Peace On Earth #82

Hello friends.  Playing along with the gals over at the Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge where they have the most beautiful mood board to inspire us!

I love all 4 photos, but the snowy Owl really caught my attention!  I have many cute critter stamps, but no really realistic ones, so I had to make do with the "cute" ones.  Not too much of a hardship as I have loved these Owls from MFT's Warm & Feathered Hugs for quite a few years now.  I have a twofer for you today as I couldn't decide which image to use.  Let's start with the little guy all wrapped up in his Winter scarf...

I used my lightest gray Copic (C0) to color the Owls, although it's not too visible in my photos. For his scarf I used C3, C5, & C7 and then a little bit of Y15 & Y17 for his beak and tootsies.  I used an older SU! embossing folder for the pine branches in the background and also used a circle die to frame him out a bit.

I used a layer of Smokey Slate cs (SU!) behind the embossed layer and attached both to a top folding white card base.  The Owl has foam tape behind him to stand out a bit, and then sentiment is an oldie from PTI's Think Big Favorites: #20 to finish off my card.

  This 2nd card features the little guy wearing his cool beanie hat his mom made for him!  I used the same color Copics for coloring him and his beanie as I did on the 1st card.  I used an oval die to feature this little guy and another SU! embossing folder called Fern for my background.

My sentiment was embossed in white on a strip of Smokey Slate cs and is from the same stamp set as the owls. I finished with a few silver gems (PFS) and some silver & white baker's twine at the top.  For only using gray & white like the inspiration photo, I think both cards came out really cute.  Can you pick a favorite?  Not me!!  Haha!!

Check out all the inspiration from the talented DT right HERE and then play along, although there's not a lot of time left!  This challenge ends Thursday, Feb. 27th @ 8:00PM. 

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!