Vacation Fun: Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary

We do not often do the expensive tourist-y things on our vacations.  So far this vacation we have done more low level things...except for going up Cadillac Mountain.

Today we visited the Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary on a wet cloudy day.  There is a boardwalk for people with walking issues.  There are many trails to hike.  At this time of year there are mosquitoes the size of a large crow.  Because of that, I abbreviated my "walk" and dove back into the car to avoid more  of the flying monsters.  Only about two of them entered the car's cabin with me...

In one of the habitats we passed we found this owl.  I thought he (or she) was very beautiful.

There is an owl called the "brown owl".  I think this might be one of those but I could not stay out and breathe in more mosquitoes long enough to find the documentation about this owl.

Greeting Card: Another Cute Owl Card

It was time to make some birthday cards.  This time I took out the Stampin' Up owl punch.  This is what I made:

Front of card

 This card was cut at 4.25 by 11.5 inches. I folded it in the middle.  There was the somewhat tricky cut out step using a square die and the Sizzix Big Shot die cutter.  There are lots of videos on how to do it but I am too tired tonight to find them. Just go to YouTube and you will find them.  It is called "partial die cutting".

Inside of card with space for writing a short sentiment.

The card stock was a light cream color. I used a few botanical stamps and a pleasing (to me) green rubber stamp ink to make a design on the card before gluing on the owls.

It is kind of cute, if I do say so myself.