Valentine's Day Owls

I'm up on the DeNami Design Blog today! This week we’re featuring DeNami’s totally adorable collection of Valentine’s Day Owls! Love, love, love these critters!!!

I bought a little Valentine’s Day gift for my 3-year-old niece and decided it would be fun to make my own hand-stamped wrapping paper. She loves owls (could have a little something to do with her mom working for the National Aviary), so it was a perfect fit for this week’s DT assignment.

I started by cutting a piece of white butcher paper big enough to fit the box I was going to wrap. Butcher paper is sold in rolls. I bought mine at Michaels, but if you Google it you can find other sources as well. I spread the paper out on my craft table and went to town stamping a bunch of Valentine’s Day Owls, hearts, and sentiments from DeNami’s Valentine’s Day Collection. I added color to the images with markers.

I used the paper to wrap my gift box:

Then, I created a coordinating tag. I die-cut some hearts from cardstock. I stamped one of the owl images in the center of the smallest heart and colored her with markers. I stamped Happy Valentine’s Day and To/From on the back of the scalloped heart and layered all of the hearts together. I added some sparkle with a clear glitter pen, punched a hole in the top and threaded some twine through. Here’s a look at the front and back of the tag:

To finish, I wrapped some baker’s twine around the gift package and attached the tag with a bow.

  

I hope you like my project for today and feel inspired to try hand-stamping your own wrapping paper! It's so much fun and you can use any combination of stamps for lots of different occasions!

Thanks for visiting!!!

Supplies:

Stamps: NEW CL-G170 Owl Love Birds, CL-B118 Little Hearts, CL-C105 Owl With Heart Balloons, CL-B122 Owl With Heart Garland, CL-C106 Owl Special Delivery, PF42 Love Sentiments Stamp Set, C81 You're A Hoot, A91 Teeny Heart, F203 Happy Valentine's Day, D122 To From (DeNami Design)

Ink: TK-VF082 Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)

Markers: Copic Sketch

Glitter Pen: Clear Wink Of Stella (Zig)

Cardstock: PC48 Petal Pink and PC35 Magenta (DeNami Design), White (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Paper: Roll Of White Butcher Block Paper (purchased at Michaels)

Dies: Scalloped/Pierced Hearts (Avery Elle)

Baker's Twine: Pink Sorbet (The Twinery)

Adhesive: GL-01 Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), Adhesive Tape Runner (Tombow)

Tools: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (EK Success), Hole Punch