Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all who have Irish in their veins, as well as those who don't.  So, I hope "Green" has been your colour choice for the day.

Me, not so much.  I have been feeling "green" due to a virus which has caused a sore throat and a cough, limiting my movement from the couch to the couch.  Usually I don't succumb to viruses, and I have not even had a sniffle all winter - but my son was sick last week - and well, you know the rest.

Since I didn't have time to make a St. Patrick's Day card, I am posting a card I posted several years ago.

Some Treat Containers

Have a great day!

Perfect Blend - a St. Patrick Day's Card

This card is for my St. Patrick Day's class.  It features the versatile Perfect Blend stamp set, a set rapidly becoming one of my favourites.

The base card is Gumball Green, layered with Whisper White cardstock, the edges of which are sponged with Soft Suede ink.  A strip of Gumball Green cardstock with a piece of Whisper White on top of it provides a base for the stitched satin Gumball Green ribbon and bow.  Again, the edges of the Whisper White cardstock are sponged.  The Whisper White cardstock is stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp using Crumb Cake, and a sentiment stamped using Soft Suede.

Below this strip the sentiment is stamped, and a shamrock is placed in each corner.  The shamrock is made using the Owl Builder punch and punching out 3 hearts of Gumball Green cardstock for each shamrock.

The coffee cups are stamped with Black Stazon onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I also stamped one coffee cup on 2 different designs of the Watercolor Wonder DSP, and I cut out the coffee cosy of each one.  These cosies were adhered to a piece of Gumball Green cardstock and trimmed leaving an edge on the top and bottom.
The cups were coloured with a Crumb Cake marker and blender pen, and after the cosies were adhered to each cup, the edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink.
A shamrock was applied to each cup and a rhinestone was placed in the center of each.
The first cup was adhered directly to the card; the second using dimensionals.

Stamps: Perfect Blend, Gorgeous Grunge, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake marker
Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Accessories: Owl Builder Punch, Rhinestones, 3/8" stitched Gumball Green ribbon, dimensionals

St. Patrick's Day Pop Up Birthday Card

I had to cancel tonight's card making class due to inclement weather.  We're really getting dumped on with wet snow - which will probably freeze to a dangerous mess come nightfall.  Thus I made the decision to cancel class rather than someone get in an accident. Perhaps everyone will be available tomorrow night.
This is the one of the cards we were going to make tonight.  It's a St. Patrick's Day birthday pop up card using the Owl builder punch

Before starting the card, put together 4 Owls using the owl builder punch and the "Party Hearty" stamp set (for the birthday hats).  Directions below.

Outside:
The front of the card is Gumball Green.
Start by cutting a piece of Early Espresso coordination card stock and emboss it with the Woodgrain embossing folder and sand it.  Cut one side in an irregular manner simulating a tree trunk.  Punch out the peek hole using the Oval punch.
Take one of the birthday owls and insert it half way through the opening and adhere the lower part of the owl to the back of the tree trunk. Then place a piece of Early Espresso card stock big enough to cover the hole and attach it behind the owl and the oval hole.  Attach this unit to the right side of the front of the card.
Stamp with sentiment from "Feeling Sentimental" using Early Espresso ink ont Whisper White card stock. Punch it out using the Oval punch and sponge the edges with Gumball Green ink.
I never like to waste anything, so I placed the oval that was punched out of the tree trunk behind and at right angles to the sentiment.  Attach both to the left hand side of the card. The front of the card is now finished.

Inside:
Fold the Crumb Cake cardstock in half and on the folded edge make pencil marks at 1, 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3, 4, and 4 1/2"
Measure 1" up from the folded line and draw a line across the card.
Draw lines from your marks on the folded line to the 1" line.
Cut on the pencil lines from the fold to the 1" line.  You will end up with 3 pop ups.

Top half:
Using the shamrock stamp from "Every Little Bit" and Gumball Green ink, stamp the image randoming on the top half of the Crumb Cake card stock.
Take a piece of Gumball Green card stock, scallop one of the long edges with the scallop border punch, and then emboss with the Square lattice embossing folder.
Attach a piece of 7/16" Natural trim ribbon and a bow top the bottom of this Gumball Green strip
Now attach it to the top of the Crumb Cake cardstock about half way between the top and the top of the pop ups.

Bottom half:
Attach a strip of scalloped Gumball Green cardstock to a piece of Tea for Two DSP and attach to the bottom edge.
To make the shamrock, arrange 3 small heart punches together at their tips.  Cut a tiny strip of cardstock for the stem.  Attach just above DSP
The sentiment is from the "Occasional Alphabet" stamp set.  It is stamped with Black Stazon on Whisper White and punched out with the Decorative Label punch.  The edges are inked with Gumball Green ink.  I punched a second Decorative Label in Gumball Green card stock as a mat for the sentiment.  Attach to the lower right side using dimensionals.

Now attach the front half of the card to the inside being careful to keep the pop ups free of adhesive .

Lastly attach the owls to the pop ups.

And your card is done.

Here's a list of the materials:
Card:
Stamps: Every Little Bit, Occasional Alphabet, Feeling Sentimental
Inks: Gumball Green, Black Stazon, Early Espresso
Papers: Gumball Green, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso Coordination card stock, Early Espresso card stock
Accessories: Woodgrain folder, Square Lattice folder, Scallop border punch, Oval punch, Decorative Label punch, Small heart punch, Natural 7/16" trim ribbon, dimensionals

Owls:
Stamp: Party Hearty (retired)
Inks: Black Stazon, Gumball green marker
Papers: Chocolate chip (body), Tea for Two DSP (clothing), Basic black, Whisper White (eyes)
Accessories: Two step owl punch, adhesive

Stamp the image of the party hats.  Color them using the marker.  Then cut out 4 hats using your paper snips, leaving a strip of cardstock on the bottom of the hat.  This will make attaching the hat to the owl's head easier.

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Challenge 212 LNS

March 17, St. Patrick's Day is creeping up on us very fast.  Perhaps you don't make St. Patrick's Day cards, but in this community there is a very strong Irish presence, so St. Paddy's day cards are very popular here.  The Irish were one of the first settlers in this area, commissioned by the government of Upper Canada (now Ontario), to settle in the Peterborough Area -after Ireland was decimated by the potatoe famine. To the west and south of us is a small community called Douro, and another called Monaghan.  Many of our street names have also have an Irish origin. We even have a St. Patrick's Day parade to celebrate all things Irish.
Join us with the LNS group in making a St. Patrick's card today and celebrate green - for challenge 112.
Challenge your imagination!! Make something green
Here is my card:

The Perfectly Preserved stamp set and its coordinating framelit has proven very versatile and one can fill the jar with almost anything for any season.  Today I chose to fill it with shamrocks.

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved, Every Little Bit, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Black Stazon, Gumball Green marker, Versa Mark
Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Vellum, Basic black
Accessories: Black embossing powder, Perfectly Preserved framelits, 1 3/8" circle punch, Oval punch, Word window punch, Modern word label punch, 1/8" black taffeta ribbon, Accessory accent embossing folder, dimensionals, glue dot Smooch - gold pearlized ink

Shamrock Cards - a repost

St. Patrick's Day is coming very quickly.  Today I thought I would repost a few cards I made last year.  I have been diagnosed with a serious illness and have been told to cut back on my activities.  So you may see me reposting cards from time to time.

Both these cards have shamrocks as their central theme, but the design of each is totally different.

 This first card I saw somewhere and CASED it, but I can't remember where and who.  If someone recognizes the card please let me know.
The shamrock in this card was made by stamping one of the hearts from the I (Heart) Hearts stamp set now retired) using Garden Green ink on Very Vanilla card stock.  The entire surface of the image was then covered with Versa Mark ink, heat and stick powder applied and then dazzling diamonds. Isn't the look spectacular?
The Very Vanilla cardstock was then matted on a piece of Basic Black card stock, the bottom of which had been punched with the dotted scallop border punch.  This was applied to Garden Green Cardstock and a certain celery taffeta ribbon knotted at the top.
The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

In this card, the shamrocks are made with the Embosslits die "Scalloped Heart of Hearts" and Garden Green Card Stock  The 3 hearts were applied to a strip of Very Vanilla card stock using Stampin dimensionals.  This was matted with Basic Black card stock, both ends of which were punched with the Scallop trim border punch.  The designer paper is from one of the designer packs.  It is matted onto Very Vanilla Card stock and again onto Garden Green Card Stock.  Again the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is stamped in Garden Green ink.

Lucky - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #106

Now that Valentine's Day is over, it's time for some St. Patrick Day's cards.  Here is my first one of this special occasion.  I used the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday here

 

Stamps:  Lucky Day, Every Little Bit

Inks: Gumball Green

Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Tea For Two DSP

Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, Oval punch, Gold smooch pearlized ink, Gold smooch spritz, Decorative accent folder, Scallop border punch, scallop black ribbon, green Baker's twine

Who's Feeling Green? The Friday Mashup #48

I really wasn't feeling green - blue maybe, but I made a green (well green, white and black) card for the Friday Mashup challenge here

The challenge is below:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project for "St. Patrick's Day".
2. Or Make a project using "at least 2 Punches".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project for "St. Patrick's day using your Punches".

I don't really have any St. Patrick Day's stamps, but when I saw the Greeting Card Kids stamp set I had an Ah Ah moment.
First of all, let me explain how I made the designer paper.  Numerous small green hearts were punched using the small heart punch and adhered randomly to a piece of Whisper White card stock.  Then "Happy St. Patrick's Day" was stamped randomly as well (basic black ink).  Then, using the Square Lattice embossing folder, the 'designer paper' was run through the big shot, using a technique called "Inlaid Embossing"

The image was colored with SU markers and an Aqua painter.  The heart was replaced with 3 hearts from the Hearts embosslits  creating a clover, which was then covered with glitter.
The hearts framelits was used to cut out the image, and a 3 leaf clover was created for the background with the large heart punch.

Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Black Stazon, Basic Black
Papers: Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Punches:  small heart, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, large heart; Heart framelit, Fashionable hearts embosslit, Dazzling details, 5/8" black satin ribbon, Square lattice embossing folder, Polka dots embossing folder, dimensionals, glue dots

Tutorial - Irish Shamrock Hat

Irish Shamrock Hat

Punch Art

Supplies Needed

1. Garden Green cardstock 3 byh 3"
2. Tab punch
3. Word window punch
4. Heart to Heart punch
5. 1 3/4 " circle punch
6. 5/8" Basic Black grosgrain ribbon 1 12"
7. Dazzling details
8. Olive glitter
9. Tooth pick
10. Short strip of Garden green cardstock for stem
11. Dotto Adhesive
12. Tombo Adhesive
13. Glue dots
14. Two way glue pen

  

Putting the Hat together

Step 1:

Punch out :  one tab puinch

                       one word window punch

                       3 of the smallest hearts of the Heart to \Heart punch

Step 2:

Using a "fishing pole" and dotto adhesive punch out a curve in the Word Label Punch.  Hint: a pencil mark indicating the middle of the punchie helps to center the curve. of the brow of the hat.

Step 3: 

Snip off one end of the tab punchie as shown

Attach the ribbon around the bottom of the tab

Attach the brow of the hat

Step 4:

Using a tooth pick, mix some dazzling details and olive glimmer to form a paste.

Apply to the top of each heart and allow to dry.

Step 5: 
Using glue dots attach the glittered hearts to the left top of the hat in the shape of a shamrock.  Sttach the stem using a 2 way glue pen.
Your hatis done.

Copyright Maria Vanderform

Shamrock - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #53

Valentine's Day is now over and I hope all of you got lots of chocolates and/or red roses.
Our next major day of celebration is St. Patrick's Day especially if you're of Irish Origin - which a lot of the citizens of this town are.
In the 17th century, the founder of Peterborough was commissioned by the then Government of Upper Canada to bring a boatload of Irish citizens to settle in this area.  Ireland at that time was in the middle of a potato famine.
The evidcence of their settlement can be seen by the names of communities near us e.g.  Monaghan, Douro, and street names e.g. Dublin
Now I don't have a drop of Irish blook in me.  My family emigrated from Holland, so my blood is totally Dutch.  But that doesn't mean I can't celebrate with the Irish.
Today's card for Try Stampin' with Tuesday here is a St. Patrick's day card.
Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

The Irish hat was made first, using the tab punch and the word window punch with Garden Green card stock  I scooped the word window punch out with a 1 1/4" circle punch.  A 5/8" piece of black grosgrain ribbon  became the hat band. The shamrock on the hat was made using  3 punchies fromthe Heart to Heart punch (the smallest heart) and covering it with Dazzling details mixed with Olive glitter. The stem was cut freehand.
The hat was attached to a black shamrock which was made with 3 Scalloped Heart of Hearts - with dimensionals

Here's the recipe for the card:
Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks:Basic Black
Papers: Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Garden Green, Garden Green designer paper
Accessories: Punches:  Tab, Word Window, Curly Label, Heart to Heart, 1 1/4" circle, Dazzliing details, Olive glitter, 5/8" Black grosgrain ribbon, 3/8" black dotted scalloped ribbon, Scalloped Heart to Hearts die, dimensionals