TECC46 Owl Love

I made this card using Taylor's Sketch #46 to give to my DH for Christmas. These cute little owls are from the Owlentine set just released from Treehouse Stamps ! The background was made using the snow and tree stamps from the Jolly Snowman set also from Treehouse Stamps .

I wanted to "winterize" the owls just a bit more and I needed their branch to be a wee bit longer so I masked off the leaves on the stamp with tape before I inked the stamp. After stamping the image, I extended the branches with a fine black marker and drew in a couple of clumps of snow. I colored the owls my usual way with Copics and Prismacolor pencils and cut them out.

Now I started out intending to use some DP in the background but this card kind of evolved. I would recommend my usual Cut then Ink technique but due to my lack of planning I relied on the old Stamp-a-majig to get those trees somewhat lined up across the main layer and the background layer. I did cut the horizontal line and the little corner piece AFTER I had inked so I wasn't too far off of my usual plan. The base of the trees were sponged to give the illusion of some ground under them.

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Stamps: Treehouse Stamps Owlentine, Treehouse Stamps Jolly Snowman
Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink: River Rock
Accessories: Copics, Prismacolor pencils & baby oil, fine black marker, Stamp-a-majig, decorative scissors

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”