Whooo Loves Owls?

I do, I do!  :)  I loved them since I graduated from high school many moons ago.  One of my mom's best friends and former co-worker, Mama Carol, gave me a stuffed owl.  I felt it was the perfect gift...so symbolic.  Of course, my parent's sent me to Hawai'i and that was an awesome gift!  But, I love symbolic things.

Owls are wise and I felt I was going to go to community college and then a four year college and then to graduate school and become wise just like an owl.  Only the first two were accomplished and I'd like to say I am a little bit wiser than I was before.... :)

Here's the Owl.  Sadly, I donated a lot of collector's items from my childhood years, but I did keep a few collector and not so collector items....here is the owl in almost mint condition.  I keep it in a plastic blanket bag with other memorabilia I thought was worth saving from my childhood years...you can tell how old it is because of how dingy the "Ty" cover is. :)

Anywhooo, what prompted this project you are going to see and probably love is an email I received a couple of weeks ago about joining Instrutagram.  By the way, you may want to check it out and join yourself.  I did and I can't stop raving about it. :)  There was a picture of an owl project that I just loved in the body of the email.  You can view it by clicking HERE.  I thought to myself, "Hey the CTMH Cricut Cartridge does that," so I gave it a try.  DONE  in 5 minutes. The project was so easy and fun!  The creator made her owl box smaller.  Usually, when I make boxes with the Cricut, I like to make them as big as possible so I know in future and then I make a note of it in the booklet.  So my box is bigger and can hold a standard 4.25"x5.5" card. 

For my box set, I chose to do a max of three cards. This B&T paper inspired the three cards I created.  Personally I feel B&T paper with large images such as this are difficult for me to work with.  I don't know how to use them as they are.  I usually want to cut them out them or toss them in the "donation" pile.

The first card was inspired by the Wishes Book by Jeannette Lynton on Page 52, "Medallion," except I made this card  4.25"x5.5".

B&T Cuts:
4 1/8"x4 1/4"
1"x 4 1/4"

Cardstock  Cut:
2 1/2"x 3 3/4"

Art Philosophy Cricuts:
Page 21 <Circle> 1 1/4"
Page 48 <Flower5> 1 3/4"

Page 56 Shift <Leaf> 1"
Page 68 Shift Font <FlurDels>  2"

Card 2 is my fav't card; 1. Because of the obvious; 2.  The circles and leaves inspired me.  I wasn't sure if I wanted to include owl cards in the owl box.  It would make sense, but I was thinking the owls I would chose to include in this box wouldn't match the box. 

Originally, Page 53 "Delightful Dots" from Jeanette Lynton's Wishes Book inspired me, but it wasn't working with the chevron B&T paper I wanted to use and stamps.  Then I started layering the circles because I already cut them out and I wanted to use them.  As I started to layer, I noticed that they made perfect owl eyes and the chevron B&T paper made perfect owl eyebrows.  Then I googled owl images and that is how I came about this card. 

B&T Cuts:
3"x 4 1/4"
Cricut Page 21 <Circle> 1 3/4" Circle
Cricut Page 21 <Circle> 1/2" Circle
For the nose just cut a triangle

Cardstock Cuts:
Cricut page 56 Shift <Leaf> 1"

The third card was inspired by "Delightful Dots." :) I wanted to keep the theme of the leaves, the rose, and the B&T paper hence this card.  I already ran out of leaves so I decided to stamp the leaves' veins.

B&T cuts:
3"x3" cut two times with two different prints
Cricut Page 21 <Circle> 1" Circle
Cricut Page 68 Shift Font <FlurDels>  2"

Cardstock Cut:
Cricut Page 48 <Flower5> 1 3/4" 

I used an old paper packet.  But you can find other paper packets HERE.  Or just grab your fav't packet and start creating.  Have fun with it!

Happy scrappin'!