SSSC123......Party Owl

GOOD MORNING PEEPS!!!

 It's Sunday which means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge sample.

Here is the sketch that Karen has for us this week:

While looking at the sketch and deciding what I wanted to do with I decided on two things, I wanted to use my owl punch and I wanted to use some more of the Stampin'Up Sunny Garden  DS paper pack, this pack is retiring soon and I will miss it, but I have used it alot.

I was looking around and saw this cute little bag with made with the owl punch and using the Hostess Birthday Bakery stamp set. I loved it, so cute!!! So I used that as my starting point. My card base is Poppy Parade and I followed that with some so saffron card stock. Of course the DSP is from the Sunny Garden pack. I punched out the owl with poppy parade and added his little vest with some of the DSP. I added some googlie eyes to my owl. The sentiment and the gift bag he is carrying comes from the Birthday Bakery stamp set. I stamped the bag onto some DSP and paper pieced the heart and stripe. The tissue paper is actually white tissue paper. I used some Early Espresso Bakers twine for the handle. I then decided my "Party Owl" needed to bring some balloons to the party so I dug out my "Crazy for Cupcakes" stamp set and stamped out some balloons onto some so saffron, poppy parade and DSP. I cut them out and added them to the card with some dimensionals.

I used some Early Espresso Bakers Twine for the balloon tails and then covered the balloons with crystal effects.  I finished off the card with some poppy parade ribbon and a few silver pearls.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.


OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing Karen is being a slacker this week and won't have a card today!

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse is taking the week off too!

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards


Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Mojo....You're a Hoot!

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge!

I love round cards and really don't make them often enough! It is gloomy here and we are expecting a BIG winter storm, so I opted for some really bright and cheerful colors. I cut my scallop circle with my nesties and some pumpkin pie card stock. I then used my circle cutter to cut the rose red, whisper white and DSP circles.I embossed the white piece with the square lattice embossing folder. The DS paper is from the Sweet & Sour Speciality paper pack. I hand cut the curve from the sketch but it is covered with my crumb cake leaves. I used my owl punch and punched out the body in rose red and pumpkin pie card stock. I cut off the feet of the rose red owl and added the pumpkin pie feet behind it. I punched out his little vest from the same DSP on the card and added the eyes in with crumb cake, basic black and whisper white card stock. The sentiment is computer generated and printed out. I added some little flowers with brads to the leaves and sentiment tag.

Well, that is all from me today, thank you for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Owl Always Love You and Exciting News!!!

Good Friday Evening Peeps!!! I am popping in here with a quick post, I wanted to share with you a cute little valentine box I made. I went to a friends house today to stamp. We made these fun little boxes from the two tags die from Stampin' Up.


HERE is a link to the bog where you can find a downloadable PDF file for making these boxes! Super cute and oh so easy!!!

Head on over to WENDY'S Blog to see the box she made, it is very cute! She had the paper shreds and the VERY IMPORTANT chocolate for the boxes.

You know I have been playing with my owl punch alot lately, so I took it along with me to Wendy's house because I knew I would want to put one on my box. Isn't he adorable? Wendy had the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits, which by the way, is a perfect matt for the large heart punch. I love that embosslit, it is going on my next order!! The sentiment, was Wendy's idea and fits perfectly with the owl theme, it is printed out from the computer. She also had the perfect ribbon and heart brads to finish this off. Cute huh?


I also have some very exciting news!!!



I have been asked to be a part of the design team at Our Creative Corner! The ladies there are so talented, and I am looking forward to working with them and getting to know them better. If you haven't been to the site before, go check it out!!

Well, that is all from me today, thanks so for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

SC316...Whoo Loves Ya Baby? Set

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

Today's share is a card and matching goodie box. I made the card with this week' sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers. I have been playing around alot with the Owl Punch lately. I love it! You NEED this punch!

I started the card with a base of real red card stock. I then used some pretty in pink card stock that I embossed with the square lattice embossing folder. the DS paper is from the Prints Patterns paper pack. The owl is punched out with chocolate chip card stock. I used some more of the DSP for his little vest. The heart behind the owl is punched with the large heart punch out of pretty in pink card stock and embossed with the square lattice EF too. The sentiment is just typed out and printed from my computer. I hand cut the flag and curled it a bit. I added a few silver pearls and a button with a twine bow to the sentiment flag.

I made the matching goodie box with the scallop envelope die, I just cut two and put together to make a small box, perfect for the Ghirardelli chocolate or other small treats.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Owl Calendars

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing some Owl Calendars I whipped up yesterday! These are a shameless CASE of some I saw on Diana Gibbs Blog. I did make a change or two. I, of course, used googlie eyes on mine, like the paper clip bookmarks I made last week. I used the Stampin' Up Love Letters Designer Series Paper. I made the base out of very vanilla card stock and the Scallop Square Clear Die. I cut two scallops and layered together to make the base of the piece. I then used some basic black card stock and then the designer paper. The calendars are some I bought in a bulk buy awhile back, I was determined not to let these go to waste, as I had bought some a couple of years ago and never used them at all. I used the owl punch and the bird punch both. The pieces behind the owl are made with the scallop circle punch and the circle is cut with my nesties. I matted the calendars with card stock too. I added some sticky magnet strips to the back so these can be hung on the refrigerator or a file cabinet.

Here are a few more pics of them:



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Well, that is all from me today, I will be listing a couple of these in my etsy shop, link in my sidebar, so head on over there if you would like to get one! Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Owl Paper Clip Bookmarks

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing some cutie patootie Owl Bookmarks/Paper Clips. I made these with the Stampin" Up Extra Large Two Step Owl Punch! That Punch is so much fun and I haven't used it much lately. So I pulled it out to make a few of these for my etsy store. I had an order for one set so while making that one, I figured I might as well make up a few more. I used some retired Stampin Up paper, Sending Love, from last year. I wanted these to have a Valentine feel so this paper was perfect. I used some large paper clips I had bought in a bulk buy recently. I added some googlie eyes to the owls, love the look of that! I packaged these up by using some crumb cake card stock and more of the designer paper. I think they turned out cute!



While playing with the punch I thought I would try to see if I could make a few matching magnets. I used some magnet sheets I bought from a fellow blogger. I punched out the body only, (avoiding the feet) and by putting a bit of muscle behind it, and it worked perfectly. I then punched out the owl with chocolate chip card stock and put the card stock onto the magnet sheet by peeling away the film covering the sticky side of the magnet and lining the two up.

The paperclip bookmarks are available to purchase in my etsy store, link is in my sidebar if you want a set.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Mojo Hello

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!! Another hot one on tap here today and no end in sight, UGH!!! I hate the heat!

Today's card share is made with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

I am not quite loving this one. I do love the owl and can't get enough of him, but I think my card my be just a bit tooooooo BUSY, somehow I just couldn't get my DS paper to work yesterday when I was putting it together. I usually don't have that problem when I am working with a DS paper pack but somehow yesterday, this one just fell short, for me anyway. I do love the DS paper pack tho it is the new SU Play Date.

What do you think? Does it work for you? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think, I will pick a winner from all the comments I get and send you the card and some of the owl bookmarks I have been making lately. If you haven't seen them check out some of my past blog enteries or there is a few in my etsy shop so you can see them there to. I will probably throw in a few more goodies too, so leave me a comment and I will draw a winner on Friday.

Pam, if you are stalking my blog, our trip to KC, schedule for next Monday has been postponed until Sept. 21st. Can't wait to meet ya!

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Owl Notepad and Clips

Happy Thursday Peeps! I am having so much fun with my new OWL Punch, you have to get this fellow!! He is adorable and the punch does all the work you just have to glue!!!

I made a little note pad following the tutorial on Nancy Riley's blog. Super easy! I used the Greenhouse Gala DS paper and some chocolate chip and baja breeze card stock. The hearts are pear pizzazz card stock. The sentiment on the note pad is from the Apple Blossom level 2 stamp set. I stamped with black stazon onto baja card stock and used my word window punch to cut it out. The owl is matted with card stock punched with the scallop circle punch, the 1-1/2 inch punc and 1-3/8 inch punch. I pierced all around the scallop circle with my piercing tool and mat pack. I added a baja button to the divider strip.

Next are 2 cute matching owls mounted onto some jumbo paper clips.




Forgot to say I used some 8mm wiggly eyes on all the owls, aren't they cute?

Well, that is all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!


Vicki

Halloween Owl!!!

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!!

I am so excited about today's project share!!! I just got the new Owl Punch!!!1 I have been imagining all the wonderful things I could make with it every since I saw it in the new catalog. There is a bit of a story about almost not getting this order yesterday. I placed my order for this punch a few other things with a friend at her open house, the order was scheduled for delivery yesterday. Lois, my above mentioned friend, picked me up to go to her house for some stamping fun with our new goodies. She picked me up around noon and we did a couple of stops and ate lunch before heading to her house. When we pulled up in front of her house we could see a UPS delivery note on her door......DANG, we had missed him. Her usual driver always left her box in the back on the boat under it's tarp. Well, wouldn't you now it, today a different driver so he was un-aware of the arrangement. We were so upset, NO it just couldn't be that we would have to wait til the next day to get our goodies!!! Not to be deterred Lois sprung into action, called the local UPS office and ask if they could get a hold of the driver to come back or even meet us somewhere, if he was still in the area, and they agreed to try and call us back. Well, an anxious 10 or 15 minutes later the driver called and said he would meet us in 30 minutes at a nearby highway inner section........so we got our goodies, UPS drivers are the BEST!!!!!

When Lois unpacked the box we just ewwwed and ahhhed over all the lovely stuff!! I just held my owl punch and didn't even want to open it!!! LOL!!! But I told Lois, I had an idea about giving my owl a witch's hat and I wanted to make a matchbook treat holder and sooooo he was born!!! Any of you that follow my blog, know how I LOVE all things halloween-ee!!

The match book is made with a piece of Crumb Cake card stock cut to 3 x 9-1/4 inches, scored at 3/4, 5 and 5-1/4 inches The DS paper used is from the retired Cast-A-Spell paper pack, I haven't gotten the new Halloween paper yet, but soon!!!

Here is the open matchbook:




You can put a fun size pack of M&M's or Skittles or something like that in the inside, tuck it in before stapling or use some sticky tape to hold it in.

The bottom strip has a staple but it is covered in the front by my sentiment layer. The letters are from the Naturally Serif sizzlets strip die. I made the hat with my small oval punch for the base and hand cut the top. I added some highlights to the hat and heart with my white gel pen. Well, I hope you like my little Halloween Owl, I am sure you will See more of this owl in the future.

Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki