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In keeping with the December Great White North theme at Gingersnap Creations, today's Random Redhead Challenge is to create a card or project featuring a polar animal. It doesn't matter which pole you go to there are tons of sensational animals to chose from - seals, polar bears, arctic foxes, white rabbits, penguins, elk, cariboo, and even whales.
In creating my card for this challenge, I discovered that my stash was a bit lacking in the polar animal department, so I decided to hit the local craft stores & see if I could find some inspiration ... and I did ... but not in the paper crafting section. Instead I found this adorable penguin on a Gift Tag in the holiday gift wrap section (which was much cheaper than buying stickers or embellishments). The set had 12 glittery snow globes, so I'm sure I'll be making some more polar-themed cards.
The turquoise glittery background on the snow glob coordinated perfectly with Cosmo Cricket's Delovely papers, so I went with some non-traditional colors for my Festive Fun using this week's Unscripted Sketch.
I used some opalescent elastic jewelry cord to embellish my design, as well as a snowflake punch & die cut (from coordinating glittery cardstock), embellished with a bright pink pearl. When I told my husband this card made me smile, his response was "who wouldn't smile if they got this in the mail" ... love that guy.
Make sure you check out the other polar animal cards on the Gingersnap Creations blog & link up your fun polar-themed project.
Too, too cute!!
Posted by: Jolene Johnston | December 15, 2010 at 07:55 AM
Well, I love EVERYTHING about this card!
Color, collage elements and penguin!
fun!!!!!!
Posted by: peggy gatto | December 15, 2010 at 11:10 AM
This is such fun with the cheerful colours and this cute little chap!
Posted by: PetraB | December 15, 2010 at 01:34 PM
Wow! Such a fun card! I love the tropical paper with this cool cutie! Awesome!
Posted by: Shar_B | December 15, 2010 at 02:54 PM
He is so cute and I am in love with the happy, summery colors of papers you used! Fun and great use of the Unscripted sketch.
Posted by: Linda Beeson | December 15, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Oh my that is so amazing! I just love the bright cheery colors you chose to go with your cute little penguin. Great job! Thanks for creating with us at Unscripted.
Posted by: Angy | December 16, 2010 at 03:14 AM
Always enjoy your cards - totally bright and fun! Thanks for playing at Unscripted Sketches!
Posted by: Debbie Standard | December 16, 2010 at 05:37 PM
This is such & bright & happy card! Thanks for putting a smile on my face!
Posted by: Trinh | December 16, 2010 at 07:59 PM