Penguin Playmates Day 6

Penguin Playmates Day 6 features two Christmas card designs using six 1″ squares of Penguin Playmates paper. Additionally, there are two different designs for everyday occasions. All of these cards are great ways to use your small paper scraps! On Day 1 of the series there’s information on how to get the Penguin Playmates paper during Sale-a-Bration, which ends September 30. You’ll want to check out the 4 card designs there too! Just click the button below each card in order to see the cutting dimensions and products used to create the card. Also at the end of the post is a…

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One Last Hurrah for this Bird Ballad Trio!

This Bird Ballad Trio showcases one of the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Products that will be leaving soon. The new annual catalog will begin on June 3rd and this Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper will be gone! Before we say goodbye, I want to give you a few more ideas for the beautiful Bird Ballad paper. So today’s post features Get Well, Birthday, and Thinking of You cards, and a few other Last Chance items. Sending Healing Hugs Bird Ballad Trio Cards Get Well Card The first card’s sentiment, Sending Healing Hugs, is from the So Sentimental stamp set. Die…

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Feel Better

Humming Along stamp set with Hummingbird Framelits Dies

What could make someone feel better faster than a rainbow-colored hummingbird on a handmade card in bright spring colors? Today’s card is another one that we created in a recent card class! If you were lucky enough to get the beautiful Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets for free during Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration, you’ll be able to create this card as shown. If not, substitute any foil you have! Here are all the details: Supplies for Feel Better card: INSTRUCTIONS: Now, brighten someone’s day by mailing your masterpiece to them! Now that you’ve completed your card, try different color…

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Get Well Soon Soup

Soup for Recovery Now that you’re feeling a little better, you can progress from yesterday’s chicken soup, to a little tomato soup today. This card is very similar to yesterday’s card, so I won’t go through all the paper piecing steps again. The differences are mainly in the colors and papers, as well as the corners on the soft sky layer are rounded with the Project Life Corner Rounder Punch, instead of the Curvy Trio Punch. Here are the products used to create this version: Whisper White Thick Cardstock 8-1/2″ x 5″, folded in half Soft Sky cardstock 3-3/4″ x 5″, rounded…

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Feelin’ Under the Weather?

Get Well Soon with Get Well Soup! Many of the Stampin’ Up! items on this card are retired, but feel free to substitute what you have to make this card your own. Sometimes older products and stamps need love too! My favorite part of this card is the pretty corners made with the Curvy Corner Trio punch, which is still available! Click the items in the directions below for more information on the products used. To create this card: Start with an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Baja Breeze (retired) or other light blue cardstock. Cut a 5-1/4″ x 4″…

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Get Well With Thoughts and Prayers

 Usually I use the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set for sympathy cards, but since I needed some get well cards, I changed it up a little. This retired paper somehow reminds me of swirling windblown leaves on this card, especially with the fall color Cajun Craze layer 🙂 Stamp Sets: Thoughts and Prayers Paper: River Rock, Cajun Craze Ink: Soft Suede

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