Owl in the Oak

     Here is a fun fall birthday card using a Sketch N Scrap Fall Fun Crop sketch. Make your own card and enter it by downloading a picture of your card under this sketch. Click here to find just the right place to put it.

Sketch #2

     I used my Copics to color this wise owl and then mounted him on a circle mat. I dug out the Die-namics Blueprint #18 again (You'd think I would have had enough of that die when I made 6 cards using it last month.) to make a background with a diagonal cut.

Card and Envelope

     I love coloring these acorns using E27 on the top and W5 on the bottom. I then take the colorless blender (0) to make a plaid-like pattern on the top of the acorn.

Inside of Card

     I colored two owls in case one wasn't good enough to put on the card. The second one turned out OK. I hated to waste him, so I put him on the back of the card.

Back of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Gina K - The Simple Things

     Card Stock: Gina K - Ivory

                                    Dark Chocolate  

     Stamps: Gina K - Give Thanks w/ coordinating dies

                               Wise Old Owl w/ coordinating dies

                               Stitched Leaves w/ coordinating dies

                               Genevieve Giraffe

     Ink: Gina K - Grass Green, Fresh Asparagus

                               Honey Mustard, Tomato Soup

                               Dark Chocolate

                  Momento - Rich Cocoa

     Die: Die-namics - Blueprint #18

     Punch: ek - Fall Leaf

     Embellies: Green Twine

                    Gold Sakura Gel Pen

                    Wooden Dot

     Copics: Owl E31, 33, 35, YR27. E47, 49. C0, 1, 3. 

                Acorn E27, Blender Pen. W5

    

Challenges

Crafty Addicts - Autumn Colors - #46 - *

Creative Friday - Dies & Punches - #38 - *
Gem of a Challenge - Birthday Card - #61 - *

Circle Step Baby Ark

     This card is for Baby Allie, who should be arriving in April. The baby shower is quickly approaching. I combined 4 challenges to make this card. 

     I designed this circle step card base and mat for a card. Silhouette does not have a true circle step card file available at this time, so I made my own. Beth Silaika (Gina K designer) has several animal character stamp sets. I used 4 of them for this card: Bella Elephant, Genevieve Giraffe, Xavier Zebra, and Hippo Bird Day. The boat house is embossed with Cuttlebug Stripes folder and roof with Darice Basket Weave folder. All Copic colored images are stamped with Moment Rich Cocoa and sentiments are stamped with Gina K's Dark Chocolate.

Inside of Card

Copics:
   Elephant - N1,3,R11
   Hippo - B91,93,95, R11
   Giraffe - Y23,26,28,E35
   Zebra - C00,0,1.R11
   Toucan - RV55, BG45, Y08, YG17, R08, C1,5,9
   Leaves - YG13,17
   Balloon - R22,24, 0

Challenges

MIUM (Stamp TV) - Show Some Love (Red Heart) - *

Mod Squad - Dry Emboss - # 55 - Winner!!!

Release Challenge (Stamp TV) - Dry Emboss Background - *
Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge - Anything Goes - #9 - *
Send a Smile 4 Kids - For the Girls - #40 - *

Stamp Addicts(Stamp TV) - Anything But A-2 - *
Stamping Sensations - Animal Magic - #98 - *