We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today, our last of the year...Marie is the host, and the themes are:
'Y is for Your Favourite Colours'
&
'Z is for Zoo Animals'
The prize for the lucky winner is this three piece gingerbread ornament die set!
My favourite colour is blue...I love pretty much any shade of blue from duck egg to navy and everything in between, so I picked a piece of snowflake covered paper from the 'Pure Frozen' pad from Poundland, with many different blues on as my starting point. I stamped my favourite snowman ('Snowy' by Penny Black) on to a snippet of watercolour paper, used a black gel pen to extend the snowy ground, coloured him using watercolour pencils then carefully cut around the top of the image. I added a sentiment using one of the stamps from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous, then placed 'Snowy' on to the background. I matted it on to a snippet of teal card, then added it to a white card blank.
For my 'Zoo Animals' card, I had pretty limited options, but one thing I have a fair collection of penguin stamps, so I picked the one with the most penguins...'Penguin Parade' stamp by Woodware. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then added a sentiment using a stamp from a set by Crafter's Companion called 'It's Penguinning'. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, then distressed the edges a little before adding it to a kraft DL card blank.
- Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas') (Second card only)
- Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes (Optional 'Monochrome') (First card only)
- Cutie Pie - Cute Christmas (Second card only)
- Fab 'N' Funky - Christmas Animals (Second card only)
- Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets (First card only)
- Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Winter Blues (First card only)
- Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Winter') (First card only)
- We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Winter') (First card only)
Snowy looks splendid in his winter wonderland Helen and those Penguins and just adorable, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge and following the Christmas theme.
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I just picked up a Penny Black Snowman stamp.
ReplyDeleteWent to see what it was.
It's a Patchwork Snowman.
Snowy is cute. So are the penguins!
Thank you for joining us at Allsorts!
Love the snowman image. Thank you for joining Stamping Sensations challenge. Anesha
ReplyDeleteThey both are so beautiful and cute! Thanks so much for sharing this week at Allsorts challenge!
ReplyDeleteSnowy is my favourite too, Helen and I love how you extended the snowy scene around him. I love a punny sentiment so the second card tickles my fancy too! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLove and hugs,
Carol x
Both festive cards are gorgeous. Blue is my fave colour so the one you have entered as your Snippets Playground homework really works for me!
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Two beautiful cards - especially love those cute penguins!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at the Allsorts Challenge.
Helen x
DT
Lovely Snowy card!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at We Love Stamping;-))m
Absolutely darling. So glad you're joining us for the latest challenge on The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog. All the best!
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The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #314 - Anything Goes, optional Monochrome
Aw, so cute Helen! Beautifully made - and Snowy never fails to delight! It really is such a timeless stamp.
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Di xx