There is a penguin in my cocoa!!!

Hi!

December is here! It's not officially Christmas yet, but  it's in the air!!!! 

the lights and trees are going up, Christmas music everywhere you go, Christmas shopping, Christmas smells, .... I just can't wait!!!!

 let's talk about card-making now... 

When making cards, I haven't got a rule, sometimes I go for Shabby Chic (my "messy" look), sometimes I go for structured and following a sketch, I've tried CAS (I may try it soon again...)... I like trying all type of styles! some I like more than the others... but oh well, I guess there are always favourites in everything!  Does it happen to you? or do you have a style that do you always follow? 

My card today has got layers, but for me, it's simple... not a  lot of embellishments, just the cute image and sentiment!

I got this image as a prize from a challenge. It's from the Paper Shelter. When I saw it I had to have it! 

(sorry for the picture quality, light is not very good so used a lamp as lighting, too bright!)

The papers came as gift in a card-making magazine.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers.

I used:

for the presents: Poppy, Shale, Moss and Pear Green.

For the Penguin: poppy, shale, icicle, peach, blossom and powder blue.

For the cocoa and mug: mustard, buttermilk, cocoa, sandstone, pear green and poppy.

For the marshmallows: icicle

For the spoon: shale and lavender.

Also, I decided to give some dimension to the image and did some decoupage... the presents as background, the penguin with cocoa mug as middle layer and marshmallows with spoon as top layer....

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts #195 - Ho Ho Holidays
QKR Stampede #66 - It's starting to look a lot like Christmas
A Gem of a challenge #108 - Winter Wonderland
Natalie and Amy challenge #15 - Cute and Cuddly Christmas
Come and Get it challenge: Christmas Card + Blog hop
Sketchy Colours #189 - Red and Green
The Ribbon Girl - Ho Ho Ho Christmas
My Mum's Craft shop #112 - Winter / Christmas
Sentimental Sundays #183 - Traditional Christmas Colours + a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas using traditional colours
Created with love #69 - Christmas
Scrap-creations - Holiday
Holly Jolly Christmas challenge - Christmas + bloghop
Through the Craft room door - Anything goes
Bearly-Mine challenges  #115 - Christmas sentiment
LEJ designs #82 - Christmas is coming
Clear it out challenge - Anything goes
Digi Choosday wk 7 - Christmas cheer!
Crafting by designs - Anything goes with a twist - penguins
Divas by design  - Feeling festive
Stamp n Doodle - Christmas in coming
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Thanks and until next time!