A Room With A View

 

When I started to create my project for this week, I had an idea to make something different than what I ended up with. When I got part way into the project, I realized what I was envisioning wasn't going to work as I had originally thought, so instead of ditching the whole thing, I worked with the elements I already had started. Does that ever happen to you??

I used the new "Artsy Owl" (F1258) from the Sparkly Bird Bonanza release. The fun thing about this owl is, I really don't think there is any wrong way you could color it. It is larger size, so it is super easy to color & cut out, the possibilities are endless!! I am looking forward to trying out many color combinations! My original thought for this card was to have on owl peeking out of his "home". I wanted to showcase the owl & surroundings on the inside of the card. The Iris note card has actually been cut down to a smaller size, only because I was cutting it down for my original project. The size still works well for this project, but it could easily be made with the standard size note card as well. I used Mocha Biscotti paper on the front and cut a window using a 1 1/2" circle punch. That seemed to be about the right size for just showing the amount of the owl's face that I wanted. I created a border for the window by punching a Vanilla Bean piece of card stock with a circle window using the 1 1/2" circle punch again, then punching around that circle with the Marvy Mega Scalloped Circle (pink) punch. I added some Frost (15517)colored pearls & Diamond jewels (15501) randomly around the edge of the scallop. I needed a little help holding my card in the wind & this clip covered in paper from the Sweetbay paper pack did the trick.

 

This photo below is of the inside of the card. I used some paper from the Poppyfinch paper pack as a background. I don't think the "Spriggle" (C1259) image is really intended to be used as a branch, but I thought it could be a fun little perch for the owl. I stamped it with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate ink then heat embossed it.  The owl is popped up with dimensionals (hard to see in this photo).

 

Below is a close up of the owl. It is stamped onto white card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Memento ink is great when using Copics to color your image. The nice thing about Copics is they blend beautifully, and if you don't have the exact color you are looking for, you can often achieve it by combining colors (I combined YG00 & G40 to create the lighter green color I wanted on the owl). I colored with Copics (YR21, YR24, Y000, B21, B95, YG00, G40, & YG95) & cut the image out. The size of this owl make cutting a breeze. I covered the owl with Skyblue (15508) jewels to really add some sparkle!! Oh, I almost forgot, I used the Perfect Positioner (used for positioning jewels & pearls) that Dave "twittered" about & it works great!!

 

Have you grabbed your Memory Box blinkie yet?? I've had mine posted for a couple weeks (had to grab it the second I saw it!) & it looks so cute on my blog. It's a fun way for me to share my ♥♥♥ for Memory Box!!  If you haven't seen Dave's post below, be sure to check it out, you don't want to miss it!!  

Comments

[tinla]

WOW!!! Nancy, this card is such a stunner! I love how you put Artsy Owl on the inside. He is coloured so beautifully! And what is an owl with out some bling?!! Spiggle is a perfect perch for the owl; it's not too commanding of a presence, so that Arty Owl can take center stage;) Gorgeous card, Nancy! I love these Tuesday blog posts!!! Looking forward to next Tuesday:)

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[Tracy]

OMG! What a beautiful card. No surprise it's Nancy's work! I love how he's peeking out the front only to open the card to such amazing color and bling!