St. Patrick's Day Card

Well, we had another 9" of snow.  Very cold, windy and miserable here.  Joe has been doing a lot of plowing this winter.  I have not ventured out and am enjoying some time in my craft room.  My shamrock die was among the missing, so I tore apart some drawers and eventually found it.  Better late than never.  Now my swiss polka embossing folder is among the missing!  Haven't found it yet.  I hope I'm not the only one that this happens to.  I saw this really cute card on Splitcoast Stampers and decided to make it.  A few months ago, I won a gift certificate to Lawn Fawn stamps and picked up this cute stamp set called Bugs and Kisses (LF789).  For a few extra dollars, I also got the matching dies.  This card needed a jar and I remember that this stamp set had one!!

For my base card, I used SU's Old Olive and my first layer was in Very Vanilla.  I still had some DSP left over and made my layer in Old Olive 5" x 2 1/4" and the DSP cut 2" x 4 3/4".  I die cut my jar and glued it on the DSP.

I stamped a bunch of little shamrocks flowing out of the jar using my peg stamp from Judith.  When I was looking for my shamrock die, I decided to take all my peg stamps out of the drawer and put them in a basket so I can see what exactly I have on hand.  I have found that if I don't see it, I don't use it.  I truthfully forgot I had this one.  I love how it looks.  My sentiment stamp is an old SU stamp that my daughter found at a garage sale for 25 cents.  That was another item that I found hiding.  I punched it out in Very Vanilla and mounted it in Old Olive.

For my inside sentiment, I used my favorite poem stamp again.  I finished up some goodies for Jennifer to take to school and she is coming up this weekend to help me with the Wellness Center's goodies.  It is supposed to warm up thank goodness.  Hope everyone is keeping warm.  Have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

St. Patrick's Day Card

Well, we are preparing for another winter storm that is scheduled to arrive this afternoon and continue into early Monday AM dropping 6-9 inches of snow.  UGH!!  We always get that big storm in March.  I have been MIA, as I had surgery last Friday.  I didn't think I would be as tired as I was, but all the tests came back great so maybe that gave me the boost I needed to get back in the craft room yesterday.  The holiday will be here before I know it, so I made another card to send out.  I saw this cutie on Pinterest while I was resting and decided to make some. 

It's a pretty simple card and comes together quick and easy.  I used Old Olive - one of my favorite colors - for the base card and the layer was Whisper White.  To make my shamrock, I used my heart punch and some DSP in my scrap pile.  I just popped the large hearts up with some dimensionals and used some glue dots for the smaller ones.

For my ribbon, I used SU's Mistletoe ribbon.  I love that ribbon with the edges in white.  I used SU's Tiny Wishes stamp set for my sentiment along with the medium oval punches. 

Again for the inside sentiment, I used my poem from Inkadinkado.  I like how the shamrock stands out with the little hearts trailing behind.  I wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.  I thought I would show some of the beautiful cards I received.

This card is from my friend Denise - Doggone Stamping with D - in Virginia. 

These cards are from my friend PJ - PJs Projects -  in Wisconsin.  She also sent me some adorable calendars .  She has a great Esty shop as well.

These cards are from my friend Martha in Florida.

And this card is from Jennifer and her Mom.  I just love the quilling of the cardinal.  I love quilling and used to do it a lot.  I would like to do it again.  Not enough time in the day anymore though.

Thanks also for the many wishes and prayers that I received.  It meant so much to me. 

Well, I'm back to the craft room to make some goodies for Jennifer to take to her classmates and for my daughter to take to the Wellness Center.  We'll see how much I get done.  Have a great week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

St. Patrick's Day Card

Well, I finally got back to finishing some cards that I had started.  Jennifer came up yesterday, and we were too busy having a tea party to make cards - so today was the day!  I saw this card on Pinterest and changed it up a bit.

I used SU's Old Olive CS and the matching DSP I had left along with Whisper White.  My first layer was 3 3/4" x 5" and the second layer was 3 1/2" x 4 3/4".  I used my dot embossing folder and then punched out hearts with my punch.  I cut out my own stem and used some buttons and twine for the center of the shamrock.

My sentiment came from SU's Teeney Tiny Wishes.  That set was definitely worth the money.  I have used it over and over again!

My inside sentiment is an Inkadinkado stamp that I have had for years.  I bring it out every St. Patrick's Day to use.  I love the saying!  I have some more cards that are laying on my desk to finish.  Hopefully, I'll get them done before the 17th!!  I'm also looking for something for Jennifer to take to daycare for her friends.  It is a challenge - no food!

Believe it or not we had snow here along with nasty winds on Friday.  It is still so old that the ground its still covered.  I have hope though.  My daughter and Jennifer went to Tractor Supply this AM to get some bird seed and the ducks and chicks have arrived!!  That means Spring has to be on its way!



Thanks for stopping by,
Nancy