Aug 02 2009
Lonely Owl - Tutorial #243
This is a great stamp by Stampin’ Up out of the set House of Haunts. Of course, this is a Halloween set, but I think you could give this card anytime of year using these bright colors. This card also comes together pretty quick. Quick card for me anyway. 
Let’s get started. . . . .
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up House of Haunts |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Brilliant Blue and Basic Black |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Brilliant Blue, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry & More Mustard |
| Accessories: Sponges, Post it note, Piercing Tool, Brads |
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I started off with a 4.5″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White card stock and masked the bottom 1.5″ with a torn post it note.
Sponged the new Stampin’ Up In Color “Crushed Curry” ink in a circular motion in the unmasked area leaving a white spot in the middle.
Sponged More Mustard ink on leaving some of the Crushed Curry ink showing.
Sponged Pumpkin Pie ink on leaving some of the More Mustard ink showing.
Sponged another new Stampin’ Up In Color on “Dusty Durango” ink leaving some of the Pumpkin Pie ink showing.
Sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the unmasked areas edges to get a bit darker.
Unmasked the bottom of the card stock and Sponged Brilliant Blue ink over the white card stock at the bottom.
Reusing the torn post it note masked, moved it around at the bottom of the card stock and sponged Chocolate Chip ink at the post it notes edge to create hills. Sponged, move post it note, sponged, move post it note, etc. until I got the hills the way I wanted them.
Stamped the owl in the tree stamp with Basic Black ink.
Sponged Basic Black ink around the outside edge of the card stock.
Layered the main image panel with a White panel, Brilliant Blue Panel, Basic Black panel and added Brads to the main image panel corners using a piercing tool to start the brads.
Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.
Before I close today. Here is a funny for you.
May your day be filled with bright colors that make you feel good.
Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Huge Hugs,
Michelle
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Funny how I never noticed this owl in the tree image in the set! The haunted house is really the only one I would have recognized from the catty. Maybe because I don’t do a lot of Halloween. Not much reason to make Halloween cards and such so I get by with the sets I have.
Love how you made this image work for a non-Halloween card!! Cool card!!!
OH, yeah, love the pic of the pooch!! too funny!!!
You know Michelle, that poor ol Owl looks alot like the ones here in Texas. The tree does too. We’re in such a drought that it is pretty devastating to see everything is brown. Oh well, we did get 2 inches of rain Thursday and it helped but we need so much more. The photo of the dog looks a lot like some of the Bubbas around here too!
Love the owl/tree. Very striking card. Plus the funny for today was Good ! LOL. Have a relaxing Sunday, Hugs…
Thank you!! A dear friend passed away yesterday after a 5 year battle with breast cancer. She was a big fan of yours and as I scrolled down I thought how much she would love this card… then I saw the dog!!! I so needed a laugh and you gave me a good one! Bless you!
Your creations never cease to amaze me. Another fabulous card. One I’m definitely going to try. I have this stamp set so I have no excuse … LOL
I was thinking all during the card completion that i knew enough ladies to justify a class here in Stockholm, when i got to the end and that face of the farting dog…*dead*
You always inspire me with your creative flare, I never even think about a stamp until I see you do it :), this is just fabulous.
The WOW factor…….you can make anyway be great. Thank you again for sharing with us. I look forwar to your blog every day. Judy
Wooo! Love that set! I collect Halloween sets like other people collect Christmas! (love the stinky dog, too!)
Larynn
Love your style!! This picture of Jeff is priceless!! You need to see if some advertising company could use this funny picture!
Love the card Michelle, but the dogs face just made me laugh. Glad to see you have a great sense of humor. Life too short not to just laugh at silly things.
Love the colors!!! I’m going to add this card to my CASE file.
Thanks,
Lisa
I love this card! I have the set and I am going home tonight to try it out.
Thanks again!
Great job. Love what you did with that stamp set. Also love the color combination
Hi Michelle,
Beautiful card as always!!! You made it seem so easy to either to sponge or to use the brayer. I’ve tried both, sponge and brayer, and I still have a long way to go. Will you do a brayer video tutorial one day?
Helen, I will be producing a video and it will be sold as a workshop in a box for those of you that cannot make it to my workshops. Especially, for those people not in the United States.
Oooh! I love this card! I am going to have to CASE this one, Michelle!!
Absolutely love this card Michelle !! You are the best!
How long do we have to wait for the video?