Happy Birthday Penguin

I'm excited to be using this new animal to my card collection. It is so versatile that I can use the creature in a girl or boy form by simply dressing him/her up. The example above shows the penguin in a boy form with bow tie and hat to match. So cute and so easy to create.

The layout was created from inspiration from a craft magazine called Cards by Northridge Publishing. I picked up this subscription from the annual scrapbook expo in Ontario, Ca. They offer a new layout each month in their issues which I love. They also offer a layouts edition of one of their issues. From the inspiration of the layout I am able to add my focul point and add any additional embellishments.

This is another example of the use of the penguin but as a girl this time where I used the same bow from the boy but used is as a bow in her hair. All the stamps used are from Stamps by Judith which I love. This penguin is part of a tutorial that she offers on her site so it gives you great step by steps on how to create. I used Tombow Watercolor makers to color the penguins on Canson Watercolor Paper. I purchased my Tombow's from Blick's Art Supply store and my watercolor paper from Hobby Lobby. I also used a spellbinders, scalloped oval to cut out my penguin to give it a little more character and well as using a label spellbinders to cut out the Happy Birthday label with my Cuttlebug.