Butterfly Reflections, Ink

  Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with my last card for this DT term. I can't believe how fast and how amazing these past 4 months have been! Today, I'm sharing a Hello card using Pinkfresh Studio and Honey Bee Stamps .  I started by cutting some white cardstock down to A2 card size. I then put the card in my Misti Tool and stamped the pretty flower border from the Pinkfresh Studio Charming Floral Border stamp set. I colored in the stamp with Copic markers. It's hard to see in the picture, but I also added in a shadow outline in N0 Copic to add a little dimension.  When I finished coloring, I moved on to the sentiment. I stamped the small sentiment from the same Charming Floral stamp set in clear Versamark and embossed it with white Ranger Embossing Powder .  I then stamped the hello from the Honey Bee Stamps Bitty Buzzwords set. I just love this set because it's so versatile! I popped up the hello with some foam adhesive and glued down the 2nd sentiment flat...

   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 ...

  Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with a Christmas card featuring Lawn Fawn's Special Delivery stamp set and the Magic Iris Birdhouse Add-On .  I started by die cutting out some patterned paper with the largest Large Stitched Rectangle and also die cut some coordinating patterned paper with the largest Stitched Rectangle Frames . Then I started on the Birdhouse. I die cut the Birdhouse from l ight brown woodgrain cardstock and then inked it a little with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide to give it some dimension. I die cut the birdhouse eaves out of white woodgrain cardstock . I then cut out the Christmas lights using the Build A House Christmas Add-On . I colored the lights in different colors to add a little more than just red and green to the card. I wanted the center of the card to look like the bird's house so I added in the Christmas tree scene from Snow Globe Scenes .   After I finished the birdhouse, I moved on to the Christmas Cardinals. I stamped the paren...

  Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with a brand new Christmas card!  I started by die cutting the front panel using Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Add-On . I then ink-blended the background using Tumbled Glass and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides. I let the panel dry while I colored and die cut the cute penguin and igloo from Lawn Fawn's Penguin Party  stamp set.  Once the panel was dry, I added on the snowflakes by using Lawn Fawn White Paste with the new Snowflake Stencil . I haven't used stencil paste very much but it was super easy to use and I'll definitely be using it more! While the paste dried, I die cut the rest of the pieces for the Magic Iris mechanism and ink blended the parts that would show to match the panel. I put the Magic Iris together and inked a snowflake on the opening to match the panel. When the panel was dry, I assembled everything and attached the penguin, igloo and sign.  To finish up the card, I embossed the sentiment Merry Christmas with w...

  Hello Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with a glittery Christmas card! I'm so happy that Christmas is right around the corner and I get to make more Christmas cards.  I started by using the Lawn Fawn's Simple Stripes Portrait on black cardstock and DCWV Glitter Metallic gold glitter paper. I alternated them glued them to an A2 sized cardstock card base. I then stamped and embossed "Merry Christmas" with Ranger Gold Tinsel embossing powder. The Merry Christmas stamp is from Lawn Fawn Offset Sayings Christmas stamp set.  I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Poinsettia with Chili Pepper , Noble Fir and Sticky Note Lawn Fawn cardstock. I added some white highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen .  Thanks so much for joining me and have a wonderful day!

Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with some teacher appreciation cards. My son asked me to make cards for all of his teachers, not just his two main classroom teachers. So I knew I'd better make some simpler cards so I could get them all done in time.  I started by cutting 110lb. white cardstock to 3.25 x 6.5 and scored it in the middle to make a square card. I added just a little color in the middle with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide and added some splatters with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide .  I then stamped and die cut the cute little mice and leaves from the Lawn Fawn You Autumn Know stamp set. I centered them in the middle of the card. I then stamped the sentiment in Jet Black Lawn Fawn ink. To finish off the card, I die cut Stitched Scalloped Square Frames in different Lawn Fawn patterned paper.  I hope I've given you some great ideas for Teacher Appreciation Cards! Thanks for joining me and have a wonderful day! 

Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with a Beary Cozy Christmas card!  To make the front of the card, I started by using Distress Oxide in Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany with the brick stencil to make the wall of the outside of the house. I then used Lawn Fawn's new Window Frame die with white woodgrain cardstock . I added in some red Christmas lights that I cut with a die from the Build A House Christmas Add On set. I then die cut some snowdrifts using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders and lightly blended Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass . I added in some cute squirrels from the Let's Go Nuts set playing in the snow. I splattered some white acrylic paint mixed with water to make it snow.  The inside of the card took a little more work. I started by stamping all the images I planned on using. I used the Christmas Tree , gifts and ornaments from Joy To All , the bears and frame from Den Sweet Den and the sofa from Window Scene Winter . I also made a little rug for the slee...

 Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here today and I'm sharing a Lawn Fawn Christmas card featuring the Tiny Winter Friends ! I started by blending my background with Distress Oxides to make a bright night sky. I used a variety of blues - Tumbled Glass , Prize Ribbon and Chipped Sapphire . I then splattered a little bit of white acrylic paint mixed with water for snow. I then die cut snow hills with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Borders . I used just a little Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to blend the top of the hills and also used it to make more splatters.  I stamped and colored the kids from Tiny Winter Friends , the dog from Tiny Friends and the Santa from Tiny Christmas along with the trees from Yeti Or Not . I added a tiny red circle to make Rudolph leading the sleigh! I just love this collection of tiny people! I used foam tape to pop some of the tiny people up to add a little dimension to the card.  Have fun making your Christmas cards! Thanks for joining me and have...

 Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here and I'm back with a Christmas Lawn Fawn Flippy Flappy card! I'm really loving how fun the Flippy Flappy die is!  Making this Flippy Flappy card, I decided to start with the card before I created the mechanism. I started by cutting some red and white striped patterned paper for my background. I used the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles because I love the cute the stitching detail. I then cut Lawn Fawn Chili Pepper cardstock to 3.75 x 5 and inked the edges with Fired Brick Distress Ink .  I used the new Lawn Fawn Giant Merry Christmas  to make my sentiment out of kraft and white cardstock. I used Finley's ABCs to cut the Dear. I added little highlights with the white Sakura Gelly Roll pen. I also used the new Lawn Fawn Christmas Garland for the cute greenery.  I then made the cute new  Cheery Deer with a kraft cardstock frame. I colored her in with Copic markers and added some white highlights.   I then...

 Happy Spooky Month! Stephanie here with a Lawn Fawn Halloween card!  I started with an A2 sized card that I cut with Lawn Fawn's Large Stitched Rectangle dies. I created the nighttime sky by using Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet , Seedless Preserves , Dusty Concord , Chipped Sapphire and just a bit of Black Soot . I then splattered a little bit of water and Black Soot . I thought it needed a bit more so I added Lawn Fawn's new Fairy Dust Paste with their Starry Sky Stencil .  To make the creepy black hills, I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Borders  and used Distress Oxide Pumice Stone to add a little fog. I used Lawn Fawn's Spooky Village stamp set and added some cracks  for extra creepiness. I love the cute little ghosts floating around! To make my favorite part of this card, the flying little witch, I used the girl from Lawn Fawn's Bicycle Built for Two stamp set. I used the broom from the Booyah stamp set and customized it a little so it would fi...

 Hello Crafty Friends, Stephanie here today sharing a new slimline card! I used one of Lawn Fawn's cute new stamp sets, You Autumn Know .  I started by cutting Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes and Knock On Wood with the different sized Scalloped Slimline  and Large Slimlines  dies. I then cut the layered circles with the Scalloped Circle Gift Tag  using white cardstock and Fall Fling patterned paper.  I stamped the cute little mice and leaves with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink   and colored them in with Copic markers. I then glued the colored images to the layered circles being sure to cover the tag holes. I used the Fancy Wavy Banner dies to cut the banners and Jet Black ink to stamp the sentiment. I like to emboss my sentiments with Ranger Clear Embossing when I ink with Distress Oxides so that they look crisp. I used Scattered Straw Distress Oxide. I added in the banners between the layered circles. I popped up the layered circles and banners with fo...

 Hello Crafty Friends, Stephanie here again! Today I'm sharing a card I made using Honey Bee Stamps . I started by cutting white cardstock to a little larger than A2 size, I wanted to make sure the pickup fit comfortably. Then I created the background by making a sunset and a dirt road. I used Distress Oxide colors: Seedless Preserves , Abandoned Coral and Scattered Straw for the sunset sky. For the dirt road I used Mowed Lawn , Twisted Citron and Gathered Twigs . I added some splatters to the whole background.  I used the new Honey Bee Stamp set  Loads of Fall  with the  Big Pickup Tailgate   I love using the Big Pickup Tailgate and Big Pickup Cab sets to make cards for the men in my family. It works out great since they're all gear heads! I just had to pop the dog in the pickup because he's just so cute! I colored the pickup with Copics - G82, YG63, C2, C5 and C7. I then added the Thank You stamp from the Friend Stamp Set  and the coordinati...

 Hi Crafty Friends! Stephanie here with a card inspired by the BRI September Moodboard!  I just love these colors! As soon as I saw them, I knew they'd be perfect for a flower card.  To make this slimline card I used Pinkfresh Studio's beautiful Miss Your Smile stamp set. That big flower is just so pretty! I stamped it with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and then heat embossed it with Ranger's Clear Embossing Powder so that the ink would look bold and not smear. After that, I used the coordinating Miss Your Smile Layering Stencils . I've never used layering stencils before but they were so easy to use. I'll definitely be using them again! I used Distress Oxides in abandoned coral , worn lipstick , and cracked pistachio to ink the flower and leaves.  I heat embossed the sentiment with Ranger's white embossing powder  on black cardstock. I topped it off with some metallic watercolor  and sequins. Thanks so much for checking out my card and don't forget to stop b...

 Hi Crafty Friends! My name is Stephanie and today I'm sharing my first card on the blog! I just love making fall cards so for today's card, I used Lawn Fawn's Let's Go Nuts , The S'more the Merrier and Really High Five  stamp sets.  To start, I used Broken China Distress Oxide for the sky and My Favorite Things Grassy Fields diecut to set the scene. I cut out one of the trees from Lawn Fawn's Lift The Flap Tree Backdrop  and topped it by using the Simple Puffy Cloud Frames as tree tops. To give the tree tops a fall look, I used Spiced Marmalade and Crackling Campfire Distress Oxides. I also used some Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide as watercolor to add some little splatters to the tree tops.  My favorite part of the card is the little bunny jumping in the leaves! I used Lawn Fawn's Let's Toast Pull Tab  to make him jump up and down. Using this interactive die is so easy, I definitely recommend trying it if you haven't yet! I used Copics to ...