Merry Christmas - Flickr group swap.

 I took part in the Merry Christmas - Handmade cards and swap Flickr group's swap again this year.    I chose to send three cards and got three back. 

Here are the three gorgeous cards I got from Cindy C, Cathy D and Cindy M.

Aren't they all so lovely. 

And here are the three I sent...

As you can see I had a bit of a theme going on.   Using Gina K's Playful Penguins.  I stamped and die cut them then coloured with Prisma pencils and gamsol. Then different backgrounds.... ink blending and smooshing with iridescent spray  colouring an embossed background with Woodless watercolour pencils and a stenciled mandala stencil.  Added a sentiment to each,  Playful Penguins, Holiday Tapestry (Gina K) and Altenew's Holiday Flower set.

Skating Penguin

 

Bugaboo Digi Stamps have some of the cutest images.  This month they are sponsoring two of the teams I'm involved with.   Both Die Cut Divas and Chalk'n'Stock are sponsored by them.   Today's card covers both blogs.

I printed out the penguin at a fair large size, coloured with Copics and fussy cut him.  The design for my card is similar to one that we used in the Holiday Card Workshop.   I used my embossing folder on the top and bottom of the card.  I then sponged over some chalk ink.  I used a greeny blue colour ink.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Holiday Borders set.

I'm entering this into the challenge at Digi Haven who are also sponsored by Bugaboo. 

I really enjoying working with Bugaboo images... there really is something for everyone and for all of December their images are 50% off