Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Go Green- Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I confess I've been looking for a challenge with lots of green! I'll use any holiday as an excuse to make something and I can't let St. Patrick's Day go by without a handful of cards to give away! Today I'm playing at The Card Concept! Check out the inspiration photo this time!
I am LOVING all the different shades of green with the accents of gold! Perfect for a St. Patrick's Day.. and I'm thinking a pot of GOLD!
Simon Says Stamp has a GREEN Work It Wednesday Challenge too!   So no excuses not to play along! 

I started my card with a monochromatic background of ombre shades of GREEN card stock. I cut the diamond border from Pretty Pink Posh Stacked Edges 2 for each shade.  I tape the diamond borders together on the reverse to make a panel and trim it to size and adhere to my card base.  The Stacked Edges 2 is a set of three borders die cuts that are great for stacking to make cool backgrounds.  I usually cut all three borders at the same time and keep the ones I don't need for a future project.
The Leprechaun is from Best of Luck and there are coordinating dies to make this set super easy to use.  I colored the images with Copic markers.
I stamped the sentiment on a Scallop Circle Die cut in green ink. I always forget to stamp in color. This deep olive color is Versafine Olympia Green.
I'm loving the new Pretty Pink Posh Jewels too. They are bitty flat back faceted gems that add lots of sparkle. They come in lots of colors and the ones on my card are in Shamrock.

Have a great day!  




Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Best Of Luck
Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Best Of Luck, Scallop Circles, Stacked Edges 2
Jewels | Pretty Pink Posh Shamrock



PPP Scallop Circles
PPP Scallop Circles

PPP
PPP Best Of Luck
PPP Best Of Luck

PPP
PPP Best of Luck Dies
PPP Best of Luck Dies

PPP
PPP Stacked Edges 2
PPP Stacked Edges 2

PPP
PPP Shamrock Jewels
PPP Shamrock Jewels

PPP

7 comments:

Lisa Elton said...

This is just as cute as can be! I like all of the shades of green!

Craftychris said...

Love all the greens you used for this gorgeous card! xxx

Kim Heggins said...

This is just so wonderful...love your sweet St. Patrick's Day card! All your sweet and wonderful little details, so much fun. Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Card Concept.

Julia Aston said...

Sweet images and I love that diamond stitched edge background die! great mix of the greens!

Tracey McNeely said...

FUN FUN FUN!!! So lucky to see it!

Nancy Penir said...

I seriously couldn't feel more Irish than this card! What a fun, happy, green with spunk card!!! Hugs!

Julie Gearinger said...

What an adorable St. Patricks Day card!! Love the background, all of the greens and your sweet images!! Thanks for sharing with us at The Card Concept! Hugs and we hope you can join us again soon :-)