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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Mr Cardmaker Finds That While Nothing Rhymes With Oranges, VERY Little Goes With Purple at Christmas

Well, if THAT isn't a headline, I don't know WHAT is...

So, you remember these little guys I left you with last time as a teaser?

 
These are done with Papertrey Ink's Winter Penguin stamps and dies, and I did some Copic coloring to flesh them out a bit. As well all know, I am not the world's best Copic guy, but these are just fine.
 
Anyway! I used them (or most of them) to make a couple of cards, WITH more Copic coloring.
 
I made these--
 


 
 To do my scene, I pulled out one of my FAVE stamp sets by Stampendous called Holiday Home, which looks like is a discontinued set over at the Stampendous website.  Pity.  They also did one called Winter Trees that I never managed to find, but I'd love to get my mitts on it.  Similar style, but there's deer, and a distant village.  I love it...

Well, I got to coloring my scene, and well, it just seemed best to me to just do a shadowy look, so the penguins could be the star.  Shadows are purple, right?  A million songs will tell you that...

After going cuckoo with my purple shadows, I decided that an orange sunset would, you know, give a REASON for all those shadows.

Yeah....
Now try to find any sort of Christmas themed paper that matches, so you can do some layering.
I looked through ALL of my Christmas stacks, through ALL of my NON-Christmas stacks. I was not into making my own on this occasion, and the old, old Stampin' Up DSP wasn't going to cut it.  It didn't really match, anyway...
Well, after a search that took a LEAST thirty minutes, and left me nothing but frustrated, I decided that WHITE goes with EVERYTHING.  A simple purple card stock matte would be JUST FINE.

Embossing folders to the rescue!

I think my little penguins are mighty cute.  I used two different thicknesses of foam tape to give them more dimension.  That purple twine?  TARGET.  (Thank you!)

Still in love with Stickles, after all these years...
 
 
Thanks so much for stopping by!
All Best-
Richard

28 comments:

  1. Really fun card Richard, love those penguins and the purple wool bow! Thank you so much for sharing with us at CASology!

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  2. I'm so impressed with your attention to detail. These cards are absolutely fabulous. From the wreath on the door to the sparkly snowperson, they're just perfect.

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  3. Well, your penguins ARE mighty cute! The stickles really add so much to the scene you created,too. Great card, and perfect for both challenges. I'm glad I found your blog....off to check it out....

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  4. Wow purple for Christmas! That is quite brave! But it turned out fabulous, the penguins are too cute!!!

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  5. This is SO darling! LOVE the fun scene you created--perfect on that embossed white background! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

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  6. These are so adorable, Richard! I LOVE the embossed backgrounds and the colored backgrounds for the delightful scenes for these penguins! So glad you shared these with us at Merry Monday!

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  7. So stink in' cute!! I really LOVE the purple, Richard. Your sunset colors tie in beautifully and the overall card(s) are outstanding!

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  8. Oh these are absolutely wonderful Richard! Purple is my favorite color and it's great for Christmas cards! Love the embossing and the penguins are delightful!!

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  9. Beautiful. I still love Stickles too. Nothing like it.

    A fantastic scene!

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  10. Super fun card. I just love those cute penguins. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

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  11. Well crap....it's driving me batty, but you're absolutely right, nothing rhymes with oranges!! It appears you've set my brain on a mission and I'm ending up empty... On the other hand, your unsuccessful mission for orange paper has resulted in the most outstanding and precious Christmas cards with penguins and your copic colored scenery is FANTASTIC with the shadowing Love how you colored the bellies of those penguins. Also, speaking of wonderful cards...THANK YOU!!!!! Got it yesterday and it's on my entry table as you walk in the house!!! :)
    hugs,
    Lisa

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  12. Love all the shine and the NON traditional colors, yay you did link up to Merry Mondays!! I will tomorrow!! Hoorah!
    Thanks for joining us at CASology, really think this was probably a whole ton of fun to make!!!

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  13. Your little penguins look great and the sceneries your created look fabulous! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week!

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  14. These are beautiful sweetie, hugs Pops x x x

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  15. Love the scene you have created,and those penguins are so cute!! x

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  16. Cute card and I love the purple.
    I actually have that Stampendous set, and you've given me the inspiration to use it in a different way.
    Thanks.
    Caroline xxx

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  17. Love the purple bellied minions. Did anyone notice the purple pull tab? Great detailing!

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  18. Love the penguins, colours and the detail on the house image, fabulous set of cards. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday.

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  19. Adorable card Richard, those little penguins are so cute. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

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  20. Awesome cards, Richard!! I love these cute little penguins and the color combo you picked for them is perfect :) Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week xoxoxo

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  21. I think I may have those PTI penguins! Such a delightful little scene--those houses are the perfect size!

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  22. Such a cute & fun card. Thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology

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  23. Those penguins are the cutest! I love that crisp embossed background too Richard! Hate to tell you this but I LOVE purple and red together for Christmas! Such royal colors!

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  24. These cards are wonderful! Love the scenes you created!!! Penguins make me smile!!!

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  25. Richard these little guys are just too cute, I have not pulled out the set in a while! Fantastic colouring.

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  26. Sorry to hear the embossed BG was a second thought. I love that first one, especially with the rounded corner. And that Winter Trees set you mentioned... I have it. Have no idea where to get it these days but it is wonderful. Believe it or not I've used it mostly for sympathy cards I think.

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  27. Squeal!! This is totally delightful! Wher have I been? Have missed out on so much Mr. CardMaker goodness... Absolutely adorable!

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