Paint Chip Penguin

This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge is the Safari Adventure Party in a Box.   I've been thinking of my own party box ideas that would make such fun gifts (spa party, girls night out, etc.).

I loved the fun rubber duckies in their different safari attire, but since I didn't have any ducks in my stamp collection, I decided to dress up my cute little Penguin Pants Penguin instead.

I was also inspired by the vivid colors and the fun stripes on the napkin, ribbon and thank you cards.  I cut up several paint chips and layered them onto the card base staggering the white stripes between the colors.

I stamped the penguin directly on the light green paint chip (I used a heat gun to get the ink to dry on the glossy paper).  I stamped him two more times on scraps of blue and orange paint chips to paper piece his nose and penguin pants. 

The sentiment is from Penguin Pants Pick a Celebration set.  I paper pieced the heart in green for some contrast against the orange.

This will be a perfect card for one of my nieces or nephews. 

And don't forget, Penguin Pants is sponsoring the Black & White + One Challenge at Caardvarks, so check it out for a chance to win some awesome goodies. 

Comments

[lauren]

now seeeeeeeeeeeeeee...this is why i turn all greenish and start whinin'...b/c clever old YOU can work neatly enough to stamp RIGHT ON THE PAINT CHIP and even though it didn't dry right away you were able to heat gun it into submission without getting big black un-removable smears all over everything!!!!!!!

(not that i'm bitter!)

(great card, btw!) :)

[denise bryant (imchatty)]

VERY clever of you. This turned out so cute. Great card.

[kazan]

Love, love, love the ideas of the paintstrips!

[Catherine Cote]

What a great idea! I have tons of these paint chips! And the pinguoin is too darling. I also like your paper piecing feature.
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