Penguin Pile!

Hey everyone!  Hope you are all doing well.  This is my first post as a

Design Team member of Southern Girls Challenge!  What an awesome

group to be working with...and you get a chance to play along!

For this challenge I'm using

Newton's Nook - Penguin Pile

First I stamped the penguin image onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth card.  I wanted

to color this image using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and they work

the best on this surface.  I used the following colors:

Mid Green/ Olive Green

Light Blue/Cobalt Blue

Light Violet/Deepviolet

Bright Yellow/Orange

Pink Haze & Cool Gray 1 & Black

I used very little water when blending these colors.  When coloring in the black on the

penguins, I left very slim white lines along the face of the bottom penguin.

After my image was dry I fussy cut it out.  I covered an A2 size white top folding card base

with Purple patterned paper from Doodlebug Winter Wonderland paper pad.

The I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of white embossed paper from Crafters Companion

Winter Wonderland A4 Luxury Card Pad and adhered that.  Next I cut a strip of aqua

paper from the Doodlebug pad that was 2 1/2" x 5 1/4".  Then I used a

double scallop die by Gina K. Designs along both edges.  Next I cut a 3"

stitched oval from plain white card stock and adhered all those layers down.

I left room for the sentiment at the bottom when I was adhering the oval.

I used Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to stamp my sentiment and then I popped

up my penguins on a wobble action spring.  To finish off, I used some snowflake

sequins with dots of Star Dust Stickles in the centers.  And that completed

my card!

I hoped you enjoyed the tutorial today!  Hop on over to the

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As always - thank you for your support and stopping by today!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Southern Girls Challenge, I do receive the stamps I use from them. All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.