Squirrely Owls

 Hello Everyone,

I am back today with more cards!  This set of cards with the squirrely Owls were made for a card drive. I think the owls are just so goofy looking. They really make me smile. 

Information on the card drive can be found here.

The owls were stamped with Archival ink and colored with markers.  Then some of the owls were fussy cut and layered on with dimensional adhesive. Others were stamped directly onto white cardstock.

Owl stamps: Who Loves You from Impression Obsession

So glad you stopped by today.  I have a few more of the cards for the card drive that I will share in future posts. Hope you are having a lovely day. 

Karen

Wild- Life Fun Birthday Cards

 Hello Everyone!

Today, I wanted to share some cute wild-life animal/ camping cards.  I made one of these for my nephew's birthday.  He loves camping so I thought this would work for him.  Pretty Cute!

Also made a couple Owl themed cards with the same stamp set.  Copic markers were used for coloring on all the cards.

The cards were made in the scene building manner.  Each of the images are a separate stamp and you have to figure out where you want to put each image.  Pretty fun to make.  

So glad you stopped by today and I will see you next time!

Karen

Valentines Cards

 Hello everyone!

Wanted to share more of the Valentines that I made this year.  They are cute and kid friendly.  Although I did make them for adults.

The cute little girl is from My Favorite Things.  The owl is a sticker. Images colored with Copic markers.  I even colored the owl sticker with Copics to change the colors of some of the owl parts. 

My next post with have more Valentines that I made for the guys.  They have a truck on them.  What's not to love!

See you soon

Karen

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop

 Hello Coffee Loving Cardmakers,

Back today with a couple owl and coffee themed cards for the Coffee Loving Blog Hop!  Great hop with lots of  fabulous projects to check out!!

I used the Wise Owl and Coffee Therapy sentiment from Gina K Designs for all the cards.  I varied the papers and put the sentiment on the inside of each card.  Each one is embellished with a coordinating ribbon. 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Blog Hop

So glad you stopped by today!!  Have a great day.

Karen

Coffee as Therapy with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop

 Hello Fellow Coffee Lovers,

In fact I need another cup of Joe right now... Okay, back now and ready to blog.  

This is a great hop and I am enjoying checking out all the coffee themed projects!!

Coffee is good therapy, right?   I made this card for fun to send to my coffee drinking card loving friends.  I made four altogether.  I will share the other versions in the next post.  
                            

The owl and the sentiment are from Gina K designs: Wise Old Owl and Coffee Therapy. I used  peach and aqua for the color scheme.  The owls were stamped with archival black ink and colored with markers.  A sheer coral ribbon was added to complete the card.

Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by!  

Karen

Coffee Drinking Owl with Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 Hello Everyone,

Back with more coffee themed cards for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog hop. This is a great hop full of coffee themed inspiration!!

Again, I paired the coffee theme with a cute owl stamp from My Favorite Things.

Coffee Lover sentiment is also from My Favorite Things.  I colored owls with copic markers.

This fun sentiment is from Echo Park.

Coffee Loving Cardmakers: blog hop

See you soon with a couple more owl coffee cards!  

Karen

Coffee Loving Blog Hop

 Hello Everyone,

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog is having a Coffee lover's blog hop!  Lots of super cute inspiration for all us coffee loving cardmakers.  

I combined the coffee theme with another of my favorite stamp themes: owls!  I made a whole stack of owl coffee cards that I will be sharing  through out the hop.  

The owl stamp is from "Sweater Weather" from My Favorite Things.  The sentiment is from Echo Park.  I fussy cut the owls and layered them onto a die cut coffee cup.  I added a pretty coral colored ribbon. 

Blog Hop Coffee Loving Cardmakers: coffee theme 

Be back next time with more owl coffee cards!!

Karen

Merry Christmas To Owl

Hello Everyone,

Little different project today.   This is a small wall hanging quilted project.  I made two of these.  One for myself and one for my buddy, Jan.  She has already received hers, so this post will not spoil the surprise.  LOL  The quilt pattern was from a pattern book I purchased at Annie's Craft Store on line.  I used heat and bond to apply the appliques and machine stitched around the appliques.  I did a little bit of machine quilting.

I used Christmas prints in 100% cotton.  I used a recycled light weight sweater for the tree.  

    

      

So glad you stopped by today.  I will be back next time with Christmas cards.  I made over 50 cards.  I did get the photos edited yesterday.  Now I have to get them addressed and mailed.  Still lots to do.  Did my Christmas gift shopping on line today.  See you soon.

Karen

Owls Party All Night

Hello Everyone!
Let's party like owls...All night!  Here is a fun card with a cute party animal.  I just added a fussy cut party hat to transform this  owl into a birthday themed card.
This owl is from Lost Coast Designs.
The background is made from dry embossed paper speckled with ink.

Below are two more owl themed cards.  These are great to send for an anytime card...Just to say hello or thanks.  

Each card has a punched edge and some fun papers.

Owl be seeing you for the next post..... It will be something nice, for sure. Not sure what, but it will be nice.  Something cute, I think.  See you then.  I hope you are having a nice day.  Do something crafty.  It is therapeutic.

Karen

Halloween Owl

Hello Everyone
Let's get spooky today with a Halloween Owl card! 

I stamped and punched a trick or treating owl for a fun Halloween card.  The background is a spider web paper.

Trick or Treat!!  Hope you are having a great day!!  See you again soon for more Halloween cards.
Karen

Owl-fully Cute Birthday Cards

Hello Everyone,
Back today with my Owl-fully cute birthday cards.  I have three to share today.  The first has a stamped background.  I stamp the large floral motif several times on the cardstock and then trimmed to size.  Owl in stamped on pink CS and die cut.

Inside:

This is a stamped owl that I fussy cut and layered on pretty papers.

Oh so glad you stopped by today!!  See you again soon.
Karen

Whoo is Watching You?? With Lost Coast Designs

Hello Dreamers!
Whimsy is the word for today.  I have used one of the new releases from Lost Coast Designs and paired it with a fun Carmen's Veranda stamp to make this cute Owl project.

Isn't this guy adorable??!!  This is a fairly large stamp (4.75" x 3") --so it really takes center stage on the card.

Material List:

Stamps: Megan's Owl from Lost Coast Designs; Eyeglasses from Carmen's Veranda

Ink: Northern Pine and Black Memento

CS: White, dark green textured, lime green

Copic Markers

Make It:

• Make a card from lime CS and add a layer of dark green textured CS
• Stamp the owl on white CS with Northern Pine ink
• Color the owl with Copic Markers and add a layer of lime CS; add to card
• Stamp the glasses with black ink; fussy cut glasses and add to owl face with dimensional adhesives

LOL  Super fun!  Pair this with an owl "who" play on words pun and you have a great card for any occasion.
The Lost Coast Design  MARCH CHALLENGE is open!!  The new theme is  " Let's Party".  Pop over to the Portal to Creativity for all the DT projects and enter.
See you later in the week for more fun.  Up coming events from Lost Coast Design and Carmen's Veranda--Wizard of oz theme projects!!  So lots of fun ahead!!!

Karen

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Challenges:
Mod Squad: feature a creature
Pile It On: green and two other colors
Left Of Center: big eyes
Craft Rocket: feathers or fur
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Technique Junkies March New Release Blog Hop

Hello Everyone,
Welcome to Dreaming and Creating.  You probably are arriving here from Judy Jackson's blog.  If not, you may like to start at the beginning of the hop on the Technique Junkies Design Junkies blog here.  Wasn't Judy's project super!!  I am so loving all the March New Releases.

All of the March New Releases will be on sale --15% off thru March 8th--- so be sure to check them out!!  They are super fab!!

For my design team project, I am using two of the March New Release stamps and one previously release stamp on a fun fold card.  This one is for all those owl lovers (of course I am one too).

Materials List:

Stamps: New Releases---Owls (SD664), Lock Us Up (SDX068); 

and ATC Same Question (SD563) all from Technique Junkies

Technique CD: Side Step Card from Fancy Folds and Motion CD

Ink: Chocolate Chip Stampin' Up

CS: Cream, Olive, Dark Brown

DP: brown K & Company

Pearls

Spellbinder's dies

Make It:

• Following the instructions on the Fancy Folds and Motion CD, make the side step card from olive CS
• Add The dark brown CS and DP
• Stamp the Owls, sentiment and Tree with Chocolate Chip ink on cream CS
• Die cut the Owls and tree and add a die cut layer of dark brown CS
• Add a layer of brown and green CS under the sentiment; add to the side of card

•  Attach the die cut pieces to larger rectangles with dimensional adhesive and set on the steps ( can be glued to the steps)

• Add small pearls

Don't you just love the Owls?? They are so whimsical.  And cute!  LOL
Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you enjoyed your visit.

AND NOW

Head over to Sally Lynn McDonald's blog to see her fab project!!!

See you later in the week for a decorated gift bag!  See you then.
Karen