Sponge!!

A useful tool for applying ink to paper, edges and even stamps, the Stampin' Up! ink applicator sponges (101610) come in packs of three for £3.25. But you can cut them into wedges and make 24 applicators. You'll want to have a sponge for each ink pad colour to avoid contaminating ink colours. Trust me,  a blue sponge dabbed onto a yellow ink pad will give you nothing but a green stain and a seething hatred for the world!

Owl punch pop up

 

Another owl punch card, this time a pop up.

 



 

I made not one, but TWO videos. I had SUCH important things to say about it!!

 

A proper look at the card...

How to cut a window in the front of the card so that you can see the pop up element behind (in this case, the owl).

 

Stuff :

Owl punch (118074

Lacy & Lovely stamp set (item no 122887)

Summer Silhouettes stamp set (126447)

Hardwood background stamp (133035)

Label Love (130622)

Little Leaves  Sizzlits die (114511)

 

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Sizzix Pop 'n' Cuts card base die (130099)

Sizzix Pop 'n' Cuts label insert (130160)  

 

 

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"Owl" be seeing you....ahem

 

Ok, that post title was painful. Sorry.

But I was messing around with the Lacy & Lovely stamp set (item no 122887) & it occurred to me that the center of the smallest flower, punched out, would make great owl eyes. 

So I used the Stampin' Up! Owl punch (118074) & made the owl as usual. For the eyes, I stamped the Lacy & Lovely flower & punched it out with the 3/4" circle punch (119873).

You can then either punch the middle out of that circle using the larger eye circle from the owl punch (replace the centre with a contrasting colour punched out using the same circle) or just stick the punched out eyes on top.

I really like how it came out - it totally changes the character of the owl.

The stamped circle is the large stamp from the Lacy & Lovely stamp set with the middle punched out. The leaves & 'Hello' are from the Summer Silhouettes stamp set (126447). I used the 'stamp kissing' technique to get the variegated look on the leaves.

The inks are Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise & Real Red from the Brights collection (131182). I used Baked Brown Sugar (131174) for the eyes.

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