Dream Valley Challenges #94 Getting Ready for Christmas!

Hello! It's another Monday, and there's another Challenge at Dream Valley. Our theme this fortnight is Getting Ready for Christmas Yes, we are encouraging you - and each other - to create something Christmassy!

Our sponsor is the amazing Robyn's Fetish and a lucky winner of the Challenge will be able to choose 3 of their fab digis as a prize!


I apologise for the slightly faded photo, irl it's brighter!

When I saw Paul Penguin I immediately wanted to use this paper, which is from my stash and very old! I coloured Paul with Promarkers and used Spellbinders dies for the mats. The sentiment is white heat-embossed onto a scrap of red card.

I added the background paper and the image quite carefully, because I imagined a scene where all the little penguins are sledging and skating and Paul is walking by - perhaps he's Dad, come to call them in for their tea?

I hope you'll go and be inspired by what my teamies have done with the theme, and then join in! Christmas is less than 2 months' away!!

Thanks for looking and have a great week!

love Mags B x

Comments

Lynne in NI said…
Ohhh what a fun penguin! Love your sentiment stamp too :)
Monday, November 03, 2014
coldwaters2 said…
Absolutely gorgeous card Mags, great fun image and such lovely papers and design.
hugs
lorraine x
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Shell Shearer Swinscoe said…
fab card hun, love the image. I have those papers somewhere lol....just love your colouring of Paul its perfect hun
Hugs Shell xx
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Lynsey said…
Hi Mags fab Xmas card!
Hugs Lynsey x
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
MaryH said…
This guy looks like Happy Feet! It just made me smile. Wonderful shading on your colored image and the red scallops really set Mr P off so well against that very perfect background paper. Cute card. TFS & Happy wkend. I'm still behind! Another one of those days & I even started early & got behind anyway!! That's life. Hugs
Saturday, November 08, 2014
scrappymo! said…
Ohhhh...so very cute
Saturday, November 08, 2014
mags said…
Really great christmas card Mags. Love the cute image.
Mags
x
Sunday, November 09, 2014
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