Cards By Carol: Penguin Cheer

Monday, November 11, 2019

Sending Cheer Your Way! | Art Impressions

Happy Monday friends! I'm over on the blog at Art Impressions with a card featuring the adorable Penguin Cheer set.

I stamped the penguins and ornaments onto Neenah 80# with a Copic safe ink. All of the marker colors are listed at the end. I sketched in some snow for the ground using a BV20, C2, and C0 marker.

Next I used a Rectangle Double Stitched die to die cut the image out. Before removing the die, I used a blender brush and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide ink to add some shading around the penguins. I placed the same die on a piece of white card stock and traced around the outside edge of the die with a pencil. I cut it out with my paper trimmer. Perfect size to layer under the die cut piece. Before I adhered it, I used my dark blue Copic and colored the edges. I stamped the sentiment in black ink. I added some foam tape and adhered it to some patterned paper from my stash. This is all on an A2 top-folding card base.

Finally, I added some white gel pen accents and Diamond Glaze to the star, lights and ornaments.

Thank you so much for stopping by! This is just the type of card that would work for the current Holiday Card Challenge! We hope to see your creations there! Have a crafty week!

Copic markers:
B93, B95, B97, BV20, C00, C0, C2, C3, C5, C7,
G94, R11, R20, Y04, Y08, Y15, Y19, YG61, YG63, W00

Supplies:
Art Impressions Penguin Cheer
Art Impressions Rectangle Double Stitched Dies
Signo White Gel pen
JudiKins Diamond Glaze
Stormy Sky Distress Oxide
Honey Bee Stamps Background Blender Brushes

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Penguin Cheer & Week 2 of Holiday Card Challenge | Art Impressions

Hello my friends! It's Week 2 of Art Impressions Holiday Card Challenge (your card can be for any holiday!), and for inspiration, I'm using the new Penguin Cheer set. This is such a fun and sweet set with several images and sentiments which means you'll be able to make several different cards with one set!

I began in my usual way for Copic coloring by stamping with Ink on 3 Blackout Detail Ink onto Neenah Solar White 80# paper. I've listed my Copic colors below. After I had the penguins all colored I used a die from the Tag Stitched Dies set to cut it out. I then colored in my background.

To get a perfectly sized layer for the tag, I used a pencil and traced around the outside edges of the die. I used my trimmer to cut the straight edges, and hand trimmed the curved corners. I colored the edge of the tag layer with a green Copic to coordinate with the images. I also edged a 4-¼" x 5-½" card with the same green Copic and adhered it to a top folding A2 card base. The next layer was embossed with a beautiful 3-D Snowflake embossing folder and trimmed to 4" x 5-¼". I added some foam tape to the back of the tag and adhered it to the embossed layer.

I colored some white card stock with a red Copic I used, dried it, then heat embossed the sentiment in white embossing powder. I die cut it out using the smallest of the Rectangle Double Stitched dies. I used some red ribbon from my stash to add a bow to the tag. I added some sparkle with a Wink of Stella and topped it off with JudiKins Diamond Glaze.