St. Patrick's Day - Card #2

I made 3 of these adorable cards for St. Patrick's Day today.  I used my Cricut to cut out the cute leprechaun!  The cartridge I used is Simply Charmed and I cut out the Leprechaun at 4 inches.

I used a variety of solid colored cardstock (what I would call layering weight - that I had in my stash-it is cardstock from Michael's, Joann's, etc.) and his suit is using paper from the K&Company Sweet Nectar Specialty Paper 6x6 paper pad.

I cut out all the pieces for the leprechaun and put him together and then decided I wanted to inlay him into the background.  I layered several of the white background pieces on top of eachother to add dimension.  I ran the top background layer through my Big Shot using a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I put some gold paper behind the white to give him a cute and bright shadow!  I then mounted the entire panel onto a card base made out of Papertrey Ink cardstock in Vintage Jadeite.  I love Papertrey Ink and their carstock is divine!  But, had I used PTI carstock for all of the layering my card would have been super heavy - so using a lighter weight cardstock for everything else worked out perfectly!

I stamped a sentiment only on the inside of the card from the Hero Arts Stamp Set.  I love these cards and I hope the recipients do as well.

 

  
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!


Supplies:
Cardstock: White, gold, black, orange layering weight, K&Company Sweet Nectar Specialty Paper 6x6 pad, Papertrey Ink Vintage Jadeite
Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: MFT Hybrid Ink Black Licorice
Other Supplies: ATG Tape, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Martha Stewart Mini Scor Board, Cricut Expression, Cricut Simply Charmed Cartridge, Sizzix Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

St. Patrick's Day - Card #1

This card was so quick and easy to make.  I used glitter stickers I bought years ago out of the dollar bin at Joann's.  They may still make them!  If not, you could always die cut shamrocks out of different shades of green glitter paper in two different sizes to get the same look.  I used an American Crafts green note card to put the panel on and finished if off with some green grosgrain ribbon I had in my stash.  It is a very simple card design but packs a lot of punch.  This would be a great card to make with kids too!

This card is the normal A2 size.  Hope you enjoy!  Come back soon to seen another St. Patrick's Day card.

Supplies:
white cardstock, shamrock stickers, American Crafts green notecard, green ribbon, ATG tape, glue dots

Bridal Shower Card

I created this card only using a few products.  I wanted to create a shaker card using the Umbrella Shaker die from Simon Says Stamp.  I think it turned out really cute and is very fun!  Card measures 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches and was very quick to put together.  I used the Cover Up Eyelet die from Lil' Inker Designs to give the background some added interest and texture and the small hearts from the Stitched Journaling Card die from Lawn Fawn to cut out hearts in different shades of pink for the 'sprinkes'.  Isn't it adorable?

Supplies: 
Dies: Umbrella Shaker Die (Simon Says Stamp), Stitched Journaling Card (Lawn Fawn), Cover Up Eyelet (Lil' Inker Designs) & Scripty Congrats Die (Lawn Fawn)
Paper: Pink, Black & White Cardstock from my stash
Other: ATG Tape, Foam Adhesive, Scor Tape, Liquid Adhesive, Pearl embellishment

Spring Gardening

I made this cute card set using a few supplies.  I thought it would be fun to do some paper piecing with the Green Thumb stamp set by Paper Smooches, but still use the coordinating dies.  The cards turned out really whimsical and fun.  I love the Paper Smooches stamp sets and this one is so clever and so perfect for spring!

Supplies
Stamps: Green Thumb (Paper Smooches), Hoppy Easter (Pink by Design)
Dies: Green Thumb 2 Dies (Paper Smooches)
Cardstock: White, Red, Orange, Purple, Black, Patterned (all from my stash)
Other Supplies: ATG tape, liquid glue, glitter, foam adhesive