October owl technique

I hope that your fall is off to a great start. I love to spend my fall months creating lots of cute home decor. Something about the cooler temps makes me want to spend my days inside dressing up my home.

I have been finding a lot of inspiration on Pinterest lately and I came across this cute owl:


I thought that it would be cute to make my own similar plush creation out of paper.

I started this project by hand drawing an owl shape onto pattern paper.

I cut out two. 1 to use as a backing and 1 to use as the front side.

I then dressed up the front side with some basic shapes that I cut using my Slice (Making Memories tool) and lots of yummy GCD papers.


Next, I used paper towels to stuff my owl, to make him plump and cute and look like a plush figure
(you can also use tissues for this).
I used strong adhesive 450 quick dry glue from Helmars to close up the seams and edges as I stuffed. After he was stuffed I set him aside to dry.

Next, I chose some chipboard pieces from Melody Ross's chip art collection to use as the owl's feet.

I painted them white, then attached them to the bottom of the owl.

Here is the final project:
This owl is bright and cheery and sure to lift our spirits on a cold fall day.

to create the body I used papers from the youthful eggsuberance line by Heather Tozzi.

sunday morning paper


celebration paper:


eggscellent paper:


for the eyes I used:

easter basket paper b side:


and I used two papers from the Material girls line:

the sweetest thing paper (flower shape around the eye):


For the eye (heart shape) I created custom buttons using the Epiphany Crafts heart shape studio tool and girly girl paper.


I hope this project inspires you to make a cute fall plush for your home!

New Scarlet Lime kit layouts

do you subscribe to a kit club? I purchase 1 every month from Scarlet Lime . The Scarlet Lime kits are always fresh and fun and jam packed with cool and unique goodies. I would like to share a few projects with you that I recently created with my August Scarlet Lime kit.

Follow your Heart:


supplies:
cardstock: pink (coredinations), white (Recollections)
pattern paper: Remnant paper, junk drawer paper Odds and Ends line (Cosmo Cricket), enlighten paper Sunshine Broadcast (Sassafrass Lass)
Big pine creek paper Campy trails collection (American Crafts)
stick on: Neighborhood collection border stickers (Crate paper), Olivia canvas tag (Basic Grey)
font: prestige elite std (adobe)
tools: round 25 shape studio maker, round 25 bubblecap (Epiphany Crafts),
black Glaze pen (Sakura), tiny attacher (Tim Holtz),
basic elements font Slice (Making Memories)
adhesive: glue glider pro (Glue Arts), foam squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)
other: buttons, bottlecap (Michael's)

Smile:



Detail shot *Tip- I added dimension to my page by trimming a few pattern paper shapes out
and then layer them on top with 3d foam squares.

Thanks to my good friend Ashley for letting me use some of her air mail twine from Divine Twine. I had fun adding a thin layer of glue and wrapping my twine around my journaling to create a fun journaling spot!

supplies:
cardstock: white (Recollections)
pattern paper: daily junque paper, spare change paper - Odds and Ends line (Cosmo Cricket), 
            all systems go paper - rocket age line (October Afternoon), kindle paper - Sunshine Broadcast (Sassafrass lass)
stickers: labels (Studio Calico)
pen: black Glaze (Sakura)
punches: corner punch (EK Success)
fibers: air mail twine (Divine Twine)
other: vintage game piece, tiny attacher stapler (Tim Holtz)
         decorative clip (Basic Grey)
adhesive: glue glider pro (Glue Arts), foam squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

Thanks for stopping by!