I wanted to send along some get well soon paper clips for my friend Gail’s special daughter, who has been fighting a terrible illness in the hospital for the past 2 weeks. I thought she and the whole family could use some cheer, and I wanted to make a little something from the heart that would hope<\/a>fully brighten their day, let them know they are loved and in our thoughts and prayers, and be useful too!<\/p>\n

I had been gifted from a wonderful crafty IG friend, Mandy (@littlespaceofmyown), adorable critter stamp sets from Clearly Besotted, called “Hooray for Heroes” and “Under the Weather” that I thought would be perfect for this project. I colored each critter up with the following Copic colors:<\/p>\n

Panda doctor: G14, G17, W0, W1, and YR31
\nKitty nurse: E23, E33, W7, B21, B66, B29 and R29
\nSleeping bear under gingham blanket: E23, E25, and R20
\nSitting bear in yellow polka dot blanket: E33, E23, and E53
\n<\/a>Giraffe with thermometer: E51, E21, E53, E23 and E25
\nMouse with hot water bottle: W0, W1, R30, and R20<\/p>\n

Using up a variety of brightly patterned paper scraps, I also paper pieced the blankets, cushion and water bottle of the 4 Under the Weather critters. I wanted these paper clips to be cheerful and uplifting and I thought using these bright papers would help accomplish that.<\/p>\n

After fussing cutting all the critters and their paper pieced accessories, I edged each piece with Momento Tuxedo Black Marker to give a nice finished look. Then I hot glued each completed critter onto a paper clip, backing each one with coordinating patterned paper for stability.<\/p>\n

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Then I took the extra step (which I rarely do) to try to package up these paper clips on pretty patterned and polka dot paper scraps that I matted with sturdy matching card stock. All of them were finally adhered with fun washi tape, which could be removed for use.<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of this project made with love:<\/p>\n