Stationery
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Stationery, also referred to as paper (びんせん binsen?), is a gameplay element in the Animal Crossing series; its primary function is for letter writing, and for receiving items in the mail. It comes in packs of four, with a variety of different patterns and themes.
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Stationery on the ground in New Leaf
Stationery can be obtained in a number of ways:
- It can be purchased at Tom Nook's store, or in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the Nookling Stores.
- It may be given to the player by villagers for completing requests (Animal Crossing only).
- Found at the dump or in the Police Station's 'Lost and Found' (Animal Crossing).
- Found in the Town Gate's 'Lost and Found' (Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk).
If the player receives a letter written on previously unencountered stationery, the stationery will be automatically added to the player's catalog in Animal Crossing: Wild World. This also applies to stationery sent by special characters or the HRA. Although these types of stationery cannot be bought or written on, they will appear in the catalog.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the mail system works differently, and stationery is no longer an item. Instead, the different cards stored on the card stand at the airport serve the same function and mail delivery costs 200 Bells, regardless of the design which is used in a letter. Consequently, any card designs used by a player do not appear in their catalog. Some stationery is only available to use for a limited time, often coinciding with the dates of in game events or seasons.
Animal Crossing stationery
- For more information on diaries, see Diaries & Journals
In Animal Crossing, letter papers and diaries can be purchased. Letter papers that is available for purchase at Tom Nook's are sold at 
160 Bells per stack of four and can be ordered via Catalog. Tom Nook will buy them back for 10 Bells per piece. Diaries are similar to letters. They can be written in and also hold the calendar.
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| Airmail Paper | 
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| Sparkly Paper | 
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| Bamboo Paper | 
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| Orange Paper | 
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| Essay Paper | 
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| Panda Paper | 
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| Ranch Paper | 
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| Steel Paper | 
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| Blossom Paper | 
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| Vine Paper | 
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| Cloudy Paper | 
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| Petal Paper | 
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| Snowy Paper | 
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| Rainy Day Paper | 
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| Watermelon Paper | 
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| Deep Sea Paper | 
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| Starry Sky Paper | 
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| Daisy Paper | 
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| Bluebell Paper | 
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| Maple Leaf Paper | 
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| Woodcut Paper | 
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| Octopus Paper | 
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| Festive Paper | 
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Used by Jingle. Gray paper with green border decorated by some hollies. The holly flower also decorates the top center of the paper. |
| Skyline Paper | 
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| Museum Paper | 
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| Fortune Paper | 
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Used by Katrina. A white paper with red swirly decorations on the top and bottom of the paper. The word "Fortune" is written in the top center of the card and a red paw print is underneath. |
| Stageshow Paper | 
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| Thick Paper | 
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| Spooky Paper | 
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| Noodle Paper | 
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| Neat Paper | 
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| Horsetail Paper | 
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| Felt Paper | 
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| Parchment | 
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| Cool Paper | 
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| Elegant Paper | 
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| Lacy Paper | 
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| Polka-Dot Paper | 
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| Dizzy Paper | 
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| Rainbow Paper | 
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| Hot Neon Paper | 
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| Cool Neon Paper | 
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| Aloha Paper | 
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| Ribbon Paper | 
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| Fantasy Paper | 
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| Cool Paper |
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| Woodland Paper | 
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| Ginko Paper | 160px | |
| Fireworks Paper | 
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| Winter Paper | 
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| Gyroid Paper | 
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| Ivy Paper | 
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| Wing Paper | 
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Used by Happy Room Academy. A white paper with wings on the sides and in the center of the paper. |
| Dragon Paper | 
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| Tile Paper | 
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| Misty Paper | 
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| Simple Paper | 
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| Honeybee Paper | 
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| Mystic Paper | 
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| Sunset Paper | 
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| Lattice Paper | 
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| Dainty Paper | 
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| Butterfly Paper | 
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| New Year's Card | 
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Used by Mom. A white card with decorated gray border with yellow dots and white flowers. Two red birds are in the top right and bottom left corners. "Happy New Year" is written at the top of the card. |
| Inky Paper | 
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Animal Crossing: Wild World Stationery
| Paper | Available From | Price | Image | Description |
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| Academy Paper | The HRA | N/A |  |
White paper with a yellow border, and the HRA stamp. Only used in letters sent by the HRA, and can't be bought. |
| Airmail Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
White paper with a red and blue border, and a faint postmark on the upper right corner. it looks very similar to real Airmail. |
| Auction Paper | - | N/A |  |
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| Bathtub Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
A paper with a blue tiled border and a metal plughole in the upper-right corner, designed to evoke a bathroom floor. The center of the paper is designed to look as though it is set into the tiles. Drops of water are also scattered across the sheet. |
| Bejeweled Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Bulletin Paper | - | - |  |
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| Birthday Cards | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
A white paper with pale green lines, bordered by a red ribbon on the upper right corner and a sprig of pink and yellow flowers in the bottom left corner. This paper is sent by villagers to the player a short while before their birthdays, in order to remind the player to come and visit them on the day. |
| Bubble Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
Bubble paper is blue and gives off the appearance of bubble wrap found in packaging. |
| Buttercup Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
A red paper decorated with buttercups along the margins. |
| Butterfly Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
Butterfly paper is white with a pink and orange butterfly placed in each corner. At the bottom of the paper is a green meadow with two small butterflies flying above it. |
| Camouflage Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
A dark khaki paper with a recurring camouflage pattern of green and brown splotches. In order to make writing on the paper possible, white ink is used instead of the more typical black ink. |
| Card Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
A white paper decorated with the four suits found in playing cards at the corners. |
| Chic Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Chinese Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
White paper with a red geometric border and a faint imperial seal stamped in the center of the letter. |
| Cloudy Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Composer Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Cool Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Cow Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Crater Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Egyptian Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | Written on paper styled to look like ancient papyrus, the Egyptian paper has symbols running across the top of the page that are designed to look like Hieroglyphs, and a reversed copy of the same pattern along the bottom. The lines on which the letter is written are form by one long snake symbol. | |
| Elegant Paper | Tom Nook's | 800 Bells |  |
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| Fireworks Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Floral Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Flowery Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
Flowery Paper is white, bordered by a chain of alternating red and blue flowers, held together by a delicate green vine. |
| Forest Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
Forest Paper features a bright dusky glade, bordered with tree trunks and verdant greenery to the top and bottom. The image is set on dark blue paper. Light translucent boxes sit over the image in order to allow one to read the words over the pattern. |
| Formal Paper | Gracie | N/A |  |
An elegant yellow card with a red fuffled frame, this paper can only be obtained from Gracie after completing her fashion quiz. It contains style advice. |
| Four-leaf Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
This white paper has a small, light green fringe and a shamrock pattern in each corner. |
| Fox Paper | Crazy Redd | N/A | - | - |
| Geometric Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | - | |
| Goldfish Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | - | |
| Halloween Paper | - | - |  |
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| Hamburger Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Industrial Paper | - | - | - | |
| Insurance Paper | Lyle | N/A | - | |
| Lacy Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
This delicate white paper has a lace-effect border. It is similar in style to the lacy umbrella. |
| Lemon-Lime Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | A bright paper with lime green, light green and yellow bands running vertically down the page. As it could be quite hard to read the writing with such a colorful paper, light translucent boxes sit over the image to make the writing clearer, | |
| Lantern Paper | - | - |  |
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| Leopard Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | This paper has a similar pattern to the leopard umbrella. | |
| Lined Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | - | |
| Lotus Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | - | |
| Lovely Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | This paper compliments Lovely furniture perfectly. | |
| Maple-Leaf Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Mosaic Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Mushroom Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | A dark blue paper that depicts a forest at night. Pale, glowing mushrooms cluster around the corners of the page. When writing on the page, the ink appears in white, contrasting the darkness of the paper. | |
| New Year's Cards | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Night Sky Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Nook Paper | Tom Nook | N/A |  |
Not available to purchase, this paper is used exclusively by Nook and the TNPS to send the player catalog items and rewards. |
| Notebook Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Ocean Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells | - | |
| Petal Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Piano Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Plaid Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Polka-Dot Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
White paper with big circles of green, yellow, pink, black, orange and blue on it. |
| Rainbow Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Ribbon Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| SMB3 Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Snowman Paper | Snowmen | N/A |  |
This paper can only be obtained after having created a perfect snowman, after which his sends you a thank-you letter with a piece of Snowman furniture attached. The paper itself is white with a blue-grey, snowy sky for the top and a snowman sitting in the lower left corner. The ink with which the letter is written is dark blue. |
| Snowy Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
A white paper with images of delicate light blue snowflakes peppered over it. When writing on Snowy Paper, the ink appears a cool, deep blue. |
| Southwest Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Sparkly Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Star Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Tartan Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Tile Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Tortimer Paper | Tortimer | N/A |  |
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| Town Hall Paper | Town Hall | N/A |  |
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| Town View Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Vine Paper | Tom Nook's | 160 Bells |  |
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| Weathered Paper | - | - |  |
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Animal Crossing: City Folk Stationery
- Bank Paper
- Cow Paper
- Crater Paper
- Elegant Paper
- Geometric Paper
- Hamburger Paper
- Invite Card
- Ocean Paper
- Nook Paper
- Notebook Paper
- Rainbow Paper
- SMB3 Paper
- Snowman Paper
- Southwestern Paper
- Tartan Paper
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Stationery
All stationery is bought at Nookling Stores for 160 Bells, and sells for 40 Bells (if selling all four sheets of stationery), unless otherwise stated.
- Academy Paper
- Airmail Paper
- Bathtub Paper
- Bejeweled Paper
- Birthday Card
- Bubble Paper
- Buttercup Paper
- Butterfly Paper
- Camouflage Paper
- Card Paper
- Chic Paper
- Cloudy Paper
- Composer Paper
- Cool Paper
- Cow Paper
- Crater Paper
- Elegant Paper^
- Fireworks Paper
- Floral Paper
- Flowery Paper
- Forest Paper
- Formal Paper
- Four-Leaf Paper
- Gallery Paper#
- Geometric Paper
- Goldfish Paper
- Halloween Paper#
- Hamburger Paper
- Hieroglyph Paper
- Imperial Paper
- Industrial Paper
- Lacy Paper
- Lemon-Lime Paper
- Leopard Paper
- Lined Paper
- Lotus Paper
- Lovely Paper
- Maple-Leaf Paper
- Mosaic Paper
- Museum Paper#
- Mushroom Paper
- New-Year's Cards
- Night-Sky Paper
- Nook Paper
- Notebook Paper
- Ocean Paper
- Petal Paper
- Piano Paper
- Plaid Paper
- Polka-Dot Paper
- Post-Office Paper#
- Rainbow Paper
- Ribbon Paper
- SMB3 Paper
- Snowman Paper#
- Snowy Paper
- Southwest Paper
- Sparkly Paper
- Star Paper
- Tartan Paper
- Tile Paper
- Town-View Paper
- Vine Paper
- Weathered Paper
(^)Costs 800 Bells, sells for 200 Bells.
(#)Received by special means or villagers, and cannot be bought or ordered from the catalog. Sells for 40 Bells.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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Cards sent from the card stand are not items and aren't technically purchased; instead, there is a universal service fee of 200 Bells per sent card. No designs alter this price.
Year-round designs
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| Airmail Card | 
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A white card with typical blue and red stripess at the borders. |
| Happy-Clovers Card | 
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A green card with four-leaf clovers. Daisy Mae likes this card. |
| Blue-Sky Card | 
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A blue card with a flying airplane in the top right corner. |
| Birthday-Cake Card | 
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A green card with a birthday cake at the bottom. |
| Balloons Card | 
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A card with multiple, different colored balloons at the top. |
| Star Card | 
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A card with black, off-white and red diagonal stripes and a yellow star. Villagers with active style preference will like this one. |
| Bandage Card | 
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A card with dark mint green color with differently colored bandages on the sides. |
| Fantasy-Stars Card | 
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A card with cloud at the bottom, striped pale blue sky and colorful stars and pearls in the corners. Villagers with cute style preference will like this one. |
| Baby-Goods Card | 
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A card with various babies related things in pastel colors. |
| Ribbon Card | 
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A card that has corners wrapped around with red ribbon. |
| Flower-Bouquet Card | 
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A vintage thank-you card with a flower bouquet in the bottom left corner. |
| Gem Card | 
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A pale green card with blue, green and pink gems in the top left and bottom right corners. Villagers with elegant style preference will like this one. |
| Cool-Cool Card | 
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A very cool black card with checkered pattern starting at the left side. Villagers with cool style preference will like this one. |
| Lovely Hearts Card | 
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An off-white card with many small, red hearts at the borders. |
| Shapes Card | 
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A card with various colored shapes in the borders. |
| Goldfish Card | 
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A light blue card with koi fish in the top left and bottom right corners. |
| Graffiti Card | 
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A card with graffiti design. Villagers with active style preference will like this one. |
| Fanciful Card | 
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Vintage card that has clocks, tea cups, keys and ribbons drawn on. It has lace-like borders. Villagers with cute style preference will like this one. |
| Common Card | 
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An off-white card with lines decorating the borders. Villagers with the simple style preference will like this card. |
| Decorative Card | 
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A yellow card with very decorated borders, almost looking like an expensive picture frame. Villagers with gorgeous style preference will like this card. |
| Graduation Card | 
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A blue card showing thrown graduation caps at the bottom. |
| Red-Dragonflies Card | 
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A pale colored card with green, purple and yellow stalks on the bottom and two dragonflies flying from the top right corner into the center of the card. |
| Camo Card | 
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A card with the camo design. Villagers with cool style preference will like this one. |
| Zen Card | 
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A red card with differently pale-colored flowers and various shapes you might make in a zen garden's sand. |
| Wedding Card | 
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A pale blue card with decorated borders and two yellow birds on the bottom left corner. |
| Elegant-Roses Card | 
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A purple card with roses drawn on the right. Villagers with elegant style preference will like this one. |
| Torn Card | 
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A card that looks like paper that has been torn from a notepad. Villagers with simple style preference will like this card. |
| So-Many-Hearts Card | 
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A very pink card with many hearts inside each one. |
| Shooting-Stars Card | 
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A dark card showing the night sky with shooting stars. Celeste likes this card. |
| Stationery-Goods Card | 
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A card with a design that shows card on a table with pencil and eraser on the card. The card has been drawn on already. |
| Velvety Card | 
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A red velvet card with golden decoration as the borders. Villagers with gorgeous style preference will like this one. |
| Gears Card | 
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A dark card with black and gray gears in the top right and bottom left corners. |
Seasonal designs
| Name | Image | Opportunity | Start date | End date | Description |
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| Unknown New Year's Eve Card | 
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New Year | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown New Year's Eve Card | 
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New Year | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Valentine's Day Card | 160px | Valentine's Day | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Valentine's Day Card | 160px | Valentine's Day | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Bunny Day Card | 
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Easter | ??? | May 10 | xx |
| Mother's Day Card | 
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Mother's Day | ??? | May 31 | xx |
| Father's Day Card | 
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Father's Day | June 1 | June 30 | xx |
| Unknown Thanksgiving Card | 160px | Thanksgiving | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Halloween Card | 160px | Halloween | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Halloween Card | 160px | Halloween | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Christmas Card | 160px | Christmas | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Christmas Card | 160px | Christmas | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Christmas Card | 160px | Christmas | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Full-Bloom Card | 
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Spring | ??? | May 31 | xx |
| Cherry-Blossoms Card | 
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Spring | ??? | May 31 | xx |
| Dandelion Card | 
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Spring | ??? | May 31 | xx |
| Hibiscus Card | 
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Summer | ??? | September 15 | xx |
| Fluffy-Clouds Card | 
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Summer | June 1 | August 31 | xx |
| Beach Card | 
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Summer | June 1 | August 31 | xx |
| Unknown Fall Card | 160px | Fall | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Fall Card | 160px | Fall | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Fall Card | 160px | Fall | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Winter Card | 160px | Winter | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Winter Card | 160px | Winter | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Winter Card | 160px | Winter | ??? | ??? | xx |
| Unknown Winter Card | 160px | Winter | ??? | ??? | yy |
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