The crow wished everything was black…

My second card tonight features the Ornate Owl die from Tim Holtz.

I used the photo inspiration at Hand Stamped Sentiments to design this card.  I picked my owl die cut from one of the images and added the witch’s hat from another.  There was lots of orange and green in the images so I went with that for the colour scheme.  To make sure I could play along in the challenge I stamped my sentiment from the Scared Silly set by Tim Holtz, where I also got the witch’s hat.

To make my main owl feature I cut the die from white cardstock and then covered it with embossing enamel.  In hindsight I should have done the embossing first and then die cut the owl as I ended up with stray bits of embossing that the die cut was too intricate to clean away.  I hand cut a second owl to act as a background and inked that with Distress Oxides then spritzed with water.  I think it turned out great for a feathery owl.

So I could play along at Moving Along with the Times I added a spider charm to hang off the owl’s hat.  For some balance I added another next to the sentiment and filled the hanger of both with Nuvo Crystal Drops.  Unfortunately it was hot as Hades here yesterday so the drops drooped before they could dry so they are not the usual lovely dome shape you get with them.

Over at The Rubber Buggy they are running a Hallowe’en challenge so I am also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear

Stampendous! Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Silver

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits ~ 662380 Ornate Owl

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments ~ Halloween

Inks & Paints etc

Nuvo Crystal Drops ~ Ripened Pumpkin

Spica Pen ~ Black & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing

Tim Holtz Distress Oxides ~ Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain & Wild Honey

Wink of Stella Glitter Pen ~ Violet

Papers

Bazzill Criss Cross Cardstock ~ Lily White

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Raven

Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale ~ Patterns & Solids

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Pumpkin Pie

Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Watercolor

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS311 Scared Silly

Challenges

Hand Stamped Sentiments #275 ~ Photo inspiration

Moving Along with the Times #57 ~ Add a Charm or Tag

The Rubber Buggy #4 ~ Fall/Autumn and/or Halloween

Thanks for stopping by!