A's Friendly Owl

Sorry folks about the few missing days but I was sick on Friday and then went to a local festival on Saturday that took the energy I had gotten back out of me. If you want to see my card with the owl then scroll on down :)

The festival was fun because A got to see a helicopter up-close (or as close as we could get with out getting on it). He loves anything that flies in the air so he was mesmerized by it taking off and landing and had the biggest grin on his face. The picture doesn't do it justice as it was really windy and he was trying to keep things from flying in his face. He was so into the helicopter that he did even want his strawberry shortcake and he LOVES strawberries. After the helicopter sighting, he got a blue balloon, got to see a sweet dog, and he did manage to eat a chocolate covered strawberry all before going home.

Ok, let me explain the picture of the blue owl. A came into the craft room today after rest time and saw me finishing up my Wise Owl card (which is seen below) and asked if he could do one. I was playing with a new product I had seen called Flower Soft and saw no reason why he couldn't. I stamped the owl and put the glue on and then the put the Delphinium Blue flower soft on since that his is favorite color. Easy peasy and he thought he was hot stuff for doing it and named it "A's Friendly Owl"

Now to explain my card :) I had seen a card with a moose on it covered in the brown flower soft and thought, "What a neat idea. I bet it would work as feathers too." I had just placed an order at Sweet n' Sassy Stamps for their Owl Occasions stamp set and could wait to get it and try out my idea. Once I got everything together the card went together rather quickly for me. I stamped and colored the owl twice with copics (one owl as the base and the other for the flower soft). I used Papertry Ink's Take a Bough for the branch on the card. I then sponged some green and blue to give the effects of a tree and sky before I roughed up the edges of the cardstock and designer paper. I put foam tape on the back of the middle branch for a little depth and thicker foam tape of the 'feathered' cut out owl for a 3D effect since it was the main focus of my card. For the base of the card I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to add to the nature feel of the card. After I put it all together I couldn't decide how I wanted to use the card. Then I thought of a very special mature person (trying to be PC here) and thought about how owls tend to symbolize wisdom. I found a verse from my bible that I thought would fit here: "Is not wisdom found among the aged?" Job 12:12. It was then that I decided this was going to become a card to let someone special to me know who much I respect and love the wisdom they have about life and the help they have given me during mine thus far.