Merry Monday #258 Let it Snow!!

Welcome to this week's Merry Monday challenge! Things have been a little chilly around here lately so this card doesn't seem so out of place anymore! 

This week, Colleen has challenged us to add a penguin to our cards. I used penguins on THIS project so I decided to change things up a bit and create a cool, winter scene! You can read all about the challenge HERE and also see what the rest of the design team created!

I pulled out another Birthday purchase, which is this fabulous Marilyn Stencil from Simon Says Stamp, that had yet to be used. I thought it had some Christmas-y hints; the holly looking leaves and dots for berries, the pinebough-eque branches at the top and then the whole thing almost looks like one big giant snowflake! I knew this would be the perfect starting point for a fun penguin card!

To begin, I dry embossed the stencil using a piece of Stamper's Select White cardstock and ran it through my cuttlebug using the tan embossing pad for a crisp design. After that, I used an assortment of Distress Oxide ink pads in cool, wintery colors for a fun effect! I haven't used any oxide inks on any projects lately and I felt like they needed a little love! LOL! After that was done, I spritzed the entire piece using Shimmer Spray very generously. I wanted it to have a lot of sparkle and snowy shine! I also added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to all of the circle images on the stenciled piece.  I set that aside to dry and got to work on the penguins.

I die cut the penguins using the Tremendous Treats Christmas die set and then stamped them with the coordinating images from the Tremendous Treats Christmas stamp set. I colored the images using Copic and Prismacolor markers. I added some Wink of Stella to each of the scarves for some added shine.

The sentiment is heat embossed in silver onto a strip of black cardstock and then adhered to a piece of white cardstock. I spritzed the white piece with shimmer spray as well and then added a strip of adhesive and a coating of chunky iridescent glitter. The penguins are stacked on top of each other using foam squares. I had fun with this card! I love challenges because I usually end up creating something that I NEVER would have otherwise! I hope you get a chance to play! Thanks for fluttering by!