Friday 8 November 2019

Owl Birthday


Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and the theme chosen by JoAnn
is off the edge.


You can always play along with the anything goes birthday theme too.
Our party guest and design team have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along!


This is a new to me stamp set and I thought these guys could sit off the edge of the moon circle.
I stamped them using versafine clair nocturne ink onto a scrap of  watercolour paper that had brown brushos on it. Then I embossed the image with midnight copper powder.

I used a water brush to remove the brown colour from the eyes, feet and beaks so that I could add white and yellow Prismacolour pencil to those areas, before fussy cutting them.

The moon circle was coloured by blending oxide inks in antique linen, scattered straw and fossilized amber.

I'm linking up to some challenges:

Country View Challenges has a hand stamped theme.

Help yourself to our buddy button

Retro Rubber has an anything goes challenge as long as your stamp is at least one year old. These owls are from around early 2017.

RRCB 123

Addicted to Stamps & More where it's anything goes.


Watercooler Wednesday where it's a feminine anything goes.


Supplies:
Brutus Monroe owl stamp; brushos; Versafine Clair nocturne ink; Lindys Stamp Gang midnight copper embossing powder; Prismacolour pencils; distress oxide ink; Sizzix woodgrain embossing folder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

26 comments:

Pat said...

What cute and fun owls Cathy and the way you have set them over the edge of the moon mat and with the white die cut sentiment below looks just great and the wood grain black background is perfect too. x

Liz said...

Lovely card, Cathy. The owls look so cute sat in the tree. xx

Cindy H. said...

Great card! I love those owls, your coloring and design!

Lindsey said...

This is a perfect card! Those owls are so sweet and look great in their Brusho colours. Love the texture the woodgrain embossing adds, too.

JoAnn said...

Love your cute owls and they look great setting off the edge of the moon like that.

Helen said...

A super card Cathy. Great owls sitting on their branch. The texture on yiur card front is so effective. Thanks so much for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

Nancy said...

Such a cute owl duo...I love that he is winking at us. The EF is perfect for your scene Cathy! Great card! Have a wonderful day!

Barbara said...

Perfect in every way Cathy. The owls are great with the large moon in the background and I love your inspiration for this challenge.

Mac Mable said...

Adorable little owls and a fun idea to put them on the edge of the circle. Great texture from the background too x.

Brenda in IN said...

Beautiful wood texture you got with the embossing folder and the sweet owls peeking out is so cute.

Ashwini Rao said...

This idea is definitely a hoot!! Love those owls - so adorable!! And I am also surprised by how well the brown has come off for the eyes etc - awesome!!

TaeEun said...

Aww, The owls are so adorable!!! Super creative take on the topping, Cathy!

Annie S. said...

I'm in love with how you colored those great owls and the copper embossing adds just the right touch, as does the embossing folder. Great card!

Loll said...

Your owls are adorable Cathy! Great colouring! They look so adorable sitting on the branch at the edge of your moon diecut. Great texture for the background! xx

Marsha Reed said...

Wonderful card, Cathy! Thanks for joining us this week at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge. Marsha DT

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Ohh!! I just love this pair of super sweet owls, the moon on the back really makes them pop.
Thank you for sharing at RETRO RUBBER.
Hugs.
Maria/DT

Created by Kath said...

I love the owls! Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges!

creative lady said...

Those owls are adorable, love the embossing and the layout of your card. Thanks for sharing with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Super cute! The font goes perfectly with the fun owls

LeAnne said...

Awesome spooky card, love the images and your background! So happy you shared this with us at Retro Rubber!

Craftyfield said...

Beautiful card! The woodgrain background and the aperture set off these cute owls to perfection. Thanks for showing us at Country View Challenges.

Monika Gulyas said...

Fabulous birthday card!!! The woodgrain background is super and the owls are so cute!!! Thank you for joining the November challenge of the Country View Challenges!

Karen Dunbrook said...

sweet card.
x Karen

Claire Grantham said...

Love this card, the Owls work so well against that lovely woodgrain background. Thanks for playing along at Retro Rubber. Claire DT

shirley-bee said...

I love how you've got the owls sitting on the edge. Love that woodgrain background too!

Glenda J said...

This is so adorable! What a cute and clever design.