03 December 2011

MCT 12 Days of Christmas: On the Third Day of Christmas...

by Veronica

Welcome to the third day of My Creative Time's 12 Days of Christmas! We're moving right along in our hop of awesome projects! What's that? You haven't been hopping? If you didn't arrive here from Trell's blog, skip on over to Emma's blog to start at the top! Go ahead... I'll wait.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for a Christmas Card Shoe Box Swap I participated in. For those that don't know, a 'shoe box swap' is an event where card makers bring a project along with all of the 'ingredients' to make that project for everyone. Many put their projects/ingredients in shoe boxes. Then, we all swap boxes and make each other's projects!

For my card, I used MCT's Small Talk and the Penguin Doll die from Cottage Cutz (which come with those sweet Peachy Keen faces). Since my card has such a simple layout, I really jazzed it up with lots of colorful layers and texture. Of course, I popped up just about anything that wasn't already glued to the floor! *giggle*

The fancy icicles (covered in - you guessed it: Star Dust Stickles) were created using the Fiskars Grass Border Punch I won at Scrap Camp back in November. Right side up: grass. Upside down: icicles. Easy Peasy.

Sometimes I want to add ribbon to my cards for some extra flair, but don't want a bow or knot. A super simple and quick way to add a touch of ribbon is to fold a small piece in half and adhere it behind a layer - just enough to stick out. You heard it here first, Folks!


***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNERS! There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event and some SURPRISES to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her FIRST set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!

I'm so glad you came along for this totally creative hop! I'm the last stop for today. Join us again tomorrow for more fun projects! I hope you were inspired!

-Veronica



147 comments :

  1. OMG I love your penquin card. They are so cute. :)
    win_or_lose52@hotmail.com
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  2. Love, love, love this card, to cute! I never thought of using my grass die to do ice hanging down, very creative and those penguins are so cute.
    angel hugs
    Debby
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  3. That is one cute card. I just love those penguins.
    nellessenconcrete@yahoo.com

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  4. This is such a cute card. Love the idea of icicles and ribbon :)

    pruttybird at comcast dot net

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  5. this is sooo adorable! love those penguins!
    babi96 at aol dot com

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  6. Super cute.

    Jan
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  7. Oh My...how cute is that!! Awesome idea to turn the grass punch around and use it for the icicles.
    croptilludrop23@gmail.com

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  8. WOW super cute, the ribbon folded over is a fab idea!! Thanks

    miller896042 at bellsouth dot net

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  9. Super cute. I like the colors you used. The little penguins just pop when you use those colors;0)

    bex@
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  10. I love this idea and the card too!

    kipmit@gmail.com

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  11. Aww! This is really cute! I love the nontraditional colors!!

    Hugs,
    Saundra
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  12. Love your card so cute.
    LindaB
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  13. Oh my gosh, I super love this! Love penguins,(I've been wanting this CC doll set so long) love the colors, love the layering and love Stardust Stickles. tamiwb1234 at aoldotcom

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  14. Sooo cute! Thanks for the chance to win! lclass003 atgmaildotcom

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  15. Great card! Who couldn't love penguins? Thanks for sharing! Denise queenbee.speigle@gmail.com

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  16. This is just adorable! Those penugins are too cute with their peachy faces and that scarf! Love the colors too!!!

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  17. OMG ! This little card is so stinkin' cute! I love the the little ribbon trick!

    Debbie H.

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  18. I love pengiuns, tis card is cute.
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  19. Great card,, love the penguins!
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  20. Your card is beautiful!

    esterperez73@yahoo

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  21. Cute, cute! What a great idea about doing a shoe box swap! I would love to know how to participate in one of those or perhaps start one.
    TFS
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  22. I just love this card, and those little penguins! Great job!!

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  23. Ever so cute, cute, cute!

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  24. Adorable. Love PK.
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  25. The Penguins are so adorable, cute card.

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  26. the penguins are so cute.
    olivervl at yahoo.com

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  27. Love this card--and I think I will use your idea for the icicles--how smart you are!!
    Pat
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  28. Your card is fabulous!!!! And thanks for the tips....hehehe I must use the icicle idea and the ribbon idea! Great job, Veronica!

    georgifelix at verizon dot net

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  29. very cute card! the penguins look so happy! and thanks for the tip about the ribbon!

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  30. Love the cuteness in this card!
    So fun
    janette09@comcast.net

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  31. Your card is adorable!!

    Leslie

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  32. Wow this is super duper cuties. I love the little penguins and your card is pefect. Great little touches here and there.

    Thanks for sharing.
    terri_ski at yahoo dot com

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  33. love this project TFS!!!

    cathie
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  34. very cute card! love the colors and the cute penquins!

    Niki
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  35. I love the swap idea in a shoe box! Your card is way too cute. I love penguins and Peachy ones are even better :D Great job!
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  36. That is an adorable card! Olivia orjm79@yahoo.com

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  37. Love, love the penguins. Amazing card. The colors are amazing. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  38. so cute. those penguins are adorable.

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  39. Such a cute card. Thank you for sharing.
    brittmartin1288@yahoo.com

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  40. What a cute card!!! I love it.

    alvinadiaz@msn.com
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  41. Such a cute card thanks for sharing.

    tammi_amata@ameritech.net

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  42. That could not be any cuter!!! Thanks for sharing!
    My e-mail is gerissman@comcast.net

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  43. Love the color combo! Too cute. TFS joy4umetoo at hotmail dot com

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  44. Awwwww your card is super cute. Love the colors

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  45. Love the snowmen!!How adorable!!

    Mickey

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  46. such a great ideas, thanks for the great hop. shanasewing@yahoo.com

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  47. SUCH a cute card! Love those penguins, and what a great use for the grass border!

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  48. Cute card! Love those penguins!
    tcsobotka at charter dot net

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  49. So totally cute! Love the upside down grass :)
    Great job!

    hugs
    Cassandra

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  50. this is soo cute.
    mbchoj at aol dot com

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  51. Ok, now this is CUTE!!!! You rock lady!!

    Nikki

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  52. Those are some stinkin cute penguinns!!! Love this!!! Linda Harris Lsunflower58@aol.com

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  53. Super cute card!!
    TFS
    jessica
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    eschfamily@yahoo.com

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  54. Cutie little penguins!
    Candy
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  55. Adorable little penguins:) Super cute card!!!
    Sherrie K
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  56. aaawww this is so cute!!! the penguins are adorable!!


    rosiemini@gmail.com
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  57. PENGUINS!! PENGUINS!! They're a family winter/Xmas holiday favorite so this card is definitely on my to-do list :) Thanks so much for sharing! I look forward to seeing what you'll be making in the days to come.

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  58. OMG, what sweet faces on those penquins! Love this little card.

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  59. Your card is so cute! I love those penquins! Adorable! thanks so much for sharing! lindagk23ataoldotcom

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  60. Adorable card. Love the penguins. I had no idea what a shoe box swap was. I live in the country with no neighbors, so, unfortunately I have no one to scrap with. Boo Hoo!! patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  61. Super sweet, clean and adorable

    Alina
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  62. What an adorable card. Such cute little faces. I'm a new follower of yours an would like to invite you over to my blog. I's love it if you would become a follower of mine. Take care, Lori
    http://lorisartsyobsession.blogspot.com/

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  63. Adorable penquins. Love it!
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  64. Awww! I love penguins for Holiday time! So cute!!

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  65. Love your Penguin Card! So Cute!Love the colors that you used. :0)
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  66. Love your penguins! Very cute card!

    rissaflor atyahoo dotcom

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  67. perfect penguins - so adorable!!! love them! doris
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  68. Too Cute !!!!!

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  69. Cute penguins and cute layers!!

    ctibbmn at yahoo dot com

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  70. That is really cute! Nice job.

    Lori
    Bloggin The Crafts
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  71. Adorable card!! I would have never thought to use a grass punch like that!! Awesome job!!

    javajen1 at hotmail dot com

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  72. Your penguin Christmas card is so adorable!!

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  73. Love the happy penguins. They are adorable. Regina
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  74. What a neat idea to use the grass punch as icicles! Thanks for sharing.

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  75. These are just too cute, simply adorable!

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  76. Wow, a shoebox swap, that sounds like so much fun. I wish I had crafting friends. Darling card.
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  77. This is so stinkin' cute! I love tucking ribbon behind... just enough to show. Perfect touch!

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  78. This card is so stinkin cute. Love the penguins and the colors and the patterns.
    Ashley
    glamoroussideofscrapping@gmail .com
    http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com

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  79. soo cute and colorful!! love it!!

    candace
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  80. Love all the layers and textures and colors. So adorable.

    Tina
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  81. Very cute love it .F.U.N. Bobbi

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  82. aww those penguins are too adorable - great card TFS

    Carol W.
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  83. love love your card, wow...those penguins are adorable, I love the stamps sets you used, and I do the same thing with my MS icicle border punch, turn it upside down and it's grass...love it when you can find other ways to use things instead of having one of each, FABULOUS

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  84. Adorable. Love the colors and those penguins!
    Kathy
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  85. Cute penguins! TFS!


    Kris in Alaska
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  86. Great project! Love your work.

    Tonya
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  87. Your card is adorable! Thanks for telling us what a shoe box swap is, sounds like so much fun!
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  88. I love, love, love this card. Penguins are my all time favorite.
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin
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  89. These are so cute, you almost can jump with them.

    dorcas
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  90. Adorable card!

    megan.saxe@gmail.com

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  91. Super cute!! TFS
    Evelyn
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  92. Super adorable card! gallionlori at gmail dot com

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  93. What a super cute card. I love layers, layers, layers. Thanks for the idea of using grass borders upside down to make icicles. Super cool tip. Also, thanks for info on shoe box swap. Hugz:)

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  94. I love the shoe box swap idea. Thanks for sharing your adorable cute. dsebby404@yahoo.com

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  95. I love this card because I love penguins and yours are super cute. I love the way the stickles looks on the ice. I can't ever get my stickles to look like anything other than a blob of stickles! :)
    Hugs,
    Deb C
    dsc105@live.com

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  96. ADORABLE!!! LOVE the sparkly icicles too!!!

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  97. What a cute card. Love this. Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com

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  98. I love...love those penguins!! SO cute! Great colors!!! :)

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  99. Adorable card- I just love these penguins- too cute
    :)Amy
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  100. My niece loves penguins....this is adorable!

    Denise J.
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  101. Cute card I love Penguins so adorable
    Shanna
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  102. Love the penguins!! They are so cute!!

    Christina

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  103. Definitely wonderful penguin card! We are lovin' these creatures. Sooooooooooo cute!!!

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  104. Your penguin card is so cute! Love the colors you used it really brings out the color of the penguins.

    Luanne
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    craftersreference.blogspot.com

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  105. Those penguins are adorable, as is your card. I love penguins. Thanks for sharing.

    Danielle
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  106. LOVE this card....so super cute! TFS!!
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  107. Hi Love your project .
    LindaB
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  108. What an adorable card!! Lisa - elwalten@aol.com

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  109. This card is so ADORABLE! I love those cute little penguins!
    hotgirl211@msn.com

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  110. Love those little penguins, their expressions are too cute. Great job. Thankyou. teachermom5@gmail.com

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  111. super cute...love the penguins.

    rebecca_k81 at hotmail.com

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  112. Those are cutie penguins! Love them.

    Debbie B.
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  113. What a cute card! I love it and the colors that you used!

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  114. Very cute card! Love those little penguins

    Ashley
    ScrappinAsh at gmail dot com

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  115. Love this idea. Gloria C
    Gloriaandmickey@yahoo.com

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  116. Love the added pink and those penguins are just adorable!!

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  117. I love penguins and these are so adorable. The Shoe Box Swap sounds like so much fun!
    Tracy
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  118. Super cute card!!! I just love the fun paper you used.. Thanks for the chance to win..

    Scrappy Hugs,
    Amanda :0)
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  119. These penguins are adorable! love the card!
    Cyndy
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  120. I am loving those penguins! Darling card! Great job!surfnfroggie at aol dot com

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  121. Super cute card! Lovin those adorable penguins, TFS!
    hugs, Jenn
    smile4jenn at hotmail dot com

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  122. Cute penguins! Too fun! callyann
    callyannc@live.com

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  123. Your happy penguins are so festive.
    kidshomelove at yahoo.com

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  124. love this card!
    Melissakc1@yahoo.com

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  125. I love penguins so I love this card. It is so cute!
    Pam at
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  126. This card is so cute. Great job!!!!

    Kim
    kpedersen44@yahoo.com

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  127. Super cute card! Love penguins and this is just so darn adorable!!! TFS
    hugs,
    joni

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  128. Great and cute Project. Love the your animals.
    jeria22@yahoo.com tfs!

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  129. omg this is soooo stinkin cute!!

    micia
    yellowbirdcreation@gmail.com

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  130. Aw, those are adorable!!!


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  131. Sweet adorable card! TFS.

    coupondenise at live dot com

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  132. Awesome card, love the penguins.
    Kathy
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  133. This is just tooo cute Veronica!!! Great idea to use the grass for icicles, I may have to scraplift that from you! The Shoe box thing sounds like fun, I'd never heard of it before.
    Puppy Hugs,
    Wendy
    wendydotroos2boys@gmaildotcom

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  134. wow veronica i didnt know you do papercrafting.....love your card and the colors you choose


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  135. OMGoodness I adore that penguin and the colors are really pretty!
    TFS
    Peace & Joy to You & Yours this Holiday Season!
    Kathie
    Kathlee154atgmaildotcom

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  136. Very cute --I like how you made the icicles.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  137. They are really cute.
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  138. This card is adorable. Love it.

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  139. The penguins are ADORABLE!!! TFS :)
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  140. That swap sounds like a lot of fun!!! ADORABLE penguins =)

    hugs,
    Sarah
    liveloveandscrap@hotmail.com

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