Penguin Winter Wishes Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

On Wednesday, November 29th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Penguin Winter Wishes Card. :o) I had an extra busy schedule and I didn't manage to share it here on my blog earlier. I need a vacation...

To make this card I used a super cute Kitty Bee Designs 'Hello There Penguin' digital image and sentiment from Your Next Stamp 'Christmas Critters' stamp set.

I printed the penguin on a watercolor paper and left him dry through the night to prevent ink smearing. I colored the penguin in watercolor technique, using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the penguin and colored edges with black marker.

Then I blended a white cardstock paper panel with Distress Inks, creating Ombré Effect. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the panel with water and after with white acrylic paint. After drying, I heat embossed in white a sentiment directly on the panel.

Lastly I glued the panel on a white top folded card base, glued foam on the back of the penguin and placed him on the card. As a finishing touch, I drew couple more white dots on the panel using white gel pen.

Dimensions: 89 mm x 120 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Hello There Penguin' digital image
• Your Next Stamp 'Christmas Critters' stamp set (retired set)
• white cardstock paper
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarell Watercolor Paper, 250 gms
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tumbled Glass
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Blueprint Sketch
• Black Soot
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Unibal Signo White
• Stabilo Black fibre-tip pen 68/46
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• UHU universal glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0 (watercoloring)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #2 (splattering)
• scissors
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• paper towels 
• water
• powder bag

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight project, last for this year. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka