Thursday 1 December 2011

Penguin Fun


I absolutely adore this cute Pickle stamp from Wild Rose Studio - he looks like he is having so much fun delivering his sleigh full of presents. This image is one of several I coloured in a few weeks ago and I have been gradually working my way though them since. A few days ago while having a bit of a crafty clear out I found several squares of embossed pearlised white card sitting ready to make up into cards ... so I quickly put the two together to make another Chrimbo card. I tried to add a bit of interest with these yummy poinsettas from my local craft shop Crafts4U2Do, who are now stocking their own fabulous brand of flowers called "Sweet Lilac", and finished off with my new Cheery Lynn die which is just sooo gorgeous and I'm really pleased with it :-)

Not the best light for photos again ... for some reason I have a real problem getting a true colour when photographing red, as  it always comes out far too bright. I have photo-edited it to calm it down although it is still too light, but that has made my green go a bit off-kilter lol!


Stamps: Wild Rose Studio "Pickle with Sleigh";
Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; glamour dust all around!
Supplies: poinsettas by Sweet Lilac dusted wtih Stickles; gems from The Hobby House; ribbon and peel off my stash;
Tools: Cheery Lynn die "holly flourish"; Cuttlebug Snowflake folders.


Challenges:
Joanna Sheen Challenge #1 - It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Pollycraft Monday #120 - Christmas Fun
Stamptacular #140 - Anything Christmas
Craft Your Passion #86 - 'Tis The Season
Ooh-La-La #94 - Lots of Sparkle
Dream Valley #21 - Sparkle
Colour Create #85 - Red, White and Green
Cooking it Up With Katie #86 - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Reel #16 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Scrapbook Sisters #62 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #146 - Picture inspiration
(I was inspired by the red for the flowers, the green holly wreath, and the wood for the sleigh)


Thanks for looking - have a great day.

25 comments:

marilynprestonn said...

Just the sweetest card. Thank you for playing Crafty Creations and good luck! :)Peggy

Hanneke said...

That image is so adorable! Love your coloring. Those flowers look great! Hugs, Hanneke

NanaConnie said...

Pauline, this is so delightful! Love the glitter on the flower. So glad you played along in the challenge at Cooking It Up with Katie, and remember, you can enter a total of 3 times throughout December. Hope to see your work again soon. Merry Christmas.
NanaConnie DT Chef

Joey said...

Pauline this is gorgeous, that image is super cute and I love the glitter on the flowers. Joey x

Anonymous said...

Hi Pauline, this is sooo gorgeous! Love the image and the pointsettias are just perfect. Hmmm, I can feel a visit to the shop coming on!!
xx

yvon said...

You're card is so beautiful and i just love the flowers.
Hugs, Yvon

Mary J said...

Totally love this - super cute! Thx for joining us at Pollycrafts Monday!

Mary J x

Sharon Traynor Designs said...

Hi Pauline, Hope you are keeping well (been a long time since I've caught up with you!).
Your card is wonderful. A beautiful image and it's coloured so superbly. Fabulous flowers too.
Hugs,
Sharon xx

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Stunning card, this image is adorable
Lindsay xx

Anonymous said...

I really sweet card and the floral embellishments work well with the main design

Claire said...

This is such a cute card, love the colours. Hugs, Claire x

Riet said...

So beautiful card,I love the image and the colours.

Hugs Riet.xx

Lindsey said...

What a sweet card -- I love that penguin and how you've coloured him! Thanks for linking it to this week's Crafty Creations challenge.

Penny said...

This is just lovely, made me smile!
Thanks so much for cooking it up with our anything goes challenge this month, remember you can enter up to three times! Thanks for sharing with us all, happy holidays , Penny (DT Cooking it up with Katie)

Kaz said...

Awww he's juct so cute, and so beautifully coloured too. Fab card. I know what you mean about photographing reds.
Hugs
Kaz xx

Emma H said...

So cute! Love your wonderful holiday card! Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion this week!

Carrie's Corner said...

Adorable card, image and wonderful coloring! Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley Challenges.

Hugs
Carrie

Nina said...

A beautiful card! A very cute motiv and a gorgeus christmas swirl.

Thanks for joining our "Anything Christmas" challenge at Stamptacular Sunday :)
Hugs, Nina.

Melissa Bove said...

Very cute card! Love that adorable image and those gorgeous poinsettias!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

Hugs...
Melissa

DesigNeAl said...

Beautiful card!!
Thanks for sharing your sparkly project with us at Ooh La la; we hope to see you again xx

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Just gorgeous

lisbeth said...

Love your card, thanks for joining us at OLLCB

Wendy - Anntaurus said...

A fabulous card and so beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining the JS Monthly Challenge.

Wendy -x-

Helen Berry said...

Oh wow, another fantastic card - so adorable!! thanks so much for joining us at The Ribbon Reel again xx

Katie said...

Wonderful!
Thanks for Cooking It Up With Katie :)