My Fall Owls

Hey Friends,

The count down to Halloween is on.  :)  I love decorating my home for Halloween.  I do have a tendency to go more Fall related than spooky related, just so that I can leave my stuff out until Thanksgiving.  

I have a new addition to my collection this year, and it is my FALL OWLS.  They are just so cute!  Owls are a Favorite of mine.  You will see them more and more in my home decor.  I can't even pass up a cute stamp set or scrapbooking paper/embellishments that has a cute owl on it. 

I apologize that I didn't think about taking a picture of just the fabric before I started sewing.  If you notice on the owl on the right I had already started sewing it.  

I got the kit from Spark your Fall, by Margie Romney-Aslett.  You can visit Margie's blog by clicking HERE and Spark your Events by clicking HERE.  

 The fabric and all the pieces came already cut and she emailed me the instructions and pictures.  

 I do not, by any means, consider myself an expert at sewing.  I have gone off track on my zig zag stitching a few times and to fix it, I just picked my foot up on my my sewing machine and put myself back on track. I feel as though it adds character to my owls. More of a "Shabby Chic" look.  :)  (Yes!! I am trying to redeem my imperfect sewing skills.)

The container of rice is to put about a cup in a zip lock bag to put in the bottom of the owl so it can stand up on its own.  

This is the front and back of the owl.  Please ignore my messy desk.  I don't know about you, but I love Chevrons. 

 This is a picture of both of the owls together.  I am so happy with the way that they have turned out. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope these owls inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and try something new. 

Have a Spook-tac-ular Week!  :) 

Knocking Out Breast Cancer Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Knocking Out Breast Cancer Blog Hop. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so we decided to offer you some eye candy all associated with Breast Cancer.  You should have came from Robin Lane's Blog.   If you started at my blog you may want to start at the beginning by starting at Christine's blog.

The sponsor for this hop is Scraptastical Kreations. She has graciously offered a $15 gift certificate to her store.  To be eligible to win the gift certificate you must comment on all the blogs and leave a comment on Scraptastical Kreation's facebook fanpage.  A winner will be randomly selected and posted on Scraptastical Kreation's fanpage on Mon Oct 7th.

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For my project I made 

For this card I made I ended up using stamps by Amuse called "Fight Like a Girl".  and the inks were Black ink, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette & Regal Rose by Stampin up.  I did use a border punch by Martha Stewart for the hearts.  I embossed the white card stock with my swiss dots embossing folder and and then I sprayed with my Heidi Swapp- Color Shine in "PrimRose".  after I sponged around the edges of the white and the sentiment I adhered everything together.  All cardstock is by Stampin up.  The ribbon came from my Etsy store.  :)

Thank you for stopping by, the next stop in the hop is Julie~Cricut Chick .

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost along the way. 

1. Christine

2. Robin Lane

**3. Anna YOU ARE HERE!!

4. Julie (Cricut Chick)

5. Haidee

6. Debbie

7. Jessica

8. The Scrapbooking Queen

9. Tami

10. Scraptastical Kreations