December 10, 2014

CHRISTMAS PENGUIN

I thought I'd take a little break from showing you my variations on the November 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit. I do have two more variations to present to you yet. I hope you will like them.

For now, I'd like to introduce you to the Christmas Penguin.

As always, I wanted to make a very special card for my little granddaughter, Stella. I figured she would get a real kick out of this Christmas Penguin.

While I would love to take credit for this adorable little guy, I must confess that I stole the basics for creating him from Heidi Boos in this post: http://stuckonstampin.blogspot.ca/2011/12/2011-year-in-review.html?m=1. Of course, I made some changes to make penguin my very own.

This guy was so much fun to make! 

While I could have made the card base a bit smaller than the usual 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in order to fit his feet on and stay within that traditional parameter, I decided to make my card base the standard size and add his feet to that. Unfortunately, with the added feet, he was a little too long to fit into an A2 envelope. So, I grabbed my trusty Envelope Punch Board and some retired Gumball Green (the absolute BEST green for Christmas creating!) and made a custom envelope to fit. And, the envelope matches perfectly his "scarf" made from retired Sweater Trim and the green and white stars DSP. 


To make it easier to stamp and write inside the card, I adhered another Top Note to match his belly. In Gumball Green, I stamped the sentiment and added another star to echo the star that he is holding on the front of the card.


I hope you enjoyed this brief commercial break!

How are you doing on your Christmas card creating? Do you feel like you're on schedule?

Personally, I feel lucky that I had some of my handcrafted cards left over from last year (yes, I went just slightly overboard last year!) because with moving, I only had time to create one type of card this year. And this was created in spurts while I took small breaks from packing to move. What a crazy, crazy few weeks that was! 

I am glad we make progress every day on getting settled in. Maybe by Christmas it will truly feel like home. And we won't be living with towers of boxes everywhere! I must report though that my crafting area is shaping up well. Still can't find certain things like my personalized stamp and my Simply Scored, but I am sure they will turn up one of these days as I continue to go through boxes.

Penguin
Smiles.

20 comments:

  1. So cute! Love the idea. Visiting you from Creative Princess Link Party. :)
    Andrea@TablerPartyOfTwo

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  2. He's cute! I really like him. Congrats on getting settled, somewhat. I know you'll be glad when it's done.

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  3. LOVE LOVE LOVE this! (Actually I am a bit obsessed with Penguins). Pinning for later. Thanks for popping by this week's Feature Friday Link Party!!

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  4. He is just adorable! I love it if you shared this on the Saturday crafty showcase at Bowdabrablog.com

    :-)

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  5. Linda this is so A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E.!!!!!! Thanks for stopping by to link up on Friday Features this week, we enjoy your visit and wish you *Happy Holidays*
    Oh My Heartsie Girl~Karren

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  6. Cute, little fella :)

    xx
    Mila
    milaslittlethings.com
    milawayable@gmail.com

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  7. aww what a fab card. Son2 adores penguins #creativemondays

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  8. Stella will treasure this card - so cute! Thank you for sharing the penguin at Make It Monday.

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  9. That's adorable! I love penguins. :)

    (visiting from the Tuesdays with a Twist link-party)

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  10. Too, too cute! Thank you for sharing your penguin on Show Me Saturday!

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  11. Soooo stinking cute!! Thanks so much for sharing at the party :) Hugs!

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  12. Linda!!!! This is adorable. I am going card making later today, and might try something like this. Thank you for your ideas and inspiration. It's fun having you in our party always. A new party will open in just a few hours. Hope to see you there again!

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  13. Hi Linda, Such an adorable card. Love penguins. Wishing you a happy holiday season!! Thanks for linking up and share at the party. Theresa @DearCreatives Pinned for later

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  14. Thank you for posting to Motivation Monday!

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  15. Hi there
    Just stopped by to let you know that I featured this on my Saturday Spotlight post this week!

    Thanks again for linking up to A Round Tuit! Hope you have a great weekend!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success

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  16. Super cute card. Love the little feet. I'm a new follower.
    http://lorisartsyobsession.blogspot.com/

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  17. I love this little guy! Too cute.

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