Butterfly Reflections, Ink

Hi crafty friends! Jenn here with my first post and I am so excited and grateful to be part of the BRI Design Team this term!  When I think of fall, the first thing I think about is back to school. I can't help it--I was a high school teacher so the end of summer signaled excitement about the new year (and to be honest, a slight sense of dread, am I right teacher friends out there?!😆). With everything going on and all of the changes happening in schools, I have even more respect and appreciation for teachers, and that is what inspired this set of mini cards I am sharing with you today. I stamped out these super cute images from the School Rules set by Mama Elephant  with MFT black ink and colored them with Copic markers  (I will list the colors I used at the very end of this post). Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. The sentiments on the chalkboards were heat embossed with white embossing powder. To create the background, I used a brick stencil and fes...

Hey friends! It's Jess and I'm sharing this quick and quirky set of mini cards using Maki a Wish from Your Next Stamp. I love this set so much!   I decided to make 3x3 note cards for this, so I cut down some white cardstock to 6in x 3in. This way, when I folded it in half, I had the perfect 3x3 note card. They're so tiny and cute!     I cut smaller pieces for my card fronts - each piece measured 2.75x2.75. I used my Mini MISTI to stamp each note card. I used the Maki a Wish stamp set for this - I absolutely love all of these punny sentiments and adorable little sushi related images. They're adorable! Once all of my sentiments and images were stamped out, I colored them up with my Copic markers. I also took a Clarity Stencil Brush and Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and brushed the front of each card front. This gave me a color contrast between the card front and card base and added a little more interest and depth to my note cards. I mounted my card fr...

Hello Friends!! Welcome back to the BRI blog,  Chitra here with a cute set of cards to share.. Vanessa sent me such a cute journaling cards to work with this month, so I thought of making mini cards set with those.. This super adorable journaling cards are from Jillibean Soup called Star Light , I used some Distress Inks to color the journaling cards. Here is a close up of all my mini cards.. The image is from Avery Elle Red and Goldie stamp set. I colored her up with my copics. The journaling card & image is adhered using kool tak foams . This cute little image is from the same Avery Elle Red and Goldie set, colored with copics. The alpha sticker is from Studio Calico. On my last card I used some super gorgeous Lemon Lush Gold leaves from Studio Calico. They are adhered using tiny glue dots. Finally I brushed all the cards with glitter. Hope you liked my mini card set.. Thanks for stopping by and have a happy weekend!!