Playful Penguins for boys birthday cards

Last week it was one of my nephews birthday and I always struggle to come up with fun cards, but this time this uber cute penguin came to my aid.  He's from the Playful Penguins stamp set in the soon to arrive Stampin' Up! winter catalogue.  It is one of those 'not just for Christmas' sets as whilst it has scarves and hats for the penguins and sentiments to wish everyone warm wishes for the festive season, it also has some sentiments to suit other occasions not least a young boy is very cool!

I  used painters tape to secure my piece of water colour paper to a board to keep it flat and then I sectioned off each colour rough rectangle to add water colour washes in Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Pacific point.  As I removed the tape for each section I dried it with my heat gun but then blended slighty with the section above when I started the next one. 

I stamped the penguin with black Tuxedo Memento ink and fussy cut him out before adding a touch of Mango Melody to his beak and feet. I also used a black marker to seal the edges and stop any white peeping to make sure his shape stayed defined. 

The sentiment as I've mentioned is from the Stampin' Up! set Playful Penguins and it is stamped in black too.  I've added some frosted and clear epoxy dots for the final touch.   The design is adhered to a retired piece of galvanised foil card and a Pacific Point base card. 

To the inside of the card I added a stamped Happy Birthday using the sets Well Said and Merry Christmas to all and another penguin looking very grown up which I know my nephew thinks he is at 10.

Anyone else like me and can't resist a cute penguin?  Brings back memories of TV ads years ago and of course you have to ppppppick up a penguin!!

The countdown is on now for our winter catalogue. I wonder which sets you will choose first.  Will you be a Playful Penguin fan too?


Have a great day and pop back on Friday night for the Totally Techniques Global demo blog hop when we are sharing uses for the embossing pastes.

Thanks for checking in.
Hugs Zoe x

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