Today’s tutorial is for a playmate circles Christmas card. The Penguin Playmates DSP is designed to co-ordinate with the Penguin Place bundle but it also works great with a variety of other stamp sets. Here I’ve paired it with our Snowman Season set.

The Penguin Playmates DSP (free with a £45 purchase during Sale-a-bration) has subtle patterns on one side of the papers and fun character images on the other side. For this card the fun characters are fussy cut out and set against one of the more subtle backgrounds.

In the tutorial below, I take you step by step through creating the playmate circles Christmas card. I also have a supply list for purchasing anything you don’t already own (the order code for the Penguin Playmates DSP is 158420 – you can add this when your order reaches £45 or over).

Colour Combo

The colour combo mixes Rich Razzleberry, Fresh Freesia and Balmy Blue.

Playmate circles Christmas card

Start with an A6 portrait card base of Fresh Freesia. Cut a narrower card front layer from Rich Razzleberry card. Die cut the circles from the lower portion using the Picture This die set. Select a trio of small images from the Penguin Playmates DSP and roughly cut and adhere then directly behind the three small circle apertures. Cut a narrower card front layer from Penguin Playmates DSP and adhere direct to the front of the card.

Pop the die cut circles layer up on the card front with dimensionals. Fussy cut three of the characters from the Penguin Playmates DSP and pop them up on dimensionals inside the larger circle apertures, overlapping the edges with scarves and hands. Using Rich Razzleberry ink, stamp a sentiment from the Snowman Season set onto a strip of Basic White card and adhere direct to the card front.

Playmate circles Christmas card insert

On the Basic White insert, using Rich Razzleberry ink, stamp another sentiment from the Snowman Season set. Add snowflakes around the sentiment with the same ink, stamping off first, for a paler shade. Add a border of more Penguin Playmates DSP along the base (taking care to include the character heads).

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

Buy the supplies for this playmate circles Christmas card in my online shop (the order code for the Penguin Playmates DSP is 158420).