Beccy's Place Penguin

I have been a follower at Beccy’s Place for a long time and she is so generous giving away her freebies. I have to be completely honest and say that although I have been collecting them I am ashamed to say that I have not previously coloured one up and actually made a card with one. Last year I didn’t make many cards other that doing DT work and I am trying to re-dress the balance this year and make more cards for my own pleasure as well.

I am entering Beccy’s challenge for the 1^st time, thus forcing myself to use more images from other designers J

I am consciously making a big effort to get my Christmas cards made earlier this year and I do love this little fella. He is a freebie called Penguin from Beccy’s Place and is still available here. I coloured him up with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and used the outside of an Oval die to cut the shape out, inking around the edge with a small almost dry ink pad.

I have used a sketch from Sweet Stop for the layout. The snowflake paper is a Crafter’s Companion freebie from a magazine pullout, the stripy card is a glittered one from a DCWV drawer set that I had years ago from QVC. I cut 2 rectangles into the cross shape to piece together so have the opposite pieces to use on another card.

The snowflake dies are from Spellbinders. I purchased these in a sale for only £9.99 and this is the 1^st time I have used them. I LOVE LOVE LOVE snowflakes and when I saw these at such a bargainous price I knew that some of my Christmas pennies were going to buy them. I am sure you will see them a lot…… I have used oddments of glitter card and different blues to make them, adding 3d foam squares and gemstones. The sentiment is recycled from a store bought card.

Woohoo, that’s another Christmas card done J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Penguin from Beccy’s Place

Sentiment – Recycled from a Christmas Cards

Paper – Crafter’s Companion and DCWV
Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Spellbinders Build A Snowflake dies, small ink pad

Embellishments - Gems, Glossy Accents

Techniques - Die Cutting and distressing

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Anything Goes - #85 Monochrome
• Artistic Inspirations – #26 Anything Goes
• Beccy’s Place – January Challenge
• CDAC Seasonal Fun – Snow over the last week, lots of it (no penguins though!)
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ - #2 Cold & Frosty
• Christmas Cards All Year Round – Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Creations  – #206 take 2 (DP, blue gems)
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Creative Craft World BTCR – Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Hanna & Friends - #163 Snowflakes
• I Love Promarkers - #152 Anything Goes
• Jen’s Digi Stamps – Blue Silver & White
• Love To Create – #50 Anything Goes With Sentiment
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Snowflakes & Sparkle
• Moving Along With The Times – Bling It On
• Order of the Opus Gluei - #149 Bring on the Bling
• Perfect Sentiment – #63 Blue Silver & White
• Sweet Stop - #195 Sketch for Layout
• Twisted Tuesday - #2TC42 Free For All
• Word Art Wednesday - #64 Anything Goes