Thanks for Owl You Do

Inspiration: Inspired By #87

This card was done on a total whim. The initial ideas came really quickly, so I started putting everything together and once I had the embossed wood panel, the polka heart backdrop, the branch, the owls and the sentiment strip, I got a little hung up. The card was cute but a little boring.

I started trying out embellishments and die-cuts on the sentiment strip, but all attempts failed miserably at making the card better. Then, suddenly, I thought about adding a second ribbon next to the Lovely Lipstick one I already had in place and the weaving effect at the bottom with the sentiment strip instantly made the design more interesting. I then recycled the white die-cut heart I had cut earlier and that also made the card better. I added an enamel heart and it looked even cuter.

A few details:

• The sentiment was embossed in grey powder.
• The wood-embossed panel was initially inked with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink, but it was not popping up enough, so I took my Craft Whisper White ink pad out and dragged it along the woodgrain pattern to add a whitewash effect. I love how it looks on the Grey Granite cardstock.
• The envelope was stamped in VersaMark using the graduation cap image from the Simply Celebrate Spring stamp set and embossed with clear powder, on a Lagoon Metallic envelope.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: So Owlsome, Simply Celebrate Spring (Lawn Fawn); Writing Note (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Lovely Lipstick, Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Grey Granite (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink (Stampin' Up!); Tuxedo Black (Memento); VersaMark;
Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide (Ranger)
Accessories: So Owlsome Dies, Polka Heart Backdrop Portrait Die, Birch Trees Dies,
Woodland Critter Huggers Dies (Lawn Fawn); Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder, Brights Enamel Shapes, 
Smoky Slate and Clear Stampin' Emboss Powders, Sponge Daubers, 1/8" Lovely Lipstick Grosgrain Ribbon,
Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon (Stampin' Up!); Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Brush (Nuvo);
A2 Lagoon Metallic Envelope (envelopes.com); Markers (Copic)

 

Comments

[Laurel Seabrook]

Absolutely adorable and love the take on the inspiration!