3 steps to create a quick and simple card

New Video – 3 Simple Steps to Create the Perfect Encouragement Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Hope you had a good weekend. Today I have a new video up on our YouTube Channel. In this video, I outlined 3 Simple Steps that I often use to create a quick and simple card.

My card panels were cut out using dies from the Cross Stitched and Dots Large Rectangle Overlays and the Cross Stitched and Dots Small Rectangle Overlays.

First I created my background using the Hello Sunshine Stencils 360°TM combined with the Stencils 360°TM tool. I used Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Shaded Lilac for my ink blending. You’ll notice that instead of sticking to one side of my stencil, I flipped my stencil to the other side for inking as well. I really like the added depth that this little trick creates.

Then I took a large sentiment from the Words From the Heart (Chapter 1) stamp set and silver heat embossed it to my card. And finally, I added gems along the inner diameter of the circular patterns for some extra sparkle!

Check out my video over on our YouTube Channel for my detailed tutorial.

Thank you so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Sharon for Penguin Palace

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Spring 2020 New Release – Reveal & Inspirational Chapter + Giveaway : Day 1

Hi Crafty Friends! Welcome to our Reveal & Inspirational Chapter + GIVEAWAY Day 1! Pre-Order is NOW OPEN for the Spring Release at www.ppstamps.com! HOORAY!!!!! All NEW products will automatically receive a 10% discount at checkout! So take advantage of this Pre-Order SALE which will only last until 4 Apr 11:59pm PST!

Today, we are going to focus on two of the new stamp sets and their coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts. Throughout the week we will continue to feature the rest of our Spring Release with sample projects from our talented Creative Team, so be sure to stay with us! Don’t forget to play along on our GIVEAWAYs! If you’ve missed yesterday’s INTRO, please continue to read all the way to the bottom for a chance to win some goodies ^.^ !

To kick-off things, we would like to showcase the new The More We Get Together stamp set and its coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts. This set is one of the collaboration sets created with Laugh and Belly.

This stamp set is ideal for the most unique friendship cards and just because cards! These super cute underwater creatures will make the most adorable scenes! Whether you enjoy making simple cards using just a couple of images from the set, or you’re like me who love creating fuller and bigger scenes with plenty of images, this set will give you endless possibilities!

Now let’s check out some amazing samples from our talented Creative Team!

First we have Ashley’s beautiful creation! I love the alcohol ink background she created to mimic the ocean. She used many of the images from the set to create a vibrant underwater scene! The cute sentiment finished the card off brilliantly!

Next we have Anja’s creation. I love how she had the little fish peeking out from coral reefs! So cute! I love how she stamped out the seaweeds multiple times to decorate her scene. This card is so bright and alive!

Next we have Jo’s card. We’re so excited to welcome Jo to our Creative Team! Jo is super talented and she will have so much more amazing videos to show everyone in the coming weeks! She created a gorgeous shaker card with this set. I love the way she set up her shaker card into three tires, and decorated the panel with the colorful images. It looks super awesome!

Next we have Vera and her set of cards. Vera made 3 cards and each of the cards has got its own special theme.

She stamped out a unique sentiment on each of her card. Each of these correlates to certain images from the set.

This set is so versatile and you can create lots of different scenes with the different elements. Do you see the elegant board details that she added to each of the cards? They were created with our Dots Meet Dashes Large Rectangles Overlays – Stand-Alone Die which we will showcase a bit later in the week.

Next we would like to showcase the new My BFF stamps set and its coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts.

This 4×6″ stamp set has some of the most lovable critters. It is ideal for friendship and encouragement cards. These cool images can be used to create gorgeous Spring themed scenes, or fun Easter Greeting cards!

Ashley made a friendship card with this set. I love the Distress Oxide ink blended background with Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass and Milled Lavender. She added splatters of of rainbow watercolors to match cohesively with the blended background. Who can resist such cute bunnies and kitties? I just love this happy scene.

Anja created an Easter greeting card. She chose the cute bunnies from the set as her main characters. The easter eggs, smiley rainbow, flowers, tree and butterflies are perfect accessories to add to the whole scene.

Next we have Vera’s card. She made a clean friendship card with the two pair of kitties and bunnies. Notice how the leave cluster stamps for the tree can also be used as clouds in the sky? Loving the pastel tone of this card!

Finally we have Davina’s creation. She also made an Easter greeting card. I love the white gel pen details on all of the images. She also used an image of the sun from our Summer Sunshine stamp set and the Cross Stitched and Dots Large Rectangle Overlays – Stand-Alone Die for the cool boarder detailing.

A big Thank-You to our wonderful and talented Creative Team! Head over to their blogs for more details on these cards.

Now Giveaway time! In this Spring 2020 New Release & Inspirational Chapter, we are having 2 separate Giveaways, one on our Blog and the other on our Instagram page!

Blog Giveaway:

Each of you will have at most 5 chances to enter.  Feel free to do all 5 to maximize your chance of winning!  (ie. if you do all 5, you will have 5 different comments on the Spring 2020 New Release – Reveal & Inspirational Chapter + Giveaway : INTRO blog post)!

  1. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and leave a comment on the aforesaid blog post.
  2. Like our Facebook page and leave another comment on the aforesaid blog post.
  3. Subscribe to our Newsletter (at the bottom of our store’s home page) and leave another comment on the aforesaid blog post.
  4. Follow this Blog and leave another comment on the aforesaid blog post.
  5. Follow us on Pinterest and leave another comment on the aforesaid blog post.

For the Blog Giveaway, we will randomly pick out one lucky winner to receive ALL of our 3 Stand-Alone die sets from our new Spring release!

Instagram Giveaway:

Hop over to our Instagram page (@penguinpalacestamps) and look for the Spring 2020 New Release Reveal & Inspirational Chapter Giveaway Post, follow the directions on that post for a chance to win!

For the Instagram Giveaway, we will randomly pick out one lucky winner to receive ALL of the 5 stamp sets from our new Spring release!

Winners will be announced on our Blog and on Instagram on 4 Apr!

You have until 3 Apr 11:00pm (PST) to enter. Come and play along with us!

We hope you have enjoyed these inspirations with the new The More We Get Together stamp set and its coordinating dies; My BFF stamps set and its coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts. We will have other fun products to showcase tomorrow so don’t forget to visit us again!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a lovely day!

Penguin Palace

Anja’s shimmery birthday card!

Hello crafty friends! Our Summer 2019 Release & Inspiration Chapter starts on 16th June! And next week, starting on 10th June, we’ll have a little Penguin Palace Preview & Giveaway so stay tuned! First, here’s a fun Penguin Peek for everyone! Can anyone guess what this is? Leave us your comments below. We just can’t wait to show you our new release!

Anja joins us today with her gorgeous birthday card! She made a pretty blended background using Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink.

She then used Cross Stitched and Dots Large Rectangle Overlays to give fun boarder details to her card base. On top of that, she die cut again using the same rectangle overlay and the Let’s Celebrate Stand-Alone Die on our Mysterious Galaxy premium cardstock, combined it to the card base.

The alphabets “YAY” were also die cut using Mysterious Galaxy premium cardstock. The white heat embossed Happy Birthday sentiment was from the It’s Your Day stamp set.

I just love how the ink blended background reveals through the Let’s Celebrate die-cut! It contrasts beautifully with the shimmery black cardstock.

Thank you Anja for this wonderful inspiration!

Penguin Palace

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Happy Birthday Card With Anja

Hello crafty friends! Our Summer 2019 Release & Inspiration Chapter starts on 16th June! Here’s a fun Penguin Peek for everyone! Can anyone guess what this is? Leave us your comments below! We just can’t wait to show you our new release next month! Anja is with us today to share another gorgeous card that […]