Thursday 11 August 2011

P-p-p-pick-up-a-penguin!

Hi, and welcome!

I'm noticing that I seem to be surrounded by penguins, lately..........got another one for you on today's card, and yesterday brought me Happy Mail from my Papercraft Planet and bloggie friend, Maria, over in Germany, who sent me a gorgeously cute card.......the star of which was a ........Penguin!....and he brought lots of friends, too.........

Just how sweet is that?.....thank you,again, Maria.....I LOVE it!
Maria knows, as do most of you by now, that I really do not like hot weather, and would much prefer to live in a snow-bound landscape, every day of the year......Would it surprise ya to know that my favourite songs include "White Christmas" and "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow"?.....nope....thought not....ha!

Hardly want to show my effort after that ickle beauty....lol......but here he is.........went with a different colour of backing paper this time, but stayed with the red gingham ribbon, and red Christmas Rose.......just added lilac to the snowflake to blend with the background colours, and his fluffy lilac jumper.......looks very cosy.......

I'm just lovin' the expressions on these ickle guys faces.......do ya think his Mum got him wrapped up against the cold?.....ha!  that expression certainly reminds me how my kids looked when I did it........lol.......

 
Another arteeeeeesteeeec embellie, cut and made by my own fair hands..........

Not as many layers on this one, but they still give some dimension.........don't know if there are still any Christmas challenges goin' on anywhere, but ya never know!

By the way, if I haven't got around to your blog yet, and invited you to take my Fabby Follower award, please feel free to go to the relevant post (see sidebar archive) and take it........and don't forget to pass it on....but only to peeps who you consider to be true followers.....you know, the ones who take time and effort to leave comments, regularly.......they are the ones who make ya feel you're not just spittin' in the wind, but somebody is actually paying attention.....HaaaHaaa!!

Challenges:
papertakeweekly.blogspot.com Grow Your Own (flowers)
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/  Punches and dies (snowflake)

 


Hugs,
Anne-Marie x



13 comments:

  1. Your card is gorgeous, the image is fab.xxx

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  2. I love your card. Its so cute :) You did another awesome job my friend :)Have fun with your frosty-pinguin-power :)

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  3. WOW - nice card! With you one the snow-flake thing. I can just picture you gearing up your kids to go outside in the snow....and that backing colour on you card makes you feel the cool air he's in :o)

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  4. Ah this is great, love that big snowflake, much prefer them to the rain we have just now, thanks for playing along with us on Crafty Sentiments this week Hazelxo

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  5. No snow here, I think Adelaide has had snow only once in my lifetime. but I do like the look of it. Your penguin is adorable and I love your red rose.
    and thanks for sharing the beauty you received as well. Lots of lovely penguins on it too.
    Sandy

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  6. Wow!! super cute card, and your flower is awesome. Thanks for joing us at Papertake Weekly
    Louise

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  7. Ooh! I am going to make you so jealous right now! head on over to my sister blog http://camerahappychappy.blogspot.com/

    That said (insert naughty laugh), I love the penguin! He looks so 3-dimensional :) too cute I tell you! too cute!

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  8. Fabulous, penquins cards.
    luv
    Debby

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  9. Copperknob, I just love your penguin! Need to give you proper thanks also. Found your wonderful Mod Podge with glitter. Knock me over with a feather but did you know they also have Mod Podge in silver and gold? Guess which I purchased ;) Hard time deciding but I was swayed by your use of the glitter one.

    By the way, you are still nuts for loving snow. Just saying!

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  10. ooooo! I like the purple and red together!! Thanks so much for playing with us at Fab n Funky this week! Good luck :)
    Cyndi

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  11. What a lovely card, beautiful
    thank you for playing at Crafty Sentiments this week
    Love Jan
    xx

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  12. Oh, what a cute card. Beautiful colors. I like it a lot. Wonderful detail. A great week for you. Thank you for playing this week PTWC
    Hugs August GDT Marika

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  13. Cute card, lovely image and layout. Great use of die cuts and punches. Thanks for joining us this week at Crafty Sentiments Designs.
    Kim xXx

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