Spotted Owl and Twine~

A special young lady in our family is turning 15 soon and we are celebrating this weekend.  When I went to bed last night I was thinking about what to do for her card and a design like this popped into my head.  Luckily, I remembered it this morning! :)

Working with supplies I had on hand I created this fun card for her using patterned paper and die cuts. Another no stamping project.

The patterned paper was mounted to cardstock to give it a little more heft before die cutting the center out.  The scalloped ring was made by nesting a circle die and a scalloped die together and running through the die cut machine. 

A tip for keeping your dies in place is to use a post it note, just be sure the adhesive part is holding the die in place on your cardstock.  It is thin enough to not cause any problems and there is no residue left on your cardstock. Prior to seeing Stephanie from The Stamps of Life using a post it in one of her videos, I was using small pieces of tape.  A post it is much easier! Thanks, Stephanie!

 A baker's twine double bow is tied through the center cut out and the edge of the panel.  The panel is popped up on the base using lots of dimensional foam.

The numbers and arrow are cut from chipboard scraps and covered with the reverse side of the patterned paper.  They are adhered to a smaller die cut circle and a button added before adhering to the the center cut out space with dimensional foam.

Finished card is 5.5" x 5.5"

I edged the envelope flap with a small strip of another pattern from the same patterned paper collection.

Supplies: 

Cardstock: Pure Luxury White and Turquoise Sea by Gina K Designs

Patterned Paper: Spotted Owl Soup by Jillibean Soup

Other: Nestabilities Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies, Cuttlebug Red Tag Alpha and Arrows

Lime green button, Caribbean and Denim Baker's Twine by The Twinery from Can You Digi It

I just recently hopped on the Baker's Twine train after a cute little spool sample was given to me at the CHA dinner in January.   I have seen it used for some time but I just wasn't quite sure about it, after all, I have tons of ribbon and other threads, and I wasn't really crafting much.....

Well, that darn cute little spool of Caribbean baker's Twine convinced me that I needed to make a purchase.  After waiting a week or so, contemplating, looking around at the different sources for the twine, I came back to Michelle and her store Can You Digi It because she was so kind to hand out samples.  And I just loved the teeny little wooden spools!  I just don't need a huge roll and didn't want it loose, so her packaging of 7 yards on a spool was the perfect fit for me.  She does sell the huge rolls, as well, if you are so inclined.  What I love about the small spools is that she has labeled an end with the color, brand and website.  I ordered one of each color and they now reside in a canning jar on my ribbon shelf.  The only thing I added to keep them from unraveling was small translucent hair bands around each spool.

Happy Wednesday!

V.~