Pink & brown punch owl

Stamps: Little Bitty Bird (PTI); Stripes (HA)

Ink: Chocolate Brownie (Elzybells); Angel Pink (Memento)

Other: circle punches, heart punch, crop-a-dile

I made the owl using this tutorial here as a guide, but used the heart punch for the toes & the beak, & a CuttleBug bracket for the head / ears shape.  Inspired (too late...) by last week's LIM tearing challenge, I created a rough tree, then added a sponged pink branch for the owl to sit on.

Still sifting thro' post holiday ironing, & the shopping is due to be delivered any minute, so had better go & look busy... Nearly Wednesday.  I can hold on till then!

Linking to:
Less is More: Week 83 ~ Pink & Brown

Citrus scraps card

Paper: Citrus Stack (DCWV)

Stamp: Fancy Phrases (Waltzing Mouse)

Ink: Tumbled Glass (Distress Ink)

Base: 9.9cm square, hammered white (Paper Mill Direct)

A bit of summer sunshine in a card!  I started with the large blue square & just created around it.  I used a square punch to cut out all the corner pieces, to make sure they stayed square to the edge.  Sentiment was stamped on a scrap, banner 'v' cut with square punch, then matted on to red card & cut around with a knife.

Quilt card from paper scraps

I cut a 12cm square of printer paper & found the centre by drawing lines diagonal to diagonal.  Using temporary adhesive I stuck a 3cm square of card in the centre.

 

I cut 4 strips of paper 4.5cm long by 1.5cm wide.  The edges were sponged with brown ink to give them definition. They were stuck around the centre, making sure the edges lined up by using a ruler as shown.  The centre square was then removed so I could use a brayer to ensure everything was adhered properly.

The next strips were 7.5cm long, & then as long as was needed to go across the paper.

Turning the quilted piece over, I scored along the original edge of the 12cm square, then folded the excess over & stuck it down.

The cardboard square from the centre was covered in paper, stuck in position & finished with a faux button & some twine.

The quilted piece was then matted on to Kraft card & adhered to a 5" square card base. 

Paper used is a digital design,  Love Cherries from Sheri K Designs.

Same card 2 ways

I find the hardest part of making a card is coming up with the design.  So when I stumble upon a design that works, I work it hard.  Lucy Abrams held a sketch challenge earlier in the year and, although I didn't enter, something stuck with me as I came up with this.

One for a girl...

Card: Hammered White (Paper Mill Direct), Kraft (Anna Marie Designs)
Paper: Pretty Please Spring (My Mind's Eye )
Stamp: Circus Animals (My Cute Stamps)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Font: 2Peas Mister Giggles (free download)

and one for a boy.

Paper: Celebrate (free download from Shabby Princess)

I'm sure I won't be stopping at two, especially as this design lends itself to using up scraps!