Wiser Birthday Wishes

Hello! Tallie here with some owlishly wiser birthday wishes inspiration! I'm a sucker for owl stamps and the MFT Forever and Owlways was no exception.

I started out by masking a circle onto a white background panel. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Faded Jeans, Mermaid Lagoon and Broken China to create a radiating sky, splattering on some drops of water to represent stars in the night sky. Once dry, I cut this out with a Stitched Rectangle die.

I stamped out the images onto some blending cardstock with some MFT Extreme Black Ink and coloured them in with my alcohol markers. I used my Scan N Cut to cut them out, but there are coordinating dies available.

The sentiments are a mixture of the coordinating sentiments from the MFT Forever and Owlways set and an MFT Cause for Celebration die. I used some kraft card for the die cut, stacked three times to give some dimension.


A few finishing touches with some Glossy Accents. I had a few spare die cuts so I made another matching card.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week!

Tallie

  

Say 'Thank You' with Owls and Stripes

Hello, Tallie here. Happy New Year 2019 to you all! I wish you a year filled with love, laughter and happiness!


I've swapped with Tara for today's post featuring some Concord & 9th and My Favorite Things stamps to create some simple handmade thank you cards. Not all cards have to be complicated or have lots of shading on them, especially when you have a lot of gratitude for the Christmas pressies!

I started out by stamping the large striped background from the Concord & 9th Stripes & Sayings stamp set. I used several different colours of Lawn Fawn Mini Ink Cubes, sticking mostly to the more pastel colours of peach and purple.


I then stamped the heart line border and the sentiments from the same set in between the striped background.

I then stamped the cute little owl couple and the smaller branch from the MFT Forever and Owlways stamp set onto some white card stock with some Lawn Fawn Soot ink. I cut these out with my Scan N Cut, though there are coordinating dies available. I chose some coordinating pencils to quickly give some colour to a few parts of the die cuts. I adhered these with some foam tape to the stamped card panels.

These are perfect if you need to mass produce several cards, especially since you can customise the colours and greetings.


Thanks for reading and I'll be back on my regularly scheduled Wednesday slot next week.

Tallie