Ink-Blended Butterfly Cards | Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends.

This month Pretty Pink Posh has released some really fun spring and Easter stamps, dies, and stencils. You can check them all out in the video below or on YouTube. You can also shop all of Pretty Pink Posh’s new spring and Easter products by clicking HERE.

Today I’m going to be using the Stitched Butterflies dies from Pretty Pink Posh’s new release to make two cards. I knew I wanted my butterflies to have more than one color on their wings so a great way to achieve that look is to do some ink-blending.

If you would like to see how I made my cards, watch my video below or on YouTube.

First, I die cut the Stitched Butterflies with Scrapbook.com Mixed Media White Smooth Cardstock. The smooth white cardstock, coupled with the Ranger Distress Oxide inks, made the ink-blending so effortless. The smooth and creamy texture of Distress Oxide ink allows for seamless blending, creating a beautiful gradient from one color to the next one.

The Distress Oxide inks I used for the butterflies in my first card include:

Top Butterfly: Tumbled Glass and Squeezed Lemonade
Middle Butterfly: Kitsch Flamingo and Squeezed Lemonade
Bottom Butterfly: Shaded Lilac and Kitsch Flamingo

I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Butterfly Floral Stencil for the background of my card. This stencil has a mix of butterflies and flowers which I inked in several different spring color Distress Oxide inks including Shaded Lilac, Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy, Cracked Pistachio, and Tumbled Glass. I even ink-blended two colors of ink for the butterflies in the stencil using a very detailed ink blending brush to get into the small areas of the stencil. The blending brush I use for detail blending is the Waffle Flower Shader 0+ Brush.

I added the sentiment “Happy Spring” from the Sentiment Strips: Easter stamp set and die cut it with the coordinating dies.

For my next card, I used the Pierced Leafy Vines Plate for my card background. I die cut it with Scrapbook.com Mixed Media White Smooth Cardstock and added the following Distress Oxide inks: Saltwater Taffy, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, and Tumbled Glass.

I added an Eyelet Rectangle die to the top and then added two ink-blended butterflies. I topped it off with a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Easter stamp set.

If you would like to see how I made my cards, be sure to watch my video tutorial on YouTube or below.

Supplies Used:

1. Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips: Easter stamp set
2. Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips Dies
3. Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Leafy Vines Plate
4. Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Butterflies
5. Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangles
6. Pretty Pink Posh Layered Butterfly Floral Stencils
7. Ranger Distress Oxide Inks: Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass
8. Scrapbook.com Sponge Daubers
9. Waffle Flower Shader Brush 0+
10. Scrapbook.com – Mixed Media – White Smooth Cardstock Pad
11. Scrapbook.com Rose Quartz Misti
12. Scrapbook.com Sponge Daubers
13. Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
14. Spellbinders – Black Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
15. Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion
16. Scrapbook.com – Self-Healing Workspace Mat

Pretty Pink Posh is having a blog hop where you have a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to the Pretty Pink Posh shop.

Be sure to follow along in the Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop and leave a comment at each stop for a chance to win one of three $30 gift certificates to the Pretty Pink Posh store. One winner will be drawn for each day of the blog hop. There are five blog hop days. Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 pm PST on 3/13/2024. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Below are blog links for the other blog hop participants.

BLOG HOP DAY 2

Pretty Pink Posh blog 
Wanda Guess
Carissa Wiley
Hanh Nguyen
Leanne West
Rebecca Keppel
Mindy Eggen
Sindhu Prajay
Lisa Mears – YOU ARE HERE
Lauren Taylor

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Lisa Mears

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