Happy Owlidays

The challenge over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday is up on the blog, awaiting your card! Following is the required sketch - remember you can turn the sketch or substitute one shape for another if you wish. This is Challenge #636, scheduled to close on Sunday evening, December 17, 2023. 

Our optional theme is "Bundle Up". It's your choice to include this theme with the sketch. I have had this cute stamp set for a time so decided it fit the optional theme perfectly. I stamped the "bundled up" owl along with a branch included in the set. After coloring the images, I fussy cut them. My Copic markers have been packed away for a long time and need to be cared for so I borrowed markers from a family member. Her markers are for Bible art and journaling and are a mix of different ink types but I made them work. In addition, an oval shape was die-cut from vellum, and three snowflakes from white cardstock. One of the sentiments from the stamp set was stamped in brown ink. I resisted the urge to use "googly" eyes because the sclera in the eyes of owls is not white. So I colored the sclera and added black gems for the pupils.

The snowflake patterned paper was adhered to a panel of dark green cardstock and the elements were arranged onto the card, following the sketch layout. The oval with the owl on a branch was adhered using thin foam tape along with the stamped sentiment including another branch. I added a few snowflakes for decoration. The inside of the card was decorated with a bit of scrap paper and a few more snowflakes. With brown ink, I added the sentiment, "Warm Wishes", which is also included in this stamp set.

Be sure to visit the TSOT Blog #636 to view the Design Team's cards and join the challenge!

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please feel free to leave a comment. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Melanie

Materials

Stamp set: CTMH "From Owl of Us"

Inks: Stampin' Up! Soft Suede & miscellaneous assortment of markers

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White, Vellum, Evening Evergreen

Paper: Echo Park "Gingerbread Christmas"

Dies: Honey Bee "Lovely Layers" (snowflakes), Kat Scrappiness (oval with embossed rim)

Misc.: Spellbinders black gems & CTMH thin foam tape

You're Out of this World

Update 03/10/2021: What fun! This card was named a Top Three winner at AHSC #410.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #410 has been luring me to participate all week but I was unable to respond. Late today I managed to create a card for my grand-nephew using the AHSC sketch for inspiration so decided to add it to the challenge. This challenge opened on Monday, March 1, and closes on Sunday evening, March 7, 2021.

One of my nieces has two wonderful sons, ages 5 and 7. I enjoy making them fun cards and they are always excited to receive snail mail. This card is a companion to a similar card I made for another upcoming challenge. That card is for the 7-year old and won't be published until March 15. This card is for the 5-year old. 

I stamped a few images, colored them with Copic Alcohol Markers and fussy cut them. I added a panel of purple patterned paper to a slimline card base, then with thin foam tape added a die-cut slimline stitched rectangle with wonky squares cut from a celestial map pattern. I did some stamping of stars and the sentiment then added my fussy cut images using thin foam tape. With a punch, I created some star confetti from silver glimmer paper, attaching the stars randomly to the card front. The inside was decorated with stamped stars and two additional images.

Left and center images:

Right and center images:

Be sure to visit the AHSC Blog for fabulous sketches and inspiration. I hope you enjoy my silly card - I know that my grand-nephew will!

Materials

Stamp set: Whimsy "A Boy's Dream"

Inks: Distress Oxide "Dusty Concord", Delicata "Silver Metallic", Copic Alcohol Markers

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White & Silver Glimmer
Paper: CTMH "Taste of Summer" (purple) & "Aurora" (celestial map)

Die: Whimsy "Slimline Marquee"

Punch: Stampin' Up! "Confetti Stars"

Misc.: Thin foam tape

Organic Slimline Birthday

The colors for this biweekly challenge is a bit different than expected because they are not Autumn colors. That's okay because I've been using Fall colors ad nauseam and am ready for a change. Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #415 begins on Friday, October 9, and ends on Thursday, October 22, 2020. From the color board below I selected Toffee, Linen, Ballerina, Bluebell, and Sage. To play you must use at least three colors from the board. There is an allowance for neutral colors. Using a color or neutral that is not on the board will result in your project being disqualified. 

I have always been a fan of "tall and skinny" cards so am pleased to see that they are trending right now. That means there are stamps and dies in abundance designed for the new size. Onto the card base, I added a panel of paper and another of cardstock. Using patterned paper, I die cut three scalloped holes then framed them with blue scalloped circle frames. The flowers were stamped, die-cut, and colored with markers then added to the card front with foam tape. The sentiment was stamped on the middle circle. The inside of the card was decorated with stamped images, colored to match the flowers on the front of the card.

The Color Dare Design Team welcomes you to join their color challenges. We have a biweekly color challenge beginning each Friday so there is always a challenge underway. Visit our Blog for details.

Materials
Stamp Set: Uniko "Originally Organic"
Inks: Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar & Copic Alcohol Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar & Bashful Blue
Patterned Paper: CTMH "Lovely" (pink dot) & "Celebrate Mix-In" (blue stripe)
Dies: Pink Fresh (slimline) & Uniko (flowers)
Misc.: Pearls & foam tape from stash