Mixing up a little green goodness with Pink Paper Bakery

 

I love making a few St. Patrick's Day cards every year for a couple of friends and to hand out as random acts of kindness to customer service people with treats as I do my errands. It's just fun! This card combines my favorite supplies - punches and an embossing folder - in a clean and simple way. 

 

 

I am happy I was asked to be a guest designer for Pink Paper Bakery. Those girls make some marvelous goodies! Check it out for yourself here.

 

I went thrift shopping just this weekend for items to upcycle and smaller furnishings that speak to me, many of which get painted. So I had paint on the brain when I created this green card. You know, like paint chips. I started with Whisper White, then went to Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade and Gumball Green, running all of them through the Chevron embossing folder. I used the smallest heart of the Heart Framelits to make the shamrock, layering hearts on top. The stem was hand-cut. Of course I needed a little bling - with a large rhinestone - and a sentiment. This one is from the Got Treats stamp set.

 

Stamps: Got Treats;

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade, Gumball Green card stocks;

Ink: Gumball Green;

Accessories: Chevron embossing folder, Hearts Framelits, Small Heart punch, large rhinestone, dimensionals.



Lucky banner to celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Though St. Patrick's Day on March 17 isn't a big card-sending holiday, I like to make up little things for my studio to look festive. I used MDS for the letters, printing them out on a piece of Whisper White card stock. They're from the Snapshot CD. I added buttons with Lucky Limeade/Whisper White Baker's Twine to a few of the letters with mini glue dots.

The letters are adhered with dimensionals to 2-1/2" punched circles of Always Artichoke, which are adhered to 3" x 4-1/2" Lucky Limeade flags. I added strips of 1/8" Daffodil Delight taffeta on each flag near the bottom, as well as bows with mini glue dots that actually hold the flags together.

I stamped and cut out a few of the clovers from the Got Treats stamp set, adding the sentiment on an elongated medium jewelry tag that hangs from a knot of Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon on the "U."

There are a couple of Jelly Bean Brads on there too. I like it! I'm adding this to the Hand Stamped Sentiments Banner Challenge. There's less than 24 hours left if you want to take part. It doesn't have to be a banner like mine - it can be on a card or scrapbook page too!

Tell me what you think. And enjoy your Sunday!

It's all about pumpkins for theme challenge

I made this Got Treats card for a theme challenge about pumpkins. The main colors are Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade (both In Colors), with some Sunny Garden dsp. Add a little texture and some googly eyes and you're there!


Stamps: Got Treats;
Ink: Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade;
Paper: Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Sunny Garden dsp, and Peach Parfait;
Accessories: Peach Parfait ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Word Window Punch, 4mm googly eyes, Mini Glue Dots, glimmer brad, and dimensionals.

Got Treats for color challenge...

I found a new sketch to try at http://technostamper.blogspot.com/2010/09/monday-lunchtime-sketch-challenge-139.html. You can see the sketch below.

For this card, I pulled out my In Color pad of paper, and ran the Early Espresso card stock through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice embossing folder. I took advantage of this challenge to ink up my Got Treats stamp set. I love that little gingerbread man!

Stamps: Got Treats (119114 wood, 120627 clear);

Ink: Early Espresso pad (119670), Pear Pizzazz marker (119801 - In Color markers);

Paper: Whisper White (100730), In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack (117158), Early Espresso card stock (119686);

Accessories: Square Lattice embossing folder (119976), Blushing Bride 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon (119267); 1-3/4" Circle Extra-Large Punch (119850).