Owl Christmas Card

Hi all!  Today is my post for the Pins to Creation design team.  This year for my Christmas cards I actually ordered them online (gasp!)  I  know, I cannot believe I did not make them myself!  For the last few years I have handmade all my cards (usually around 60) and sent them out.  This year I just could not find the time to do that and decided to make them.  Well I still had a few people I wanted to send out handmade cards to and also to say thank you to some wonderful friends and family for getting me gifts for my birthday (which by the way is today:-)).
I found this awfully cute owl card on pinterest a while ago and since I had all the tools to make it decided to make a few to say Merry Christmas and Thank you!
The card originated from this site, http://stampzone.blogspot.nl.  I could not find the exact link back to the card but her site is loaded with great ideas!  Here is the photo of the card:

Here are my cards:

 I made two just for fun.  I love this little owl, I didn't add arms to the below card and actually wish I would have, oh well, next time!  I also really love the woodgrain embossing folder from Stampin UP!  It comes out so clean when run through my big shot.  The trick is to put a piece of vellum paper in with the other paper and then it won't emboss too much where the paper rips.  Cool trick I learned! I also punched out an ornament instead of a heart.  I am really happy with how they came out.

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