End of the Year Celebrations!

This is yet another End-of-the-school-year card I made! I guess it could be considered an end-of-the-Stampin' Up!-catalog-year too though! The Celebrations Designer Papers are on the Retiring Accessories list, so it's the end for them as well!!

And here's a close-up of the 'teacher' owl! I just added some little slivers of black cardstock for the arms of his glasses! And really the punch has all the parts to make the eyes look like glasses - just use black for the largest part of the eyes and white for the second largest (instead of doing the opposite for regular eyes!).

I added a little jewelry tag punch with a Tiny Tags saying for the 'thanks {so much},' and some of our "much needed" White Bakers Twine!


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

Graduation Owl!

I needed a graduation card, and I couldn't resist making one of these little owls! I know I've seen a lot of these little guys made, but I was inspired by a card made by LeeAnn Greff (I've followed her blog for a long time!). You can check out her version here. It's pretty much the same, but I made bigger eyes and I used Pacific Point.

I also gave an extra black layer and popped up some parts for extra dimension. And I used the Black Taffeta ribbon - I love the weight of it, and it's so easy to push and pull into place!

Here's a little bit closer up of the owl - he is pretty cute, huh?! His little diploma is just a piece of 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" typing paper rolled up and tied with the 1/8" Black Taffeta. His wings were made with a Scallop Oval punch, just with the top part of it trimmed off. His graduation cap is hand cut out - but the rounded edge that sits on his head was made with the 1 1/4" circle punch.

And here's the inside, with the saying from the Word Play set. - Perfect for the graduate, don't cha think? And, guess what? - the set is still on sale for 30% off, but only until the end of May! (You can click on the "National Scrapbooking Month" ad to the right for more details.)


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie