Pengi Wishes

 

A simple card.  Background blue card stamped with HeroArts unicorn ink, AALL & Create stamped penguin coloured with Copics.  Sentiment stamped, punched & framed with Stickles.  Of course we don't have a cold Christmas we had over 28 deg C yesterday.  We celebrate in the shade with a cool glass of something.  This is for one of my northern hemisphere buddies, but I reckon a kid would love to get this cute penguin all cosied up in hat and scarf.

NZ is home to 13 of the 18 penguin species in the world and we often used to see the fairy penguins swim by when we were out fishing.  

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Pohutukawa Christmas

 A New Zealand Christmas!  The pohutukawa is known as the NZ Christmas tree as it is out in flower now!  A sight to see - greyish dark green foliage with bright red fluffy flowers all over, flowering throughout December, while it grows in large gardens it is particularly a beach tree which is why I chose the turquoise background.  

A large background stamp with Hero Arts Unicorn ink, a diecut pohutukawa flower (Craft Creations), gold Stickles, and a matte gold strip for sunshine.

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Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree

New Year

 

CAS and cool.

A strip EF, and a diecut senti.  I left the lettering in place and wrote over in Stickles.  A good card to mail.

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Beach Santa

 

Here in NZ we celebrate Christmas in the heat, usually in the shade with a cool drink.  Most Kiwis head to the beach for a week or two, school is finished, some businesses close down for a couple of weeks to enjoy the summer.  We have two grandchildren off to university in February, so they will be making the most of it.

This is a cool santa & senti stamp.  I stamped santa, masked him, stamped the tree, and coloured with Copics.  The edges of the panel and senti are outlined in hot pink Distress Crayon, a nice informal edge to go with a relaxed santa.  The navy blue background panel is stamped using white ink (Hero Arts Unicorn), and I like this because of the subtle messages.  White pen highlights, Glossy Accents, and gold pearls to hang the sentiment like a bauble.  I like the non-trad colours, and the navy blue and hot pink look fabulous.

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Poinsettia Joy

CAS and colourful.

Card & elements from Rosie's Studio pad. The poinsettia is popped up on 3D foam.  Joy die is Rosie's Studio diecut from gold mirror card.  Stamens have Glossy Accents.

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Let it Snow

 Tags for a gift.  I like this non-trad colour combo.

Diecut, stamped, embossed, a bit distressed, some Stickles sparkle.

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Sweet

 

A pillowbox to fill with something sweet ... or maybe something sparkly for someone sweet?

Diecut pillowbox, diecut senti, DPapers, heart sequins

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Joyeux Noel

 

I made this for a french speaking friend of mine.

Three patterned paper strips/snippets with two corners of each punched (Punch: Couture Creations).

Diecut gold greeting, with die drop-out dots for accents.  Glossy Accents applied to berries and centres of starry shapes.

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Tree Trio

Simple, monochromatic and masculine.  

Diecut (Couture Creations), subtle stamping DI shadow.  Maybe I will add a greeting, maybe not... it speaks for itself really.

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Be Merry Be Bright

 

A simple card using non-traditional colours.  This little guy is on a mission, and I love his red scarf and boots.

Materials are all Rosie's Studio, with Stickles (on snowflakes) and Glossy Accents (on boots, nose) added.  Snowflakes punch (no brand).  The bear is popped up on foam tape.

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Joy

 

Traditional colours of dark red and dark green with a gold highlight, CAS style.  The sentiment die is Rosie's Studio, star die ...

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HM Mice Christmas

O boy isn't this wee mousie having fun? Such sweet images.  This image is from a HouseMouse Triple CD, with House Mouse stamped greeting.  Image coloured with Copics and fussycut. Berries have Glossy Accents.  NCraft Tags diecut one from patterned paper card and one red textured card.  Tied with snippets/scraps of ribbon and cord.

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Fun & Games

 

Come and join in the fun and games at Critter Crazy, 

it's all about the animals, click here: crittercrazy

Yes, it's all fun & games with snarky cat and his tiny friend.

A stamped, fussy-cut Tim Holtz cat, bird and sentiment with Copic colouring and a paper pieced scarf.  A big background scribble stamp & snowflakes.

For those of you in colder climes have a cool Christmas, and think of us in southern climes celebrating while sitting in the shade with a sunhat and cool drink.  Sip sip hooray!

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Starsnowflake

 

A CAS style card, a dark blue base card, a pale blue background card diecut with swirling stars.  Snowflake die from Rosie's Studio cut from metallic silver card.  I like simple.

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Birdie Thanks

 

Another timed card at 15 minutes.  Timed challenges are you against you.  

The coordinating papers and focal panel (with a whole 12x12 of ready-to-go panels) are from a My Minds Eye 12x12 pad and already have sugar sparkle on.  Trimmed the stripey card, embossed a snippet of blue (Cuttlebug), tied bakers twine and stuck to white card base.  The focal panel is popped up on foam tape and added diecut sentiment from a snippet of lime card (stacked x2).

This would be good for a man ... no fuss no mush.

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Bbbbutterfly

 

I was sent the butterfly diecut and the sentiment diecut by a cardmaking friend to make a card for her and me to swap.  I don't know what the brand is.  I coloured the butterfly with Distress Oxide ink and partially embossed in silver using an embossing pen.  The background is an old EF magazine freebee from Practical Publishing called In the Garden which I re-discovered; I used Distress Oxide Sprays, with some stickles in the flower centres.  The silver dots on the butterfly body are drop-outs from a die.

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