Penguin fun

Good Morning everyone.

I hadn't planned another post before Christmas but ive had a little fun today.  In the countryview crafts advent event i bought (among lots of others!) these brilliant penguin stamps by aall&create and i thought they were the ideal size for some of the little snippets of alcohol inked acetate i had left over from cards so as Id cleared my desk I had a little play and made myself some penguin bunting.

Previously id coloured acetate with alcohol inks - this is ideal for using packaging acetate as it hides any little marks.  On the opposite side to the alcohol ink i stamped the penguins with stazon ink - i need to get a refil as some didn't stamp perfectly but a black sharpie marker came to the rescue.  Then I cut them out, leaving a little tab of acetate above their heads which i punched a hole in - i also removed any alcohol ink above the heads with blending solution and cotton wool so that only the penguins were coloured.  If i wasn't using up scraps of pre coloured acetate you could stamp the penguins first and then add alcohol ink to colour them.

I added a jump ring through the punched hole and tied them onto clear jewellery thread. As the acetate is see through it meant it was easy to flip some penguins  to face the opposite way.

Sadly my photos don't show up the true colours as its too long to fit in my light box and its so dark and gloomy today trying to take the photos.  

Just a close up on a few of them.  

Items Used:

Aall&create stamps #603 'frosty' & #604 'penguin'

Tim Holtz alcohol inks

Acetate

Jump Rings

Clear jewellery thread

Id love to enter the following:

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/12/december-2021-christmas-anything-goes.html

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https://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/12/december-choose-theme-and-stamp-it.html

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http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/anything-christmas.html

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http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2021/12/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge_0458224053.html  - all my penguins are on snippets of acetate

I had hoped to enter this challenge but after hours of trying the link tool just keeps saying nope😕

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Ive also added photos of the present ive made for my mum for Christmas.  In my stash busting mission this year i wondered what to do with these glass pebbles and this is the outcome

I started with a 20cm foam football and took a slice off the bottom so it can sit flat in the garden.  I then glued on randomly in stages lots of glass pebbles.  Then used bathroom grout - something i won't be doing again, this was definitely a labour of love doing a bit at a time.

A smaller version on a garden stake, i used just blue and clear glass pebbles on this one, a 7cm foam ball that id pushed a metal garden stake into.  I actually made this one first and base painted the bright yellow ball black but the colours didn't stand out so much so the bigger version i base painted white, this also helps seal the ball.

 Just showing both together

Thank you for stopping by. 

I hope you all enjoy the festive period and stay safe. Big hugs Emmaxxx