Flowers and Penguins

Hello everyone, I came across a new challenge blog called "The Little Things" (linked below)   and as I want to continue making (at least) one ATC each month I decided to follow their theme of Penguins and then combine that with the Tag-Along &ATC challenge (also linked below) where the theme is Spring Flowers. 

We usually think of winter when we think of penguins and definitely not flowers, but I wanted to make this work. Then I got curious and googled if penguins only live where it's cold and to my surprise I learned that there is a species of penguins - the Galapagos Penguins - that live in a more tropical climate on the Galapagos Island. So my little ATC isn't as far fetched as I thought it would appear 😀 And I could be the only one who didn't know before that some penguins do live in warmer climates 😊

I used stamps from Tracy Evans for this ATC - Malva TE8, Winter Delights (TE23), Myriad of Designs TE44 and Miniatures released by Aall and Create. If you're in the US then you can easily get Tracy Evans stamp at Simon Says or Topflight stamps. In UK of course directly from Tracy's shop. 

I made the background by dabbing a brush with Mowed Lawn Distress ink onto a slightly wet background, then I used a mini tiles stencil and the word stamp to add interest to the background. Stamping was done with Versafine Onyx for the black and Versafine Clair Grass Green for the words on the background.

Flowers were colored using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. To complete my card I simply ran the Mowed Lawn ink pad along the edges of the card.

 

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I plan to share this ATC with these challenges:

• ATC Around the World -  Squares (the stenciled tiles are little squares)
• Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers
• Moving along with the Times - Birds or Bees
• Paper Rock Scissors - Papers and/or Scissors (my ATC is Bristol Vellum paper)
• Simon Says Stamp - Make it cute (I think these penguins are so cute)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make your own background
• Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Spring Flowers or AG (Malva are late spring flowers)
• The Little Things  - ATC and other small papercrafts
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

Thanks so much for visiting. 

Springtime at the Four Seasons Challenge

Hello everyone. March has arrived and springtime is just around the corner. At the Four Seasons challenge we're already in full spring mode starting today and have a wonderful new mood board to inspire your creativity for all things spring and Easter. As always, it is not required to use the mood board as "Anything Spring Goes". 

Below is the mood board. Isn't it wonderful?

The cute little bunny was my main inspiration and I decided to ink up a stamp set by Colorado Craft Company. 

The set is called "Happy Easter". Stamped with Versafine Onyx ink on Bristol Vellum and then colored with Derwent Inktense pencils then fussy cut. There is a matching die available for this set too. My "hill" diecuts were done with an old die from Whimsy Stamps and no longer available. This die set by Lawn Fawn would be a great option and I really like the different hills version. 

On the background I used a stencil by Penny Black Hypnotic with Tumbled Glas Distress ink. Sentiment is part of the same stamp set and I added die cut butterflies with some gems to finish it off. There is also some glitter on the Easter eggs and bunny's bow.

This post includes some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

I plan to share my card here:

• 613 Avenue Create - AG
• A Perfect Time To Craft - AG
• Classic Design Challenge - AG
• Crafts Galore Encore - AG
• Crafty Animals - Animals
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
• Inkspirational - Stencils
• Just Us Girls - Stencils
• Simon Says Stamp - AG
• Stamping Sensations - Spring
• Try It On Tuesday - 3, 2, 1 (3 bunnies, 2 butterflies, 1 sentiment)
• We Love Stamping - AG

Thanks so much for visiting. Hope to see you at the challenge blog :)