First of all, I wanted to share my creative outside of the box side. When I was playing with owl bits I suddenly saw a reindeer. Yup...a reindeer from an owl set. I just had to go with it.
1) I began by outlining my card with the embossed square (see tutorial here). Then I stamped the circle strip from Faux Ribbon on the top and the bottom.
2) Next I stamped my owl outline and cut it. Then I stamped the eyes and punched them with a 1/2 circle punch (see here). I also stamped the owl belly (which became a nose).
3) I added pop dots to give dimension to my reindeer. I also cut a few paper strips to make legs.
4) I added the mistletoe from Believe and the Season's Greetings sentiment from Faux Ribbon.
Here is a close up. This reindeer just makes me smile.
Supplies
Stamps:
-Wise Owl (Urban Design) by PTI
-Believe by PTI
-Faux Ribbon
Ink:
-Espresso by Ranger
-Noir Black by Palette
Cardstock:
-Stamper's Select White by PTI
-Suede Brown Dark by Prism
Accessories
-Pop dots
Tools
-Wizard
-Nestabilities
After I created my reindeer card I suddenly had an idea to get creative with my nesties. This led to the completion of my next card. I have actually never seen this done before so I wanted to make sure I had photos to show you my process. If there is already a name for this technique please let me know--i'll give credit where credit is due. In the meantime, bare with me as I tell you the "innie" and the "outie" of my lil' owl card.
1) I began making my "innie" medallion (see below for instructions) in the center of my white cardstock. I stamped my owl and coloured him in.
2) Next I masked the medallion with a paper circle and stamped over the cardstock using Polka Dot Basics.
3) Then I adhered my ribbon and stamped my sentiment.
4) I finished the card off with a corner rounder.
When I created this embossed "medallion" I was quite impressed with how it made the perfect focal point on the cardstock. I just knew that my lil owl would fit perfectly.
Supplies
Stamps:
-Wise Owl (Urban Design) by PTI
-Polka Dot Basics by PTI
Cardstock:
-Plum Pudding by PTI
-Stamper's Select White by PTI
Ink:
-Plum Pudding by PTI
-Noir Black Palette
Accessories
-Plum Pudding Topnotch Twill
Tools
-Wizard
-Standard Circle Nestabilities (both sizes)
-Copic Markers
-Corner Rounder by EK Success
The Innie and the Outie with standard circle nestabilities and wizard
1) Creating the "innie" medallion
Place the LARGEST circle on the bottom edge side up and place the SMALLER circle edge side down.
You'll see that they "hug" each other. Then place the rubber mat underneath the circles and place a scrap piece of paper on top. The scrap on top is necessary if you want to avoid the nestie getting stuck in your plate.
This is how it will turn out. Flip it over to see the other side too. It looks just as cool!
2) Creating the "outie" medallion
Place the SMALLEST circle on the bottom edge side up and place the LARGEST circle edge side down.
Here is a close up for you.
Here is a comparison. Now you probably wonder why I call the innie the innie and the outie the outie. If you have a close look at both of them you will notice that each circle has two close rings. The innie has two rings in the center while the outie has two rings on the outer edge. That's how I came up with the name. Again, don't forget to use the flip side of these for a totally different look. Have fun creating with ALL sorts of shapes (not limited to the circles).
I have not yet tested how well this works with the cuttlebug. I imagine you won't get the same deep embossed look--at least that is my experience using the cuttlebug vs wizard.
Wise Owl Tidbits:
--Some sentiments include: owly? and whootin' hi
--There is a straight line in the set that was created to be used in the empty circle (the one used for the wink) for sleepy eyes.
Don't forget to drop by again to see the announced winners of my Wise Owl sets as well as some fun owl expressions--facial expressions.
Also, I had a question about using other pens instead of sharpies on yesterday's project. I am sure there are other good pens to use with polyshrink but unfortunately I am not sure what else to recommend.
Oh one last thing...I visited random.org and congrats goes to
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I can't wait to see the entire set! The barrettes are so cute!!