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Autumn Gratitude with Stencils 360°+™ – Cozy Colors & Layered Dimension

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Today I’m sharing a pair of bright and cheerful cards created using our Stencils 360°+™ system, and these might be some of my favorite seasonal blends yet! 🍂✨
Created by the talented Mimi Lo, these cards combine bold rotation-blended wreaths with charming accents for a look that’s both modern and warm.

A Radiant 🍁 Thanksgiving Wreath

The first card features a stunning sunset-inspired wreath using our Stencils 360°™ tool. Mimi blended warm tones, layering the stencil at different rotation intervals to build this mesmerizing geometric burst.

A few festive splatters add playful energy, while the center stays bright to frame the focal point:
🌼 Hand-colored florals from Petals & Positivity.
🖤 A bold, modern sentiment: “gratitude” from Dots In Harmony.

For this autumn-themed wreath, the stencil was rotated at 45° throughout the design:

  • Solid triangles inked with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide
  • Outlined triangles inked with Festive Berries Distress Oxide
  • Outlined heart shapes inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide

Finishing Details

  • Splatters: Festive Berries Distress Ink + Gansai Tambi Red Gold for a festive shimmer
  • Frame: Dots to Dashes large die for a stitched perimeter

The combination of gold splatter and earthy florals makes this card perfect for Thanksgiving or any gratitude-themed project!

🎄 Christmas Wreath

From cozy autumn to joyful holiday themes, rotational blending brings magic to any project. The Christmas version uses the same rotation (45°) and the same alignment marks as the fall wreath, but with a fresh winter palette.

Finishing Details

I love how the golden speckles truly bring the wreath to life!

These two projects show how simply adjusting color choice can transform the same stencil into completely different seasonal looks. Whether you’re crafting for fall gatherings or holiday celebrations, the Stencils 360°+™ system helps you create eye-catching wreaths with perfect symmetry and effortless blending!

We hope today’s inspiration sparks new ideas for your own seasonal crafting.
Feel free to share your creations and tag us. We love seeing what you make with Sunbird Spark supplies! 💛🧡💚

Sharon for Sunbird Spark

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Sending Warm Hugs … from Candice!

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Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Candice is with us today sharing a Just Because card with a theme inspired by this month’s Penguin Palace card challange!

Her card was inspired by our Challenge #14: Geometric!

She started by blending a rainbow background using Distress Oxide inks. I just love this rainbow hue!

Then she blended a few slightly darker shades of the same colors through our new Hieroglyphs stencil to create a tone on tone geometric-inspired background! This versatile stencil lets you create an interesting background for any type of card!

She stamped and Copic-colored one of the images from the Inseparable stamp set and cut them out using the coordinating die.

Next, she white heat-embossed the “Sending Warm Hugs” sentiment from the Unity and Friendship Quotes onto some gray cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts. I love how this coordinating die trims closely to the letters for a very detailed finished look. She then finished her card with some sparkly embellishments!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s Challenge. All you have to do to enter is use the challenge theme to create a project that features at least one Penguin Palace product as the focal point. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until June 29th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a $25 CAD gift certificate to ppstamps.com from both challenges #13 and #14 which will be announced on July 1st at the beginning of challenge #15!

So what are you waiting for?! Simply link up your project over on our challange blog, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #penguinpalaceprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in our Penguin Palace Facebook group!

Thank you so much Candice for your colorful inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

Sharon for Penguin Palace

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June Inspiration Week – Day 2

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Hello and welcome to Penguin Palace’s June Inspiration Week – Day 2! If you’re just joining us, don’t forget to head over to our Giveaway Post from yesterday where you can leave your comments to win a Special Goodie Bag worth over $170CAD/$130USD!

Today we’ll be showcasing a new 6” x 6” stencil, The Rose – Close Up! This gorgeous stencil makes it fun and easy to whip up a beautiful card in half the time!

Check out Karen’s charming card below!

I love the light pink/purple hue with a touch of bright yellow color-combo! It’s so refreshing! The “Sending Warm Hugs” sentiment is from the Unity and Friendship Quotes.

Julie went for a more traditional color choice for her rose. The color gradients really give the rose a very realistic look! What an amazing job by Julie!

I love the splashes of paint in a few different colors which makes the card even more interesting! The sentiment is from the new So Blessed stamp set.

Next is my card. I wanted a pastel look on my rose, so I blended Distress Oxides in Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick. The sentiment is also from the new So Blessed stamp set.

I used Cotton Candy and cut out an A2 size back panel. To finish off, I added some clear hearts embellishments of different sizes to give it a more elegant look!

Lastly I wanted to share this card again as I really like how it turned out. Some of you might have seen this during Reveal Week last month.

The sans serif letters are from Modern Deluxe Alphabets and I used the Coordinating Templates to arrange the bold letters.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s inspirations! We will continue to have lots of wonderful products and projects to showcase this week so don’t forget to visit us again tomorrow!

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

Sharon for Penguin Palace

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Butterfly Inspirations with Stefanie and Karen!

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Hi everyone, hope you’re having a great week! I’m sharing two gorgeous creations from our team this evening and they both happen to have butterflies as the core element of the card!

First we have Stefanie’s card! Her creation is so bright and delightful!

She blended a beautiful background using the Mega Blocks – Penguin Perfect Patterns 6×6 stencil. I love how she used Layer 4 from the Butterfly Emergence 2 in 1 Layered Dies and pair it with vellum to create this dreamy look – so gorgeous!

I also love how this card works for a lot of different occasions; anniversaries, friendships, just because, valentine’s, you name it!

Next we have Karen’s inspiration. Her card also features the butterfly from the Butterfly Emergence 2 in 1 Layered Dies. She picked just one of the dies from Layer 3. I really love how this intricate die alone gives a card an elegant focal point!

For the background, she used the Slimline Oriental Cover Die. This is a slimline cover die, and she cleverly trimmed this off so that it works for her standard size card!

The sentiment is from Magical Christmas Sentiments. She added a few gems to finish it off.

Thank you so much Stefanie and Karen for your wonderful inspirations!

Thank you for stopping by, have a great rest of the week everyone!

Sharon for Penguin Palace

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National Coffee Day 2021 Blog Hop!

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Welcome and Happy National Coffee Day! Penguin Palace is super excited to be a Super Sponsor on the National Coffee Day 2021 Blog Hop and celebrating this special day with you!

This blog hop starts at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog where you’ll find the full line-up of Super Sponsors who are also giving away prizes!

If you’re new to Penguin Palace, we are a small crafting supply company located in Vancouver, Canada!  We are proud to be the innovator of the Stencils 360°™ crafting tool, and we love designing fun, whimsical stamps for crafters around the world! Sign up for our newsletter and receive 10% off your first order!

Today, we are giving away a $25 Gift Card to our shop! For a chance to win, simply drop us a comment here below and you’re entered! You’ve until Oct 6th 11:59p.m. PST to enter, winners will be announced on Oct 7th on this blog. For an extra chance, head over to our Instagram page and follow/comment there!

Here’s the project I made for today:

I thought what better stamp set to use to celebrate National Coffee Day than with Rabbit Café!

First I created this fun geometric background using one of our soon-to-be-released 360° circular stencils to create a focal point on front panel which measures 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″. This stencil is very versatile as it allows you to create different configurations of geometric backgrounds by using different degree of turns on our Stencils 360°™  . Consider this a little sneak peek (stay tuned for more)!

I blended with two gorgeous Catherine Pooler ink colors, Sauna and Green Tea on the stencil. I then added the Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray for some extra glow!

Using the coordinating dies to the Rabbit Café stamp set, I die cut a window on my panel so that the little girl with the coffee cup will show through from the inside. I white heat embossed the sentiment “Brew-tiful Day” onto Teal Sapphire cardstock and adhered that onto my card. To make my note card, I used the Sunkissed cardstock (these two are both new colors and are part of our upcoming release), cut out a 4 3/4″ x 9 1/2″ piece and scored at 4 3/4″.

For the inside I adhered a panel measuring 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ onto my note card. Before I stamp the little girl, I made sure to position it precisely behind the cut-out window on the front.

I also added “Stay Sweet” & “Coffee Lover”, and a tiny donut from the My Sweetest Truck stamp set, which I thought coordinates with the Coffee theme perfectly! Finally I added gems to the front for some extra sparkle.

If you are new to us, dont’ forget to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube Channel to get lots of crafty inspirations! We also have our new Fall/Winter release coming up in mid October! Follow this blog to be the first to learn about the latest news and giveaways!

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Remember, you can find more super sponsor links over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog! Your next stop is Piece Craft Love! In case you get lost along the way, below is the hop listing as well, happy hopping!

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