Winter Animals for Sparkles Monthly Challenge

Animals, Child Friendly, My Favorite Things (MFT), Seasons, Sports, Winter

Hello friends!  I hope you’ve had a great start to your November so far!  It’s been a few minutes since I’ve posted, but I have to say that I’ve been pretty busy in the background!  Hoping to share what I’ve been up to soon!

Today begins a new challenge over at the Sparkles Monthly Challenge!  This month, we’re looking to see some WINTER ANIMALS!  I hope you can join in the fun with us!  A reminder that this will be the final challenge for the year as we’ll be on Holiday break until January.  Here’s my take on the theme:

My first thought of a winter animal is a penguin of course!  I’m a huge fan of them and have so many in my collection…including other than stamp related!  These guys are really enjoying winter on this scene!  I’m using the My Favorite Things Playful Penguins stamp set and I started with a stencil from MFT that has “pond” shapes and lightly stenciled the soft blue for a place for my “ice platform” to be.

After creating the “ice pond”, I used some tape to mask off the bottom portion so that I could ink blend a sky at the top.  I used some White Opaque Copic and splattered it over the sky area.  I then used another MFT stencil to create some snow drifts in the background.

The two penguins, igloo, ice pad and sign were stamped, colored with Copic markers and die cut out to be placed over the scene.  I added the flattened penguin to the ice pad and then had the igloo in the background while the sign and penguin are waiting at the side of the pond.  I used a pen and wrote “FREE RIDES” on the sign.

I finished it off with a glitter pen over the “ice pad” and igloo and then used some Stardust Stickles over the snow on the sign.  I thought it needed some more snow falling down, so I took some sequins and added it to the scene.

If I were on that scene, I would probably be more like the flattened penguin on the “ice pad”!😆  How about you?  Do you like the snow?

Thanks so much for joining me here!  I hope you like my penguin card and will sharing your favorite winter animal in the challenge too!  Have a great day!

Challenges I’d like to enter this card for:

  1. Pearly Sparkles – #90 Christmas/Winter
  2. Craft Rocket – #109 Wintertime (No Christmas)
  3. Crafty Animals – Anything Goes with animal(s)
  4. Critter Crazy – Anything Goes featuring a critter(s)
  5. Love to Scrap – #164 Anything Goes
  6. Crafty Calendar – Anything Goes
  7. Creative Moments – Winter
  8. Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes
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30 thoughts on “Winter Animals for Sparkles Monthly Challenge”

  2. This is the cutest card with those frolicking penguins sledding on ice! I just love this fun little scene you’ve created with all the sparkle, snow and glittery goodness! As for me, I’d be in the igloo trying to get my feet warm as opposed to sledding on a sheet of ice, but I do love snow 🙂 These penguins are cuteness overload and I also learned from this post that there is white opaque Copic – that’s brand new to me! Stay warm and have a great day!

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  4. OMG … your cards always make me smile Vic and this is no exception! What cuties and you’ve showcased them PERFECTLY! Of course, love all the sparkle! Great job! Don’t forget about our STENCIL FUN challenge blog … would love to have you come join in our fun! Happy Holiday Season to you & yours
    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth, Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B

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  10. Oh,Vicki, these little guys are so cute, and I love breaks of blue for the snow mounds and the little ice pond with the penguin sliding across on his chunk of ice, what a fabulous and very cute scene..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  11. Oh, Vicki, these little guys are so cute, and I love breaks of blue for the snow mounds and the little ice pond with the penguin sliding across on his chunk of ice, what a fabulous and very cute scene with those sparkly snowflakes, gorgeous..and now this comment won’t post on your blog, so I‘m leaving it here!!

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  16. Vicki, such a sweet winter scene…these penguins put a smile on my face. You have created beautifully the background for these “fellows” to frolic! Love it! Smiles and Happy Thanksgiving friend! Kathy

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  18. Well you had me at penguins – they are so much fun to create with for not only winter but just about anytime. Love the fun scene you created.

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  23. Just so cute! Love the scene and the touch of sparkle.

    Thanks for joining us at The Creative Moments Challenge

    Helen x
    DT

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