Owl Fold-a-Long Card Tutorial

Hello friends! It is Friday and I am looking forward to the weekend. We haven't quite gotten used to the new early morning school routines yet. I have a Sizzix tutorial to share with you today for a simple owl card, with a great shape.

When I was younger, I used to collect owls, and I still have a hard time walking past a great looking owl. So of course, I just had to make an owl card with Jen Long's Owl Label Fold-a-Long Thinlits set. I like unusual shapes and folds for cards and the Fold-a-Long cards are such fun, and can be displayed in different ways from an ordinary folded card. 

These are the dies and embossing folder that I used: Owl Label Fold-a-Long, With Thanks Phrase & Frame, Herringbone embossing folder, and the Stitched Ovals.

To die cut, you first need to cut and fold a piece of cardstock. I simply cut a 12 x 12 piece of kraft-core cardstock in half and folded. Place the die as shown, with the folded edge to the left. Run through your Big Shot of Vagabond using this sandwich: Sizzix Magnetic Platform, Cutting Pad, paper, die facing down, second Cutting Pad.

This will be the resulting base for your cards. Fold the two side pieces along the scorelines.

Die cut an owl from brown Paper Leather and cut in half. Do the same with a cork owl. Die cut the remaining pieces from cork, corrugated card and white and black Paper Leather.

For the owl on the inside of the card, die cut the smaller owl in the set from brown Paper Leather, as well as a sentiment from With Thanks Phrase & Frame, and an oval, and eye pieces, also from Paper Leather.

Emboss the brown owls in the Herringbone folder. This gives a great looking feathery texture to them.

Ink the pieces with Ground Espresso.

Smear Peacock Feathers and Rusty Hinge on a craft sheet, mist with water and press the white Paper Leather pieces into the ink. When dry, repeat for a darker colour.

Glue the pieces together. The outer eyes and wings were adhered with foam dots.

I added Glossy Accents to the eyes.

Place some old text paper behind the wings, for an extra detail.

Paper Leather takes ink beautifully. This is the owl in the middle, which is a surprise for the recipient when she or he opens the card. Layer the sentiment on a black die cut, off-setting it slightly, for a tone-on-tone effect.

Another look at the eyes. I love how ornate they are and the die cut dot in the iris adds such a great detail. The Herringbone dry embossing works real well on the owls.

When you close the Owl Label Fold-a-Long card it looks like this, perfectly lined up. The sentiment was added with Chit Chat stickers. The owl will look good in other colours too, such as with orange for an autumn look, or maybe pink.

Thank you so much for looking and enjoy your weekend!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Sizzix OWL LABEL FOLD A LONG	Sizzix Card, Owl Label Fold-a-Long	Sizzix Phrase, With Thanks & Frame	Sizzix Embossing Folder - Herringbone	Tim Holtz Sizzix HERRINGBONE
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - Stitched Ovals	Tim Holtz Sizzix STITCHED OVALS	Tim Holtz TEXTURED SURFACES	Sizzix Paper Leather Sheets - 8 1/2" x 11" White, 10 Pack	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS WHITE 8.5x11
Sizzix Paper Leather Sheets - 8 1/2" x 11" Assorted Basics	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS ASSORTED BASICS 8.5x11	Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC	Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz PEACOCK FEATHERS
Tim Holtz Distress Ink RUSTY HINGE	Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHITCHAT STICKERS	Ranger ADHESIVE FOAM WHITE	Big Shot Machine	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Grape)	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger
Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT KNIFE	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4

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