Our grandson, Caleb, is a huge fan of penguins. While we were in Chicago, “My Favorite Things” stamps had a quick sale, and I ordered “Chill Wishes” knowing I’d be able to use most of the images over time. He’s also become a fan of Nate the Great books, and I picked up a couple for him this week at Barnes and Noble. I thought I’d send him a card and one book as a bit of happy mail this week.
This card was lots of fun to make, and in addition to the new stamp set, I pulled out some products I hadn’t used in awhile—a stencil and embossing paste, and old Spellbinders Circle and banner dies.
I colored this cute penguin with Copic markers and fussy cut it. I also used a die from Papertrey Inks “In the Meadow” set to create the snowy hill. The sentiment comes from the August 2014 Simon Says Card Kit, “Ice Cream Dream.” I applied some Glitter Stickles to the hill for a bit of accent. And although you can’t see it in the photo, the hat and scarf have a coat of Wink of Stella glitter.
I’m entering this in two challenges. CASology’s theme this week is Youth.
And here’s another one for NBUS #10 (Never Before Used Stuff). Sad to say I’ve still got a bit of that around.
He’ll love it!
Cool; like grandson, like grandma!
Too fun! Caleb’s going to be over the moon with happiness when he opens his special mail! Thanks for sharing this very special card and his new book, too! Grandmas are the best/1
Cheers~
Karen, this is adorable, and I’m sure your grandson will love it. Who doesn’t like happy mail?
The cuteness factor is off the scale, Karen – how gorgeous! He’s a lucky young man. I hope someone is keeping all these for him …
This is so cute – all the little details make it perfect!! I’m sure it and the book will be well received!
This is an adorable little scene, Karen! So fun to pull out older supplies and pair them with something new. Thanks for playing along with us at CASology this week!
Your card is so adorable ! I love the CAS design you chose and this penguin is so so cute ! I’m sure your grandson will love it ! Great colours too ! Thanks for sharing and for inspiring.
This is SO cute! My sons would love it too! Am yet to discover ‘Nate the Great’. I have a ‘Tate’, so am thinking there might be a bit of interest there! 😉 That aside, I adore how you have put this together, Karen. It is very cool in every sense of the word, and that embossing paste and glitter add such lovely texture too! Thank so much for sharing this cool little beauty with us at CASology this week!
This is so cute!! I love how you added glitter to the snow and the hill!!
This checks all the boxes, Karen! It is CAS and crisp with lots of white, it is colorful, it has texture, and it has an off-set banner, and it just screams FUN! Thank you for playing again in my NBUS Challenge #10! Hugs, Darnell
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