Sunday 22 May 2016

A 2nd Birthday and some Christmas Penguins

It's been a day of two halves today ... sunshine and gardening in the morning and heavy showers and crafting in the afternoon!

This is a special request card - I'm hoping she's got the name right as I've never seen Anabel spelt like that!
My stamp is an oldie from CC Designs that I don't think has seen ink before! Coloured with watercolour pencils and swimsuit paper pieced.  Clear gloss and glitter added to the '2', her lolly and flowers on her sandals. Sentiment and number popped up on dimensionals.

My second card uses these fab penguins from Eat Cake Graphics ...
coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to their beaks and feet.  Penguin in foreground popped up on dimensionals.
Simon Says Stamp falling snow stencil, and christmas sentiment die.
Sentiment and corner accent cut from shiny silver card.

The inside of my card was inspired by my bloggy buddy Cheryl's gorgeous card here :)
I used an old cuttlebug embossing folder, but I managed to leave a mark so used a silver strip to cover it up.

25 comments:

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Looks like those penguins are having a blast with all that snow! Delighted that you are playing with us at MCV - thank you!

Ardyth said...

Oh, those penguins are so cute! I love how they look like they're sliding! So glad you joined us at MCV this week!

Cheryl W. said...

Awwww...I'm so pleased you thought my idea was good enough to use on the inside of your card! Those penguins are so much fun and perfect for a Christmas card. I LOVE the birthday card. That little sweetheart is A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E.

brenda said...

Two super creations Lynne, many thanks for joining in with our 7th Birthday celebrations at Allsorts again.

B x

Cara said...

Two fabulous cards. The birthday card is so sweet with her paper pieced outfit and those penguins are just too darn cute! Cara x

Claudia's kaartjes said...

Very nice card. Thanks for joining us at The Sketchy Challenge
hugs
Claudia
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Helen said...

Love the cute penguins. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenges for our "Christmas Cuties" challenge.
Hugs Helen (DT) x

Wendy L said...

So sweet, thanks for joining us at Allsorts Birthday Celebrations. xxx

Sarah said...

Those are the best kinds of days Lynne, it was a bit like that over here on Sunday. martin and I got drenched as we were potting up our troughs!! Love these two cards, sunshine on one and snowy winter on the other, a bit like Sunday without the snow!! xx

coldwaters2 said...

Two gorgeous cards Lynne love the little girl image she is a cutie, the second looks ACE, brilliant cards
hugs
lorraine x

Emily Lauritzen said...

So cute!
Thank you so much for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown!
<3 Emily L. - DT

Gail said...

I love these penguins! What a fabulous card!!! Thanks for joining us at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' for our May WINTER FUN challenge!Hugs, Gail

Patti said...

I love the bathing suit on your darling little gal! but where is her smile!? heehee Well Anabel will be smiling when she gets it!!

Your second card is stunning inside and out! love the addition of the silver!!

It is always so awesome seeing your cards in the Seize the Birthday gallery Lynne! : )

Patti

Vicki Dutcher said...

Adorable, personalized bday card -- she is so sweet Thanks for joining in at STB!

April said...

Those penguins are adorable and I love the embossing on the inside of the card. Thank you for joining us at the Creative Knockouts Challenge.
April

Mummylade said...

I really liked the font you used on the birthday card! Thank you for joining in our birthday celebrations at Allsorts and good luck in the challenge.

Unknown said...

Hi - love those penguins, so cute! Great background too.
Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Calendar this month. Hope to see you again - good luck!
Hugs,
Bev (DT) x

Kirsty said...

Hi just adore her with her lolly and love those papers too. Thank you for joining us in The Sketchy Challenges :)

Sandra H said...

This is just the cutest card ever and just perfect for our challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge "Christmas Cuties" good luck and hope to see you again next time Dt Member Sandra H xx

Sazzle Dazzle said...

What a little cutie and beautifully coloured.
Great to see you share it at AAA cards birthday hop. Thanks so much. Sarah

Joan said...

Love your cute penguins and your snowy scene

Thanks for joining us at Christmas Sparkles this month

Joan

Coralynn Murray said...

Such an adorable card and I love your colouring. Thanks for joining us for our Birthday Bash at AAA Cards!

Cazro said...

A very sweet bespoke card. Thanks for sharing with us at MTTC. Caz DT.

OttawaMom said...

Love the paper piecing on the sweet image! Great birthday card. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Seize the Birthday!

Cindy said...

Cute little penguin card. Thanks for sharing with us at Sparkles Christmas challenge.