I decided to turn my Hero Arts Big Eyes Owl into a holiday Owl.
I stamped the owl once in green and a second time in blue to pull in the colors from the flag. I cut out the eyes and nose and paper-pieced them onto my design (using foam tape behind the eyes for a bit of dimension). Next I made a Santa hat by using scalloped & oval die cuts for the brim & a folded triangle for the hat. I added a fuzzy pom pom to complete the design.
I used a round Snowflake and pearl to create a holiday ornament to dangle from my tree branch ... and managed to get a red ink smudge at the right side of my card. I decided to use it as an *embellishment opportunity" by adding the dimension of some punched leaves to cover my *oops*.
I used a sketch from Hero Arts for their Holiday Card and Die Cut themes for October. I finished with a sentiment from Lower Case Greetings ... You could read it as ho ho ho ... or perhaps hoo hoo hoo.
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @ 8:41 PM
Now Stef, this is absolutely adorable... Love the whole look of your image, I think that the blues and greens goes so well together..... and then to top this with the Santa hat is just great.....
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @ 10:57 PM
This is a hoot...he-he.....it IS really cute. Lvoe what you did with the different inspirational pieces and challenges for the other themes. A very fun Christmas card...right on...TFS..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @ 5:43 AM
AW this is so cute Steph!!! THanks for another great site to inspire us! Don't know how you keep finding them but thanks!!!
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