Caroling penguins for CHNC

This is my card for mid-month inspiration for CHNC extra July 2017 - please click on the link to see the lovely designs of my team members and we hope you will join in the challenge here - anything goes as long as it's Christmas and you can enter as many times as you like.

The background was created by embossing a piece of mirror card using an Embossalicious folder and sanding to reveal some white core. The image is one of my favourite Penny Black Christmas stamps, caroling penguins, inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with spectrum nor with quickie glue pen and Art Institute fine glitter on the furry bits of the Santa hats. This was die cut using an X cut rectangular parenthesis die. The greeting glittered circle was part of a kit bought ages ago.

I'm also sharing this card for my CHNC challenge 342 where it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the optional theme of 'use a die cut'. Please click on the link and join in as many times as you like ... and, remember, the theme is entirely optional.

This is also for:

Winter wonderland: Christmas penguins
12 months of Christmas 31
Catch the bug Christmas in July day 1: make it sparkle
Sweet stampin: Christmas in July
Hiding in my craft room 309: Christmas in July
Di's digis: Christmas in July
Dragonfly journeys 96: Christmas in July
Deep ocean 159: Christmas in July
Creative moments 122: anything goes + option: Christmas in July
Aud sentiments 184: Christmas in July + a sentiment
Cut it up 126: Christmas in July
Die cut divas July: Christmas in July
Christmas at sweet stampin July: anything goes
Happy little stampers Christmas challenge (with die cut)
Whoopsi Daisy July: Christmas in July
Unicorn 23: Christmas in July
Creative craft cottage 91: Christmas in July
ABC Christmas: O for old - all supplies are old
Crimbo crackers 136: anything goes
Scrapy land 69: anything goes (X cut die)
Noor July: use die cuts
PDE 181: emboss it
Simon says Monday: distress it
Mix it up 3: anything goes + option: distressing
Come and get it: make your own background
Love to scrap 99: anything goes
One crazy stamper July: anything goes
Penny Black and more at Allsorts July: for the boys
Use your stuff 271: all creatures great and small
2 crafty critter crazies 4: must be a critter
Crafty animals 4: anything goes
Colour crazy week 28: anything goes
Color insiration Monday link up 24
Crafty awareness July: anything goes
Craft stamper take it make it July: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 42: anything goes
Merry Monday Christmas in July link up: catching up with challenge 237: sparkle & shimmer
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 197: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: anything goes
Inspiration destination 132: anything goes
Creative inspirations 279: anything goes
Creative fingers 134: anything goes