Butterfly Reflections, Ink

 Hi crafty friends! Ahhh, it's that time of year again-- the smell of new crayons, the feel of a freshly sharpened Dixon Ticonderoga pencil gliding across wide ruled paper, and the morning rush to get out the door on time... it's back to school time!  I made this pop up box card to celebrate this glorious time of year using several Mama Elephant stamp sets and the Lawn Fawn box card pop up die. I colored the images with Copic markers and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I tried to turn the bear image into a panda because pandas are a favorite animal here in my home.  For one of the side panels, I thought it would be fun to cut out one panel from actual lined notebook paper for the cat with the pencil and then I wrote on it with a pencil.  To create the background, I cut out a box panel from gray cardstock and used a brick stencil with Distress Oxide ink. For the floors, I used a woodgrain stamp with Versamark ink on kraft cardstock. I heat embossed the sent...

Hello my crafty friends!  It's Beata June here and I'm back on the Butterfly Reflections Ink. blog today sharing this wild party animal card I colored with copic markers featuring Clearly Besotted stamps. Time to Go Wild Party Animal! Supplies used: Clearly Besotted Jungle Corners stamp set Gina K. Amalgam Ink Pad - Obsidian I love the corner stamp set lines from Clearly Besotted because they are so easy to use without have to spend a lot of time planning your layout, and they are so cute and fun to color!  Vanessa carries a lot of these corner stamp sets and a ton of other cute Clearly Besotted stamps in her store so go check it out! Crafty hugs, Beata June 💚💚

 Hello friends!  Audrey here with one of my favorite kinds of card to create... ocean themed!  I love mixing and matching ocean and sea themed products from different companies to add to the scene creating possibilities! I just love this adorable little kitty and his balloons from the Clearly Besotted Balloon Bunch Sea stamp set!  There are not companion dies for this set, but I was able to easily cut them out with my Scan N Cut.  Read on to see what other products I used to create this card! :) Products used: Clearly Besotted Balloon Bunch Sea stamp set Lawn Fawn Say What? Pets stamp set (speech bubble) Lawn Fawn Ocean Waves Stencils Distress Oxide Ink in Salvaged Patina Diamond Stickles Bubble Embellishments (not exact but similar) That's all for me today!  Thanks for stopping by! :)

 Hi crafty friends! Today I am sharing a pop up card featuring the Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemons ! I love these lemons! I never knew lemons could be so cute! I stamped the gingham pattern on the inside of the card and on a separate panel for the front. (Tip: if you want something easier, use gingham paper ! That background took 4 tries to get right haha!) Then I die cut lots of lemons from colored cardstock and used some Distress oxides to add a hint of shading on the lemons and leaves. I used Copic markers to color the flower details and added a happy face on the lemon (those pink cheeks aren't showing up well in the picture, sorry!).  I made the pop up mechanism according to this Jennifer McGuire video  (link is time stamped to the exact spot for your convenience). The great thing about this pop up technique is that no special dies are required! I stamped the gingham pattern on both sides of my pop up piece to camouflage it against my background. For my card, I made the pop up...

Hello crafty friends! Beata June here.  I'm back on the blog today sharing this candyland inspired card I made featuring some adorable Clearly Besotted stamps. You're Super Sweet! Supplies used: Clearly Besotted Sugar Rush Plushies stamp set Clearly Besotted Sugar Rush Scenes stamp set My Favorite Things Cloud Stencil Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink Pad Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink Pad Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink Pad Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink Pad Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink Pad Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink Pad Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink Pad Sakura Clear Glaze Gelly Roll Pen Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Gina K. Amalgam Ink Pad - Obsidian I stamped the lollipops background using a Gina K. Obsidian Amalgam Ink Pad and colored the lollipops using copic markers.  Then I blended various distress oxide ink pads for the clouds using the mftstamps cloud stencil and blended Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress oxides for the grass.  Then stamped on the "y...

Hello friends!  Audrey here with a bright and fun birthday card to share with you  using an older set from My Favorite Things called Mice Day to Celebrate !  This set is full of adorable partying mice, all of which are a nice size, which are perfect for filling the front of an A2 card.  I used a rectangular stencil to ground them and spotlight them, and added lots of sparkle, because what's a party without some glitter?!   Here's a close up of my party scene!  Be sure to get the full supply list below! Products used: My Favorite Things Mice Day to Celebrate stamps My Favorite Things Rectangle Extraordinaire Stencil Diamond Stickles Picked Raspberry Distress Ink Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Metallic Watercolors White Jelly Roll Gel Pen That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

 Hi crafty friends! I have become a bit obsessed with making shrinky dink shaker bits for shaker cards! For today's card, I used some Clearly Besotted stamp sets from the July release. The colors are inspired by the August BRI mood board and are perfect for my underwater scene!  I colored with Copic markers and fussy cut all the images, then added Nuvo drops all over the swimming cat's helmet to give it shine. To create the background, I did some ink smooshing with Distress inks on watercolor paper. It was a lot of fun and I can't believe I don't ink smoosh more often!  Now for the super fun part, shrinky dinks! If you would like a quick tutorial on making shrinky dink shaker bits, check out this video I made for a different shrinky dink shaker card (I used the same technique for this card). And here is the non-video explanation: I used "frosted" or pre-sanded shrinky dink plastic and stamped the images on the sanded side. (For the shells, I masked off the ...