Owl Case'ing

Hi  All,
I wanted to share a cute card that I CAS'ed  from Working Out the Inks. Check out her blog! Anyhow I realized that I needed a few more Halloween cards and thought that Regina's card was a perfect inspiration! Here is my card:

 

I love the new Holiday Home set and loved the idea of using the Owl Punch in the foreground. I totally copied the idea of drawing the spider web on the door. Loved it!

Thanks for stopping by Karin

Freshly Made Turkey!

Evening All,
I wanted to share the next card that I am presenting at my club this coming Friday. I  needed a Thanksgiving themed card but wasn't sure where I would start. So I ended up at Freshly Made Sketches and was very motivated by this weeks sketch:

 

This card made me laugh and I really needed that today! I used the Owl punch and have seen tons of variation's with the turkey so not sure where to give the original credit, all I know is it wasn't me that came up with this cute little guy! I did my base with Naturals White and used a new to me set from the catty called "Gorgeous Grunge"! Works great with this sketch! I hand wrote the sentiment and I was done. Again, not sure even the first place I saw this, but it made me crack up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Freshly Made Halloween

Hi All,
Had an unexpected day off so trying to get things done around here, you know cleaning, organizing and of course crafting! Well I am having a Holiday Mini Class at the end of the month where I will be presenting two cards and I really wanted a Halloween card for one of the cards but I needed a layout. I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches  and they did not disappoint:

 

Loved the layout but decided to rotate it. Here is what I came up with:





I used the new Halloween Happiness Stamp and some Rhinestones for eyes and, of course, I had to use the owl punch to make the ghosts! Love them! Have a great day!
Karin

Owl Mojo!

Hi All,
I have been trying to come up with a Halloween card design for my great aunt. She is 100 (almost 101) and is legally blind so as part of her birthday present every year I make her her Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas cards. I need to be able to make a large number so the design has to be easy to replicate. I had gone over to Mojo Monday for inspiration and their great sketch delivered:

Here is what I came up with:

I just can't resist all the ways you can use the Build an owl punch!! I ran the Basic Grey panel through the Vintage Wall Paper embossing folder and added a few more of my Night and Day scraps. I am a BIG proponent of using your scraps! I took a little creative freedom and instead of an element on the lower left hand corner I used it for my speech bubbles up to the right! Hmmm I like this so much maybe I should find another design for my aunt! LOL!!

Have a great day!

Karin

Finally a "break"

Hi All,
Well it has been an interesting few days. Had an equine accident and fractured my wrist, ugh what a week! Anyway felt like making a card and wanted to see what I could do in a brace. I can tell you typing is TOUGH! Anyhow I had gone on over to stamping 411 and they had another great challenge:

Here is what I came up with:

I saw the three shapes and immediately thought of the cute owls. I decided to just run a ribbon across versus tie a bow. Overall the little owls made me laugh, hope it made you laugh to!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Try Stamping...take 2

Hi All,
I had a chance to get into my stamping room tonight, which is always quite nice! I had to make two cards for my cousins twin daughters birthday party. They are turning 2 tomorrow and are so stinkin cute! As I needed a little inspiration for the layout I had gone on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and they had another great sketch!

I thought it leant itself very nicely to the colors that I wanted to use. Here is what I came up with:

Of course, since there are two of them they need their own cards! I took some liberties with the shapes as I knew I wanted to use the owl. There is a little story behind the owls. I had made Halloween cards for them this year with the owl punch used to make ghosts, cats and bats and they loved walking around with the cards. So of course I used the owl punch to make reindeer in December, and a bunny for Easter! Gotta love the flexibility of this little punch! I figured it was about time I used the punch for purposes intended on their birthday card! Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to ALL!!
I wanted to post a quick picture of some stocking stuffers that I made for my niece and nephews! Gotta love all the things you can make with the Owl builder punch!! Hope you all enjoy your holiday!!

Karin

Reindeer Games!

Morning all,
Quick post before I run to work. I had to share this fun reindeer card we made at our recent stamp club:

It totally cracked me up! I CASEd this idea from many different blogs. I can not recall where I saw it first to give credit. Here is what I used:

Stamps:           Curly Cute (inside)

Cardstock:        Very Vanilla – half sheet

                        Holly Berry DP 3 ¼ ” x 5 ½ ”  

                        Whisper White  2” x 5 ½ ”   

                        Scrap Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper

                        White and Red Glimmer paper.

Ink:                  Real Red (inside) and Early Espresso Marker

Embellishments:  Mini Jingle Bells, Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon

Punches: Owl Builder, ½ circle & Two step Bird punch.

Have a great day!
Karin

Halloween Contest Entries

Hi!
I thought it would be fun to post the entries that I sent into the Stampin Success (Stampin Up's demonstrator magazine) Halloween contest. No winners here, but it was a lot of fun to create!!
Karin :)

Owl Punch Card

Doesn't this owl punch just make you smile??!! I love all the little critters you can make with it! My favorite have been the Halloween cards. This was the last card we made at our stamp club last week. So stinkin cute. Here is the recipe:

Stamps:           Lovely as a tree

Cardstock:        Crumb Cake – half sheet

                        Basic Black 5 ½” x 4 ”

                        Crumb Cake 5 x 3 ½”

                        Pretty in pink

Ink:                  Early Expresso

                        Crumb Cake

                        Black marker

                        Gel pen

Punches:  Owl, Bird, small scallop, small tag and 1 3/8 circle

Techniques:     Stamp the background image in expresso a few

times. Punch out the cat, ghost and owl using the owl punch, bird punch

and scallop punch.

Enjoy!!