Oct 15, 20182 min read

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

Hello lovelies,

there is a saying that you can never have enough owls...well I have only one to show you today but there may be many more a little later on. (he he, shhh it's a surprise).

There seems to be a fascination with owls and card making - maybe its because they are symbolic to representing wisdom, victory, ancient knowledge, magic & mystery. They are also considered to be related to the moon and therefore a symbol of the feminine side.

Without even maybe realising it we associate this beautiful bird with academic achievements and graduation celebrations as well as spooky Halloween cards.

Well just to throw a spanner into the works, I've associated the owl to none of them and turned my owl into a birthday card! YAH.

This card could be for a girl or a boy, I consider it unsex which makes it's very apealing as I do find it harder to make cards for a man generally.

I used the gorgeous Still Night Clear-Mount Bundle from the Holiday Catalogue and coloured the owl with Stampin'Blends® - a mix of Bronze, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Black, Calypso Coral Light and Daffodil Delight.

The card base was Night of Navy and a piece of Whisper White was glued on top after being embossed with the Swirls & Curls Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I sponged a little swirl of the Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint directly onto the embossed image before placing a circle of Velum that was mounted onto a few dimensionals.