Penguin Heart Card

Welcome to February. I can’t believe we are here already.

Today we are going to take a look at a card that I recently made and go through the steps so that you can make it as well.

I have a special someone who loves penguins just as much as I do so for their birthday a little while ago, I made a super penguin card. Here’s how to make one (go ahead and make it with whatever creatures that you love most).

I bought a Winter penguin stamping pack on boxing day one year. It was on sale at the craft store and I thought for sure I could use them at some point.

When picking out a card backing I went with a nice Wintery blueish grey. I just folded the paper in half as I wanted a bigger card because I was working with quite a few stamps.

Then I cut a white layer that was just slightly smaller than the card front. It had to be big enough so that I could lay out five penguins in a row.

Next I took all of my penguin stamps and I laid them out on the from of the card all in a row. I tried to position them to make them all first perfectly but I also wanted them to “blend” nicely and look all well matched on the front of the card.

Now comes the more tedious step…you have to stamp each penguin onto the front of the card making sure each one is perfect otherwise you’ll have to start all over again. Make sure you have enough ink on the stamp so that everything stamps clearly. I started with the two end penguins, then did the middle, and then finally did the two on either sides of the middle penguin. I was able to stamp two penguins at a time and then embossed them. The ink didn’t dry that fast.

Colouring is the next part. I decided to stamp and emboss a few of each penguin and tried out some different colour combos on them. Then I went for it on the card.

After that, I stamped the words. I wanted to keep it simple so I found a “HAPPPY” stamp, very plain, and stamped it on a grey 3 ½ inch x 1 ½ inch layer. Then I added … and wrote the rest on the inside. I glued this layer on roughly the center of the white layer.

Then I added hearts. I love penguins and hearts and they must be included together on a card. I went with your typical red hearts and then also added some blue to compliment the blue card. I scattered them around the white space on the main layer.

Lastly I glued the white layer onto the front of the card and then I was done!

Now you have a cute penguin heart card that I just realized that you can use as a cute Valentine’s card as well which is only a few days away.

Crafting with the Colour of the Year

We are still in the Ultraviolet mood so we came up with a

fun quick and easy craft to keep it with you all year long. I had so much fun coming up with little bookmarks for the craft fair that I thought I’d come up with one that utilizes shades of purple. I made sure to get in the Ultraviolet shade which is the base of the bookmark that has a nice blue undertone to it.

This is a super easy craft to do especially if you have scrap pieces of cardstock and pre-punched and stamped shapes.

I took a piece of dark purple cardstock. Make it whatever length and width that you wish. Mine was shorter and not too wide.

Then I glue taped a strip of a lighter shade of purple and then an even lighter greyish pastel purple strip over that.

I punched out two purplish greyish blue one inch circles and then one about two inches for the center. I then glued them on evenly.

Lastly, I had a dark blue stamped and embossed flower which I glued on the middle circle. I thought blue would look nice amongst all of the purples plus it really brings out the blue tone from the darkest purple.

We also thought that we’d look through to find our purplest cards that we have made and share those with you in honour of Ultraviolet. Enjoy.

2018 Colour of the Year

“The Pantone Color of the Year has come to mean so much more than ‘what’s trending’ in the world of design; it’s truly a reflection of what’s needed in our world today.” – Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute.

Happy New Year! That’s what we first wanted to say because it’s the first post of 2018. With a New Year, comes a new Colour of the Year. This is one of our most favourite posts of the year and this year even more so because the Colour of the Year is purple (we both love purple), Ultraviolet to be specific.

Ultraviolet is a blue based purple, this is the shade of purple that I love the most. I really like the under shades of blue in purple things that I choose to use because I find it bold and sophisticated and also very calming. 

Ultraviolet is considered a “mysterious” shade of purple that is complex, contemplative, dramatic and thoughtful. It tends to relay “visionary thinking that points us towards the future,” originality, and ingenuity. It’s a colour that’s full of emotion and depth and relays uniqueness, imagination, non-conformity, and creative tho those who use it and admire it.

You’ll often associate purples with artistic brilliance and unconventionality. Pantone connects purple with musical icons such as Prince, David Bowie, and Jimi Hendrix’s as they’ve expressed themselves with the use of purple in their artistic endeavors. 

So we've gone on a fun hunt to find all things Ultraviolet for you. Maybe you'll be inspired to go out and find something Ultraviolet to start off your New Year or maybe you'll come across it throughout the year and work it into your life. We hope you enjoy Ultraviolet!

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