Tag Archives: penguins
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Ship Happens” and Hero Arts “Right at Home”
- Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye “Collectible: Memorable ‘Hello’ Cordial Paper” (both sides)
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
- Dies – JustRite/Spellbinders “Vintage Labels Three” and Spellbinders “Standard Circle Large”
- Ribbon
This is my last penguin card for a little while. I used another Cat’s Pajamas stamp and colored the image with Copic markers. I doubled-up the Vintage Labels die cuts for a little change. This is the final penguin card for Operation Penguin at Operation Write Home (OWH). There is a Brigadier General who has a certain fondness for penguins, and he has requested that we send penguin cards for his unit to send home. And many of us are happily fulfilling his request. This week’s Shopping Our Stash Challenge #134 is to make Miss You cards. I pulled this penguin stamp out of my stash unused! I’ve had it for a long time, too! The sentiment is one that I’ve used a number of time for OWH, and I found the patterned paper amid many other sheets of paper! I successfully shopped my stash, down to the little scrap of ribbon! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Inky Antics “Baking Penguins” and Northwoods “Capital For You”
- Patterned papers – from Echo Park “For the Record 2” 6 X 6” paper pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I used Freshly Made Sketches #118 for this card. It is another penguin card for Operation Penguin at Operation Write Home. I have a lot of penguin stamps, as you may have guessed, so I am taking advantage of this event to use some of my penguins for the greater good! I colored this little guy with Copics and fussy cut him and popped him up. Enjoy! And thanks for visiting.
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- Stamp – The Cat’s Pajamas “Smells Like Cake”
- Patterned papers – Echo Park “For the Record” 6 X 6″ pad
- Corner punch – Fiskars 4-1 Embossing Corner Punch – “Spiral”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
Today’s card is a clean and simple one. I used Sketch #238 from Unscripted Sketches. It features a lively group of penguins, courtesy of The Cat’s Pajamas, which I colored with Copics. Many of us are making penguin cards for Operation Write Home for a special card drive for a penguin-loving unit overseas! I’m all over it! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Inkadinkado “Snow Penguin” set
- Patterned paper – Echo Park “Very Merry Christmas”
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Lacey Ovals” and “Resplendent Rectangles”
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
I had to make another card for the Nature of Christmas Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps! The penguin stamps were calling me! So I colored this guy with Copic markers and popped him up a little bit with dimensional adhesive, along with the sentiment. I like the light blue and red with the black and white for a nicely contrasting color scheme. This could be used by our heroes as a Winter card, since there isn’t anything directly Christmas-y about it. Thanks for visiting today!
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- Stamps – Our Craft Lounge “Penguin Fun” and Penny Black “Christmas Cheer”
- Patterned paper – KaiserCraft “Just Believe” paper pad
- Ribbon – American Craft
- Copic markers and Ranger Distress Inks
- Cardstock – Bazzill
It is hard for me to do it, but I made a Christmas card in July. I’m one of those people who need it to be mid-December before I’m really in the mood to make a Christmas card, which is a real problem in order for me to actually get any created and in the mail for people! This past week’s Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown challenge was Christmas in July. I do need to make some Christmas and winter-themed cards for our heroes, so I’m okay with getting some made during the summer months! So for my first Christmas card, I thought I needed to show off a penguin! After stamping the image, I colored it with Copic markers and then added some distress inks along the border of it. I then added the sentiment at a jaunty angle with some ribbon behind it. Enjoy and hopefully the snow will help cool you off–it has been a hot weekend for us! Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamps – Cat’s Pajamas “Make Merry” set
- Patterned papers – My Mind’s Eye “Stomp: Best Buddies” (green) and K.I. Memories “Flourish” (black with dots)
- Edger punch – EK Success “Argyle”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made this card using the Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #66. It also features argyle, which is in response to the 365 Cards Day 306 challenge. Happy New Year!
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- Stamp – Inkadinkado “Penguins”
- Die cuts made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Classic Ovals” and “Lacey Ovals”
- Patterned paper – Pebbles “Nancy”
- Ribbon – American Crafts
- Crystal stickers – Clear 2mm, Mark Richards, Inc.
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Corner punch – EK Success
This was a fun color combination–and what better way to use black and white (and yellow) than in creating a penguin?! Hurray! I made this card in response to the challenge at 365 Cards for Day 251 – Black, White and Yellow color combination. I like adding one more color to black and white in cardmaking. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Stamps – Stampington & Company “Mother’s Love” and Wordsworth (Rubber Soul) “Happy Mother’s Day”
- Patterned paper – Basic Grey “Little Black Dress: Charisma”
- Ribbon – American Crafts
- Rhinestones – Queen & Co. – Irridescent
I made this card using Sketch #110 at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps. I’ve had the penguin stamp for quite some time, being a penguin afficionado and all! This was a fun sketch to feature the stamped image; I added a little color with gel pens. Thanks for visiting today!
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- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas set N-7475
- Die cuts – Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Lacey Circles” and “Standard Circles Large”
- Border punch – Martha Stewart
- Embossing Folder – from the Cuttlebug “Christmas Set”
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
- Ribbon – JoAnn
It has been a long time since I’ve posted with all of the holiday preparations and all! This is one of the cards I made to send from our family. Unfortunately I didn’t make as many as I would have liked to get in the mail. I do love all of the penguins that The Cat’s Pajamas has in their sets! These guys are doing the “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” thing! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!
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- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Candyland Christmas”
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Jovial: Pomegranate” (red) and Echo Park Paper Company “Garland” (green)
- Cardstock – WorldWin
I made this card for the Operation Write Home Christmas Card Challenge. I colored the penguins with Copic markers and inked the edges of the green and red pieces with Charcoal ColorBox Chalk ink. Thanks for stopping by.
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