Butterfly Reflections, Ink

Hey folks! It's been ages since I've been here on the Butterfly Reflections Ink Blog! I am so happy to be stopping by to share another card with you! Show of hands of who thinks otters are the cutest thing ever! I've been hoarding the My Favorite Things Otterly Love You Stamp Set for awhile, but thought it was time to show it some love. To start my card, I cut a a nice of white cardstock down to 5"x5". Then using my MISTI Stamping Tool , I stamped all of my images with My Favorite Things Black Licorice Hybrid Ink . I used the otters, rocks and fish from the Otterly Love You Stamp Set . The turtle and the seaweed are from My Favorite Things Mermazing Stamp Set . I didn't do a lot of masking in terms of stamping all of the images, I needed masks for all of them anyway, because I wanted to do some ink blending on the bottom for the "lake bed" and the top to make this guys look like they are in water. Using a Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool, ...

Happy Monday all! Kim here with you this morning featuring the wonderful MFT Otters ! I love otters, I keep telling my husband that if we lived in a warmer climate I would want one in the pool all year long! No can do in Montreal... This one will double as a Valentine's Day card for one of my best friends, who loves otters too :) This guy below was my inspiration from a Google search: Look at that dude! Lol For my card I started with a Neena Solar White card base and embossed it with a Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder. I then die cut my frames (Poppy Scribble Trio Frames) out of Kraft and Neena. The Kraft for the actual frame and the Neena to stamp my otters.  I Copic coloured my otters and tried to get the same colours as my inspiration photo ( E42, E43, E44 and E47 for the body, E30, E31 for the nose surround and R22, R46, R37 and R59 for the heart ). I made my own waves using B00, B02 and B04) I then used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for the sky. I put...