Butterfly Reflections, Ink

 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! Stephanie here with a new mini slimline shaker Christmas card!  I have been wanting to try making a full shaker card and a mini slimline, so I combined them! I started with the largest of Lawn Fawn's new Large Mini Slimline Stackables dies. I die cut one slimline card base from white cardstock and one from white glitter cardstock to use as snow later. I then ink blended the sky with Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide . I added in some snow and stars to the sky with Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust Paste  with a stencil. While the paste was drying, I colored the stamped images. I stamped the car and tiny deer from the Car Critters and Car Critters Christmas Add-Ons sets. The cute Yeti and trees are from the Yeti or Not . All the images are colored with Copic markers.  I took the glitter cardstock mini slimline I die cut earlier and used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders to make snow drifts on either side of the card. In the middle of the card, where ...

Hello crafty friends! Fall is in full swing and today I am excited to share with you a clean and simple mini slimline card! Have you tried a mini slimline card yet? I am really digging this size because sometimes, I feel like a full slimline card is overwhelming... So much card front to cover, so much inside to write in. So the mini size is a great in between size to stretch your scene but not feel overwhelmed.  For today's card, I used Pick of the Patch from Lawn Fawn . I stamped and masked off the pumpkin and squirrel images to create this one layer card. With the masks still in place, I ink blended the background with some Distress Inks ( abandoned coral , spiced marmalade , mustard seed , crushed olive --you can use Distress Oxides) to create what I like to call an autumn rainbow! I splattered some water and then spritzed it with tarnished brass Distress mica spray . I hope you can see it in the pictures... it is much shinier in person! Once the background was done, I removed...

 Happy Friday and welcome back to the blog! Today I'm using the  February Mood Board  to create some non valentines cards! Just like last week  they are super quick to make with ZERO coloring, unless ink blending is coloring!  I've really been enjoying creating ink blended backgrounds, so I pulled out some  distress oxides  to match the mood board. For both cards I used  Spun Sugar  and  Picked Raspberry  Distress Oxides. For the first card, I started by inking up an A2 panel to create an pink ombre. Then I diecut it using the  Spring Frame Die . I backed it with some acetate to create a shaker, I adhered it to a light grey A2 card base, and filled it with  Midnight Black Jewels . For the sentiment I die cut 'hello' from from the  Hello Friend Script Die  and added 'friend' from the  Simple Sentiments Stamp Set . For the second card I used the  Birthday Background Stencil  to create an inked backgr...