Saturday 23 December 2017

Penguins aren't just for Christmas

Here's a  picture I made as a Christmas present for a 3 year old. I was with his mum recently and she was looking at a print for his bedroom but it cost too much for her to buy at that time. The print she looked at had a penguin , a balloon and the words 'Follow your Dreams' - so I decided to CASE it and make my own version.

The penguin is a digital stamp from A Day for Daisies. The original image is holding a balloon but I wanted a bigger, rounder balloon so I googled for a balloon image and traced it in Silhouette studio. After arranging the outline images and words, I printed them onto linen effect card. I lightly coloured the penguin. I cut the balloon out of patterned paper, inked the edges and pieced it onto the picture. I cut a mount frame and then put it all into a clip-frame.

I'd like to enter:
Little Red Wagon  gift
Moving along with the Times  anything but a card
TGIF Challenges  last minute santa
Brown Sugar  anything but  a card

11 comments:

Ros Crawford said...

Brilliant! I love your unique style!

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

How wonderful! Great idea to make a piece of artwork as a gift. It turned out great. I am going to save this idea for later use. I have been meaning to make more non-card items with stamps and paper.

Carol L said...

I love how you were inspired to make this! Cute stuff!

Craftychris said...

What a lovely gift and so beautifully and thoughtfully made! Merry Christmas - have a good one! xxx

Wendy L said...

A wonderful gift, thanks for joining us at MAWTT.
Merry Christmas. Xxx

Unknown said...

What a beautiful creation! Im sure your friend will enjoy it. Thank you for joining us this week at LRW.

Janis Lewis said...

Cute! Thanks for sharing at Moving Along with the Times.
Janis, Design Team Member

SewPaperPaint said...

How precious! I know he loved it. The personalization is great! Wishing you every blessing in 2018. Hugs, Autumn

Carolynn Sander said...

What a sweet gift idea! Love the soft colouring on your penguin! Thank you so much for joining in with us this week over at TGIF Challenges!💖 https://tgifchallenges.blogspot.ca/2017/12/tgifc139-last-minute-santa-what-are-you.html

Diane Louise J said...

Hello… Thanks for sharing your lovely project with Moving Along with the Times Challenge Blog; your picture fits perfectly with our ‘Anything but a card’ challenge theme. Hope you can join us again very soon.
Diane Louise (DT member) xx

Unknown said...

This is a lovely gift :)
Hugs Kaz x