Butterfly Reflections, Ink

Spring is definitely in the air (at least where I live) and I'm celebrating with this beautiful floral shaker card!  When I saw the   Spring Flowers backdrop   from Lawn Fawn I knew I had to have it. I have been loving all the unique die cuts that many crafting companies are coming up with and I find die cutting to be very relaxing.  To begin, I ink blended an A2 size panel cut from Bristol smooth cardstock. I used tattered rose and the new saltwater taffy distress oxide ink. I love this new ink, it's a lovely peach color and perfect for Spring. Next I used the Spring Flowers backdrop to cut twice from green cardstock. Whenever I work with intricate dies I like to stack a couple cardstock for stability. I inked the edges using lucky clover to add depth. The die also comes with different types of flowers which I cut from colored cardstock. I went with soft colors for a Spring pastel theme.     For the shaker element I back the panel with acetate a...

Hi everyone, Peggy here with some moodboard inspiration. Wishing you all a very happy spring! Today I'm sharing a clean and simple but very pretty butterfly card. Let me show you how I made it! Butterflies make me think of the shop ! And of course of spring. I started out cutting two card bases and two slightly smaller panels from the newest Lawn Fawn Paper Pack Perfectly Plaid Remix . This paper pad truly is perfection. It also fits the current moodboard so nicely! From the Lawn Fawn Inside Out Stitched Rectangle Stackables I cut panels using the second to largest die. I used some Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink to stamp the sentiment 'Have a happy spring!' as well as the butterfly images from Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Spring . I matched my copic colors to the current moodboard. I used my tape runner to adhere the patterned paper and used foam tape to pop up the white stitched panels. I used some foam dots to pop up the butterflies. I finished my images with some white gelly...

I love this month's mood board ... the colors are so bright and springy!  This week, I created a fun hello card inspired by the mood board.   April's colors are limoncello, sherbet, taffy and sugarplum.  LOVE! I used flowers and a leaf from the Flora & Fauna summer snail stamp set to create a random background and colored the images with Copic markers  (using other blending markers  would be fun, too!).  I used a black gel pen to add detail to the center of the flowers and in the white spaces of the background.   I used the Trinity Stamps hello sentimini stamp set and dies for the sentiments (this WPlus9 hand lettered hello stamp and die would also be perfect for a card like this), stamping the smaller sentiment in VersaMark ink  on black card stock and using white embossing powder .  I also added a layer of VersaMark ink and clear embossing powder to the hello die cut for a little more dimension.  To do ...

This card is *technically* a St. Patrick's Day card, but I really just wanted to create a fun, happy spring card ... we all need a little happy right now, I think. The card is a tri-fold card.  The top layer is mostly acetate, nestled between the clouds at the top and a layer of grass at the bottom.   The top layer lifts to reveal a full scene, complete with a little leprechaun, house and lucky lady bug. And, finally, the middle layer lifts to uncover a spot for a message!  This style of card is easy to make ... I simply cut two top-folding cards, flipped one upside down and adhered them together.   To make the little "leprechaun," I taped off the wings and bun of a fairy, inked the stamp, removed the tape and ... viola! ... stamped a leprechaun!  I had planned to fussy cut all of my images anyway ... I seem to be on a fussy-cutting kick! Here are a few close-ups of the card ... scroll to the bottom of this post for a list of supp...

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! Danielle here up on the BRI blog today with a fun CAS card featuring Pretty Pink Posh.  This is a super fun and easy card to make and can be given to that special someone for any occasion. I started off ink blending a panel using Distress Ink Oxides in Mowed Lawn , Squeezed Lemonade , Spun Sugar , Shaded Lilac , and Tumbled Glass .  I then spritz with some water to give it some texture. Once dried, I used the Pretty Pink Posh Spring Frame and ran through my die cutting machine.  I simply love this frame!! It creates such a pretty floral border in one easy pass.  I set my ink blended cut panel aside as I will use this as my "top" layer.  I ran the same spring frame die through my die cutting machine 3 more times.  Once using a rose gold mirrored card stock and 2 more times using adhesive backed foam sheets . These are great because they already have adhesive on one side so I just peeled and layered my 2 die cut foam she...

Hi There! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I'm super excited to be sharing this card today, as I am totally in love with all things floral! Altenew recently came out with this Floral Arrangement stamp set , and I had so much fun using it for today's card. I stamped out the floral images on white cardstock, using various Altenew ink cube sets: Cherry Blossom , Deep Blue Seas , Tropical Forest , and Pocketful of Sunshine .  I also used the matching dies to cut out the inages and then I set them aside to work on the background panel. I used the Layered Dahlia stencils from Altenew and a couple colors from the Pocketful of Sunshine ink set to do the background. I wanted the background to be a little more subtle than the stamped floral images, so I used stencil brushes to apply the ink over the stencils. Do you ever dig through your embellishment drawer on a regular basis? I always forget that I have all these washi tapes, ribbons, twines, buttons, et...