November GDT for Inky Stamper – It’s OWLright!🦉

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by *Vicki* from Stamped Smiles

Hello friends and happy November!  Really excited to share that I’ve been asked to a be guest designer this month for one of my favorite companies which is Inky Stamper!  Yay!🎉   If you follow along with me, then you’ve probably already seen some of my creations using their products.  Please be sure to click the badge below to be taken to the store! (The characters are so cute!)  I will be adding this badge to the sidebar of my blog here so you can find it if you want to come back to it later.

IS GDT Badge 2022

For my first project this month, I actually pulled out an older stamp set which I think is perfect for this time of year especially when you want to give “thanks” to those special people in your life.

Isn’t this guy with his quirky face adorable?!  I’ve used this fun Inky Stamper Owl stamp set with dies for this card. The punny sentiments that are always with these stamp sets make perfect options!

Have you seen the “Torn Window Card” technique around social media?  I think you could probably find it just about anywhere and not sure where exactly it originated from, but I wanted to try it and give it my own spin by creating a torn hole with a slightly pulled around opening.  Which I thought was a perfect “tree hole” for my quirky owl to pop out of!  What’s fun is that you don’t need any special tools or die to do this…just rip it!

For my papers, I’ve used the Doodlebug Buffalo Check & Woodgrain 6×6 paper pad from Inky Stamper with the brown color for the outside “tree trunk” portion that I ripped the hole in the center for and then another piece of the woodgrain in black for behind the hole which makes it look like the inside of the “tree trunk”.  Plus, I think it makes the owl stand out more.  To rip the hole, I just cut through it with scissors and gauged what size to rip based on my owl image.  I used some brown ink to sponge around the edges including around the “hole”.  I then distressed the edges of the paper as well as lifted/curled the torn edges of the “hole” area.  When I did that, it exposed the buffalo check pattern on the other side of the paper, so then I took my VersaMark ink pad to rub around the edges and gold heat embossed all the distressed edging.  I also gold heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set over some of the black woodgrain for the banner at the bottom.

Here’s a closer look at the owl all colored up with Copic markers. I added a few white gel pen marks to his beak and feet.  I also colored up several of the leaves with this set and die cut all the pieces to attach to the card.  I glued the leaves around the owl and then for the owl, I glued the bottom of him over the leaves and then popped up his head with foam tape.  I also used foam tape for the leaf to the left of the owl.

For a little extra sparkle, I painted on (using a brush) some Liquid Pixie Dust for the leaves and the owl’s eye whites. To finish it off, I added some Picket Fence Sands of Time-Gems. (These are a couple of my personal favorite extras!)

I hope you’ve enjoyed my ripped hole owl card today and have been inspired to doing some ripping of your own!

Thanks so much for stopping in and I’ll see you soon!

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24 thoughts on “November GDT for Inky Stamper – It’s OWLright!🦉”

  1. Oh, he’s adorable! Congrats on your GD gig! I love their products, too, and just got an email showing some new stamps and dies they’ve added! Woo-hoo! 😉

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  5. Beautifully done, Vicki! I love the visual texture of the wood grain. Terrific coloring and your use of the leaves, the heat embossing, the “hole,” and the gel pen highlights all make for an incredible card design. You go, girl !

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  6. Congrats on your GDT spot Vicki and well deserved.LOve the fabulous owl and the torn tree hole with the embossed edges and beautiful Autumn leaves
    Carol x

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  7. A brilliantly designed card,your owl is adorable and the hole in the tree trunk a fantastic idea.Congratulations on your guest DT spot

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  9. Loving the wood texture and golden accents with this beautifully colored owl, Vicki!! Sensational autumn design!

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  11. He is adorable with those big dreamy eyes Vicki and coloured beautifully..I love woodgrain papers and can see the shine on the leaves, fabulous fun card..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  12. Congrats on your GDT gig! What a fun company to ‘work’ for! Your card is adorable, that torn hole, and the embossing is a great touch, and what fun that only his head is popped up! Love this!

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  13. Oh my goodness those are the cutest images. I need to add some to a wishlist as hubby has been after me for my Christmas wish list this year. You are a great addition to guest design for them. I love that super cute owl card and that pun is too cute too.

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  14. Many congratulations on being Guest Designer, what fun! Your card is fabulous, loving how you used the gold EP as part of your design and that owl is adorable 😊. Wishing you a very happy weekend! Hugs Jo x

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  16. So beautifully done with all the wonderful details and gorgeous owl! And congrats on your GDT spot too, so well deserved!
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Four Seasons challenge!

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  17. first of all you are an awesome advocate for Inky Stampers! I really plan to order from them and I will go through your site!. I just love this card…this owl is so “darn” cute. The colors and papers love it all!

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  21. This is lovely. Those golden edges are so cool and a really great idea. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful art with us at The Four Seasons. Have a great week creating and thanks for linking up. Your art is a blessing and others need to see it.
    Karen L, DT
    The Four Seasons

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  22. Oh my gosh, that owl, though. He is so stinkin’ CUTE, I am smiling all over my face!! Lots of wonderful work here, and great take on the challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us over at Double D, hope to see you back again soon!
    Judy~ DD DT

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  24. WOW! A great card full of amazing ideas. This owl is wonderful! I love how you made the opening as if it were an open can, thanks to the gold embossing on the edges. Thanks for the inspiration!!

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