Birthday Owls

Good day, all!  It's been awhile since I've posted on here but that will be changing soon.  I have lots of birthdays in the Spring months so I'll be posting many a card.  Also, as you may know, I'm really into makeup.  And I want to get more into it with reviews and picture tutorials and such.  I understand if some of the 6 of you (lol!) are not makeup fans and will not be offended if you do not read.  I plan to keep all posts separate so you may see more than one post from me in one day.  I just wanted to give you a heads up.  


Also, still no job.  It's starting to get to me because I want to move on with my life but I'm still remaining positive. I have to admit that having all of this time to myself is getting me down a bit.  I find myself wishing I had a "daytime" friend who likes going for walks/hiking and drinking coffee but all of you are at work or are just not into that sort of thing.  Oh, well.  I'm finding other ways to keep myself busy!  And all the things around my house that I thought would be done in my first month off are slowly being started and/or finished which is making me very happy.  But if any of you want to go for a walk/hike, day or night, let me know.  I can use all the exercise I can get!


Okay, enough about me.  Let's get to this birthday card.  


This card was for my sister in law, Jill, who celebrated her birthday on March 20th.  Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jill!  She is married to my oldest brother, Todd and is the mother to my nephew, Zach.  

The glittered polka dot paper is from the brand My Mind's Eye in their Lost and Found 2 line.  This paper was called "Sunshine Forever Dotted Paper".  I bought it from Archiver's and I believe it was $0.99.  I loved the colors and the glitter.  I just used your standard brown and tan card stock for the center.  


The owl stamps were Michael's Recollections brand.  The sticker pack came with 4 owls and the branch but I'm saving the other owl for another card.  


As you may or may not know, paper that has glitter on it is very hard to glue things to.  Because of this, I had to use the 3 brads in the corner.  Those are also from the Recollections line.  If you have any tips on adhering to this type of paper, comment below.  I would love your input because I've run into this problem more than a couple of times.  


I love owls but it's hard to come up with cutesie sentiments in regard to them.  You can ask my friends Jennifer and Nicki who helped me in my attempt to come up with something clever.  This is what I came up with...

Lame, I know.  But I think we all agree it was the best out of the ideas kicked around that day.  


That's my card!  I hope you liked it.  Also, feel free to comment below on what sentiment you would have used for the owls.  


Thanks, 
Jules