Penguin Palace Challenge #26 – Summer Moodboard

June 1, 2023May 31, 2023 candoodlecreationsLeave a comment

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We LOVED seeing your sketch-inspired projects over the past month and want to thank you so much for participating in Challenge #25.

Now, onto Penguin Palace Challenge #26! I’m so excited to be sharing inspiration using this month’s summery colour palette! Don’t forget to link your projects featuring Penguin Palace stamps below for your chance to win a $25 gift card!

I wanted to make a fun, summery card so I couldn’t help but use the new Enjoy Your Summer digital stamp! After printing the image onto some cardstock, I Copic colored and fussy-cut it out. I also printed the “Floating by to say Hi!” sentiment onto some white cardstock and cut it down to 3.75″ x 5″ with the sentiment centered along the bottom. I ink-blended the panel with some sand-colored dye ink and added speckling with Copics in various shades of brown and beige.

Next, I blended a piece of 3.75″ x 5″ cardstock with Distress Oxide inks in colors inspired by this month’s palette (Blueprint Sketch, Uncharted Mariner, Peacock Feathers, Speckled Egg). I used one of the dies from the Desert Landscape Scene Builder dies and stencil set to create the “edge” of my ocean. I adhered the ocean panel down to my sand panel, and glued that onto an A2 card base. Finally, I adhered my stamped image to the center and added a few clear embellishments to finish off the card.

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge color palette to create a project that features at least one Penguin Palace product as the focal point. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until June 29^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a $25 CAD gift certificate to ppstamps.com from challenge #25 and #26 which will be announced on July 1^st at the beginning of challenge #27!

Don’t forget to link up your project below, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #penguinpalaceprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in the challenge album in our Penguin Palace Facebook group!

Penguin Palace Challenge #25 – Sketch

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 candoodlecreationsLeave a comment

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

Thank you so much to all of those who participated in Challenge #23 & 24! We loved seeing all your stenciled projects over the past month for Challenge #24. Congratulations to our Challenge #23-24 winner, Sasha J, please feel free to grab and display your winner badge which can be found on the righthand column (or at the bottom of the page on mobile)!

Now, onto Penguin Palace Challenge #25! I’m so excited to be sharing inspiration for another fun sketch challenge — remember, you can interpret these however you like; flip, rotate, be creative! Don’t forget to link your projects featuring Penguin Palace stamps below for your chance to win a $25 gift card!

For today’s card, I started by cutting a piece of Cotton Candy Heavyweight Premium Cardstock down to a little bit smaller the 4.25″ x 5.5″ and cut off the bottom 1/3 to create two pieces corresponding to the gray parts of the sketch. On the larger piece, I lightly ink blended using a slightly darker color of dye ink. Then, I used the confetti stamp from the Birthday Wishes stamp set and repeatedly stamped it over the background in a slightly darker color of dye ink to create a tone-on-tone look.

On the smaller piece of cardstock, I stamped and white heat-embossed a sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set. I glued both pieces of cardstock onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ card base. Next, I stamped and Copic colored one of the images from the Birthday Wishes stamp set, and cut it out with the coordinating die, adding a few extra diecuts behind for dimension. I adhered my image down to the card-base where the focal element is on the sketch, and finished the card off with some embellishments.

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the sketch to create a project that features at least one Penguin Palace product as the focal point. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until May 30^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a $25 CAD gift certificate to ppstamps.com from challenge #25 and #26 which will be announced on July 1^st at the beginning of challenge #27!

Penguin Palace Challenge #24 – Stenciling

April 1, 2023March 31, 2023 candoodlecreations1 Comment

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We LOVED seeing your spring color palette inspired projects over the past month and want to thank you so much for participating in Challenge #23.

Now, onto Penguin Palace Challenge #24! This month, our theme is stenciling — as long as it uses a stencil, it counts! Don’t forget to link your projects featuring Penguin Palace stamps below for your chance to win a $25 gift card.

For today’s card, I used a technique I’ve wanted to try for a while — watercolor stenciling! I taped down the Abstract Blossom Stencils 360° to a piece of watercolor paper and traced around the inside of each opening with my Karin markers — in rainbow order of course. Be careful not to be too heavy-handed as the ink can seep under the stencil (but that’s okay, it’s all part of the imperfect/loose look)! Once I had some color down, I removed the stencil and used clean water and a paint brush to blend from the center toward the edges. I added a little bit more ink with my markers as needed.

Next, I cut my card panel down and adhered it to a 5″ x 6.5″ card base. I white heat-embossed a sentiment from the So Blessed stamp set onto black cardstock, and cut it out with the coordinating Penguin Perfect cuts. I also die-cut a few extra and adhered them to the back of my sentiment for extra dimension. Finally, I adhered my sentiment to the center of the card and added some embellishments!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge theme (stenciling) to create a project that features at least one Penguin Palace product as the focal point. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until April 29^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a $25 CAD gift certificate to ppstamps.com from challenge #23 and #24 which will be announced on May 1^st at the beginning of challenge #25!

Penguin Palace Challenge #23 – Spring Moodboard

March 1, 2023February 28, 2023 candoodlecreations2 Comments

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We LOVED seeing your “anything goes” projects over the past month and want to thank you so much for participating in Challenge #22.

Thank you so much to all of those who participated in Challenge #21 & 22! Congratulations to our Challenge #21-22 winner, Yvonne (you can see her amazing interactive card here), please feel free to grab and display your winner badge which can be found on the righthand column (or at the bottom of the page on mobile)!

Now, onto Penguin Palace Challenge #23! This month we have a fun spring colour palette (despite the fact that we’ve had 3 snowstorms in the past 2 weeks..) and I’m sharing a card using some of the new digi stamps! Don’t forget to link your projects featuring Penguin Palace stamps below for your chance to win a $25 gift card!

I started by creating my scene using the Woodland Scene Builder Layered Dies. I diecut Layer 2 and 3 out of white cardstock and Copic-colored the trees to add dimension. Next, I cut a piece of 4.25″ x 4.25″ cardstock and blended by sky background using Distress Oxide Inks to match the color palette (Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Uncharted Mariner, Prize Ribbon). Then I adhered Layer 2 and 3 to my background and adhered the whole thing to a square card base.

My critters are from the new Adventure in Australia Digital Stamp. I wanted them to face each other on my card, but the original images both face the same way — this is why I love digis, it’s much easier to manipulate the images than traditional stamps! To do this, I put my images into Microsoft Word (you can use any program you like!) and simply clicked on one and hit “reflect”. After printing the images onto my usual white cardstock, I Copic-colored and fussy cut them out. Next, I stamped and white heat-embossed a sentiment from We Are Right For Each Other onto a strip of black cardstock, adhered everything down, and added some clear gems to finish off the card!

This month’s challenge runs until March 30^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a $25 CAD gift certificate to ppstamps.com from challenge #23 and #24 which will be announced on May 1^st at the beginning of challenge #25!

Penguin Palace Challenge #22 – Anything Goes

February 1, 2023January 31, 2023 candoodlecreationsLeave a comment

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We loved seeing your interactive projects over the past month and want to thank you so much for participating in Challenge #21!

Before we get to this month’s challenge, two very exciting things:

Penguin Palace’s 1st ever digital stamps collection is here and available for purchase!
Make sure to check out the Pre-Valentine’s Instagram Hop running from January 31 to February 7!

Now, onto Penguin Palace Challenge #22! This time we’re doing an “anything goes” theme, which means you can make anything at all, as long as it involves Penguin Palace products! Don’t forget to link your projects featuring Penguin Palace stamps below for your chance to win a $25 gift card!

I’m so excited to be sharing inspiration using the new digital stamps! They’re all so cute but I had to use some of the adorable images from the new Kawaii Japan digital stamp set. I like to arrange my digital stamps using Microsoft Word, but the beauty of digital stamps is that you can resize and arrange them in any software you’re comfortable with OR you can just print the “bonus” set (which comes in the digital download) that has all of the stamps on one A2 sized sheet!

I started by copying and pasting the image with three lanterns multiple times. I rotated and arranged them to form three lines. Next, I copied and pasted three of the maneki-neko images below the lanterns. When my scene was complete, I printed it onto some Bristol smooth cardstock. The lines of the lanterns didn’t perfectly connect in some places, so I filled in the gaps with a Copic multiliner. Then, I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens.

I cut down the panel to 4.25″ x 5.5″, adhered it to a card base, and added some embellishments to finish off the card. I decided to leave this card without a sentiment for now, as I wanted to have the potential to use it for multiple occasions in the future — I can add a “good luck”, “happy birthday”, etc. sentiment when I have an occasion I want to use it for!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is create a project that features at least one Penguin Palace product as the focal point. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until February 27^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a $25 CAD gift certificate to ppstamps.com from challenge #21 and #22 which will be announced on March 1^st at the beginning of challenge #23!