Happy Saturday everyone!
I've been waiting so long for this, but today is the day I can finally share my owls with you all! There are three cards to share today, so a word of warning, this may be a lengthy post!
Towards the end of May, a colleague of mine asked if I could make a card for her sister's birthday. She told me that she was a Tawny Owl at a Brownies group, and she'd like to somehow incorporate an owl onto the card. I knew that there was an Owl Builder Punch so thought this would be perfect to use for a card - unfortunately, however, it turned out that this punch was on the retiring list and had already sold out :( So, I turned to my up line and fellow demonstrators and was rescued by one of the ladies in our group - the wonderful Jenny from Wales had the punch and kindly helped me out!
Having solved the Owl situation, this was the card I created:
I decided to go with Yellow and Brown for the majority of the card as these are the colours of the brownies uniform. Products used for this card come from a variety of Stampin' Up! collections so let me go through them all with you. Starting with the stripy paper, this is one side of a sheet of double sided Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper. The ribbon is Double Stitched 1/4" (6.4 mm) Daffodil Delight. The owl is punched from Early Espresso cardstock (I think) and Whisper White cardstock. The yellow part of the eyes and the heart were actually punched in white, but I inked them up using Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Pad. I stamped the little daisy trio stamps from the Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set onto the chest piece also in Daffodil Delight. The balloons, again stamped in Daffodil Delight and Gumball Green (an old 2012-2014 In Color), and the Happy Birthday sentiment were from the Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set with the balloons being punched out using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. Finally, I added a tag cut using the Big Shot and Tags & Labels Die Framelits (retired) and stamped her name using the Brushwork Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set.
Next is the card I made for my boyfriend's birthday. He is an avid Sheffield Wednesday supporter, so as I had some owls left over I immediately knew what I wanted to do for his card!
Using the corner of the diagonal striped Dapper Denim Designer Series Backgrounds Papers In Color 2016-2018 (retired) I turned this so the stripes were vertical on the card so as to match the Wednesday kit. I used the Best Badge Punch to punch out a blue shield in Dapper Denim Cardstock and a slightly smaller one in Whisper White Cardstock. I stuck these to the point of the background paper. Onto this shield, I added an Owl with it's jacket stamped with Dapper Denim using the stripy stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge set (retired). I finished the card with the sentiment "I knew I liked you the first time I saw you" from the Nailed It set (retired).
Finally, I wanted to say thank you to my fellow demonstrator Jenny for her assistance with the owls, so I decided to use one on a card especially for her!
I combined this with the Flirty Flamingo Designer Series Backgrounds Papers In Color 2016-2018 (retired) and the new Daisy Delight Stamp set and Daisy Punch (please note: at time of publishing this post the punch is currently out of stock, please contact me if you wish to purchase this and I will advise when it is expected to be back in stock). For this card, I went with the Flirty Flamingo colour scheme from the 2016-2018 In Color collection. I stamped the Thank You sentiment from the Daisy Delight Stamp set onto the card blank, alternating the intensity on each line by stamping straight to the card to give the bold image then stamping again underneath to give a shadow effect. The daisy was punched from Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and Whisper White Cardstock with the centre of the daisy being fixed with a Stampin' Dimensional to give a bit of depth.
My inspiration for this card was from the Stampin' Success Thoughtfulness card:
Lastly, I remembered to take a photo of the envelope for this card, I just added a daisy to the front just off the bottom corner, and the trio of mini daisies to the back:
Thanks for your visit today! Don't forget you can also find me on Facebook @Jenfielou.StampinUp and Pinterest. There will be a new hostess code coming soon so make sure you have a look for the latest code before placing your next order through my online shop (open 24-7!) Give me a call/text/email if you want any further information :)
Jenfie
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