Owl Baby & Dolly Card

Ok, these are by far my favorite Owl Cards yet! I am having so much fun with my new Owl Purse & Cards template, I'm sorry to anyone who doesn't like owls! I will make something else soon, I promise!

I thought these would be so cute to give with a baby shower gift or as the shower invite! It would also make a great new baby announcement. I love the Two-Step Owl Punch baby doll owl she/he is holding and the pins on the diapers! Sometimes I just really amuse myself.

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I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Owl Purse & Cards Challenge

I have been having so much fun with my Owl Purse & Cards that I decided to make a challenge out of it. Here are my wedding owls that I made using my Owl Purse & Cards Template. This shows how you can use the same template to make so many things out of it!

This challenge is for those of you that have purchased the owl tutorial, if you win, you get your money back so it would be FREE plus another FREE tutorial of your choice! That's two totally FREE tutorials!

CLICK HERE to see the original Owl Purse & Cards

Using the Owl Purse & Card templates I want to see what other types of owl cards and purses you can come up with. Get as creative as you can, then post your project on your site or another sharing forum and link up your project. The best and most creative designs will win!
You have three weeks to make your project and post it. Please link only that one post and not your entire blog. Good luck!

Owl Purse & Cards

This is my Owl Purse with matching owl cards. You can make these into Christmas owls like I have or just use other colors of paper and make them into boy and girl owls! How you decorate them is totally up to you!

You can easily make these for Birthdays (holding a gift), Weddings (Bride and Groom owls), baby showers ( make a diaper or onesie) or any other occasion just by changing the clothes!
I have provided the patterns and directions to make both the purse and cards into Santa and Mrs. Claus or into regular boy and girl owls.
I have made my purse with Santa on one side and Mrs. Claus on the other but you can do it any way you want. The cards I have shown are a Christams Elf and a little girl but again, you can make them into whatever type of owl you want!
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Cards and envelopes fit into the purse or you can use it as a gift bag! Purse is approximately 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 1" and you only need 8 1/2" x 11" paper to make this, no 12" x 12" needed.

To find out more details or to purchase the directions
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*** I am now able to offer my new templates in svg. format so those of you that have the Cricut or other cutting machines will be able to use them! Thanks so much to Danielle R who offered me all the help in figuring this out (and it was her idea for me to do this!).

Decorative Pitcher

Here is the pitcher vase that I decorated for my Mother-in-law (just because she's wonderful!).
I used the Espresso striped grosgrain and the new buttons from the Holiday Mini as well as some twine and the new Decorative Label Punch. I used the Just Believe stamp set for the sentiment.

The pitcher vase is from IKEA and the flowers are from my garden.

Pirate Owls

Here are my Pirate Owls! I love this owl punch. If you don't have it yet, I think you should get it! It is so versatile, you can make any kind of card with it!

I used the Smarty Pants word set for the saying and the new Decorative Label Punch from the Holiday Mini to punch it out. I used the Curly label punch to make the top of the water wavy.

Just Believe Tent Card #2

I know, I know, Christmas already, but I got inspired and had to do it! After saying that the last tent card I made would be a great Christmas card, I got another idea and of course had to try it right away! This saying is so perfect for Christmas, it would go great with the new Santa Claus stamps!
This card is also using the Just Believe stamp set and the circle cutter and I just used the stamp that has the three leaves on it to make the wreath! I used a sponge to go around it and make the inside more solid. I also used the new 1/2" Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon and the new Decorative Label punch from the Holiday mini which will start September 1st.

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To make the border around the Decorative Label punch I just stamped my saying on white card stock and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch. I then taped this to Cherry Cobbler card stock and then just used my scissors to cut the border around it.

To make the corner brackets on this card I used the Curly Label punch and the Photo Corners punch. First I cut the corner of the Curly label Punch out of the card stock.


Then I put it into the large side of the photo corners punch and punched again to get the shape on the right. I layered this over the small photo corner punched out in Always Artichoke.

Just Believe Tent Card

This is my Just Believe Tent Card! Instead of having a card that opens, this has a folded paper in the bottom so you can stand it up on a table and display it. This card really looks good sitting on my table! If you change around the image it would be perfect for Christmas!

Here is how I made it:

I cut an 11" x 5 1/2" piece of white card stock and folded it in half. I drew pencil lines from diagonal corners to find the middle and then using a pencil inside my circle cutter I drew light circles to see what size I wanted to cut out of the center.

I then used my Just Believe flower stamp and stamped it in the corner. Once that was done I cut out the circle that looked like the best size and just cut around the flower image with a craft knife for the parts that went in the middle. Then I used stamps and sponges to finished off the card. To make the red scallop border I just cut a scallop circle using my big shot and the large scallop circle die. I then used my circle cutter to cut out the center circle. I put this over my card and just cut out around the flower so it wouldn't cover it.


To make the tent feature I cut a 3" x 5 1/2" piece of paper and scored it every half inch going in the long direction.


Using Tombow adhesive I glued this onto the bottom inside of the card like shown. This makes the card still fit in the envelope but then you can expand it and sit it on the table.


To make this card I used:
Always Artichoke ink and paper
Cherry Cobbler ink and paper
1/4" Grosgrain Always Artichoke ribbon
Circle Cutter
Just Believe stamp set
Big Shot
Scallop Circle Die and Scallop Circle Die#2
Big Designer Buttons - Deck the Halls colors (Holiday Mini)
Sponges

Convention Swap Layout Challenge Winner!

I am so sorry that I have not posted the winner to this contest yet!! One was chosen and then I totally forgot about it. I don't do challenges often so I guess this is why! Sorry! I loved all of the entries, they were all so nice, thanks for playing along.

Michelle Scileppe is the winner!
Her entry is above. I love how she changed the direction of the card, so creative!

Michelle, you need to get in touch with me and pick which FREE tutorial you would like. Congratulations! If anyone knows Michelle please let her know that she won!

You can see the original contest post HERE.

Clear Acrylic Block Guide

My mother came up with the greatest idea! She made a guide so people can see what the sizes of the Clear Acrylic Blocks look like. She has this out on her table so when people order the clear stamps they can hold this over the images in the catalog and make sure they are getting the right sized clear blocks to fit them all.
This is the greatest idea! The only thing I would add is put the ordering number on them so people have the size, the letter, the price and the number to order each block. You could also do this out of the clear window sheets so you can see through it and just write on it with a permanent marker!

Such a good idea Mommo! Thanks!

Military Vehicle or Jeep Card

Here is my Military vehicle (or Jeep) that I made out of the template from my school bus!
All I did to make this was to cut the top off of my bus template and make it out of Always Artichoke card stock instead of yellow. I also put the front grate on in the opposite direction.

Below are the original cards.


CLICK HERE to see all the details for these cards.

Fire, Bus and Police Car Cards

Here are my bus, police car and fire truck cards! These are all vehicles that my son loves so I thought it would be a good three card project! These would work great as cards or as additions to scrapbook pages.
With school starting the bus is the perfect card for bus drivers coming to pick up the kids or for your scrapbook pages of the first day of school! I thought a police and fire truck would be great for scrapbooking or thanking our wonderful service people.
You can easily change the color of the fire engine to be a tractor trailer truck or change the bus to green to make a hummer or military vehicle!

To find out more details or purchase this project
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*** I am now working on being able to offer my new templates in svg. format so those of you that have the Cricut or other cutting machines will be able to use them! Thanks so much to Danielle R who offered me all the help in figuring this out (and it was her idea for me to do this!).
If you want the template in this format just send me an email after your purchase and I will send the templates to you this way. I should have it figured out soon!

Pull-Out Corn Card

Corn In


Corn Out
(Hee-hee, I know, I'm super mature)

Here is my pull-out corn card!
And yes, I did have a reason for making a corn shaped card besides corn jokes. My husbands Uncle gave us a bunch of fresh corn from his garden the other day and we just had it for dinner. It was really good so the kids thought we should send him a thank you card. Ashley said it should be shaped like an ear of corn... so here we are!

CLICK HERE to get the FREE template!

To make this card I cut out the large corn husk out of garden green card stock and the two side pieces out of Wild Wasabi card stock. The corn is cut out of Daffodil Delight. I sponged the edges of the husks with Wasabi ink.

To make the rows of corn I used the scallop edge punch. I just cut a 2" wide strip of Daffodil delight paper and punched the end. I cut that strip off and then did the next and so on.


I sponged the punched edges with Daffodil ink and then glued them down on my piece of corn in rows. For the last row I traced the end of the corn and punched the top (so you wouldn't see the cut edge) and then glued that on top.


I put a very small line of Tombow adhesive along the edge of my back husk shape. I then put the right husk on top. Make sure you stay close to the edge so you will be able to slide your ear of corn in at the end.


Do the same thing for the other side making sure not to overlap on the first side so it will still be loose enough to open.


Let it dry and slip in your piece of corn with your message written on the bottom.
Instant thank you card for free corn!
I thought this would also be cute on a fall scrapbook page... maybe with the journaling on the inside corn card.
I'm sure you will see one here eventually!

Owl Punch Makes an Owl!

I have had this Owl Punch for quite some time now and this is the first actual owl that I made out of it! I have been using it for all of its pieces but this is my first owl. That being said, he is so cute!
I used the Woodland Walk DSP to make the tree just by cutting the shapes out of it. The mouse body is half of a 3/4" circle punch and the head is made using the owl punch circles. The middle of the ears were cut using the Crop-a-dile.
The sentiment is from the Word Play stamp set and is punched out using the Decorative Label punch from the upcoming Holiday Mini.

Buttons, Buttons and More Buttons!

Here are some more buttons that I have made out of paper using some of the other punches. I figured, why keep it to just circles?!

For the ones with the patterned paper on top I just did 5 layers of card stock of a matching color and then just the top layer with patterned paper so I didn't have to use a lot of it.

To get the full FREE tutorial on how I did these CLICK HERE!

Fast & Fabulous Masking

I think the Fast & Fabulous hostess stamp set might be my favorite set right now. I just got it and I love it!
The colors I used in this card are Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Perfect Plum and Whisper White card stock and Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Perfect Plum ink.
I used the Just Believe Stamp for the sentiment and inked only the 'believe' word with a marker, without the 'd' that's on the stamp and punched it out with the Modern Label punch.

I used masking to make the flower image which means that I stamped my flower on plain computer paper and then carefully cut it out. I then stamped my image again on my card stock and put removable adhesive on the back of my cut out shape. I stuck this over my stamped image and stamped around it overlapping the flower. It does not show up over the main flower because it has the paper over the top. When you remove the paper on the top you then have a stamped image that looks like your main flower is in front of the other flowers.

To make the button I used Perfect plum card stock and punched out five 1" circles. I used two-way glue to stick them together in an even stack. I then punched two 3/4" circles in my paper and cut out the 1" circle centered over it so I had the two outside rings. I used two-way glue to put these on the outside and punched my holes in the middle with the Crop-a-dile. I used the sanding block to sand the outside edges so they are smooth and you can't see the stack of paper edges. I put it on wax paper and then I covered it with Crystal Effects. Once it dries you have a button in any color!

You can get my FREE written tutorial on how to make these buttons HERE!