Springtime Owl Card - TMS #498

Tuesday is here again and that means the start of another sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. This weeks sketch has a unique circle element that I really enjoyed using and I hope you will too. All the challenge details and design team inspiration can be found HERE. You have until 8 pm EST on Sunday to link your creation. I can't wait to see how you use this sketch!

The focal area of the sketch was perfect for the Springtime Owl image by Unity Stamps. Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was matted to a piece of Garden Green cardstock by Stampin' Up!. The patterned papers are from the Flora No. 2 paper pad by Carta Bella. To finish off the card a sentiment by Taylored Expressions was added and that's it. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: Use Critters
• Addicted to Stamps: Lots of Layers
• Always Fun Challenges: Flowers

Sketch:

Owl Wish Card

Good day! I hope you've had a lovely weekend. We didn't do much, ran errands, did laundry and went to the grocery store. Nothing too exciting! However... I did find a local store that received a shipment of Crate Paper & Echo Park 6 x 6 paper pads for $2.99 each and that was pretty awesome. Not that I need more paper but it's hard to turn down a good deal.

This afternoon I made this Owl Wish Card using the Owlie Wishes Sentiment Kit from Unity Stamps. The image was colored with Copic markers and die cut with a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. Two patterned paper circles were die cut using some really old patterned paper by DCWV called Linen Closet. I thought the pattern coordinated well with the little dandelions on the stamped image. To accommodate the larger image size I made the card a little bigger than usual. The finished size of the card is 4.5 x 6.25. That's it! Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges entered:

• Aud Sentiments: Anything Goes + Sentiment
• Creative Fingers: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes

Owl Just a Note Card

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely day. This afternoon I made this Owl Just a Note Card to add to my stash. After layering the patterned papers by Echo Park (For the Record 2 from 2012) I decided to add some stitching for detail. The Cute Owl image is by Bugaboo Stamps and it was colored with Copic markers. A retired sentiment from Stampin' Up! was used and three glimmer dots added for some sparkle. That's it!

Challenges entered:

• Catch The Bug: Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: Anything with Critters
• Watercooler Wednesday: Feminine Anything Goes

Sending Smiles Card

This past week flew by! Unfortunately I had migraines three days in a row and they zapped all creative energy. I'm feeling better today, so I made this Sending Smiles Card just in time to enter the Inky Paws sketch challenge. I'll be sending this card to Wild Heart Ranch a rescue and rehabilitation group in NE Oklahoma. They have been very busy with over 500 baby animals in their care. They take in all kinds of wild animals: deer, owls, rabbits, possums, raccoons, eagles, beavers, foxes, bobcats, squirrels, etc. I really enjoy following their stories and have great admiration for their cause.

The owl on this Sending Smiles Card is from the Sending Hugs stamp set by Newton's Nook. It was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies. The floral paper is from the Family Ties paper pad by Pebbles and it was matted to Dapper Denim cardstock by Stampin' Up!. Some retired Island Indigo twine was added and the focal area was adhered with dimensionals. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• Inky Paws: Sketch
• Aud Sentiments: Anything Goes + Sentiment
• Creative Knockouts: Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes

Owl at Wild Heart Ranch

Brentwood Coffee Time Card

It really seems crazy this year is almost over! This month I've been pretty busy and haven't had much time for crafting. Honestly, I haven't even started my Christmas shopping. Since I really don't like shopping and I'm not coming up with ideas for gifts... I just haven't even attempted going to the stores.

This Brentwood Coffee Time Card was made for the 2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I used the limited edition freebie image from Jessica Lynn Original which can be found HERE. Copic markers were used to color the image. Papers include a fun diagonal stripe by Pebbles and coffee bean paper by Doodlebug Designs. The design is simple with twine and sequins for embellishment and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This card is also entered in the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark
• Digi Choosday: Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes

Bountiful Owl Cards

This year I didn't make as many Thanksgiving cards as usual. It seems crafty mojo and time were both issues. Last night I realized just how few cards I had, so I quickly made these two Bountiful Owl Cards to get in the mail this morning. The image is one I recently bought from Unity Stamps called Bountiful Owl and it was colored with Copic markers. The stamp set comes with thirteen different sentiments to choose from. With time being a factor I went with simple layouts and paper scraps from the Woodland Forest paper pad by Pebbles. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

This Bountiful Owl Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday: Birds/Animals
• Addicted to Stamps: Holiday
• 2 Crafty Critters: Feature a Creature
• The Crafty Addicts: Autumn Colours

Happy Owl Coffee Card

This afternoon I really debated between taking a nap or drinking more coffee to make a card. The coffee and card making won! I couldn't resist using the cute Happy Fall digital image by Craftin Desert Divas. It's been featured on several cards in the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I think it's just adorable!

To color the image I used Copic markers and then used a stitched square die cut by Lil' Inkers. All patterned papers are from the Flea Market paper pad by Doodlebug Design. Cardstock colors include Bermuda Bay and Pumpkin Pie by Stampin' Up!. The sentiment is from the Stamplorations Coffee Happy stamp set by Shery Russ Designs and was stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Three green sequins were added for some sparkle and that's it. This Happy Owl Coffee Card is also entered into the following challenges: Allsorts (Feels Like Autumn) and 2 Crafty Crazies (Feature a Creature). Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

COFFEE a Liquid Hug Card

Good day crafty friends! I have a quick post to share a summery coffee themed card I made for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. The digital image and sentiment are by Jessica Lynn Original. Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was die cut with a cross stitched die by My Favorite Things. The floral patterned paper is by Doodlebug Design Inc, Hello Sunshine paper pad. Two polka dot flowers from the Petite Petals stamp set by Stampin' Up! were added accented with punched green leaves from the retired Bird Builder punch. Two glimmer dot stickers by Jolee's were added to the center of the flowers and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

This COFFEE a Liquid Hug Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Allsorts: Flower Power
• A Gem of a Challenge: Summer Colours
• Crafting When We Can: Use an Image

Graduation Card with Flowers

Before making this Graduation Card with Flowers I did a quick image search to see other handmade graduation cards. I was surprised how few had flowers. The recipient is the daughter of one of my cousins, so I wanted the card to be youthful and pretty. Of course there had to be some element of graduation, so I used the cute graduation owl by Gerda Steiner Designs. The owl was colored with Copic markers, fussy cut and then adhered to the white stitched circle die cut. A little punched branch and stamped flower add some detail along with the congratulations die cut by Impression Obsession and three sequins for sparkle. The floral paper is retired by Stampin' Up! and the yellow is by Recollections. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Graduation Card with Flowers is entered into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge: F for Feathered Friends
• Brown Sugar: Use Sequins
• Try it on Tuesday: Feathered Friends
• Crafting by Designs: Anything Goes

Owl Graduation Card

Hello! Today is the start of a new challenge at Simply Create Too and this month we want you to use a Digi Stamp. That's a pretty easy challenge, so I hope you will play along and link-up your new creation. Click HERE for all the challenge details and design team inspiration.

While deciding which digi stamp to use on my card I received a graduation announcement for one of my younger cousins. He is graduating high school, so I decided to use this Graduation Owl image by Gerda Steiner Designs. The image was colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut to allow his foot to sit on top of the punched branch. The Congratulations paper and diploma paper are by The Paper Studio. I added a strip of woodgrain paper by Stampin' Up! and then matted the patterned paper to a piece of brick red cardstock by Bazzill. Then the focal circle was adhered flat to the paper. I'll be mailing this card so I didn't want to add any lumps or bumps. That's it!

This Owl Graduation Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Little Red Wagon: Time to Celebrate!
• Shopping Our Stash: Back to Basics (fussy cut something)
• Unicorn Challenge: Special Occasions

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Hoot Owl Birthday Card

Ciao! It's Tuesday again and that means the start of a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week is one of my favorite themes...Things with Wings. I love using birds! Our fabulous sponsor is Your Next Stamp and I'm using their Life's a Hoot stamp set for this Hoot Owl Birthday Card. We would really like for you to join our challenge this week. Click here for all the challenge details and lovely design team inspiration. You have until mid-day on Monday, March 6th to add your link. As always, I hope to see your creation in the gallery.

This Hoot Owl Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Make My Monday: Birds
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
• Crafting When We Can: Photo Inspiration

To make this card I started by selecting my colours using the photo inspiration at Crafting When We Can. This led me to some retired papers by Stampin' Up! from the Cherry on Top paper pad. The owl image was stamped, colored with Copic markers and die cut with a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. A second balloon was stamped and fussy-cut. The Hoot! Hoot! Hooray! sentiment was stamped directly onto the patterned paper and three sequins were added for a little sparkle. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Brentwood Owl Valentine Cards

Hello! This past weekend Jessica Lynn Original created this cute new digital Brentwood Owl image called Wholelotta Love and I just adore it! I've used it to make several cards for the Cards from the Heart Card Drive. It's been a lot of fun playing around with different colors and patterned papers. There is still some time if you can make a few cards for the card drive, check out all the details HERE. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Free Image for Small Business Saturday

In honor of Small Business Saturday Jessica Lynn Original is providing a free digital image for a limited time. She is also offering 25% off all stamps in stock, use Coupon Code: blackfriday at checkout but hurry... this offer is only good until midnight tomorrow night. The design team created some inspiration using the free image and you can check out their blogs with the following links:

1. Angeline: http://scrappyscrappy.blogspot.com/
2. Jeanette:  http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa:  http://bzscrapper66.blogspot.com/…/label/JessicaLynnOriginal

To create my card I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches for the layout. All patterned paper is from the Altitude Collection by Bo Bunny. The image was colored with Copic markers. To create the snow I used Tulip Puffy Paint, sprinkled fine white glitter on while it was wet and then used the heat gun to make it puff up. A scalloped frame die by Taylored Expressions was used with Rich Razzleberry cardstock by Stampin' Up! The final touch was adding the three snowflakes that were cut using a Cricut machine and Christmas Noel cartridge. That's it! I hope you like it and don't forget to go download the image today while it's still free. Thanks for stopping by!

New Brentwood Stamp Sets

Hello! Today is the launch of two New Brentwood Stamp Sets by Jessica Lynn Original. Both sets feature the adorable Brentwood owl dressed up in costume. The first card I'm sharing uses stamps from the Once Upon a Fairytale set. This set is so pretty and it was a lot of fun using it on this card. The background was created using glimmer mists and the fairy image was colored with Copic markers. I decided it needed several die cut butterflies in girly colors. The fairy wings and butterflies were brushed with clear Wink of Stella for more shimmer. In person this card really has some sparkle.

Challenges entered:

• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz: Anything Goes

The second card features Brentwood dressed up like a reindeer for Christmas. He is so cute!!! The stamp set is called Operation Snowball Brentwood. Check out the complete stamp set to see the cute Snowballs included in the set. Again I used Copic markers to color the image and then used a cross stitched oval to die cut it. Patterned paper by Pebbles was selected for this card and the sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder. Some twine and three sequins were used for embellishment and that's it.

Challenges entered:

• Sweet Stampin' Christmas: Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations: Animals

Don't forget to check out the Jessica Lynn Original Blog for all the exciting stamp launch details. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Brentwood Trick or Coffee Card

Hello! Today is the start of the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and one of their super sponsors is Jessica Lynn Original. Jessica has provided a freebie image for the hop called Pumpkin Spice Latte Happy Halloween Brentwood. You definitely want to download your image now... while it's free.

If given the choice between a trick or coffee... I would choose coffee every time! So, I decided to alter a Trick or Treat sentiment from the latest Halloween Brentwood stamp set to say Trick or Coffee. To create this Brentwood Trick or Coffee Card I printed the digital image and colored it with Copic markers. Using an Avery Elle die cut the image and Bermuda Bay* scalloped mat were cut with the Big Shot. The card base is Crumb Cake* with a layer of Chocolate Chip* and Fall Perfectly Plaid patterned paper by Lawn Fawn. A strip of orange scrap paper was adhered in the middle and some twine added for detail. The matted image was adhered with dimensional and the altered sentiment was added. * Denotes cardstock colors from Stampin' Up! That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Fall Coffee Theme
• Crafty Gals Corner: Critters!
• Creative Craft Cottage: Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends: Anything Goes

Sunflowers Hello Fall Card

This time of year in Oklahoma you can see sunflowers in the fields as you're driving by. I think they are happy flowers and I've always wanted to plant some in my backyard, but alas I never have. Maybe next year!

The image on this Sunflowers Hello Fall Card is by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and it's called Autumn Owl. Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was die cut with a circle stitched die by My Favorite Things. The sunflower patterned paper is from the new Flea Market paper pad by Doodlebug Designs and the brown dot is from Bo Bunny's Enchanted Harvest collection. A scrap piece of striped Pumpkin Pie paper was added for additional color. Since I added a pop of blue on the flower vase I decided to add some denim blue twine from The Twinery. The Hello Fall sentiment is from the retired For All Things stamp set by Stampin' Up! and three pumpkin colored sequins were added for sparkle. That's it!

This Sunflowers Hello Fall Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cards in Envy: Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!
• Crafty Cardmakers: Autumn
• Make My Monday: Autumn (Fall) Colours
• Love to Scrap: Anything Goes
• Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes

Same supplies different layout:

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Purple Brentwood Halloween Card

Happy Sunday! Yesterday was the launch of a new stamp set at Jessica Lynn Original called Trick or Treat in the Pumpkin Patch and the design team had a lot of fun creating inspiration for the launch. I was inspired by several creations with Brentwood in different colors. So, I decided to "dress" Brentwood in a purple feather Halloween costume. I'm so used to coloring him in gray or brown tones it was nice to break the routine and try something different.

To make this Purple Brentwood Halloween Card I used the sketch at Sketch Saturday. All patterned papers are from Doodlebug Designs and the image was colored with Copic markers. The smaller front pumpkin was stamped twice, fussy-cut and adhered with dimensionals. To add a little more "spook" the spider and web from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set by Newton's Nook was stamped in the corner. The sentiment was added along with two glimmer dot stickers by Jolee's and that was it. Thanks for stopping by!

This Purple Brentwood Halloween Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #430
• Crafty Awesomeness: Hand Colored Image
• Open-Minded Crafting: Halloween/Dress Up
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes

It's Launch Time!

Hooray!!! It's time for the launch of the new Brentwood Owl Trick or Treat Halloween stamp set by Jessica Lynn Original. Here is one of my cards featuring the adorable Brentwood with his jack-o-lanterns. Don't you just love this image? Are you feeling lucky? Then you definitely want to check out the Jessica Lynn Original blog for the giveaway details. To celebrate the stamp launch Jessica is giving away a stamp set to one lucky person, it could be you. 

The design team has created some spooky fun inspiration for you and here are links to their blogs:

·  Lisa Reynolds Bzibziak – http://bzscrapper66.blogspot.com/

·  Jeanette Cloyd – http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

·  Maria Russell – https://www.mariarusselldesigns.com/ 

·  Erica A – http://www.instagram.com/erica_cacacraft

·  Angeline Choo – http://scrappyscrappy.blogspot.com/

I know they would love for you stop by and check out their creations. If you missed the sneak peek on Thursday of my Trick or Treat Cats Card CLICK HERE. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Sneak Peek for Trick or Treat

Hello crafty friends! Jessica Lynn Original is launching a new stamp set this Saturday, September 17th featuring the adorable Brentwood Owl for Halloween called Trick or Treat in the Pumpkin Patch. This photo is a little sneak peek of what I'm working on for the launch. I'll be posting more details tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Brentwood Cupcake Card

Have you fallen in love with the adorable owl named Brentwood? Well, I have! He is designed by Jessica Lynn Original and she has digital images and clear photopolymer stamps available featuring Mr. Brentwood. This card features the Birthday Digital Brentwood Owl image. He was colored using Copic markers and then die cut using a stitched square die by Lil' Inkers. Since I love using cupcake liners when I bake cupcakes, I did a little paper piecing with a small floral pattern. The layout on this card just evolved as I played around with paper, but I think it turned out pretty cool. The Birthday Wishes sentiment is a die cut by Impression Obsession called Birthday Top Edgers. That's it!

This Brentwood Cupcake Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The East Wind: Paper Piecing 
• Crafts Galore: Use a Digi or Stamp
• Critters and Creatures: Focus on Critter/Creature
• Crafty Awesomeness: Anything Goes with Colored Image

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!