I love all animals, but especially birds of all kinds. I'm lucky enough to live in the woods on 60 acres of land in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. It's absolutely beautiful, and we're often visited by many different kinds of wildlife. I've only ever seen an owl on our property once, but I can hear them as I lie in bed at night. It's such a peaceful sound, and I imagine them cooing to their partners much the same as the picture I've created on this card.
I thought this card would make the perfect one to give to a husband. It has a decidedly masculine feel. The owls are from a brand new stamp set Animal Stories. I've stamped them on a separate piece of card stock, cut them out with my Paper Snips, and adhered them with dimensionals.
The branch I borrowed from the birds in Cheep Talk, and I used my markers in Soft Suede and Old Olive to ink up the rubber before I stamped.
The sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is punched out with our new Modern Label Punch, Night of Navy brads placed in the corners and then the whole image popped up on dimensionals.
The strip of designer paper is from the Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper pack. This paper is destined to be my favorite this year! I backed it with a piece of Crushed Curry and wound a piece of Linen Thread around the piece before adhering it to the main card stock of Night of Navy.
I wanted to create a moon but didn't want the harshness of just punching a circle. So I took a scrap piece of paper, punched a hole with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch, then used that as a stencil. I laid it over the area on the main image Whisper White card stock and with a Stamping Sponge and Crushed Curry ink, sponged the color onto the mask I created, then just remove the mask.
I love dimension on my cards and so I backed the main image with Old Olive card stock, then used my scrap pieces of rubber from my stamp sets to pop up that main image even further that I'm able to with dimensionals. It's also a great way to put those rubber scraps to good use. Here's a picture of how I've raised up all the images:
Item No. 116716 Animal Stories Stamp Set
Item No. 113204 Cheep Talk Stamp Set
Item No. 115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set
Item No. 116630 Modern Label Punch $15.95
Item No. 112004 1-3/4" Circle Punch $15.95
Item No. 103579 Paper Snips $9.95
Item No. 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals $3.95
Item No. 101610 Stamping Sponges $3.50
Item No. 106955 Earth Elements Brads $8.95
Item No. 104199 Linen Thread $4.50
Item No. 115673 Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper $9.95
Various markers $3.25 each
