Penguin Party

2nd July today... the second half of the year... the nights will be drawing in now... it'll soon be Christmas!  So time to get cracking on some Christmas cards then!

I've been really enjoying playing with my Owl Punch recently and when I saw this fabulous idea of turning the owl into a penguin, I knew I had to give it a go.  Then when I was checking out some challenges yesterday, I spotted this fabulous idea to create snowdrifts.  And lo, a card was born!

Here's what I created:

Aren't they cute?!  I especially love the loony one on the left (that would be me!) while the two others are a bit more stoic.  I stamped out the main body and eyes using the Owl Punch, adding in little tiny snippets for the wings of the loony one and all the beaks.  The Santa hats were made by cutting out little triangles of Real Red card and adding some shapes punched out with one of my Itty Bitty Shapes Punches.

I did the ground in the way Amy did, die cutting the snow drifts with the fabulous Edgelits dies from the Summer Mini, and then embossing them with the matching folder.  When I'd assembled the panel, I thought there was something missing... and when in doubt I turn to French Foliage!  I stamped the splodges in Whisper White Craft Ink, stamping on some scrap paper first.  Then I added a few rhinestones, which can be stars or snowflakes depending on what you think they most look like!

The sentiment is part of one from Beautiful Season which I coloured in with a marker pen so I didn't stamp the whole sentiment.

Here's a close-up so you can hopefully see the dimension of the ground:

Supplies

Stamps: French Foliage, Beautiful Season
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, marker pen in Real Red
Card: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Basic Black, More Mustard, Real Red
Paper: Real Red from the Brights Paper Stack
Other: Edgelits Adorning Accents, Adorning Accents embossing folder, Big Shot, Owl Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punches, Rhinestones, dimensionals

As always, if these or any other SU goodies have caught your eye, do not hesitate to get in touch either by phone on 07977 141605 or email.  I would be delighted to assist you with your crafty makes and place an SU order for you for goodies to be delivered directly to your UK address.  Remember that all orders of £45 or more in July earn Everyday Enchantment brads and ribbons for absolutely free!  Click here for details!

I'd like to enter my card into the 'anything Christmas goes' challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown and the 'Christmas in July' theme challenge at The Paper Players.

I have introduced my husband to Pinterest this weekend and he's getting rather addicted!  (If you're not a member of Pinterest yet and you'd like an invitation, just let me know and I'll email you one.)  As part of his pinning, he has found a whole bunch of funny cat pictures and I'll share some of them over the course of this week.  I had to start with this one, because if you craft, have a cat, and regularly have to remove cat hair from your creations, you'll understand!

Thanks for popping in to see me today,