Welcome Stampin' Friends!
Today I have my Owl Book Mark Tutorial to share with you. I am loving this project because my husband and I came up with it together! A funny thing happened the other day. I was working at the computer and my husband came in and sat down at my stamp desk. He began playing with scraps of paper and came up with a great idea to add to my owl boxes. Then he pick up a scrap that had been die cut with a framelit and said "This is an owl right here." So we played with it and came up with a new, cute owl. It was the perfect thing to go on the bookmark I had been planning. So, here you have the Owl Book Marks...
The attach to the page of the book under the owl...
Like this...
Here is the tutorial on how to make the Owl Book Marks...
STEP 1: Start with a 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" pice of Melon Mambo card stock. Die cut the second framelit from the outside from the Floral Frames Framelit set.
STEP 2: Die cut the flower with the 4th oval from the outside of the Ovals Collection Framelits. Now you have the owl's body...
STEP 3: Die cut a piece of Soft Suede Desginer Prints Paper with the 5th oval from the outside. Adhere it to the owl's body.
Trim away the excess.
STEP 4: From Soft Suede card stock punch the ornament from the Merry Minis Punch Pack. Sponge the ede with Soft Suede ink. Adhere to the owl's body with a Dimensional.
STEP 5: Punch out the following pieces to create the eyes: (2) 7/8" Scallop Circles in Melon Mambo, (2) 1/2" Circles in Whisper White, (2) Medium Circles from the Owl punch in Soft Suede. Adhere them all together. Sponge Melon Mabmow ink around the outside of the scallop circles. Add a white mark to each of the Soft Suede circles. Attach the eyes to the owl body with Dimensionals.
STEP 6: From Melon Mambo card stock punch out two ovals from the Large Oval Punch. Dry emboss them by running them through the Big Shot in the Fancy Fan embossing folder. Sponge the edges with Melon Mambo ink. Attach the ovals to the owl body with two Dimensionals and a dot of Multipurpose Liquid glue at the top. Press and hold the top of the wing, where the glue is to the body for about 30 seconds.
STEP 7: Cut a piece of Melon Mambo CS to 2-1/2" x 5-1/2", round the bottom two corners. Cut a pice of Melon Mambo Prints Designer Paper to 2-1/4" x 5-1/4", round the bottom two corners. Mount the DSP to the card stock. Stamp the "Imagine the Possibilities" image from the Word Play Stamp Set in Soft Suede ink at the bottom of the book mark. Put a piece of Sticky Strip across the top of the book mark and adhere the owl, so the sticky strip is in the middle of the owl's back. Here is what it should look like once attached from the back:
STEP 8: Add a mini owl to the saying. Stamp the owl from the Itty Bitties Stamp Set in Melon Mambo on Whisper White Card stock. Cut it out and mount it so that the owl is sitting on the saying.
And now you have a cute little owl bookmark to peek out of your book!
Carrie, these owls are so cute. Thank you for helping me reduce my
scrape paper clutter. Punch art is wonderful. Thank your husband too! Many thanks!!
Posted by: CC Watrous | June 02, 2013 at 05:27 AM
These are so darn cute!!! Thanks for sharing the instructions, can't wait to make some.
Posted by: Carol V | May 07, 2013 at 08:48 AM
WOW Love this Carrie. Congrats to you and to your hubby too for coming up with such an adorable project :)
Posted by: Simone | April 08, 2013 at 04:14 AM
Oh My Gosh, I don't even know what to say! That owl (all of your owls are) is sooo adorable! I love them all! Thanks so much for sharing your details, sincerely!!!! I'm so excited to make some for my bookworm niece! :) Thanks so much Carrie!!! Stampin' Hugs! :)
Posted by: Donna | April 07, 2013 at 10:57 AM