I love the colour combination of Bermuda Bay, Fresh Freesia and Granny Apple Green for the dotted paper background. The Dandy Designs DSP #160836 is available for FREE with a $120 purchase during SALE-A-BRATION. This 48 pack of 12 x 12 papers, that includes plaids, polka dot and stripe designs is ideal for making cards or scrapbook projects.
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| Dandy Design #160836 |
Supplies:
Stamp Sets:
- Adorable Owls #160269 FREE LEVEL 1 with $60 purchase during Sale-A-Bration. Stamped all three of the owl images for this card. Stamped the word "Hoot!" on card front.
- Family and Friends (just retired from July to Dec Mini) for the string of lights on inside panel.
- Perennial Birthday (retired) for the Happy Birthday sentiment on the inside panel.
Card Stock and Paper:
- Whisper White Cardstock - 2 pieces. One 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for the base and a second piece 3 3/4" x 5" for the inside. Scraps of Whisper White to stamp three owls in Black Momento Ink.
- Granny Apple Green - 2 pieces. For front layer cut a piece 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" adhere to front of card base. For inside cut a piece 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere to card base.
- Bermuda Bay - 2 pieces. Cut a piece 4" x 5 1/4 for front layer and a scrap for stamping three "hoots!" sentiment times 3. Cut out stamped images with a 1" circle punch.
- Dandy Design DSP - 1 piece measuring 3 3/4" x 5" Line up the Picture This die cut to center on the dsp and run through Big Shot.
Ink:
- Momento Black ink for stamping owl images on Whisper White
- Versa Mark Ink on scrap of Bermuda Bay. Sprinkle with White Embossing Powder and heat set. Cut out with 1" circle punch and adhere to Bermuda Bay cardstock layer.
- Stampin' Blends: Light and Dark Gray Granite, Light and Dark Bermuda Bay, Light and Dark Pale Papaya
- Markers: Basic Black Marker for touching up eyes
These owls really are adorable and make me smile every time I colour or add one to a project. To highlight those beautiful big eyes I coloured the black portion with a Stampin Up Basic Black Marker and used the dark and light Bermuda By Stampin' Blends to colour the eye portion.
I left a little white space below the coloured portion and it seemed to give a bit more life and then topped it off with a small application of NUVO Clear drops for shine. You can achieve the same result with clear liquid glue but remember to let it dry thoroughly before touching or moving your project.
Here is another Adorable Owl birthday card using the same Dandy Designs dsp for my card background. I changed up the colours for this card and brought in a panel of Fresh Freesia as the accent colour.
For this card, I stamped several owls in Momento Black ink on a piece of 5 1/4" x 4" Whisper White card stock. I coloured them with Stampin Blends in light and dark Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Pale Papaya and Fresh Freesia. I didn't colour the middle owl, instead I used one of the pre-coloured images I had fussy cut and attached it with Dimensionals. This little guy had blue eyes and a blue party hat to set him apart from the rest of the owls and show he was special. I stamped the sentiment "It's your day!" in Fresh Freesia ink and mounted it on matching card stock. A sprinkle of pearlized sequins added some shine.
When I was finished colouring the owls I was going to adhere the full panel overtop of the polka dot dsp, but I decided to change that up and give the card more dimension. I cut a 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" layer from Fresh Freesia cardstock and a 3" x 4 1/4" rectangle using the Scalloped Contours Dies #155560, from the owl panel and adhered these two panels with Dimensionals, before attaching to the dsp layer.
I hope you liked these cards and would love to hear your thoughts on this stamp set. I'll be posting more in this series later this week, so come back again. Cheers.
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