Saturday, July 2, 2011

Owl Wish U a Happy 4th!

My one and only Independence Day card for this year!
It is a spinner card and the star rolls (kind-a-sort-of) from one side to the other.
This card is made of Stampin' Up only materials and supplies except for the star.
A die cut I bought years ago and this is the first time I have used it.
Sound familiar?








This card gave me a couple of new challenges. First time to make a spinner card similar to what my DD did for her DT card at 365 Cards.

Top Tip Tuesday Tip -Make you own Pattern Paper - The stripes on the card? Wanted to use ribbon but it didn't work so I made a table on Word and changed the lines to Cherry Cobbler (by using the RGB code) and making the lines heavier. Kinda looks like ribbon - just glad I didn't make a bow out of it!

On the the challenges I am entering this in and we have a lot of patriotic themes this week...

365 Cards, Day 121 - Spinner card, check out the link Pam gave us that uses a brad and eyelet!
CCEE Stampers - die cuts
CES Challenges - woodland creatures
Cooking It Up With Katie - Colors of your Flag or something your country is known for.
Craft Us Crazy - Red, White and Blue and/or summer
Craft Your Pasiion Challenge - Seeing Red
Crop Stop - Show us Your National Colors
Little Red Wagon - Patriotic
Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes
Oldie But a Goodie - Anything goes using a stamp over 6 months old
Our Creative Corner - a seasonal celebration
Paper-crafting Journey - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - 4th of July
Penny's Challenges - red, white and blue
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - red, white and blue with option of stars
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - use red
Sentimental Sundays  - use colors of your national flag
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge - Stars and Stripes
Stamptacular Sundays Challenge - Stars and Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown - Red, White, and Blue
Friday Mashup - Let's Hear It for the Red, White and Blue and or Patriotic theme
Pals Paper Arts - favorite technique - I love to mix embossing and die cuts.
Allsorts Challenge - free and easy
Challenge Up Your Life - 1 die, 1 lace (mine is paper) and 1 brad
Crafty Creations - Thank You
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge - Patriotic
Top Tip Tuesday - starts with T - thank you
Paper Issues - red, white and blue
Color Lab Color Challenge - night of navy, cherry cobbler, not quite navy
JUGS challenge - the sketch I used...


Off the Wall Craftiness - inspiration picture



Well, it's late and I hear an owl hooting that it's time to go to bed.
Have a great, happy and safe Holiday week-end!

SAM

43 comments:

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

How adorable! Super 4th of July card! Thanks so much for playing with us at the Friday Mashup!!

Pam~ said...

This is an adorable patriotic card ... love it! Thanks for playing at Pals Paper Arts!

Kasey ~ in Oz said...

Fabulous idea and you've pulled it off brilliantly! Love the kind a sort of moving star. LOL. So glad you joined us at the Friday Mashup this week. Good Luck.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Lisa said...

What an adorable card! I love all the different elements, and that owl is just too cute.

Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

Kim Mc said...

Well isn't that just a firecracker worth of adorable cuteness?!?! LOOOOOOOVE IT!!!! And how brilliant are you to create your own patterned paper?!?! PERFECT! I adore how he's holding the tag banner and the crimped scallop edge looks like a 4th of July bunting! FABULOUS!!! Thanks for playing along in the 365 Cards challenge and I can't WAIT to see what you do next!!!!
Aloha, Kim Mc (aka KL)
365 Cards DT (and your daughter!)

Lou Mac said...

Ahhhhh!! I love that owl and all of the dry embossing!! A neat set of cards!

Thanks for joining us over at Senitmental Sundays for our 'Patriotic/ Colours of your
Nations Flag'
challenge this week. Good luck.

xo Lou Mac.

Debs said...

Fab card - love the design.
Thanks for playing Free & Easy with us at Allsorts this week.
Good luck
Debs xx

craftieodmae said...

now that is priceless!!!! Have a wonderful 4th!!!

Cheryl said...

Oh my gosh! Your card is adorable and so clever! I love the ruffled, white piece. It looks like festive bunting.

Thank you for joining our Patriotic challenge at Sentimental Sundays .

~Cheryl~
Stop by my blog to check out my blog candy!

Juls said...

so cute and funky!!! Hugs Juls

♥ Doreen ♥ said...

Tolle Karte.
Vielen Dank für deine Teilnahme bei CUYL.
Liebe Grüße Doreen

Dr Sonia S V said...

Such a delightful card. I love all interactive cards and especially sliders. Super card
Cheers from Bangalore ,India
Dr Sonia S V
http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

Winnie and Patty said...

This little owl spinner card is just too cute!!! Great for the 4th of July holiday! Thanks for playing along with us at Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge this week! Have a wonderful 4th of July!

curlyqmosaics said...

What a cute card! I love the owl and the scallops! Very fun & festive! Happy 4th! :)

Jen Mitchell said...

Adorable! Love that spinning star! Thanks for joining us at the ColorLab!

Tammy L said...

this is a really great card and I love the way you did the striped DP that you made. I would never have thought to use a table in Word. Great idea! Thanks for joining our Seeing Red challenge at Craft Your Passion this week.
Tammy GDT

Caroljenks said...

Gorgeous card - love that owl! Great Top Tip too with the ribbon looking PC paper - FAB!

Thanks for joining in with our 'T is for...' challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday this week :)

Carol x

Benzi said...

What a great, spinner card for your red, white, and blue creation. So glad you played with Tuesday Throwdown this week. Love your card!

Unknown said...

This is so cute! I just love owls! Thanks for joining us for Sentimental Sundays Patriotic Challenge and I hope you join us again next time!

~Heather
Kurly-Q

Anonymous said...

Great card that owl is cute! love the Tip Too! never thought of doing ribbon on the pc! good one! tehehheee re the making a bow from it! Thanks for playing along with us on the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge this week, For Our T is for ? Challenge, hugs Samantha

Kim P said...

Great card!! That owl is adorable! Thanks for playing along with the Friday Mashup!

Jen Timko said...

So sweet! Love that patriotic owl!! So glad you joined us at the ColorLab!

hollybeary creations said...

How stinkin' cute is that Owl? I love it! and it's a spinner card, even better! Thanks for joining us at the Friday Mashup this week.

sara said...

fab card love that cute owl thanks so much for joining us at oldie but a goodie this week
hugs sara x

Jennifer said...

Fabulous!! Gorgeous colours too!! Thanks for playing at CES Challenges.....good luck!! xx Jenny xx

Carol Hurlock said...

Oh my gosh your owl is just precious. I love how you embellished your card too. This is just darling. Thank for playing along with Speedy's Friends Challenge. It is a pleasure to visit to see your work. Hope you can play with us again next week.

Julye said...

What clever use of our colour theme thanks for sharing with us all here at Penny's.

Katie said...

Cute card and image!
Thanks for Cooking It Up With Katie this week :)

Sharon Wheet said...

love the stars! thank you for playing along with us @ OCC

Mummylade said...

What a gorgeous creation! Thank you so much for entering the Allsorts challenge with this and good luck!

Anonymous said...

Such a cute patriotic card. Thanks for joining us at ColorLab.

DesignerDiva said...

Fab little card, the colours really pop and the desing is awesome

Thanks for sharing it with us at Oldie But A Goodie and good luck with the challenge

Hugs Laurie x

Judy Rozema said...

FAB card!! I love it - and your tip is so cool! Where do you get the list for the color codes? I would love to have it! Beautiful RWB card~! Thank you for joining us for "T is for..." at Top Tip Tuesday!

Harriet Skelly said...

What an awesome spinner card - I love that layout! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

Colleen Dietrich said...

OMG, this is the cutest patriotic card!! Thanks for sharing this cute little owl with Speedy's Friends. :)

Karen said...

Wow great card.Love the owl and lace. Thanks for playing along with us at the friday mashup

Gwen said...

Wow! So many challenges combined into this adorable patriotic card!

Kathryn B said...

Cute spinning card!

Thanks so much for getting sketchy with Just Us Girls this week!

Elise said...

That owl is FUN, fun! Thanks for sharing this with Just Us girls!

lisbeth said...

what a great card. Thanks for joining us at Cooking it up this week

Dana Gustafson said...

This is so cute! Thanks so much for playing with Just Us Girls this week!

Kristin said...

Oh this is adorable! I love the owl, she's so cute!! And I'm with you on the die cutter...I'm guilty of that too... THanks for joining us this week at the OCC!

Manuela said...

wow, such a wonderful card! I love the owl!!
Thanks for playing with us at Challenge up your life!