Cute Owl Frame

Hey Friends,

 

Who doesn't love Home Décor?  This frame is simply adorable.  Would be so stinking cute in a little girls room or even a Shower Gift for an expectant mother.  Neither of which I have.  lol  

I enjoyed making this frame non-the-less. 

I suppose I could maybe send it to one of my nieces?  We will see...

Little details: 

1.  The feathers were made from a circle scalloped punch. 

2.  The owl pattern was drawn out and cut with scissors. 

3.  I inked around the edges to soften it up a bit. 

4.  Used buttons as the eyes. 

5.  The frame is a 8 x 8 frame from Michaels and I used paper inside. 

6.  I sewn around the grey mat to add a little more detail to the framed picture. 

7.  The owl was adhered using foam dots for the depth.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you have a great week-end.

 

Thank You Card

Hi Friends,

 

Happy Friday!  Hope you all have a nice relaxing day to welcome your week-end. 

 

Today I am sharing with you a Thank You card that I made.  I don't normally send out Thank You cards- but I love how this one turned out.  The card is so bright and fun.  You could simply change up the sentiment with any that you choose. 

I have step by step instructions on how to create these below.

 

 

What You Need: 

Color Basics 12 x 12 Paper Pad 30-613409 EK Success

Accent Frame Punch 54-30084 EK Success

Inkadinkado Wood Stamp, Thank You, 60-00273           

Inkadinkado Clear Stamp, Gem Stone Flowers 98980

Clear Extra Large Block LM801611 EK Success

ZIG 2-way Glue pen EA873820 EK Success

3-D Dots-White Adhesive Foam 1/8 inch Squares EA873808 EK Success

Paper Cutter

Scissors

A6 White Card LV837509

Embossing Powder Clear 

Glitter Pearlescent chunky glitter 

White Cardstock for stamping

Acetate

3 gem stones (for the flower centers)

Black, Orange, Pink, Blue & Brown Ink pad        

Brown Ink

Embossing Heat Gun

VersaMark Ink Pad

Tools: Sewing Machine (optional)

 

What To Do:

1.     Stamp flower image from the clear stamp on the white cardstock base with the embossing ink pad.  Pour the embossing powder onto the stamped images and heat set with the embossing heat gun.

2.     Cut eight strips of paper from the paper pad in to various widths and lengths: ¼ inch x 4 ¼ inch, ½ inch x 4 inches, ¼ inch x 3 ¾ inches

3.     Glue each strip down to the bottom of the card base.  Layering on top of each other.

4.     Optional:  Sew two vertical lines on the left of the card and one horizontal crossing the vertical lines.

5.     Punch out 2 Accent Frames from white cardstock.  Cut the acetate down to slightly bigger than the center of the Accent Frame.  Glue the 2 Accent Frames together with the Acetate in the center, creating a window.

6.     Glue glitter on top of the Accent Frame with the 2 way glue pen.

7.     Stamp “Thank You” onto white cardstock with black ink.  Cut the Thank you apart to create two pieces. Ink around the edges with blue ink.

8.     Stamp the flower four times, once with each color Blue, Orange, and Green.  Then Twice with Pink.  TIP:  For a Two Tone effect: sponge ink around the edges with one color then in the center with another.

9.     Cut each flower out except the green one.  The green if for the leaves. 

10.  Glue down the frame to the top center of the pattern paper you glued down already.

11.  Layer the flowers around the frame.  Use the foam dots to get more dimensions.

12.  Glue Gem stones into the center of the flowers.  Tuck one of the leaves under each of the flowers.

13.  Glue down with foam dots the “Thank” and “you” onto your card.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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!  :)