Punch Around the Page

Have you seen the new Martha Stewart Crafts Punch around the Page punches? These things are so cool! They team up a corner punch and an edger punch so that you can "punch around the page"....or you can punch just on the corners....or just along the edge....you can even use the corner punch on the inside corner of the front of a card. They have little wings that fold in for easier storage. Check out the video that explains how to do them on You Tube.

The unpunched edges could be trimmed from the example above for a simple little accent or you can punch all around the page as on the example below. You can do squares or rectangles as long as you begin with 3.25 inches and then go up in increments of an inch and 3/4.

When I couldn't find one of the punches I wanted, I had my husband going into a Michaels when he was on a business trip and he actually found the one I was looking for! You will be seeing me using these babies a lot!

Thanksgiving Owl

I know you don't often seen owls used on Thanksgiving cards, but I have always liked owls. As a teenager, when other girls had posters of bands on their walls, I had posters of owls...I know, WEIRD! I saw a owl from the train when I was in Alaska and that was very cool.

This Happy Thanksgiving stamp is actually from last year, but it is a nice one. I used Spellbinders die to frame the owl and punches as embellishments. The owl punch is a fun one from Martha Stewart Crafts.

I also applied some of that clear dimensional stuff to the owl's eyes. I know, it comes in many names and brands. I believe the one I used was from Plaid, but it doesn't matter which you use. It really brings the owl to life, in my opinion. The owl was done on watercolor paper and painted with watercolor paints. You can tell that I pop dotted the layers on the die cuts. Lots of favorites here!