August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop: What a Hoot

August 1st debuts the Close To My Heart Annual Inspirations catalog/idea book, and the inaugural  stamp of the month is the cute "What a Hoot" set.  If you've already started along this monthly hop, then you've probably arrived here from Krista's blog.  Next you'll visit Vicki.

With its "Happy 'Owl'oween" sentiment, What a Hoot is obviously a great choice for Halloween.  I went ahead and paired it with the new Halloween paper pack, Scaredy Cat (and the stars are from the Scaredy Cat Assortment).  I stamped the owl in Slate and then colored her with one of our new Shin-Han twin touch markers.  I then stamped the mask in black.  After stamping the bat wings and hat in black, I cut them out (coloring the hat with Sunset and NEW Canary inks and a blending pen).  A little silver washi tape and black shimmer trim finishes it off.

I wanted to show how it could be used in other ways too.  I still used the same card design and the Scaredy Cat paper pack, but I added Lagoon and Canary (one of our five new colors).

Doesn't she look totally different?!?  I random stamped the card base with the four colors and the four little stamps in the set.  The owl herself is paper pieced with one of the B&Ts from the Scaredy Cat paper pack (front and back) and then the eye section, wings, and hat were stamped in Slate on Colonial White card stock and cut out.  I used my blending pen to color the party hat.

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Thanks for flying by.  I'd love to know what you think about my two cards before you leave.  Be sure to continue the hop by visiting Vicki next!