Happy Christmas Penguins

Oh, hi!  I had a whirlwind trip to San Diego last week, and next week, I will be on full Bridesmaid duty for my friend's wedding next weekend. . . so I thought I better get this blog post and video done. Besides. . . can you even handle the cuteness of these penguins??

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Here's the video for ya:

I started out by placing the Happy Christmas die (which is the current Free with $60 die) in the center of a Neenah Desert Storm card stock measuring 5.25" x 4" and running through my Gemini Junior Die Cut Machine.

After it was cut, I used my stamp positioner to stamp those penguins from the Sweet Holiday Penguins stamp set.  Once they were stamped, I colored them up with Copics and a White PrismaColor Pencil.

Here are the Copics I used:

Penguins - W4, W3, W2

Beak and Feet - YR15, YR18

Hats & Candy Cane - R59, R29, R24

After I was done with the coloring, I did go over their little eyes with a fine tip black marker to re-emphasize them.  The white colored pencil muted the black ink, so the pen was a quick fix for that.

Then I placed a mask over each penguin so I could stamp the Christmas Background stamp.  I inked up the stamp using Memento Pistachio ink and then placed my stamped panel on top of it.  I find it's easier for me to put the card stock on the stamp to make sure I get it straight.

After I stamped the background and removed the masks, I used a ballpoint glue pen on the fur trim and pompoms on the hats and used White Puff Embossing Powder to add some dimension.  That embossing powder worked perfectly!

I adhered the stamped panel to a piece of red card stock measuring 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" and then adhered that to a white A2 notecard.  I finished it up by gluing the centers of the letters on the Happy Christmas die and Ta-Da!  All done!

Thanks for stopping by today!