Gifts of Great Joy...

I just loved this Sugar Nellie stamp when I first saw it. I've had it in my stash for the longest time. But have not been brave enough to try and colour this sweet duo until now. I was worried how the fur would look and didn't want to muck it up! I hate to throw my colouring away, so if I'm not sure, it just sits there until I find the courage and mojo to give it a go. Perfectionist streak I got from my Papa. I hate to mess up! Although my colouring skills still do have a long way to go (it's only a little over a year since I bought my first Promarkers) I think this one came together nicely, even if I was a little tentative with the colouring.

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Tidying up my stash, I found some sweet Whimsy stamps, one of which was this lil' penguin postmark and I just knew I wanted to use that with this penguin pair. The lovely gold ribbon I rescued from a present a while back and I knew I'd get plenty of use out of it. It worked perfectly with the great 'Christmas Joy' First Edition papers I used. I loved the sweet little characters on the paper which included Santa, Rudolph and a sweet penguin! So that fit really nicely. The colour of the paper created the colour palette for my colouring of the image and I have to say, though not my first choice for Christmas makes, I really love this colour palette.

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I finished up the card and had it sitting for a couple of days, thinking it was done, but just felt there was something missing, so finally added a lovely snowflake from Joy Crafts with a pearl centre and was much happier. It was very plain and although I do love the CAS style, I wanted just that little something extra.

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I edged all the papers with a lovely chalk ink VersaMagic in Oasis Green. It was chuffed I had such a great match for the green colour palette. I used Stickles on the lil' dangly heart and the hat. I used Glitter Magic on the snowflake. The flatback pearls from MeiFlower were the final finish.



Nought else to say folks and my beddy-byes is calling. So I'll leave you to enjoy this sweet Christmas pair while I'm in the land of nod. Thanks for popping in today. Hugs, Wends x

Challenge Entries:
Winter Wonderland: Wrap it up
CHNC Challenge: #146 ~ Make it Square
The Sugar Bowl: Anything 'Sugar Nellie' Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge: U - Under the Tree
I Love Promarkers Challenge: #190 ~ Snowflakes
CHNC Challenge Extra: October: Anything 'Christmas' Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges: #244 ~ Let's See You Sparkle & Shine
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: #189 ~ Spots & Stripes (spotty matt behind image)

Comments

chrissy xx saidā€¦
What a cutie your image is! FABulous colours and I LOve all your sparkle.
Chrissyxx
Hazel saidā€¦
Beautiful card - what a delightful image - thanks for entering my CHNC challenge 146 - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for October - I'd love to see it there too. You could also enter this into the Crafting Musketeers challenge 6: Christmas in October - would love to see it there too x
Sue saidā€¦
Awwww that image is just adorable Wendy and you have coloured it so beautifully. I love the cute papers and gorgeous ribbon too.
hugs Sue xx
Hazel saidā€¦
Thanks for adding for CHNC challenge extra for October - hope to see you again soon. x
downrightcrafty saidā€¦
what a great representation of our theme, a wonderful creation thank you so much for joining us at the Winter Wonderland
Hugs Kate xx
Pat K saidā€¦
Adorable card Wendy. Your colouring is beautiful and I love the papers too! Thanks for playing along with us at Fab'n'Funky this week. hugs, Pat K xx
cotnob saidā€¦
This is a fabulous card, adorable image and lovely papers.
Thank you for joining us at Winter Wonderland this week.
Pauline
x
P.S. I have candy on my blog if you would like to take a look - http://craftingwithcotnob.blogspot.co.uk/
Teresa saidā€¦
This is gorgeous Wendy, I love this image too, so cute!
hugs Teresa
coops saidā€¦
aw so stunning wendy.really gorgeous details and colours and i love the sweet penguins :D

xx coops xx
Anonymous saidā€¦
Oh this card is super cute LOVE the snowflake and also the image is brilliant too! Thanks for playing along with us this time at ABC Christmas Challenge,
hugs Samantha :0)
Angelique saidā€¦
Adorable. love the bow and snowflake.
Thank you for joining us at Fab'n'Funky

Huggsss, Angelique
EngelDesignsScrap
Karen saidā€¦
Lovely card and what a fab cute image too, thanks for joining us at I ā™„ ProMarkers.
xx
Michelle B. saidā€¦
Beautiful card! I love the sparkles and the image is completely adorable! So glad you joined us for our Under the Tree Challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge!

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