Cute Owl

Hi to everyone, and a very Happy New Year to you all.  I have another card using this months Group of Cardmakers technique which is Acrylic Painting on Coloured Cardstock.  I used kraft card again but this time I used this sweet little owl which is a stamp from the Textures rang by Lou Collins, but I'm pretty sure since the end of Craft Stash it won't be available anywhere now.  My previous card using this technique is here with flowers for a feminine card and this will be for an upcoming male birthday. I used a mix of acrylic paints with some metallic and some ordinary acrylic paints.  If you don't have acrylic paints then try using some Posca or similar Paint Pens which will work too.

I started with a piece of kraft card about 51/2"square and stamped the owl just above the centre of it in order to leave space for the sentiment, stamping it quite lightly with Versafine Vintage Sepia Ink, so I could see where to add the paints within the lines of the owl.  I then added the metallic gold and copper shading around it.  When it was perfectly dry I put the card back into my stamp positioner and restamped it but decided to use Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.  I finished by cutting it with a square stitched die, and I added a thin gold layer and also added the sentiment using Nocturne Ink heat embossed with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder before adding it onto a white 6" square card.

Thank you for visiting me here today and if you haven't seen it you can visit the Group of Cardmakers recent blog post which you will find here, and if you make a card using this technique you can add it to the link provided at the bottom of the post, as we would all love to see what you make.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

We Love Stamping Challenge - Jan. '26 Something New/Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations Challenge - Something Beginning with 'B'/Anything Goes.

Allsorts Challenge - No. 840 Winter Animals/Anything Goes.

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge - No. 508 Birthdays.

Simply Clean and Simple Challenge - Jan. '26 Anything Goes/Use Something New.

Triple B Challenge - Jan. '26 Birds, Butterflies and Blooms (using one, two or all three).

AAA Birthday Challenge - No. 81 Winter Birthday. 

I am also adding this to the Group of Cardmakers post.