Winter Penguins Cards

Hello! It's a beautiful day here in Northern Michigan. We still have snow on the ground (and ice in the driveway), but the sun has been shining for most of the week. It got up to 40 degrees the other day, and I was feeling nostalgic with past springtime memories.

Before I move on to sharing some springtime/floral cards with you, I wanted to share some of my favorite winter cards with you. Other than the stamp of the months, I focused primarily on the Winter Penguins set in the January/February book. It was fun to pair them up with (retired) paper collections and embossed cardstock. They really can be combined with anything, not just winter paper.

Products used are by Close To My Heart (unless otherwise stated):

Pattern Paper: Claire, Every Little Thing, Boutique, Mix-Ins

Cardstock: Wisteria, Lilac, Mint, Sapphire, White Daisy, Glacier, Pewter, Sweet Leaf, Twilight, Charcoal, Peacock, Sugarplum, Peach, Hollyhock, Sunset, Outdoor Denim, Raspberry, Eggplant, Black 

Inks: Peacock, Pewter, Hollyhock, Eggplant, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

Stamps: Winter Penguins, Perfect Fit-Birthday, Say It In Style, Short & Sweet, Cherishing Her 

Tools: Tri-blend Alcohol Markers (Spectrum Noir), Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors, Wisteria Ribbon, White Daisy Ribbon, Silver Embellishing Thread, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Clear Sparkles, Bitty Sparkles, Chelsea Gardens Dots, Snowflake Embossing Folder, Birthday Embossing Folder, Fancy Border Thincuts, Oval Dies (Spellbinders), Stitched Square Stax (MFT), Nordic Frame Die (The Greetery), Stitched Sentiments Die (MFT), Border Bling: Tin Stitch Die (Papertrey Ink), Scallop Circle & Circle Die Set (Stampin' Up), Sentiment Suite Basics Die (The Greetery), Circle Shaker Thincut, Stardust Stickles, White Gel Pen, Thin 3d Foam Tape

Aren't these penguins just the sweetest? I really enjoyed letting my creativity fly with this set. These penguins are available on my website here.

Thanks for stopping by today. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Happy crafting!

Casandra

Greetery Cards and a Tag

 Hello to you on this snowy Wednesday (here in Northern Michigan). Appears that the weatherman actually got this one right. LOL We woke up to 6" of fresh snow in the driveway this morning and the county plow hadn't come through before the bus did. Here's hoping the kids don't have wet feet today at school. Yikes.

Anyway, I recently made a few projects with The Greetery's latest release called "Nature Lover". A couple of my projects were inspired by a new favorite blogger (Flutter) by Atomicbutterfly. I highly recommend that you have a look-see through her beautiful gallery. She's simply amazing.

Without further adieu, here they are:

I love that forget-me-not die set and that wooden heart slice is "to die for". ;) If you haven't heard of The Greetery before now, be sure to give their website a visit. So many beautiful things. I used my Close To My Heart inks and blender brushes to ink up the forget-me-not diecuts.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Happy crafting!

Casandra