OWL Blog Hop

I hope you have arrived here from

Herma's blog with her

wonderful creation for the

Michael Strong OWL blog hop

to celebrate Mike's latest stamps

the cloisonné owls.

 And if you leave a comment on all the blogs

that participate in the blog hop,

you might even win this set of owl!!

I have created two projects for you

to inspire your creativity with the owl stamp.

This first one is a photoframe.

You stamp the owl two times and

color the owl (I used watercolor crayons)

and of the second image only the head.

Cut out the head and stick it on the

complete owl with some foam tape.

 I added some glitterglue on the wings

and glossy accent on the eyes.

The sentiment I made with the computer

and added a little gemstone heart.

The second project is a card,

called a double step card.

You can find tutorials all over if you google

this (and also on you tube).

I used this one HERE

I want to share with you how I made the background to

this card. It is a variation to one of the Technique

Junkie's technique called Antiqued Wallpaper.

You need an embossingfolder,

some distress ink, pearl colored glommer mist

paper and your cuttlebug.

Roll your paper trough the cuttlebug

in the embossing folder of your choice.

I choose the tree folder for the

background of my card.

 After embossing you add ink direct

to the paper. I used vintage photo

and aged mahogany.

Take your glimmermist (I used pearl)

and spray this on top of your card.

Best do this in a box, so your table

won't get dirty.

 Leave it to dry or use your heatgun.

When dry, take your cuttlebug and make

your sandwitch like this:

b-plate

embossing folder closed

your paper on top of the embossing folder

b-plate

Can you see the glitter on the background?

Maybe if you click on the photo to enlarge it!



For the finished card i stamped and

embossed a silver and a gold owl.

Added a few glitter gemstones

and colored paws and beak with marigold

distress marker.

Here you see the text I came up with:

friends owl-ways.

I finished the bottom of the card with

a branch (die cut) and some

leaves (diecut too).

Hope you can't wait to see what everyone

else has in store for you, so

here is the list of participants in case

you get lost, you can always come back here.

Inge Postma

Joanna Mackintosh

Lori Rife

Michael Strong

Shelly Schmidt

Bev Allaire

Dorly Weitzen

Heidi Wegman

Herma Fichte

Hetty Sanders --> YOU are HERE

PS.

Don't forget to leave your comment

on all the blogs if you want to win the stamps.

I will announce the winner on Sunday Febuary 11

and today I announce the winner:
 it is Donna Lee
thank youy for leaving such wonderful compliments
on all the blogs in the blog hop.
please send me your mail address

Have a creative day!