Honey Bee Stamps - Acorn Sisters

Hi everyone!  It's Christine here for Butterfly Reflections Ink.  I just had to squeeze in one more fall card before I buckled down and made all my Christmas cards.  I decided to create a card using the adorable Acorn Sisters Stamp Set from Honey Bee Stamps.  Here's my card:

To create my card, I first created my background by cutting a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper to a standard A2 size card front and painting it with some fall watercolors using my Gansai Tambi 36 Set Watercolor Paint Set.  I just did a simple watercolor wash background technique to create this look.  Next, this image was screaming to me to do some no water coloring, so I stamped the image with some watercolor approved black ink and stamped it onto some Canson XL watercolor paper.  I then painted the image with my Zig Markers and my Detailer Waterbrush.  I then cut the image out using the Coordinating Acorn Sisters Honey Cuts Dies.  I stamped my sentiment onto my panel and then adhered the image with some foam tape.  I then adhered the entire panel to a standard A2 sized card base.  For a finishing touch, I added some Iridescent Crystals Mix from Studio Katia.  What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today.  Thank you so much as always for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  Hugs, Christine

Little Darlings - Fun Winter CandiBean Card

Hi everyone!  I'm here with you today to share a super fun winter/Christmas card using an adorable CandiBean image from Little Darlings (and she's on sale right now too!!!!).

To create this card, I used some beautiful design paper from the Winnie Winter Land 6x6 Paper Pack.  I then used some white watercolor cardstock and stamped the adorable Can I Ski Too Stamp Set (again, this stamp set is greatly discounted right now) onto the cardstock with some waterproof black ink.  I then used some Distress Oxide inks to ink up the watercolor panel and then added some interest by lightly spritzing the panel with some water from my distress sprayer.  You could definitely create a mask of the image to protect it from the Distress Oxide ink, but I didn't find this was necessary if I was very careful when applying the ink.  I then colored the image with my Zig Markers and a water brush.  I added a sentiment from the Splendid Azure Quick Words Sticker Set and then adhered the watercolor panel to my design paper.  Finally, I adhered the entire cardstock panel to a standard white A2 card base.    

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I really hope you enjoyed my card for today. It is so fun to color up these adorable images from Little Darlings.

Thank you for joining us here at the LDRS Inspiration Blog. Remember we are always here to inspire you.

There are some great deals in the CLEARANCE SECTION of our store available NOW and there is a DISCOUNT CODE available on the Spotlight product from the monthly NEWSLETTER so get signed up! Love video tutorials?  Our DT on the YOU TUBE channel will show you how to use the products. Visit us at any of our other Social Media locations and never miss out on inspiration with these great products!

Huge Hugs,

Christine

Lawn Fawn Thanksgiving Feast

Hi everyone!!!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week.  Thursday is Thanksgiving Day here in the US so I thought it would be fun to create a fun Thanksgiving card using the adorable Forest Feast Stamp Set from Lawn Fawn.  All products I used today to create this card are available over at Butterfly Reflections Ink.  Here's my card:

To create this card, I first cut a rectangle out of some Canson XL watercolor paper using the Wonky Rectangles Dies from MFT.  I then did some light inking with my Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink.  I then lightly spritzed the panel with some water from my distress sprayer to create that fun distressed effect.  Next I stamped my images from the Forest Feast Stamp Set from Lawn Fawn and colored the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and my Detailer Water Brush.  I then cut my images out using the coordinating Forest Feast Lawn Cuts Dies and then placed the critters onto my panel.  I stamped the sentiment onto my panel using some black ink and then adhered the panel to a standard A2 sized notecard.  For a finishing touch, I added some Metallic Gold Confetti Mix Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for a finishing touch.  What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today.  Thank you all so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful week!!!  Hugs, Christine

Video Tutorial - Honey Bee Stamps - Hey Pumpkin!

Hi everyone!  It's Christine here for Butterfly Reflections Ink.  I have a new card and video tutorial to share today using the adorable Hey Pumpkin Stamp Set from Honey Bee Stamps.  Here's today's video:

(To view on YouTube, click )

And here are some pictures of my card:

To create this card, I first stamped the image onto Canson XL watercolor paper.  Next, you could definitely cut out a mask and use that on top of your image, but I did not do that.  I found that the Cloud Stencil from My Favorite Things was so easy to work with, I could see through it so I simply placed it over my image and did my inking around the stamped image.  I used Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink for my inking.  I then removed the cloud stencil and did some light water spraying with my distress sprayer.  Next I colored the image with my Zig Markers and my Detailer Water Brush.  I cut the panel down slightly and then stamped the sentiment.  I then adhered the panel to a standard sized A2 card.  What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today.  Thank you so much as always for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  Hugs!

Hugs, Christine

Video Tutorial - Neat and Tangled - Yeti or Not

Hi everyone! It's Christine here for Butterfly Reflections Ink and I'm here today to share a super sweet card using the new Get Yeti Stamp Set by Neat and Tangled.  Here's a video showing how I put my card together:
(To view on YouTube, click HERE)

And here are some pictures of my card:

First, I stamped the sweet images onto some Canson XL Watercolor Paper and then colored them with my Zig markers and a Detailer Water Brush.  Next, I cut the images out using the coordinating Get Yeti Dies.  Next, I created my background by blending Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink, Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink, and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink.  I added some water droplets using my distress sprayer.  Next, I layered some mountains using my Stitched Mountain Border Dies from Lawn Fawn.  In front of the mountains, I then layered some hills using the Stitched Hillside Border Dies from Lawn Fawn.  I then adhered my critters with foam tape.  The entire panel was then adhered to an A2 sized card base.  What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by!  Big Hugs!

Video Tutorial - LDRS - Christmas Card with New Release Products

Hi everyone!  I'm here with you today to share a super fun Christmas card using several new dies from Little Darlings.

To create this card, I used some beautiful design paper from the Winnie Winter Land 6x6 Paper Pack.  I then used some white cardstock for the bottom of the card and cut it out with the Snowy Day Border Die Set.  I then cut out Christmas Word Die with some light blue cardstock and then four pieces of white cardstock underneath to give it a slight shadow and some dimension.  Next, I  used the gorgeous Peace Ornament Die Set to cut out the beautiful ornament (I used light blue cardstock and silver glitter paper).  I added some blue twine to the hole the die makes in the ornament and tied a bow and then adhered the ornament to the cardstock panel using foam tape.  Finally, I adhered the entire cardstock panel to a standard white A2 card base.    

 Don't forget to check out the Clearance Section to find some amazing deals.

I really hope you enjoyed my card for today. It is super possible to create really gorgeous, elegant holiday card by just using some of these new dies.

Thank you for joining us here at the LDRS Inspiration Blog. Remember we are always here to inspire you.

There are some great deals in the CLEARANCE SECTION of our store available NOW and there is a DISCOUNT CODE available on the Spotlight product from the monthly NEWSLETTER so get signed up! Love video tutorials?  Our DT on the YOU TUBE channel will show you how to use the products. Visit us at any of our other Social Media locations and never miss out on inspiration with these great products!

Huge Hugs,

Christine