp brush and drew it across the watercolor paper. The Sepia creeped up into the yellow creating a grassy look in which Fido could play. Add a touch of water for a blended look below. I stamped the sentiment from the Taylor...

Hello everyone! It's Emily here to share a super cute birthday card using  Crazy Birds  stamp set, and  Crazy Birds matching dies , On a small piece of watercolor cardstock, i created the background using Gansai Tambi watercolor .  I adhered it over the card base and put it aside to dry.  Next, the bird.  I stamped, die cut, and colored him with  Copics .  These Crazy Birds dies are so wonderful.  They come with little dies to cut the details of the birds (eyes, wings, beak, etc...).  I then created the front panel using  Die-namics Blueprint #25 , and  Jumbo Peek-A-Boo Circles  and stamped the sentiment.   Next step, I assembled all the components together.  I added clear acetate, foam tape behind the front panel.  Pour some sequins on the watercolored background and adhered the front panel over.  Lastly, I added the bird.   Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you have a great da...

Hello, Emily here with some fun bookmarks to share.  First, i ADORE these  Crazy Birds  by Tim Holtz... they are just so fun to look at and to color.  I started with stamping the birds using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I heat set the images before starting watercoloring them.  I used  Gansai Tambi watercolors  and Ranger's waterbrush .  Even without using watercolor paper, I was still able to blend the colors beautifully.  Next i used Avery Elle's  bookmark die , then laminated my bookmarks.  Finally, I trimmed the laminate and added twines.   Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day!

Good morning!  Heather  here from  Houses Built of Cards ! Have you all seen those adorable Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamps yet? If you haven't - you have missed out on a lot of cuteness!  Something about the little expressions on these birds make me laugh - I just adore them! I had a friend recently ask me to make a set of Nursery Wall art for her with them. It was going to be a shared boy and girl room for a little while, so she wanted them fairly neutral - no to specifically boy or girl. Here are photos of them - I didn't frame them, but just gave them to her so she could frame them how she wished. She has promised me photos when she has had a chance to do that - so I will make sure and share those when I receive them, but wanted to share them here now, since I happened to see that Vanessa still has one set of these in stock right now as I'm writing this - so run and grab it now if you don't have it yet!!! I used sentiments from Paper Smooches ...