Cricut card Thursday

I made this beautiful penguin card using Christmas Cheer.

Supplies needed:

White, black, red, brown & orange cardstock, 3 different colors of blue cardstock, white gel pen, Red & frosted lace Stickles, white liquid applique’ & Embossing heat tool.

Make card base to measure 5 ½ wide by 4 ½ tall.

Cut your 3 pieces of blue cardstock:

Small piece to measure 5 ¼ by 1 ½.

Medium piece to measure 5 ¼ by 2 ½.

Large piece to measure 5 ½ by 3 ½.

Tear each piece to make it look like drifted snow. Sand edges to distress.

Attach to card

Stamp snowflakes in the sky

Apply frosted lace stickles on top of stamped snowflakes. Set aside to dry.

Now cut & glue your 2 penguin together.

The smaller penguin is 2 ¾ inches tall and the big penguin is 3 ½ inches.

When cutting out your pieces for the penguins make both cuts while you have each color loaded into your cricut eliminating extra time loading and unloading your mat in the cricut.

1^st load white cardstock into your cricut.

Select your blackout button & then the penguin button. 1^st cut at 2 ¾ and then at 3 ½. You are keeping the outline of the penguin.

Next select the shift button & then the penguin button. 1^st cut at 3 ½ since your already at this size then 2 ¾. You are keeping the rim of the penguin’s hat.

Unload mat.

2^nd load black cardstock into your cricut

Select shift button & then penguin. 1^st cut at 2 ¾ and then at 3 ½. You are keeping the outline of the penguin.

Unload mat.

3^rd load orange cardstock into your cricut.

Select the shift button & then penguin. 1^st cut at 3 ½ and then at 2 ¾. You are keeping the penguin’s feet and nose.

Unload mat.

4^th load red cardstock into your cricut.

Select penguin. 1^st cut at 2 ¾ and then at 3 ½. You are keeping the penguin’s hat.

Unload mat.

Make penguin's eyes using a white gel pen.

Attach penguin to card.

Stamp sentiment on light brown cardstock and trim to make a small square.

With dark brown cardstock cut a small piece to make sign post.

Attach to card.

Using white liquid applique’ make a small line along the edge of the penguin’s hat, under the feet & to the top of the sign and base of post. Heat liquid applique’ with embossing heat tool to make it puff like snow.

 Make the penguin’s scarf using red stickles.

Apply frosted lace stickles to the penguin's belly. 

Let dry.