Author Archives: Penguin Chick

All Squared Up

 SquaredUp1

I love the strong graphic style of this Avery Elle set All Squared Up and how it lends itself to clean and simple cards. Here I stamped the hexagon outline in Hero Arts black dye ink and used the fill-in stamp to add random bits of colour. I had some Neat and Tangled sequins that matched the ink colours  so added a few of those too for a little extra interest. The greeting and frame are also from the All Squared Up Set (lots of options!). I stamped it on some scrap paper then cut it out with a circle punch. The little arrow shapes were cut using the Avery Elle Chevon Bits die.

SquaredUp2

This week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is “A” so I’m entering this card as it uses two Avery Elle sets.

mondayblog-logo

Supplies
Stamps: Avery Elle All Squared Up
Dies: Avery Elle Chevron Bits
Ink: Hero Arts Black, Stampin Up Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit & Tangerine Tango
Card: Stampin Up Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Wasabi Green, Coral Calypso.

Thanks for looking!
Deanne

Monkeying around

Monkey1

Here’s a very simple interactive card I made using Avery Elle’s adorable Funky Monkey set. I stamped the vine image twice to create a longer vine that could run the full height of the main panel, then coloured it and trimmed it out. I stamped and cut out the monkey image and attached his raised arm to the vine with a brad so that he can swing from the branch (using dimensional foam adhesive on the vine gives enough clearance for the little monkey to swing properly :)).

Monkey2

I love the little envelope from the Avery Elle Air Mail set – it has a couple of little sayings that fit on the letter – so cute!  The background on the card has some wavy hills cut using Mama Elephant’s Landscape Trio dies and some little mushrooms and clouds I had left over from some Lawn Fawn cards I did last week.

This week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is “A” so I’m entering this card as it uses two Avery Elle sets.

mondayblog-logo

Supplies
Stamps: Avery Elle Funky Monkey, Avery Elle Air Mail, Lawn Fawn Critters in the Woods
Ink: Stampin up Chocolate Chip (monkey), Memento Rich Cocoa (vine), Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Black, Copic markers
Paper: Stampin Up Whisper White, Lawn Fawn Into the Woods
Dies: Mama Elephant Landscape Trio

Thanks for looking!
Deanne

Cuteasaurous

Cute1

 

Cute2

I managed to sneak in a bit of card making tonight while dinner was on the stove ;). This adorable dinosaur image is from the Paper Smooches set Little Fella. I coloured him quickly with Copics, cut him out and placed him on a tag which I decorated with two yellow bands of Crushed Curry card stock. I stamped the pair of stars from the same Little Fella set in the middle and heat embossed the sentiment in white on the black matt layer. I’m entering this card in the Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog Anything Goes challenge.

SPARKS BADGEJan14PPmondayblog-logo

Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches Little Fella
Die: Lawn Fawn Tag You’re It
Ink: Copic Sketch markers, SU Basic Grey, Versamark
Cardstock: Express It, SU Whisper White, Basic Black and Crushed Curry
Other: The Twinery twine, Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

Thanks for looking!
Deanne W

WPlus9 Monday Mood Board #25 Card 2

FF1

Here’s the second thank you card I made using WPlus9’s Fanciful Feathers stamps and coordinating dies, this time along with the ikat stamp from Borders & Background 1. It was such fun putting the card together. I love the chic-ness of this week’s Monday Mood Board with its playful pop of yellow. It provided me with the colour inspiration for the card.

wplus9MMB25I stamped the ikat border in Stampin Up Crushed Curry and Smoky Slate. I die cut the feathers first, then stamped the two smaller images using Memento Luxe Peanut Brittle and Smoky Slate. The larger feather was spritzed in sunshine yellow.

FF2

Thanks for looking!
Deanne

Supplies
Stamps: WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers, WPlus9 Borders & Backgrounds 1
Dies: WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers
Ink: Stampin Up Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Memento Luxe Peanut Brittle, Studio Calico Mister Huey Sunshine Yellow.
Card: Stampin Up Crushed Curry, Whisper White.

WPlus9 Monday Mood Board #25 Card 1

FF3

This was my first card using WPlus9’s Fanciful Feathers stamps and coordinating dies. I adore both the images and the lovely hand script sentiments in this set. I had to make two thank you cards for my boys, who have just finished a two week summer music school program at the Canberra Young Music Society. Over 400 children took part, during a record-breaking heatwave. Keeping those children cool, safe and happily occupied was no mean feat! So we wanted to thank our kids’ teachers with a little card and gift. The colours were inspired by this week’s WPlus9 Monday Mood Board:

wplus9MMB25

The stripes on the left of the card were stamped using images from WPlus9’s Country Charm set (I find myself reaching for that set all the time!). Next I die cut the feathers. Lining up the images on the die cut shapes is super easy. I stamped the smaller feather images in Memento Luxe Peanut Brittle and Stampin Up Smoky Slate.  The larger feather is lovely and delicate and I wanted to keep that feeling when it was coloured, so I lightly spritzed it using a colour spray. To adhere that feather I used a Quickie Glue stick – much easier and neater than using a tape runner.

FF4

Thanks for looking :).
Deanne W

Supplies
Stamps: WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers, WPlus9 Country Charm
Dies: WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers
Ink: Stampin Up Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Memento Luxe Peanut Brittle, Studio Calico Mister Huey Sunshine Yellow.
Card: Stampin Up Crushed Curry, Whisper White.

 

Lawn Fawn Birthday Penguins

DSC00088

I grew up in a small town on the north west coast of Tasmania called Penguin, so have a life-long love of these little creatures! These Lawn Fawn ones are so much fun to colour and I used them here for another birthday card for my stash. I also used the Lawn Fawn A Birdie Told Me dies to cut a speech bubble from the Into the Woods paper pack and heat-embossed the sentiment. Love how the dies can be used with or without the coordinating stamps.  I’m entering this one into the Lawnscaping Birthday challenge.

1475936_10202522029837830_1511932780_n

Supplies
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters in the Snow, Lawn Fawn So Much to Say
Dies: Mama Elephant Landscape Trio
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Card & Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Lawn Fawn Into the Woods
Other: Sequins, Ranger Enamel Accents, Hero Arts white embossing powder.

Thanks for visiting!
Deanne W.

 

Lawn Fawn Birthday Fun


LF1

With two young boys and birthday parties to attend I’m always needing cards for their friends so thought I’d take advantage of my few days off work to make some for the next couple of months. I stamped and coloured a batch of various Lawn Fawn Critters (so much fun!) and then used the Into the Woods 6×6 paper pack to make a number of bases for the cards. I love how the designs in the 6×6 pads are scaled down to suit card sizes – they work so well!

I’d like to wish the Lawnscaping Challenge team a very Happy 4th Birthday! I’m entering the above card in their birthday challenge.

1475936_10202522029837830_1511932780_n

Supplies
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Into the Woods (fox), Lawn Fawn Critters in the Forest (log), WPlus9 Strictly Sentiments 1
Dies: Lawn Fawn Into The Woods, Blue Skies
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, Versamark
Card and paper: SU Crumb Cake, Lawn Fawn Into the Woods 6 x 6
Other: Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Ranger Enamel Accents

Thanks for looking!

Deanne W.

Bookmark Fun with Paper Smooches

DoggyBookmark

My young sons have both recently started picking up books and reading for pleasure – woo hoo! My hubby and I are both keen readers so it’s great to see the kids enjoying some quiet reading time each day too. At the moment my seven year old is enjoying a time traveller series, while the six year old is whipping through the Zac Powers spy stories. Anyway since they are now in the market for bookmarks I was very excited about the Paper Smooches Bookmarks Dies. To decorate this one, and as we have an adorable fur baby in our family called Yoshi, I thought I’d use the Chubby Chums dog image and the paw print for the background. The image is mounted on a scrap piece of embossed card stock. So quick to put together and now I’ll just need to make a second so the boys can have one each! I’m entering this in at the last minute for the PS Anything Goes Challenge for this week.

SPARKS BADGE

Thanks for looking!

Deanne

Something New Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Buttons1

One of the stamp sets new to my stash is Mama Elephant’s Confetti set. I love the greetings in this one, and thought I’d combine it with some die cut buttons from a My Favorite Things die to make a simple card. I often don’t know how to best use really graphic patterned paper, but love how this diagonal stripe makes a striking border for the white panel. And doesn’t the Lawn Fawn Pink Lemonade twine look cute on the buttons :).

Buttons2

I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog competition for this week.

Thanks for looking!

Deanne

Make It Monday #146: Angled Backgrounds

Angled1

I really enjoyed Ashley’s video here demonstrating angled backgrounds. I decided to make my own stamped patterned strips for a few of the angled layers. Plaid backgrounds are so much fun to create and I used Papertrey Ink’s Super Stripes set to do the plaid and striped layers you can see in the card. I also used the sun and falling snow stamps from City Scenes to create other strips. The photo below shows them a little better.

Angled2

Angled3

I white heat-embossed the sentiment on the label to help make it stand out a little more against such a heavily patterned background. Sorry for the quality of the shots – I’m still experimenting with our new camera!

Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey ink Background Basics Super Stripes, Papertrey Ink City Scenes, SU Apothecary Art
Ink: SU Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple
Cardstock: SU Whisper White and retired DSP
Other: SU Labels framelits, white embossing powder, white gel pen

Thanks for looking!
Deanne