Merry Monday #46

My friends D & J came over on Tuesday to play in the studio, and I actually got a card made for the latest Merry Monday challenge. This week it's a theme challenge, and we were to use BIRDS.

I actually made two nearly identical cards, and they ended up being a joint effort of ideas from all three of us.  :-)  I knew I wanted to use the 'Stamps By Judith' penguin, and was having trouble finding a winter or Santa hat stamp in my collection. D suggested I use the 'Stamps By Judith' toque, but I felt it was too big. "Trim it down" she said ... and it worked out totally cute.

For the background, I used the bottom left portion of 12x12" scrapbook paper. You can see the lovely pearlized swirl on the photo below.

They also suggested I add glitter glue dots over the printed trees and I'm so glad I did! Some glitter on the pom pom, Glossy Accents on the hearts, beak and feet, some pop dots and my card was almost done. Finally I stamped the words on scraps of white and cut them out with a banner die. 

Below is a peek at the inside of the card - I thought it would be fun to add the penguin again there.

I stamped the full hat on the envelope fronts along with some random dots (also Stamps by Judith).

All in all, these were such fun cards to make.

Thanks for stopping by today!