September 29, 2010


Today I have a real quick and easy Christmas card to share with you. My mother-in-law found this stamp set for me at a yard sale this past summer and I thought this image would be really cute for some Christmas cards.

I stamped the image and then I colored it using my SU markers. I wanted to make my card look more Christmasy so I layered my image onto a piece of real red card stock.

I didn't want the rest of my card too look busy, so I decided for my background I would just addd a few score lines using my score-pal and along the very bottom of my card I added two rows of paper piercing. I love the added interest that paper piercing gives to my cards without it being an involved technique; and it's so quick and easy to do.
I hope you all have a great rest of the day; I'm off to put supper on the table. We are having spaghetti and meatballs tonight; one of my favorites. Tomorrow looks like a great crafting day for me because it's supposed to rain all day long and I won't be taking the kids outside to play.

Stamps: Penguin Pals
Card Stock: White, Real Red
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, SU Markers, Score-pal
Technique: Paper Piercing, Dry Embossing Pin It

12 comments:

Karen Howard said...

Love the candy canes, they really pop!!!

Lori Ingebritson said...

Cute card Patty! I like it a lot!

Donna Heber said...

Patty,

Look at those penquins ... so adorable!

Emkay said...

That is an adorable image. The score lines and paper piercing add some cute details to the background.

paige said...

great card! love how you made the background interesting, yet it let's the image have center stage.

Rhonda Langley said...

Cute image and love the scoring and paper piercing!

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

oh.......... this is so cute! I love those guys! And your paper treatment is incredible. Nice job!

Marilyn said...

Great card, the image is as cute as can be & I like how you've used the scoring as embellishment. Very creative.

KER said...

cute penguins...i love them

Shelly Schmidt said...

Darling image- love your coloring and love the scoring and piercing. TFS

Alissa said...

Great idea with the Scor-pal. I'll have to remember that. You're always so creative!

Becky said...

love this these adorable guys, fabulous card