Owl Christmas

Hi Everyone. Here are some more owls for you, made with the fabulous Owl Occassions stamp set, but this time it's Christmas. These are the cards I made:

 
I used Real Red and one of the new In Colours, Gumball Green for the base cards. Now personally, I don't like green and think there are plenty of greens in the Stampin' Up colours already but actually this is a lovely clear bright green. I hope you can see that in this photo:



Here's a close up of the owl. I used the matching marker pens to colour the stamp, and the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position all the extra bits. I especially like the holly leaves and berries:

Here is the red version. I used some papers from the new Snow Festival designer series papers to create the border. These papers are great- very colourful. You can find them in the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue:

And a close up of this owl with his present:

 

I hope you like these cards as much as I enjoyed making them. If you would like to buy this set, then just let me know. I do have more owl birthday cards to show you but may give you a break and show you what we did in our Christmas card class instead. Check back soon. x

 

Owl's about a 50th Birthday card?

Hi everyone, a very dear friend of ours will be 50 in a couple of weeks. I have just received my order from the autumn/winter catalogue which included the Owl Occasions stamp set. I fell totally in love with this stamp set as soon as I saw it. It seems to be suitable for all sorts of occasions. This is what you get in the set for £18.95 (clear) or £23.95 (wood):

As you can see you can use it for Christmas as well as any type of party. This is what I made him:

 

 

I used the new in-colours for 2012-2014. These colours all have great names which will soon be familiar to all of us. They are: Summer Starfruit (yellow/mustard), Raspberry Ripple (deep, dark pink), Midnight Muse (dark blue), Gumball Green and Primrose Petals (mid pink). These are the only colours I have used on this card plus Chocolate Chip. Here is each panel:

 

 

 

 

I hope this gives you some idea of the colours. I used the marker pens to create the multi coloured images. The Stamp-A-Ma-Jig is invaluable when you do this sort of stamping so that you can position all the accessories where you want them . Here is an even closer look at the owls:

 

 

 

 

The large polka dots paper at the bottom of the card are from a Designer Series paper pack called Patio Party. These will be available in October. The birthday greeting is from a stamp set called Up, Up & Away. This was in the summer mini but will re-appear in the new main catalogue in October. I have lots more 'Owl Occasions' cards to show you as I was on a roll with this set, so check back soon. x

 

 

 

 

 

Get well Mum

My mum is having an eye operation next week, so I've made her a Get Well card in advance. My mum loves birds and I have just treated myself to the Aviary stamp set. This set is great!!. You can just play about and have birds in the cages, out of the cages, it's a lot of fun. The Nursery Nest Designer Papers also match the set, although I haven't used them in this card:

I used Pool Party, Soft Suede and Whisper White for my colour scheme and I love how it turned out:

I used a bit of bling on the cages and the Scallop Ribbon Border punch to create a Soft Suede edge to the Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon. I then used one of the Lots Of Tags dies in the Big Shot to cut the tag out of Pool Party and punched a Modern Label shape in Soft Suede. The Get Well sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. 

The stamp set has a gorgeous little owl image which I just had to use but it didn't really suit the card front - so I used it on the inside of the card. The inside sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set:

Oops, I've just noticed that I haven't rubbed out the pencil line yet. I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position my owls in a perfect line. It makes this sort of thing very easy. I hope you like this card. I enjoyed making this card so much, I also made a birthday card using the Aviary set. Check back soon for details. x