Owl Card (stiched flowers and beads)

Card made for a recent card exchange. Challenge this month was stitching and beads.

Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge - Create a Critter
Cardstock - Blue, Brown and Orange
Wiggle Eyes - 1/2 Inch
Patterned Paper - your choice
Border Cardstock - your choice (I used a darker green to match the patterened paper)
Close to my Heart - Tag the Occasion Stamp Set
Close to my Heart - Chocolate Ink
Small pearl beads - 5
Embroidery Floss - your choice 3 strands for each flower (I used pink, yellow and purple)

The overall card size for this project was 5.5" x 4.25".  I used a spare precut card left over from a recent project.  So, your cut sizes may vary depending on your card size.

Owl Image - Cut image Owl <shadow> using brown cardstock at 2".  Cut image Owl <layer 2> using blue cardstock at 2". Cut image Owl <layer 3> in orange at 2".  Glue blue image to brown image.  Glue orange image to blue image.  Glue wiggle eyes to overall image as precut on image.  Glue small pearl beads to overall image as precut on image.

Border - Cut border cardstock to 3/4" wide by length of your card.  Stamp small flower equally spaced on border using chocolate ink.  Use a small tip from embossing pen, needle or toothpick to make holes at center and outer edge of flower leaves.  Sew each flower from outer leaf edge to center of flower all the way around until each flower is sewn.  I used the same color for the 2 outside flowers and 2 flowers next to those.  Then use a different color for the center.

Border Tips:  1) Use a ruler to help mark the cardstock with where to stamp the image.  I used an X-ACTO ruler with measurements starting from 0 in the center and precut holes.  2) Use embroidery floss and border cardstock to complement the patterned paper you choose.

Patterened Paper - Cut patterened paper to 3" wide by length of your card.

Distress outside of all papers adn images using chocolate ink (optional).  I find the best results using a regular stamp pad and a small piece of sponge.  Dab the sponge on the stamp pad to pick up in.  Then sweep sponge over outside edge of papers to distress.

Adhere patterened paper to bottom edge of card.  Adhere border to top of patterened paper.  You may want to use 2 sided tape or tape the back of the border before adhereing to ensure flowers don't unravel.  Adhere owl to top left corner of card overlapping feet of owl onto border.  Add any greetings, etc. as you choose.  Stamp small flower to lower left corner of envelope.