Sparkle - Penguin Elf!

Here is my take on the Make It Crafty Challenge, to create sparkle without the aid of actual glitter! The challenge was to draw the sparkle and shine with what ever colouring medium you use.  I used Copics followed by three gel pens - a white, a light red and a dark red, to make the look of glitter without actually using glitter. 

The image is my illustration for Whimsy Stamps, sold as "Penguin Elf", a digital image you can get at Whimsy Stamps!

The trees are from Zoe's company, Make It Crafty - Whimsical Pine (medium and small), the papers are from Whimsy's digital line, "Snow Deep"  and Nordic Christmas (currently free from Whimsy, Merry Christmas, and thank you Tracy and Denise of Whimsy Stamps!!).  

The cute chipboard words are also from Make It Crafty and are also sold at Whimsy!

I coloured my penguin and snow scene with the following Copic markers: 

Whites of Penguin: W00, 0, YR30, R30, 0 blender, E40, 41, BV20, BG70

Gold bell, beak and feet: YR30, 12, 14, 16, 23, 27, E39, 99

Blacks: N0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7, 9, Special Black

Greens of outfit: G00, 03, 05, 21, 46, BG 78, W4

Red of outfit and ribbon: R30, 12, 14, 24, 27, 35, 56, 46, 39, 89

Greens of leaves: YG01, 21, 46, BG78

Snow whites: BG0000, 000, B60, B00, B32, 21, BG70, BG10

Sky: BG10, B41 and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide sponged over the top portion of the sky

BG96 to show a bit of the evergreen leaves on the trees

I am entering a few challenges: 

Make It Crafty : Sparkle (creating the look of glitter without using glitter)

Christmas on Splitcoaststampers (anything goes)

Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers (to view my inspiration photo, click HERE)

Thank you for looking folks, and, 

I hope you can enjoy the holidays this year!

Merry Christmas

from Crissy