Hello crafty friends and welcome to our new theme at Alphabet Challenge – we’ve now reached O and Meg has opted for ‘owl’. ClarityCrafts ‘feathered friends’ stamp set had the perfect solution with this trio of owls, which I paired with one of the ‘Christmas rounds’ stencils which means I can also share this at Stencil Fun (and it includes their optional twist of orange!). I’ve also picked up the autumn theme from The Card Concept and the owl from TGIF challenges inspiration photo.
I started with a piece of stencil card that I taped to the wreath stencil before running it through my embossing machine, which just gives the stencil design a little more definition. I then sponged ‘walnut stain’, ‘ripe persimmon’ and ‘festive berries’ Distress Oxides through the stencil, blending the colours together.
I stamped the owl trio to sit at the bottom of the wreath, using ‘potting soil’ Archival ink, and coloured them with my trusty Pergaliner pencils, adding grey shading around them for depth. I then mounted the card onto a layer of orange and attached it to a 6×6 card blank, finishing with a sentiment from the ‘essential sentiments’ stamp set.
This card’s already headed off to a crafting buddy to accompany my ATC (artist’s trading card) for this month’s ‘feathered friends’ swap on the Clarity Worldwide Facebook page.
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Super cute card!
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thanks!
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A wonderful CAS card in beautiful autumnal colours,the owl stamp is a beauty,love the ACT version
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Thanks Meg!
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Oh what fun! Love this stenciled Fall wreath … perfect with these handsome owls! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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thanks Darlene!
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This is just beautiful Deborah – owls aside, the embossed stencil is a riot of autumn colour!
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thank you!
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Hi Deborah, these are both so lovely and I m so glad I am the lucky crafter buddy that has received them!
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Thank you so much Jeanette!
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This is lovely Deborah. The colours, the design and those owls just fit together perfectly.
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thanks Johanna x
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I love the blended colours in your stencilled wreath and of course those adorable owls! Thanks so much for sharing your card with us at The Card Concept. Kerry, DT
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Thank you!
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Love your clean design Deborah and how you embossed the stencil then added the color. I’m going to have to try that. Thank you for joining us at The Card Concepts. Karen (DT)
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Thanks so much Karen!
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