Sending Birthday Wishes

I can't seem to get enough penguins and the ones from Sugar Pea Designs are just adorable.  These are perfect for masculine cards and since I never have enough on hand, decided to start building my stash.  I used the Happy Mail stamp set and the sketch/color challenge at Sugar Pea for the jumping point of my card.

All the stamps I used were from the stamp set and you can find it HERE.  For my background I took a couple different colors of copic refill inks and layed down big drops of color.  I really like how it turned out. :)

I would like to enter the following challenges:

+Sugar Pea Designs-sketch/color-TOP 3

Color Inspiration-monthly link up

+2 Crafty Critter Crazies-Critter 

+Colour Crazy Challenge-ATG

+Fab 'n' Funky-ATG

+Little Red Wagon-Bows or Arrows-TOP PICK

+Pause, Dream, Enjoy-Birthday

+Simon Says Stamp-Add a sentiment

Warm Wishes and Hello Winter

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm ready for some cooler weather!! Not too cold, and not snowy, but nice crisp fallish weather!  We have had rain for the past couple days and I LOVE the rain.  I should have stayed home from work and just cleaned house, thrown open the windows and enjoyed it....

 Well, my projects today are more winterish and snowy.  I've used the new digi release

 Momma and Baby Penguin from Some Odd Girl.  I've been the guest designer over in Oddland for the month of August and it's been a blast!! These cards are my final projects for my Guest spot.

I colored it all with copics, used pattern paper from a 6x6 winter pack I picked up at Hobby Lobby.  The igloo is from Create a Critter cricut cartridge.  The snowflakes are Martha Stewart snowflake corners that I just carefully tore the corner off. I spritzed the white background with spray ink on the second card, used my circle scallop dies, ribbon, and letter stickers.  The Warm Wishes sentiment on the first card is from Some Odd Girl and came with the super cute ski bunny clear stamp set.  Hope you like my cards and hope the weather wherever you are is just how you like it!! ;D

 I would also like to enter the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges- Use an Animal
Christmas at Sweet Stampin-Winter Animal
+Inky Impressions Challenge-Animals
+Nutcrafters-spots and/or stripes
+Craft-deebowz-handmade bow
+Creative Corners Challenge-Cute Critters
An Inky Situation-Scallops