Pair of Owls

A couple of cards using the owl stamp which came with this month's 'Creative Stamping' magazine;

For the first one I paper pieced the owl  by stamping it out onto a few different papers, cutting out the different parts and sticking it together.  I stood him on top of the book pile stamp which is also in the set.  I thought this card would be nice for someone who has just passed their exams.

For the second card I stamped the owl in the centre of a Spellbinders Eyelet Circle die cut and coloured him using promarkers.  I created the background using a few different patterned papers.  I added some flowers round the outside of the circle which are made using the Tonic Petal Pairs punches.  The oak leaves are die cut from Spellbinders Fancy Folliage 2 and are coloured using Vintage Photo distress ink.  I finished off by adding some Cosmic Shimmer PVA pears in the eyelet parts of the circle and on the top and bottom of the card.