Hello,
I needed to make my St. Patrick's Day cards to send out and the theme fit a few challenges perfectly. These are the challenges I entered my cards in.
1)
Bitten by the Bug 2: Shamrock and Green Challenge - make a project using a shamrock and the color green.
2)
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: #101 Luck of the Irish - make a project using a shamrock or the color green.
3)
Krafty Girls: #2 Feelin' Lucky - St. Patrick's theme project.
4)
Whimsical Wednesday Challenge: #45 Going Green - Incorporate the color green in your project.
Now that that is out of the way onto my project.
First up I cut all my pieces on my Cricut. I used the Pilgrim hat from Designer's Calendar since I don't have a cartridge that has a leprechaun on it. The hat is cut at 3". I also used Designer's Calendar to cut the shamrocks at 1". I used the Cricut Craft Room Basics to cut the fancy edge labels and its shadow at 3.5". The green patterned paper was from
Me & My Big Ideas "Explorer" Paper Pack. Since I didn't have enough of all one pattern to make all the cards so I cut 8 in one and 8 in the other. The green patterned paperis the shadow but after cutting them all out I wish I would made the white paper the shadow. Oh well...next time. I chose to make these cards A2 size with a Kraft cardstock base.
On the inside of the cards I used a Studio G stamp and a dark green Studio G ink square. I just love the little swirl in the message.
Here are my completed cards. I glued the golden yellow paper to the back of the hats and used Studio G gold glitter glue to go over it. While that was drying I used a polka dot background stamp to stamp a darker green ink onto the little shamrocks. I am a big fan of polka dots so I love to use them. I also used my Cuttlebug to emboss the white cutouts with polka dots. Once everything was dry I glued everything together. I used a pop dot to pop up the shamrock.
I also added some faux stitching on the hat. In these pictures you can see the sparkle from the glitter glue.
Overall I enjoyed how they turned out. Hope you enjoyed these.
Recipe:
Card Base: A2 - 4.25 x 5.5"
Fancy Edge Label & Shadow: 3.5" (Cricut Craft Room Basics)
Pilgrim Hat: 3" (Designer's Calendar)
Shamrock: 1" (Designer's Calendar)
Studio G gold glitter glue, stamps, dark green ink
Have a Magical Day!!
