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.

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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

VideoTutorial - Sweet Stamp Shop New Release - Watercolor Painting and Distress Ink Watercoloring

Hi everyone!  I have a super cute set of notecards to share with you today using the brand new just released Merry Cactus Stamp Set from Sweet Stamp Shop.  I have a video tutorial to share showing how I put these cards together:
(To watch on YouTube, click HERE )

And here's a picture:

These cards are super simple, but super fun to create and would be really easy to reproduce for the holidays.  To create the cards, I used some Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.  I rubbed the pad onto a palette and then with a paintbrush, added some water and painted the watercolor background.  I then used my Zig Markers and a water brush to color the images.  I used Green and Light Green for the cactus and Dark Brown for the pot.  I added some sequins from my stash to finish it off.  Again, super easy cards to make, but fun! :)

I hope you enjoyed today's video.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by.  Huge hugs!

Video Tutorial - Mama Elephant - Creating an adorable winter scene with Me and My Yeti stamp set

Hi everyone!  I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!  I have a fun card and video tutorial to share with you today showcasing the adorable Me and My Yeti stamp set by Mama Elephant as well as the adorable Sentiments from a Yet stamp set, also from Mama Elephant.  I also have a video tutorial showing how I put this card together.  Here's the video:
(To view on YouTube, click HERE).

And here are lots of pictures of my card so you can really see all the sparkle and shine:

To create this card, I first created the background panel using Broken China Disteress Oxide Ink and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink.  I blended the colors together, then spritzed some water over the panel to look like snow.  I also added some shimmer spray from Hero Arts.  Next, I cut out my mountains using the Stitched Mountain Borders Die from Lawn Fawn.  I used some gray cardstock and some white glitter cardstock for the mountains.  Next, I cut out the tree line using the Forest Border die from Lawn Fawn.  I inked the tress with Mowed Lawn distress ink and also spritzed them with water.  I then created two snowy hills using the Stitched Hillside Border Dies from Lawn Fawn.  I slightly inked the hills with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  That's how I created my scene, it was super easy to do.

Next, I painted all my images with Zig markers and a water brush.  Here are the colors I used:
Yeti: Light Blue, Pink, Light Pink, Gray, Light Gray
Star Banner: Brown and Yellow
Girl on Yeti
 -hat - Peacock Blue, Light Pink
 -shirt - light pink
 -hair - light brown, yellow
Houses: Dark Brown, Light Blue, Cornflower Blue, Wine Red, Yellow
Trees: Green, Light Green, Light Blue
Little Boy looking up: Concord Blue and Green (hat), Red (scarf), Concord Blue (Jacket), Brown (pants),Black (Shoes)
Little Girl Looking Up: Pale Rose, Peacock Blue (hat), Red (Scarf), Pale Rose (jacket), Cornflower Blue (pants), Black (Shoes), Dark Brown and Brown (hair)
All skin tone is Blush, Flesh Color, and Sugared Almond Pink

I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card.  What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today, thanks so much as always for stopping by!!!!

Video Tutorial - Neat and Tangled - Creating a fun Holiday Scene

Hi everyone and Happy World Card Making Day! :)  I'm here to share another card and video tutorial featuring this adorable Holiday Baking Stamp Set by Neat and Tangled.  Here is the video:

(To view on YouTube, click HERE).

And here are some pictures of my card:

I painted all the images with my Zig markers and a water brush.  I used the following Zig Markers:
Bear: Dark Brown, Brown, Light Pink, Red, Light Brown
Cake: Light Blue, Red, Green, Light Brown, Brown
Mouse: Light Gray, Gray, Sugared Almond Pink
Spoon: Dark Brown, Light Brown
Whisk: Gray, light Brown
Bunny: Brown, Light Brown, Light Pink
Bird: Deep Red, Yellow
Milk: Light Blue
Sugar Tin: Red
Rolling Pin: Dark Brown

I then cut all the images out using the coordinating Holiday Baking Dies.  I created the background panel by blending Dried Marigold Distress Ink and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink.  I spritzed some water onto the background using my Distress Sprayer and then flicked some gold paint from the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Paint Set.  I then adhered all the critters to the panel, then adhered the panel to some gold foil paper from my stash.  I added the sentiment with some gold embossing powder.  I also added some Bright Gold Nuvo Drops to the panel.  Finally, I adhered the panel to a standard A2 card base with some foam tape.  I added some Glossy Accents and some glitter from my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen for some finishing touches.  What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Have a wonderful day!!!

Video Tutorial: Craftin' Desert Divas New Release - Watercolors

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  I am super excited to be sharing two cards with you today from a brand new stamp set soon to be released from Craftin' Desert Divas.  Here's my video:



And here are some pictures of both cards:

For the pirate card, I used Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, and Cracked Pistashio distress oxide inks for the background.  I used the following Zig marker colors: Black, Blue, Dark Brown, Brown, Light Brown, Deep Red, Yellow, Green, Flesh Color, Blush, and Almond Pink.


For the princess card, I used Kuretake Pearlescent paint for the background.  I then used the following Zig markers: Dark Brown, Brown, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Purple, Flesh Color, Blush, and Almond Pink. 


I hope you enjoy this brand new stamp set as much as I do, it is so sweet!  Thanks so much as always for stopping by and I'll catch you tomorrow with a new video and a new peek from the Craftin' Desert Divas release!! :)

Video Tutorial - MFT Stamps - Fairy Happy - No Line Watercolor

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful week.  I have a video tutorial to share today showing how I created this fun sky background with the MFT Cloud Stencil and some Distress Ink and also how I used the no line watercolor technique to color the fairies.  Here's the video:

And here are some pictures of my card (some are a bit washed out simply to show you all the glitter on the fairies):

For the fairy wearing pink, I used the following Zig Markers: Light Brown, Yellow, Light Blue, Green, Pink, Flesh Color, Blush, and Almond Pink.  For the Fairy wearing purple, I used Dark Brown, Brown, Light Blue, Green, Violet, Yellow, Flesh Color, Blush, and Almond Pink.  I used Spun Sugar and Scattered Straw Distress Inks with the MFT Cloud Stencil to create the background.  I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.  The images were stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink for the no line watercolor technique.  What do you think?


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

Video Tutorial - Creating a Fun Background Scene with Honey Bee Stamps and Distress Oxide Inks

Hi everyone!  I hope your week is off to a great start.  I have a new card and video tutorial to share with you today showing how I created a fun ocean scene using some dies and some distress inks and distress oxide inks.  Here's the video:



The gorgeous stamp set is called Mermaid Song and is from the most recent release from Honey Bee Stamps.  I used the Ocean Border Dies from Craftin' Desert Divas to create the waves.  Before I cut the waves out with the dies, I inked an entire panel of cardstock with Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feather, and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Inks.  I inked the sky using the Cloud Stencil from MFT and Salty Ocean Distress Ink.  I water colored the mermaid with the following Zig markers: Brown, Light Brown, Light Pink, Violet, Light Violet, Turquoise Green, Gray, Light Gray, Yellow, Flesh Color, Blush, and Almond Pink.  Here are some pictures:

Thanks so much as always for stopping by.  Hugs!