Penguin Party!

I made this birthday invitation for my son Paul's 11th birthday party.  He loves penguins, so the Penguins4Christmas and the More Penguins2love stamp sets from Stephanie Bernard are very useful here in my house!  For this card, I used Stephanie's stamps, her ink in licorice and strawberry, and copic markers. I highly recommend Stephanie's line of stamps, they are fun and inspire me to make all kinds of interesting cards.  She has a club that if you join, you get a monthly stamp set for $10, and club member discounted pricing on her other products.  In my opinion, you get a lot for your money. You could spend $10 a month easily on cards, why not make them yourself and send a little love as well? 

This is another card using the same stamp set.  I used crayola markers on this one, and used black embossing powder on the penguin and gifts.  Paul had found a $20 bill on our front street while he was out walking Chai.  Instead of keeping it, he took it to our neighbor because it was in his yard.  As it turns out, our neighbor's daughter *had* lost $20 earlier that day.  Our sweet neighbor rewarded Paul with a gift card and praised his honesty.  I was very proud of him, because he knew just what to do by himself.  The inside of the card reads, "When you do God's will on earth, you store up treasure in heaven." 

Check out Stephanie Bernard's Stamps of Life website for more fun ideas for cards.

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