Stampendous Christmas Owl / Impression Obsession Twig Wreath

First of all, thank you, Nora, for your advice for painting the owl’s eyes and your suggestion to add Stickles to the hat and lending me yours; those ideas brought this little guy to life.

I painted this little owl last weekend, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to put him into a card. I decided on the tone-on-tone background but I needed something else. I checked out the envelope of die-cuts April sent me for the Die-Cut Swap and found this wonderful Impression Obsession twig wreath. I embossed it with ivory embossing powder, and it looks great! Thank you, April. (It looks white here, but in real life, it’s a creamy ivory.

CARD:
4 ¼” x 5 ½”
Gina K. Designs Cardstock, Hot Red
American Crafts Twine

FOCAL IMAGE:
Fabriano 140-lb. Hot Press Watercolor Paper (I think)
Stampendous Christmas Owl, V302
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Ranger Clear Superfine Embossing Powder
Peerless Watercolors
Talens Transparent Watercolours (for beaks and claws)
Stickles, Stardust (on Santa’s hat)
Tombow Marker, Black (to edge the owls after fussy cutting them)
3M Scotch Mounting Tape

WREATH:
Impression Obsession Die, Twig Wreath, DIE023-X
Versamark Ink
Stampendous Ivory Embossing Powder (This stuff works great!)
Ranger Matte Accents (to mount two of the wreaths)
Zig Chisel Glue Pen (to mount one of the wreaths; this one took longer to set up on the embossed background)

BACKGROUND:
Neenah Classic Crest Desert Sand Cardstock
Technique Junkies Winter Foilage, S652
Versamark Ink
Ranger’s Clear Superfine Embossing Powder

TFL.
Daria