Celebrate National Scrapbook Day with Butterfly Reflections Ink!

This is my second post today!  If you’re looking for Shaker Saturday please scroll down or click here!

I’ll start off with the most exciting part: 20% off EVERYTHING at Butterfly Reflections Ink all day long!!  So click on the image below to start shopping and then come back here and tell me what you bought! 😉

To kick off National Scrapbook Day I came up with a trio of cards using the absolutely stunning May mood board for Butterfly Reflections Ink as inspiration.  Ha ha, I know it’s scrapbook day but I’m just not big into scrapbooking…I’m STILL working on my wedding scrapbook and it’s been 6 years since I got married! 😉

So, cards it is!  First, here’s the mood board!  Aren’t those colors yummy?!?

And here’s what I came up with!

I’ve been experimenting with foiling and had been hoping that the embossing powder/laminator idea would work but I just had no luck with it.  I had access to a laser printer a few days ago and I copied a scrap piece of paper to see if it would work better and it was amazing!!  So I gave in and picked up a cheap laser printer…it has totally changed my world!!  I mean, seriously, look at these results?!

And here’s a close-up of the foiled sentiment from My Favorite by Neat and Tangled!

*Sigh*….I’m in love!

The panels were watercolored with a mix of Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, and Dried Marigold distress inks.  They’re framed with a piece of vellum and then adhered to a cardstock base.  I finished the cards with a sprinkling of Glass Slippers sequins from The Ton!

I hope you’re inspired by this month’s mood board!  Create a layout or project inspired by the board and link it up to the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog before midnight on Sunday, May 3rd for the chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the store!  Thanks for visiting and happy shopping!