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Monday, November 2, 2020

Finn the Penguin Has Been Naughty

Here we go it's Monday. I am dedicating my November creativity time to Christmas holiday cards and I am doing things just a bit differently to better utilize time and energy. I'm only going to do the card fronts until I get like a dozen. Then dedicate a weekend to finishing backs and insides. Reason is, I want to use up scraps, but like on this card, I only have strips of these papers left. So I'll put them in a bag and use them to do a herringbone weave or some such with them to make the back mat. Anyway, that's my plan, just to do the fronts for now. 

So I'm sharing Finn today, a quirky penguin from Beccy's Place. I colored him with Copics and his bells/belt with Wink of Stella, then fussy-cut him out along with the sentiment that I cut up into words and ran a Cobalt Blue Promarker around them.

Papers: Bazzill, SU, Springhill card stocks, Crafters Companion shimmer cs, foil wrapping paper
Images: Beccy's Place Digital stamp set Finn's Bells
Inks: Promarkers, printer
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circle
Other: Wink of Stella, paper snowflakes

  

I used the current sketch at Fezziwig's Festive Frolics, resizing it to 6x6 and then turning it 90 degrees. The "ho ho hum" part of the sentiment replaced the 3 elements at bottom left.

I didn't have a large enough scrap of bright blue for my base mat layer, so I colored the edges of some white card stock with a Royal Blue Promarker. Although I have several snowflake dies, I'd found these white and silver paper snowflakes on Amazon last year at a fab price so I got them for convenience's sake.

A final view to try to show you the shine coming off of this card. I took several and this is best one, difficult to photograph that. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great evening! XOX

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:
2.   Beccy's Place: 8th Annual Month of Holiday Cards -- B for Bird, Bells, Blue and Boy (Finn) and I used a Beccy's image.
3.   Outlawz Color Tuesdays 10/20-11/2  Monochrome Blues
7.   12 Months Christmas Link-Up #71: AG + Opt. For the Boys -- Option played. This card is suitable for giving a male.

14 comments:

  1. Great card Aimeslee and a fantastic way to use up your scraps.

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  2. I like your plan Aimeslee, great idea to make all the toppers first so you can use up some of your offcuts. They accumulate so quickly! You've done an awesome job on this card, I love the design, especially the way you've cut apart the sentiment. All the little snowflakes are beautiful and the silver paper adds a wonderful shine to your project. Love it!
    Cheers,
    Beccy

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  3. Super cute! He's got that "Oh crap, I've been caught" look! LOL!

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  4. Oh wow, LOVE all your silver sparkle and glitter - and what a fun penguin! Very festive! Thanks so much for playing at Sparkles!

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  5. He looks like he does not seem to mind that he was naughty and he is very cute..

    Thank you so much for sharing and joining in with us at CCAYR...[ Christmas Crafts All Year Round]

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  6. Another cute card! The snowflake placement is an excellent idea. Your penguin is just so darn cute and coloured up nicely.

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  7. I love the look on his face...cracks me up. The silver snowflakes koof fantastic.

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  8. Hi this is a gorgeous card. That penguin is so cute. Thank you for joining us at Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog this month’s challenge theme is Penguins and the sponsor is Twinkle Lane Designs. Hugs Jackie (DT)

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  9. What a great card! This is bound to put a smile on someone's face! Love it!

    Hugz,
    Chana Malkah

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  10. oh what a fun card and that penguin is way too cute! thanks for joining our Creature Feature at Jingle Belles!

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  11. Super cute penguin! The blue colours work wonderfully too - perfect 😀. Take care and sending happy wishes your way! Hugs, Jo x

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  12. Beautiful card Aimeslee. Love your naughty penguin!
    Thanks so much for joining us for our Winter Wonderland Penguins Challenge sponsored by Twinkle Lane Designs.
    We hope to see you again soon,
    Lou DT xo
    JemLou Productions

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  13. Ahhh this is super, what a sweet card, love the penguin, thanks for joining in with me over on Fezziwigs, sorry for the lateness in my comment, Hazel x

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