New Gathering Card

This came to me Friday morning as I was laying bed, trying to wake up between "snoozes" of my alarm clock. My mind must have been thinking about my sister's gathering, which was schedule for Friday evening. I tought about it all morning at work. When I got home was was please to find Allison down for a nap, so I grabbed my stamps and supplies and started working. Here is what I ended up with:




Please ignore the smudged sentiment and the spot on the owl that I could not, for the life of me, get to ink up. This came out pretty close to my vision. I also love this card for gatherings becuase its a little more in-depth in stamping than others I've come up with, which gives a better introduction to the product for gathering guests. It also gives me a chance to teach some techniques... hopefully that will make people want to learn MORE techniques and think about signing up for my monthly hostess clubs. =) Techniques here are second generation stamping and sponging with a little bit of paper piecing and use of liquid glass.

This card would also be so cute using the bigger owl from the Whooo Loves You stamp set, but the card would have to be at least 4" x 5.5"... I didn't want to do ones that big for a gathering. It would also be ADORABLE to either use brads for the owl's eyes or dye liquid glass with re-inker to color the eyes in.

Supply List

White Daisy Cardstock (cardbase and stamp surface)

Smokey Plum Cardstock (mat)

Ink Colors: Cocoa, Topiary, Sunflower, Purple Pansy, Lilac Mist. Black

Stamp Sets: Whooo Loves You, From Me To You

Accessories: Liquid glass