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Over on Tuesday Morning Sketches, they had one of the most fun sketches I've done in a while. Let's take a look:

What I loved was the sort of parallelism that occurred between the semicircles. I recently acquired a stamp set from Brutus Monroe out of a random box I purchased from Stampin' Up. I'm completely unfamiliar with Brutus Monroe products, but after stamping with these, I'm a huge fan. They stamp clean and easy, and all the details pop evenly. I settled on the owl as a center piece. From there I thought about a tree bark background, and then I embossed a circle with leaves. I used a foil leaf background to offset the tree, and voila, here's my end result:
I used an assortment of Copic Markers to color in the owl. I even did a little bit of shading around the owl's forehead, his arms and his belly. Overall, I'm thrilled with how he came out.

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  1. DebbieAugust 8, 2021 at 12:15 PM

    Awesome card!! My daughter will begin teaching in a week, so I might need to CASE this idea for her!
    Thanks for playing along this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches
    Debbie - TMS DT
    Debbie's Dash of This and That

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  2. Melissa CraigAugust 8, 2021 at 4:41 PM

    Super cute! Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

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