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.

Colours of the Year 2021

 

Welcome to 2021. Hopefully this year will be better than last. It’s starting off good because this year, Pantone released two colours of the year! They are Ultimate Grey and Illuminating.

So let’s just jump right into it and talk about these colours. Ultimate Gray and Illuminating are two independent colours that can stand on their own but “highlight how different elements come together to support one another” states the Pantone website. Based on our previous year, Pantone have nailed this colour combo. It practically sums up the entire year as so many elements and people have had to come together to support each other and help each other navigate this very uncertain year.

Grey is that practical, dependable, and stable solid colour. At times it may feel cold and industrial, but some shades of grey are very warming and comforting. I know I have many things in shades of grey and have chosen many grey shades that give me comfort and it allows for coziness. It’s peaceful. I’m also a fan of grey cloudy comfy Fall/Winter days so I find this colour so calming.

With Illuminating, you have a complete opposite. The brightness of it gives you so much happiness and strength, but also warmth just like Ultimate Grey. Any shade of yellow tends to make me smile and give me energy.  It stands out and is noticed. It is a friendly, hopeful, optimistic colour which contrasts the grey perfectly. Illuminating is that light at the end of the tunnel or in 2021’s case then light at the start of a brand new and fresh year.

Both of these colours work together to almost provide a sense of calm and happiness that wouldn’t have be achieved if these colours were on their own. Together they are better and stronger.

Now take a look at some of the things we found in these very relaxing, peaceful, happy colours of the year. Some things have both colours featured and some, one of the colours stood out to us. As you’ll see, grey and yellow are a very common colour combinations especially in nurseries! And they are very common in nature as well!

We have to start things off by looking at a couple of our cards that feature these colours. Even a few cards have the exact colour combination! We predicted the future, haha.

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