Sunshine, Sprinkles, Owls and Adoptions...Oh, My!

Hi stampers! The title of my post is a little random, I know. Hopefully it makes sense by the time you get to the end. I'm in a sassy mood today as I had the day off and was wicked productive. Don't you love days like that? I got a LOT scratched off my never-ending "to do" list, including cleaning up my stamp studio. I was a little scared to go in there, as it looked like the Tasmanian Devil ripped through there recently. Not a joke, by-the-way. It was BAD! 

I was so happy that my space was fresh and clean, I celebrated by...getting it messy again and making some cards today. Oh well! I made this card after seeing the awesome sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, created by the amazingly talented Cindy Hall. I got to meet Cindy at SU Convention last year, which was pretty cool! 

When I get really excited about creating, I always reach for bright and cheerful colors. The Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series Paper (from the SU! Spring catalog) is one of my absolute favorites right now. I couldn't decide which stamps to use and after staring at my collection for longer then I truly needed to, I abandoned that thought completely and went to my punches. WHOOOO loves owls? This girl does! I've listed all of the supplies I used at the end of the post. 

So what's up with that "adoption" in the title of my post? Well, if you are a regular visitor to my blog, you know that my husband and I have been fostering a dog from the city shelter since last September. After many months of unsuccessful (and some very creepy) adoption inquiries, we decided that Mr. Oscar had already found his home...with us! So we went ahead and made it official last week. Thank you to everyone who has been inquiring about him for an update. Oscar (he is the one on the right) is super excited to be part of the family and so are we!

Until next time...Have a very HAPPY day today! :) 

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Stampin' Up! Supply List

Stamps: Owl Together Now (retired)

Paper: Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP (Spring catty), Brights Designer Series Paper Stack, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight Old Olive and Whisper White card stock 

Ink: Basic Black Classic ink

Punches: Owl Builder Punch, Bird Builder Punch (branches), Large Oval Punch and Modern Label Punch

Accessories: Cloudy Day Embossing Folder (Spring catty), Melon Mambo 3/8" Striped Organdy Ribbon (Spring catty), Big Shot, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin' Dimensionals

Three Little Birds

Anyone out there familiar with that Bob Marley song? After I added the title to this post, I think it's safe to say that I will have that song stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Sing along if you know it... 

"Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright. Rise up this mornin', Smiled at the risin' sun. Three little birds, Pitch by my doorstep. Singing sweet songs, of melodies pure and true. This is my message to you-hoo-hoo..."  Yup, stuck in my head now, (especially the last part). HaHa!  :) 

I made this card for this week's challenge over at Pals Paper Arts. The theme of the challenge was to use buttons to create a clean and simple card. After seeing the picture below, that was posted on their page, I had NO idea what I was going to make. I just knew that it was going to have a lot of RED on it. That was my inspiration.

I pulled out my Summer Picnic DSP (retired) because it has a lot Real Red throughout the designs. I wanted something with round shapes to play off of the whole "button theme". I pulled out some of my prized (retired) Real Red Corduroy buttons for this one as well. I get a little nervous using them because I know I can't get them anymore. Then for the stamps, I picked the owl from the Fox & Friends set for two reasons. First, I just love owls (and giraffes, another random tidbit). Second, his little round eyes went perfectly with the DSP and the buttons.  


I tried to keep reminding myself this was a clean and simple card, so I tried not to add a ton to it. For me, that is easier said then done. I love lots of little details and sometimes find it tough to stop adding on to a card. I threaded some embroidery floss through the buttons before attaching them. I had originally tied three little bows (oh no, I'm humming the song again) but I thought it took away from the buttons too much. I also added a piece of (retired) ribbon and then used the white gel pen to make little dots around the scalloped circle punches. This is as CAS (clean and simple) as I could make it. :) 


Now if I could just get that song out of my head...

Stampin' Up! Supply List: 
Stamps: Fox & Friends, Owl Together Now (sentiment, retired)
Paper: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Bashful Blue cardstock, Summer Picnic DSP
Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive classic ink
Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, Scaloped Circle punch, Corner Rounder punch, 1 3/8" x 5/8" Oval punch, 1 3/4" x 7/8" oval punch, white gel pen, Rel Red Corduroy Buttons (retired), red ribbon from the Jersey ribbon collection (retired) and some white embroidery floss (non-SU!)


Have a great day!
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