Butterfly Reflections, Ink

 Hello crafty friends! Are you still scrambling to make your holiday cards? Today I'm sharing a simple design that can be created quickly! (and when I say "quickly" I mean an hour or two hahaha! You know what I'm talkin' about!) I am using this month's BRI Moodboard for my color inspiration. Be sure to enter your creations for a chance to win $20 to the BRI store!  I used a mix of Mama Elephant and Concord & 9th products. The honeycomb quilt top die  has so many possibilities and I had fun figuring out how to arrange my Little Agenda images on the background. You can even use this design for other occasions-- just swap out the images! The gold from the moodboard was slipped in with my heat embossed sentiment. I like how the bit of black contrasts against the white background and colorful hexagons. Supplies used: Mama Elephant Little Penguin Agenda ( coordinating dies) Mama Elephant Little Snowman Agenda ( coordinating dies ) Mama Elephant Everything Nic...

Hi there! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing card that was inspired by the April BRI Mood Board challenge ! You can check out all of the details on the post here ! I used an oldie, but a goodie!! stamp set from Create a Smile stamps ! I used the Sending Sunshine stamp set - I LOVE those cute sea creatures so much! I stamped the images and then colored them in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Then once it was all dry, I fussy cut them out! For the background, I used Alcohol Inks and Ranger White Yupo Paper ! I love alcohol inks!! Especially when it's for a water background! Once that was dry, I used the Under the Sea Adventure Stencil and white embossing paste to add some texture! I heat embossed the sentiment in white , and then fussy cut out around it! Be sure to play along with the April BRI Mood Board Challenge ! ~ Samantha

 Hello, Everyone - it's Allison, and I am excited to be up on the blog today with this card that was inspired by the new December mood board. Everything that I used for this card can be found in the Butterfly Reflections, Ink online shop . Before I get to my card, have you seen this month's mood board? It could not be more gorgeous!! You must play along with the mood board challenge this month. I know that I'm going to be making more cards with this palette. My card today features the fun Camp Trailer Card die set from Honey Bee Stamps . The camper goes together so easily, thanks to all of the separate pieces. All you have to do is pick what paper to use for each element. That may actually be the hardest part - too many patterned papers to choose from! I grabbed some scraps from my stash that went along with the color palette and got busy die cutting and gluing. There's a lot going on with the window. First, I cut a Christmas tree from Concord & 9th's Iconic Ch...

Hi crafty friends! I am so excited to share this card for a sweet friend made with the cutest squishy  bitty bears from MFT !  I colored the bears with Copic markers (listed below) and I had to give a nod to Harry Potter with that Gryffindor scarf! After cutting the bears out with the coordinating dies , I stamped out the trees from MFT's Modern Trees with Lawn Fawn inks ( artichoke , cilantro , pumpkin spice , chili pepper , sunflower , and walnut ) and cut out the trees with coordinating dies . I cut out grass pieces using landscape dies from Mama Elephant , ink blended them with Distress Inks (crushed olive and mowed lawn), and splattered with mowed lawn Distress Ink. I created an autumnal sky with Distress inks (scattered straw, spiced marmalade, abandoned coral) and splattered carved pumpkin Distress Ink onto the sky. You can definitely achieve the same effect using Distress Oxide Inks as well. I stamped out the sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink  (my favorite...

Hello! This is Tiffany, welcome to the Butterfly Reflections, Ink. Blog. I'm absolutely loving the new Lawn Fawn release! One of my favorite card sizes to make is 4.25 x 4.25. When I saw the Magic Iris Tropical Leaves Add-On , I instantly knew that I wanted to make a card this size, plus who can resist these cute toucans?!?! Supplies Used :  Lawn Fawn Toucan Do It Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Tropical Leaves Add-On Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes Rainbow 6x6 Lawn Fawn Small Dotted Square Stackables Copic Markers Lawn Fawn White Embossing Powder Pink Sequins   3D Foam Squares Tombo Mono Liquid Glue Memento Tuxedo Black Ink White & Black cardstock

Hi everyone! My brother and his family moved into a new house so it was time for me to make a card. What better way to wish their house becomes a home soon with a handmade card? A while back I invested in the Reveal Wheel stencils . They aren't needed to create a successful Reveal Wheel card, but it makes it really easy and way quicker! So I decided to put them to work with this fun Reveal Wheel card. I have three nephews so I figured it would be fun to use the Build-A-Castle die set to create a fun castle on the card for them. I paired it with the Tiny Fairy Tale stamp set. Because admit it, how cute is that?! For the background I made clouds using the Cloudy Stencil and Distress Oxide . To break a habit of using Tumbled Glass (which is a great color for clouds) I used Salvaged Patina instead. It turned out great! To make the hill, I used Rustic Wilderness and Mowed Lawn . I cut the hill with one of the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders dies. The sentiment is from the Happy ...

Hi everyone! Peggy here! Today I'm sharing a card with the incredibly sweet axolotl from the latest Lawn Fawn release. And he brought a friend <3 This set is called I like you (a lotl) and 'Axo Axo I like you a lotl' immediately popped into my head. Let me show you what products I used to create this card! I started by stamping out the cute images in this mini set a couple of times with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored them with my copic markers (YR, R for the axolotls and BG for the plants). I used the coördinating dies to cut out the images. I used Lawn Fawn Finley' s ABCs to cut out the XOXO and I distressed the letters with Distress Oxide Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick to match the critters. I put some glitter on the letters with Nuvo Glitter Drops Orange Soda . Next, I created my background by using the Cloudy Stencil upside down (I don't own the Ocean Wave Stencils yet) to stretch my supplies. I used Distress Oxide Pine Needles , Mermaid Lagoon and...

Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing a Valentine's Day card inspired by the mood board . Check out this month's gorgeous mood board created by Amanda!  I was inspired by the color scheme, who doesn't like rose gold, along with the dark blue starry background (didn't add stars, just lots of shine!) To create the card I started by stamping both the heart wreaths from the Large Floral Hearts  stamp set with a light copic friendly ink. I left the stamps in my stamp positioner so I could restamp after coloring. I colored using pink and teal copic combos (RV13-21, 21-02, 23-04, 02-00 and BG 13-11), and then embossed using rose gold embossing powder . Then die cut them using the coordinating dies . To create the background I used the  Love Background Stencil  to emboss a piece of navy card stock. This is a great way to stretch your supplies!  To assemble the card, I layered the floral heart die cuts with some foam tape, added Midnight Black Jewels , and an embossed sentimen...

 Hello Crafty Friends. Davina here with a little BRI Moodboard inspired card today. The November colors  Amanda chose are very easy to play with. Harvest Yellow, Clay Pink, BlackBerry, and Rich Teal make up the quartet of color this month.   The project I’m sharing today is using a few sets from Paperie Ink. I’m very new to this brand and purchased a few seasonal sets last month. I didn’t have a chance to use them sooner, but I’m so loving how cute these characters are. I combined the stamp sets   Autumn is Calling  and  Happy Holi-yay , along with Lawn Fawns  Meadow Backdrop  Die. I stamped all of my images with Momento Rich Cocoa ink and copic colored everything using light and dark shades of this months colors.  Since there are no coordinating dies for these stamp sets, I had to use the scan n cut. Which worked fine considering I’m never going to fussy cut this many images. I recommend always cutting out before you color you images. The Sc...

Well hello there! It's World Card Making Day! And today, we have a FUN SKETCH we hope you play along with! I just LOOOOOOVE it!!!! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing an encouragement/get well type of card! My grandpa is currently battling colon cancer, and I'm determined to send him at least one card a week!  Anyway, let's get on to the goodness - the card! I love it! My grandpa is an avid orchid-expert and grower, they're a special flower to our family! So, it was a no brainer to make a card with this gooooooorgeous image from Avery Elle ! And guess what?! It's on sale - along with the coordinating dies !!! quick - grab them! lol! Ok, so I started by coloring my images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! If you know me at all, you know that while I am in LOVE with coloring floral images...I'm more of a cute-sy critter color-er! lol! But I did m best to make this one slightly more realistic...slightly. lol!  I popped up the images with foam tape and...

Hello! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a fun, happy birthday card with a mix of Avery Elle stamp sets ! I stamped and colored the images from Speech Bubble Stamp Set , Peek-A-Boo Balloon Stamp Set and the Peek-A-Boo Pals Stamp Set  with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! Once everything was dry, I fussy cut them all out, but there are coordinating dies for all of these to make it easier! For the background, I used the amazing 36 Pan Watercolor Set from Altenew ! I looooooove this watercolor set and it's so fun to paint backgrounds for cards! Once the watercolor was dry, I splattered some white acrylic paint in the background for the stars! Finally, I heat embossed the sentiment and heat embossed it with white embossing powder  onto a strip of black cardstock ! I hope this card makes you smile! Be sure to check out all of the products available and on sale on the Butterfly Reflections Ink site ! Thanks again! ~ Samantha

Hi there! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a super fun and festive card using a bunch of Lawn Fawn products! Ho ho ho - Santa's sneaking some cookies before delivering the presents under the tree! Ha! I combined the stamp sets Christmas Dreams and Ho-Ho-Holidays to create this little Christmas eve scene! I fussy cut out all of my images, but never fear, there are coordinating dies to ease your pain! All of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! I also used some older patterned papers from Lawn Fawn for the wallpaper and carpet of the room! Then I used Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks to add shading to the edges. And then I used Vintage Photo and a tiiiiiiiiny bit of Black Soot to add shading to the carpet! I also splattered some color too, because...well, I just love that look! ha! I finished off the card by adding foam tape to the santa, tree and stockings! I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing p...

Hello Crafty Friends & Happy Thanksgiving! This is Tiffany and I hope this post finds you doing well and that you were able to spend quality time with family and friends during this holiday week. I know for me, this time of year gets busy and I'm always on the lookout for simple holiday treats to make and hand out. I love that this hot cocoa treat is simple to make and can be used with any theme. I used several items from the Butterfly Reflections, Ink. online store to make my project. I began by cutting the red and kraft card stock. The measurement for the red card stock is 7 1/2  inches x 4 inches, scored at 2 1/2 inches. The measurement for the kraft card stock is 3 3/4 inches x 2 1/4 inches. I used Catherine Pooler's 'Tis the Season stamp set and Distress Oxide inks in Candied Apple , Evergreen Bough , Pine Needles , and Mustard Seed . Once I stamped the images and cut them out, I spritzed them with water and splattered them with gold and white paint. On the kr...

Hello! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a card that's perfect for this cool weather we FINALLY have (for a few days! ha!)! I used the adorable Stay Cool stamp set from Neat and Tangled! and good news people - it's currently on sale!! Now, I fussy cut my images, but there are also coordinating dies , so be sure to grab those, too! I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. then I also added a little bit of Frosted Lace Stickles to the puffy parts of the coat and the tops of the mountains! I love that super subtle touch of glitter! For the background, I did was watercoloring with Seedless Preserves , Picked Raspberries and Dried Marigold Distress Inks! Once it was dry, I used some white embossing paste and the most perfect star stencil to add texture to the background! Hope this card makes you feel alllll the warm and fuzzies! (and I hope this cool weather stays for me! ha!!) Enjoy! ~ Samantha

Hello!! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a cute, halloween card that I made using the AWESOME mood board created for World Card Making Day ! Be sure to check it out and play along for your chance to win $20 to the Butterfly Reflections Ink store !! holllaa!!!! check out the blog post for all the details, here ! there's also a suuuuuuper cool sketch that you can use, too!!! so many FUN ways to celebrate card making and increase your chances of winning! let's get to my card then, shall we? eeeeeep! Those ghosts in costumes have my heart! I used Lawn Fawn's Booyah stamp set to create this card! I mean...need I say more?! Totally adorable! There are also coordinating dies which make this card just SO easy to throw together! I stamped and colored all of the images with Zig Clean Clear Real Brush Markers, then added foam tape to the background for some POP! lol! For the background I used some white embossing paste with the Newton's ...

Hello! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a fun card that will hopefully make you smile from ear to ear! eeeep! Rainbows and Pandas...? Yes, please! I used the Peek-A-Boo Pals stamp set from Avery Elle to make this card!  I stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color them! Their paws are popped up with foam tape! Oh, did I not mention that SUPER cool shape of the card? Ha! I used the Speech Bubble Dies from Waffle Flower to die cut it all! What fun! I used Distress Inks to ink blend the background, and then splattered some water, and ink-ed color onto the background, too! I finished the card off with some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins , too!  This card just makes me smile when I see it! Hope you are smiling too! ~ Samantha

Hello! Samantha here, and today I'm sharing this adorable, rainbow-shaped card for with you today! I used lots of Avery Elle products and loooooove this shaped card! It's so cute and fun! I stamped and colored the images from the Rainbows and Pool Party stamp sets and then fussy cut them out! I also stamped the cloud part of the  image twice, so that I could layer the clouds for the little float!  Then I used the Rainbow Elle-ments Die Set to create the shaped card! I added some Stickles glitter to the rainbow for some shine!  I then I used some white embossing paste and a star stencil from Echo Park to add some texture! The sentiment was heat embossed in white from the Peek-A-Boo Summer Pals stamp set ! Be sure to check out all the latest goodies and products at the shop ! ~ Samantha

Hi, everyone! It's Cassie here from Creatively Cass, and I'm happy to be back on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog sharing a card with you today! Lately I've been needing an abundance of thank you cards, so for today's post I decided to make one using some products I've been itching to use. Let's jump right in.  I started by cutting down some 110 lb white card stock to be 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 for an A2 card. Then I used the adorable Newton's Nook stencil Bold Blooms with my Distress Oxide colors Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose to get this beautiful floral background. Next, I die cut the Big Thanks die from some 110 lb white card stock. I wanted to make sure it popped on the busy background, so I went ahead and heat embossed some gold embossing powder after stamping with the Big Thanks stamp set on the letters. To finish the card i attached the thanks die with foam tape and it as complete! This was a super easy design, but it really packs a ...