It's Not a Pickle!!

I still have one more card featuring Pickle the Penguin, but that's for tomorrow's post - today is for another sweet penguin image - this is "Warm Winter Wishes" from Sugar Nellie - love it!!!

The image was colored with Copics, and the dp is from Die Cuts With a View Winter Wonder stack.  Ribbon is from my stash, the snowflakes are Jolee's, and I used Flower Soft Polar White for the trim on the hat.  For the first time I am entering this card into the Sugar Nellie challenge, which this week is a wonderful sketch.

The Sugar Bowl - #73 Cathy's Sketch

Playing in Paradise Challenge - #44 Monochromatic

Delightful Sketches - Blue Xmas
 Creative Belli Challenge - #132 Winter & Christmas
Ruby's Rainbow - #18 Monochrome

Happy 1st Birthday to The Paper Shelter!!!

Good morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop.  Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us, as it is in celebration of our 1st Birthday!!!  If you have landed here from Debs then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog to begin as you'll not want to miss out on this one!  Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter website, and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on The Paper Shelter Challenge blog.

My card uses the pre-colored image "Balloon Ride" which I merged with paper and the sweet treats image from the Pattiserie accessorises set.  I printed out the Balloon Ride image twice, then fussy cut one of the images and popped it up over the original.  On the balloon and sweet treats I used Diamond Glaze and Viva Decors Brown Pearl Pen to add dimension to the fruit and chocolate chips and icing ( see below ).

From here you will need to hop on over to Tracey M's blog, or if you just stumbled across my blog, or gotten lost along the way, go back to the start of the list of design team members participating in the hop at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digis available in store.  Hop!  Hop!  Hop! 

Good luck,. and we hope you're enjoying all of the wonderful inspirations from the Design Team.



Wish Upon a Star

Another cute penguin card, and you guessed it, it's another Pickle - this time it's Pickle with Present from Wild Rose Studio - love these little cuties!!

I love the look of an easel card, and it's been awhile since I made one, and the round easel cards are a favorite.  The image was colored with Copics, white flock was added to the fur trim, and Flower Soft Polar White makes his pom pom trim complete.  All of the dp is from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas 6 x 6 paper pad.  Every shape was cut with a Spellbinder die, except for the Canadian Doily from Cherry Lynn Designs, and the star punch. 

I am entering this card into the following:

Kaboodle Doodles - #96 Colors of Christmas

Make My Monday - #27 Seasonal + Add some Glitter

Ooh La La Creations Challenges - #94 Lots of Sparkle

Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes

Bah-Humbug Christmas Challenge - #47 Cute Christmas Critters

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #111 Colours of Xmas with option of Sparkle

From Our Igloo to Yours!

As promised yesterday, here's my second penguin card, and this one features "Pickle on Igloo" colored with Copics.  Polar white flower soft highlights the snow on the ground, and white flocking was added to this cutie's hat trim.  The igloo was colored and then covered with Diamond Glaze, and tiny silver stars were added with a Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen to the sky.  The dp paper is from last year's SEI Kris Kringle 6 x 6 paper pad.

I am entering this card into the following:

Crazy Challenges - #96 Anything Goes

Bah-Humbug Christmas - #47 Cute Christmas Critters

The Poodles Parlour - Christmas

Totally Papercrafts - #95 Let It Snow

A Penguin Christmas

One of my all time favorite images is anything to do with penguins, so when I saw the adorable Pickle stamps from Wild Rose Studio, I just had to add some to my collection!   This is the first of four cards that I've been working on, so expect to see a few more penguins popping up on my blog in the next few days. 

Here's "Pickle with Tippie" wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!  The image was stamped with Memento ink on Copic Xpress It paper, then colored with Copics.  The dp is from my favorite 6 x 6 paper pad this year, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas.  Although you can't really see it in this photo, there are champagne bubbles floating out of the glass.

I am entering this card into the following:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - #18 Christmas card

Come and Get it Challenges - Anything Christmas

Gingerloft Challenge - GL30 Christmas & Winter

Lets Ink It Up - #18 Christmas Projects



Jolly & Glittery Little Santa

Wow, where did the year go?  Hard to believe that today is the first day of the last month of the year, and that Christmas is only 24 more sleeps away ( when the kids were small we counted down the sleeps until Santa arrived ).  Since it's the first of the month it's time for the next challenge at One Crazy Stamper and the theme is Winter/Christmas.

For this card I decided to use a technique that involves lots, and lots of messy glitter - it was time to get the animals all glittery for the upcoming season anyway!!  I stamped Jolly Little Santa from Whimsy Stamps on the front of a sheet of acrylic with Staz On Jet black ink.  Then working on the back side of the stamped image I put Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear adhesive on all of the parts of the image that I wanted to be either red, black, green or gold.  After applying the glue I sprinkled the selected color of Glitter Ritz on to the glue and shook off the access ( if you are going to try this technique run a used dryer sheet over both sides of the acrylic, it prevents some of the static ).  Once all of the glue dries I then applied Flower Soft Polar White Diamond range to the front of the card to make the fur trim ( use the same adhesive ).  Dp paper from Fancy Pants Saint Nick collection is on the inside of the card, and Whimsy Stamps Holiday Wishlist, stamped on kraft paper, and colored with Prismacolor pencils finishes the inside.  Ribbon and sentiment are from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following:

City Crafter - #85 Santa Claus is Coming

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Christmas

Exciting News - Happy 1st Birthday TPS!!!

The Paper Shelter is turning 1 on December 7th, and to celebrate we have a big blog hop planned, with prizes to be won, and lots of wonderful projects by both design teams for your inspiration.  Be sure to check it out on Wednesday, December 7th, here.