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There is a baby shower for my cousin's new daughter today.  She is very special to me because she was born 2 days after my daughter but quite prematurely.  She is doing very well now and we praise God for her life.

I wanted to do something special for her so I put together another owl, this time using Stampin' Up's Twitterpated fabric.  It is such pretty fabric and I knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted it!  I was pregnant at the time and hoping to have a girl so I could use.  So....my daughter and my cousin's daughter will have matching owls.

So cute!  Stampin' Up's products are so versatile that I even used the Big Shot and a punch to create the eyes.  I ran the white felt through the Big Shot using the Circles #2 die.  To create the pupils I punched out felt using the 1/2" circle punch.....although I don't think you can punch fabric out using these punches the felt was soft enough that it worked.

Happy Crafting!

So Sweet for Monkey Challenge 95

I was asked to be a guest designer for this week's A la Card Monkey Challenge #95....so sweet!  And that was this week's theme.  With Valentine's Day this week the challenge is to create a "sweet" Valentine card.  Although I've been consuming candy at an alarming rate in the past week I don't own any candy stamps so I went with a "sweet" image and used my "Gnome Sweet Gnome" set.  Take a look:

Aren't they sweet!?

 I had seen some fellow demonstrators use these stamps in a similar way on the Stampin' Up demonstrator forum.  I thought it was really cute and replicated it for this card.  I stamped the gnomes first with Basic Black ink and then used my Blender Pens to "watercolour"  the images.   I had fun using my Hearts Framelits to create the hearts and then used my Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz to sparkle up the little heart.  And, while you can't see it here, the bottom strip of Twitterpated DSP has been embossing using the Adorning Accents Textured Embossing Folder (hearts).



Here are the rest of the details:

Stamp Sets:  Gnome Sweet Gnome

Paper:  Twitterpated DSP (Occasions Mini), Island Indigo, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White

Inks:  Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizazz, Basic Black

Big Shot:  Hearts Framelits,  Adorning Accents Textured Embossing Folder

Embellishments:  Pear Pizazz Pleated Satin Ribbon (Occasions Mini), Island Indigo Baker's Twine (Occasions Mini), Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz

Be sure to check out A la Card Monkey this week and the other examples.  I've also added this to Shirley's Look at My Cute Stuff Valentine's Blog Hop....check it out:



Happy Stamping!