Three Amigos August Blog Hop

Welcome to the Three Amigos Blog hop.  We are three Close to My Heart Independent Consultants with a love for stamping and scrapping and would like to share our creative ideas with you.  On the 3rd of each month we feature a different CTMH product and create a card, layout, or other project.  There are only three stops on this hop so it will only take a few minutes to hop through.

This month we are sharing projects featuring the August Stamp of the Month, What A Hoot!  If you love owls, you'll want this stamp set.  Instead of sticking with the Halloween theme of the stamp set, I decided to make a birthday card.

My card features several new products from the Annual Inspirations Idea Book that just went live on August 1st.  The Confetti Wishes paper pack is full of fun, bright colors including our new Thistle and Canary additions to the Whimsy collection.  The owl is colored in with the new ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.  I added bitty sparkles to the eyes and punched confetti dots to the belly.  The background is embossed with our new Woodgrain Embossing Folder.

My little owl friend is supposed to look like he's jumping out through the paper.  I wanted to use the Adhesive Springs to give him a little movement, but I couldn't find them for the life of me.  I used a double layer of 3-D foam tape to pop him out of the card.  The "SURPRISE!" letters are also popped up with 3-D foam tape.

The picture isn't great, but I wanted to show how I decorated the inside of the card as well.

Thanks for hopping by.  Hop on over to Lisa's Blog to see what she created for you.

Supplies:

S1408 What A Hoot!

B1416 Keyboard Alphabet

B1442 Belated Birthday

X7189B Confetti Wishes Paper Packet

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

Z2105 Black Ink Pad

Z2192 Pacifica Ink Pad

Z2640 Thistle Ink Pad

Z1996 Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Z2452 ShinHan Touch Twin Y222, Golden Yellow Marker

Z2462 ShinHan Touch Twin P282 Peony Purple Marker

Z2445 ShinHan Touch Twin YR29 Barely Beige Marker

Z1151 3-D Foam Tape

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Small Hole Punch (Fiskars)