Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I love St. Patrick's Day.  I'm half Irish, so I suppose that is partially why.  I also enjoy decorating with 'the green!'  Here is my St. Patrick's Day card for this year.  I borrowed the design from Fixnthings on SplitCoastStampers.

I used that pretty Pleated Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz, embossed the Happy St. Patrick's greeting with Wild Wasabi Embossing Powder and used the Square Lattice Embossing Folder on the Whisper White background paper.  The main layer is Pocketful of Posies DSP and I added a Filigree Brad because I thought it had an Irish look about it.  I also used Old Olive cardstock paper as the base card layer.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone and don't forget to wear green!

I love St. Patrick's Day!

I have to admit I love all of the little holidays as much as the big ones.  St. Patrick's Day is just such a fun holiday and I enjoy celebrating it.  Here is a cute card I got from a gal named "Cathy" in a swap I was in recently.  I just love it!

I just love how she embossed the scallop circle, making it look like it's thicker...so neat!
Here is the recipe:
Stamp Set:  Lucky Shamrock and Afterthoughts
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight and Garden Green
Ink:  Garden Green
Accessories:  5/8" So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, 2-Way Glue Pen, Glue Dot, Stampin' Dimensionals
On the inside, she stamped the Lucky You sentiment with a little shamrock next to it!
Thank you, Cathy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here's my St. Patrick's Day card.  I love this holiday, it's just so fun, plus I'm Irish, so I have to celebrate it!  LOL.  I had to use a retired set (Rainbow's End), because there just aren't enough stamps out for St. Patrick's Day.  I used Wild Wasabi as a base, then stamped my clover with Versamark and my sentiment in Garden Green.  I also used Garden Green as a mat.  My leprechaun was also stamped in green, then colored in with black marker, orange, peach and gold pen.  It was very hard to get the gold to look right.  I finally ended up using gold ink with the sponge dauber and it still won't stay on as well as I'd like.  I hand colored the rainbow, which was fun and added a Red Glimmer Paper heart.