It's penguining to look a lot like Christmas...

 

Hi guys! Although Christmas seems far away it's never too soon to begin getting those cards done. Especially when they must travel around the world twice - to far away places in war zones and back home to families. In fact, believe it or not, we just about reached the deadline for the Danish Operation Skriv Hjem (operation write home) Christmas cards.

The stamps are from My favorite things Holiday penguin and I colored the penguins with Copics. I ink blended the backgrounds with Distress ink (on the left) and Distress Oxide inks (on the right). For both I used Tumbled glass and Blueprint sketch.

Before adding the penguins I white heat embossed the tree and a sentiment from the set. The "snow" was created by splotching a bit of water on the panels and then adding embossing powder. Yes, that actually works!

The red baubles are cut from glitter cardstock. The cheap kind that only slightly sparkles, since we can't take any chances with glitter. I used the "berry" die from MFT Joyful wreath. They are the perfect size match.

Let me know in the comments if you've started on your Christmas cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stay safe, and happy crafting!

Tina

The cards are entered into:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-summertime-blues/

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes, optional penguins