You can’t help but be happy when you stamp with the Freezin’ Fun Stamp Set like on this Freezin’ Fun Penguin Merry Christmas Card! It is the cutest stamp set and so much fun to stamp with. Whether you use one or more of the whimsical characters and accessory stamps in the set, you can’t make anything except a “happy” card, as my friend would say.
The card base is Balmy Blue with a layer of the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper. Sometimes it’s not what you plan to use, it’s what piece of paper you spy when you get out your package of designer paper. In this case, I saw this piece with the various purples and wanted to use it on my card. To help the designer paper stand out a bit, I put a layer of Whisper White behind it.
I found the scalloped circle die cut piece already in my package of Balmy Blue so I tried to just use that. I stamped the little penguin on Whisper White and die cut with the Layering Circles Die. Since the penguin looks like he is jumping (or there is a snowboard in the stamp set you can use with him) I decided to stamp a pile of snowballs he is jumping over! Then I also stamped and die cut with the Freezin’ Fun Stamp Set and the Freezin’ Friends Dies. If you want both, get the Freezin’ Fun Bundle and save 10%.
The images are all colored in with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, but you can use ink, Watercolor Pencils, or whatever you like. On the die cut circle with the penguin I also stamped some snowflakes in Balmy Blue, stamped off once.
After adhering the scalloped circle with the stamped image to the card front, I adhered one small tree flat on the Whisper White circle but popped up the other two trees with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I meant to put the image pretty far into the lower right corner of the card, but leave room for aa tree or two, so I think I could have moved it over to the right a little bit more.
The greeting is stamped in Balmy Blue from the Arrange A Wreath Stamp Set and die cut from one of the Ornate Frames Dies. And for a little bling, I added the Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems.
You could make this same card design with any of the characters in the Freezin’ Fun Stamp Set. If you like fun and whimsical Christmas cards, then this is the set for you!
Hi Karen, I love your Freezin’ Fun Penguin card. and I know someone else who would too ( she has a conservatory full of different sized penguins!) Talking of sizes, do you know the measurements for your card please? Cheers and thankyou, Karen, keep safe and well, Marilyn.
Hi Marilyn, The card base as always is 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, folded in half so the front of the card is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. The Whisper White layer is 4″ x 5 1/4″ and the designer paper 3 3/4″ x 5″. The scalloped circle is a die-cut and is about 2 3/4″ diameter. The Whisper White circle is about 2 1/2″, just a tiny bit under. Hope that helps! Thanks for looking at my blog! It’s certainly a fun stamp set and I’m sure your friend would love a penguin card!