Nurse Owls!

Last weekend we attended the graduation party of a cousin who had just finished her nursing school. A while back I had seen a sample where someone had used the owl punch the owl punch as a nurse and have wanted to try it ever since so this was the perfect occasion. I have to say, these owls turned out to be super adorable!!  They were so cute I could' t make just one… I made a bunch. One was for the Congrats card for our cousin. I used a the  "congratulations" sentiment from a retired set… I tend to hang onto most of my word sets when they retire… you never know when you will need a certain word or greeting! I also used some retired paper from my stash, paired with so saffron  and crumb cake card stock. The branch is cut out using the Little leaves sizzlit die.  

Then I decided they would work well for some "Get well" cards too… so I made one like this:

I also have been making a few clothespin magnets so I added some owls onto a few of those as well - what a perfect gift for anyone who is sick or works as a nurse!!

stamps: Various retired sentiments

ink: basic black

paper: so saffron, whisper white, crumb cake, various designer paper (retired)

Big Shot: little leaves sizzlit die, square lattice embossing folder, houndstooth embossing folder

other: Owl builder punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, dimensionals

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Clothespin Magnets

Now that the craft fair is over I have some more fun items to share with you... I was too busy creating to post much while I was making these! The Clothespin magnets turned out so awesome! They do take a little time to make but the effort was worth it I think. To make these I picked out some of my favorite designer papers and glued them onto both sides of the clothespins and then sanded the edges and used modge podge to seal them. When choosing clothespins for this make sure they don't have cracks or rough edges, there were some in the pack that weren't as nice as others.

Then I let them dry overnight and embellished the next day. I made some with flowers:




And a few with owls punched out using the owl punch:

And a few with roses (this is NOT a die from SU...naughty, I know but I do a have a few other sizzix dies!)


Here is what the back looks like. These size of these little magnets works perfect and they're nice and strong!


Here is how they looked all packed up in cello bags with headers for the craft show!

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Smart Owl!

Here is a graduation card that I made for a recent graduation party. I have seen a lot of cards using the owl punch to make a graduation card so thought I'd give it a try! I punched out the owl using the owl punch and then gave him big wings by punching out scallop circles and cutting them to look like wings. The branch is the "little leaves" sizzlet die cut out with the Big Shot. I glued him together and cut out a squares from black to make the hat. Then I attached him to a white circle punched out with the 2 1/2" circle punch. For his little diploma I rolled a little piece of lightweight paper and tied it with a piece of 1/8" taffeta ribbon.

The background is embossing using the new Stripes embossing folder on concord crush card stock.

stamps: Retired sentiment
ink: black
paper:concord crush, whisper white, crumb cake, chocolate chip, pumpkin pie
other: 2 1/2" circle punch, scallop circle punch, Owl punch, little leaves sizzlit die, stripe embossing folder, poly stitched ribbon in concord crush

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Owl Thank you

I made this card as a thank you to my brothers for Christmas gifts. I wanted something not too "girly" so this is a pretty simple, no frills card. I started with old olive card stock for the base and decided to use the owl punch. I know some of you don't like this punch because it's a little tricky to glue all the little pieces together but I just can't help loving it! I punched out the owl and assembled him and I also die-cut the branch using the sizzlet Little Leaves die in the Big Shot.

Here's a close- up of the owl -- you can see I raised him up with some dimensionals..


I also embossed the blue with the polka dot embossing folder in the Big Shot. The "thanks" sentiment is from the stamp set Thank You Kindly.

stamps:Thank You Kindly
ink: Early Espresso
paper: whisper white, chocolate chip, Soft Suede, pumpkin pie, Rose Red, Tempting Turqouise
other: polka dot embossing folder, Owl Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlet, Big Shot, Dimensionals

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