February 12 Months of Christmas Challenge

Is it really February? I blinked and January was gone. How does this happen? I volunteered this morning at Opportunity House as a cashier. We weren't exceptionally busy but busier than the last few days have been. Those below zero temperatures kept the customers at home. It was supposed to get to 40 today but didn't quite make it. We are just above freezing at 33 degrees. But the sun came out and some of the areas of snow began to recede. It's supposed to be close to 60 on Sunday. What a turn around. A new month means a new card challenge at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. This month's challenge is anything Christmas goes and out optional theme is penguin power. My SIL is in love with penguins so it's no hardship to use a penguin on a card.

Our sponsor this month is Bugaboo Stamps and they have so many penguins to choose from. I was happy to add Penguin Joy to my collection. What a cute digital image. I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut it with MFT Single Stitch Rectangle Frames. The red frame is also die cut with that die and I added a black layer to make it pop. The cute penguin paper is one of the new digital papers, Penguin Pals, from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles for this challenge.

The sentiment is white heat embossed and is from a retired stamp set from Flourishes. I embellished it with Crystal Stickles. I used last week's sketch from Feeling Sketchy but too late to enter it into the challenge. I hope you have a penguin that you can use to join the challenge. If not make any Christmas card and link up to the 12 Months of Christmas Linkup.
I am entering these challenges:

• Winter Wonderland: anything goes
• The Outlawz Festive Friday: Christmas
• Tuesday Throwdown: anything goes
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
• Crafting by Designs: animals
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use an animal

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you'll join us this month with a Christmas penguin. Have a wonderful weekend!

Donna