St. Patrick's Day

 Hello everyone! Well it's been a terrible week her in SW Ontario weatherwise.  Last Wednesday we were hit with an ice storm,  approx  7-8 hrs of freezing rain, lost power for 5 hours, went to go to work on Thurday, and was unable to get out of my street.  We live in a parkway (circle) and there were huge tree branches across the roadway, so no one was getting in or out! The City came around noon hour to remove them, so I was able to get into the office shortly after that.

Today, another ice storm, I just hope we don't loose any of our 35-40 ft cedars, I will be so sad if that happens.  Just looked out,  lots of ice on the ones on the far side of the yard, really bent from the east winds, fingers crossed they can hold up to the to the weight of the freezing rain!

I had an eye appt this morning, a follow up for some laser treatment I had a few weeks ago, so I took the day off.  So glad I did so I don't have to be out in this weather.

Today I have a couple of St. Partick Day cards I made for a friend.

I am using products from The Greetery & Flourishes & Gina K Designs.

For my main focal point I pulled out the matching stencil & die from The Greetery - Print Shop Spring Mix.  I used various inks from both  Pinkfresh studio & Simon Says Stamps.  Once all the stenciling was done, I used the matching stamp set to stamp the centers of the flowers, then the matching die to cut it out.

The first card is a very dark hunter green background, although it does look black in the picture.

I used a sentiment from Flourishes - called Irish Blessings, die cut it with a flag die from Gina K.  I also cut a glittery green shamrock, also from Gina K

To finish off I added some gold pearl, as well as a border strip of green cardstock along the bottom.  The die cut is not a straight cut, there are some little divots, so this just finishes it of nicely. 

For the second card, done the same, just a different sentiment and card base colour.

That's it for me for today, hoping to get a few more cards made for my friends order.  I need to take advantage of the days I'm off work, as I never feel like making cards once I get home from work and dinner is done throughout the week.

Hope everyone is keeping well.  I'll be back soon with another share.

Thanks for you visit today,

Pauline

Lucky you

I'm back today to share a couple of St. Patrick day cards I made for a card order.

I made both the same, just changed up the sentiment and the direction of the leprechaun.

The Leprechaun is a die cut from Simon Says Stamps.  When I bought this it looked really easy to put together, well I tell you this was my 4th & 5th attempt.  There is a base die along with the die for all the pieces.  I cut the base, then as I cut the pieces and glued them onto the base and always found that there was a gap when I got up to the hat, ( as I was starting from the bottom).  I finally figured it out, hence the 2 you see below.

For the shamrocks - this is also a stencil from SSS. I started by sponging some distress oxide inks - lucky clover, rustic wilderness and twisted citron. I then left the stencil in place and then added Nuvo clear shimmer paste.

It didn't take very long to dry. I then cut it out with a MFT stitched rectangle die, then layered it onto some PTI - New Leaf c/s.

The sentiment strips are from SSS.  I just trimmed them down to fit the card, also added a couple more pieces of cardstock behind each strip for some dimension.  

I used a white gel pen to add some accents to the Leprechaun.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by today.  Have a wonderful day!

Pauline

Lucky charm

Hello! I hope everyone is doing okay during these scary times.  I have been working from home starting this week, which I am most grateful for.  I know there will be some trying times ahead of us for sure.

I meant to post this yesterday, but lost track of what day it was I guess.  So here I am today.  I should of posted this one earlier in the week as it is a St. Patrick day card, which was only a few days ago, so I guess I'm good.

I used a Power Poppy digital clover image for the focal point of my card.

Once coloured using Polychromos pencils and gamsol, I sponged some light blue ink onto it for some background shading.  I pulled out SSS stitched circle to cut it out, then layered it onto a piece of gold foil c/s.  I then layered it onto my decorative background using Joy Craft die - Square Frame.

To finish off I added some small tiny gold beads to the centers of the clover, some glitter to the flower, and die cut four clovers using gold foil c/s and Memory Box Lucky Charm die and placed them in the corners of the square frame die cut.

Well that's it for me today, I'm off today as well, already went out to pick up a few grocery items early before the stores got busy to avoid being close to anyone as much as possible.  As I am in that age group, and have Asthma, I need to be cautious.

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend, stay safe my friends! Hugs,

Pauline

Luck of the Irish

I meant to post this yesterday, but it's been a difficult few days at work as our company is going through another re-org with job cuts  and our dept was among the ones to be cut.  But thankfully me and  the folks in my group all still have their jobs. There was just over 100 job cuts company wide within 4 depts.  It was such a stressful day, I was totally exhausted by the time I got home, hence no post.

In my last order I did for a friend she asked for a St. Patrick's day card.  I don't have much in this line, but I was able to find a  12 x 12 piece of designer paper by Authentique at the stamp store in London. One side is patterned the other side is made up of 12 cards to cut out and use.  Easy peasy right?

I cut out the card topper I wanted, layered it onto a piece of kraft cardstock.  I cut a flourish from dark green c/s using a die from Marianne.  Designer paper is some scraps from my bin.  I also added a peel off gold chain strip above the plaid paper.  For the sentiment (PTI), it is stamped in black versafine.  and then cut out using a Spellbinder label die.

I added some sequins to finish off along with some gold glitter to the buckle on the top hat, and a bit of glitter to the insides of the clover flowers.

Thanks for your visit, enjoy your day!

Pauline

Good luck!

I'm back today to share a St. Patrick's Day card I made for a friend to give to a friend! I didn't realize that this coming Saturday is the 17th!  This month is flying by fast!

 I have very limited St. Patrick day stamps, so it really limits me to the type of card I make.

The stamp set I used today is from Flourishes LLC - called Good Luck.

I stamped the image onto some white cougar c/s using black memento and then coloured using copics.  I then cut out the bouquet. The sentiment I used is also from the same set, which fit perfectly on the center die cut, which I have outlined using my gold krylon pen.

The die set I used for the focal point is from Marianne Creatables - #LR0242. 

I added some green sequins and gold twine to finish off the card along with some wink of stella clear to the yellow flowers on the bouquet. 

Have a great day!

Pauline

Lucky Day

Hi everyone!  What a hectic week it's been, so glad it's the weekend, and actually I'm off Monday, so it's a three day weekend!

A friend had asked me to make her a St. Patrick's day card, which I usually do every year for her to mail to one of her friends.  I have very limited stamps for St. Patrick day, but this particular one I haven't used in a number of years (actually I forgot I even had it - I guess that's what happens when you have too many stamps!).  I'm using a House Mouse image called - Lucky Day.  

Rather than just make a plain ole' card I made my first 'shaker card'!

I started with the background.  I am so addicted to do the colour wash on water colour paper.  I just love this technique and you never get the same look twice! After doing the wash and letting it dry, I cut it out using a stitched rectangle die from MFT.

I stamped the image onto some white cougar c/s and used copics to colour.  This was then cut out using a circle s/b die.  To do the border I used a larger scallop circle die and also a circle die one size smaller than the circle die I used for the image.  I cut a piece of acetate and glued this to the back of the scallop border, then cut some foam tape and added it along the border. I then glued the image to my water colour background, added some sequins ( I really need to get some shaker card fillings) to the center of the image, then took the frame and laid it over the image.  Pressed down firmly to make sure the tape adhered. And there you go - my first shaker card!!

I added a couple of different colours of twine to finish this off.

Supplies:
image - House Mouse - Lucky day
ink - black memento, copics - YG01,YG06, YG09, YG25, YG61, YG93, E51, R20, E31, E33, V05, V09, distress inks - forest moss, twisted citron, lucky clover, shabby shutters
paper - Tim Holtz water colour, white cougar 100 lb, dark green, acetate
dies - spellbinder, - circle & scallop circle, MFT - stitched rectangle
misc - sequins, twine, foam tape

Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by.

Pauline

Good luck to charm you

Hi everyone.  I was going through my 'picture' file to see what cards I have left to post and realized I never posted this card I made for a friend for St. Patrick's Day.  She want two cards, so I made them both the same since they were going to different families.

I have very limited St. Patrick's day stamps, but out of the few I have I always lean towards my Flourishes set called Irish Blessings.

Not a lot of explaining on this, used some dies, ribbon, stamps, sequins, paper and voila - done!

Supplies:
stamps - Flourishes - Irish Blessing, 
Paper - white cougar 100 lb, Basic Grey - Kioshi, kfraft
ink - versafine black
dies - spellbinder ovals, scallop oval,  MFT - blueprints die-namics #13 (for the stitched layer), Verve - Flourished Trim (for the scallop edging)
Misc - sequins, ribbon

I'm working on my card orders, so lots of cards to share. Stay tuned...
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your day!

Pauline

A bit of Luck!

The days are flying by, and here we are again for another bellariffic friday challenge.  This weeks challenge was to use a stamp that has never seen ink- well I must confess I have tons, yes tons of stamps that have never seen ink.

With St. Patrick's day coming up, I pulled out Goodluckabella to ink up for this challenge.

I stamped her on bella's bestest paper and coloured her using primsacolor pencils and blended with gamsol(oms).  Cut her out using an oval s/binder die, left it in place then sponged some wheat versamagic ink around her, layered this onto a piece of green c/s which was cut with a scallop die.  DP is from Basic Grey called Marjolaine- (gorjuss papah)! The white decorative border was punched from a new EK Success punch I bought at Paper Pickle last week.  I am lovin this punch. Seam binding ribbon is from Martha Stewart - I must confess, I forgot I had this ribbon, I bought this last year sometime, along with 2 other colours. 

Finished it off with a green rhinestone and some glitter.

Be sure to hop over to Bloggabella to see what the other babes created for this challenge.  Next weeks challenge is a colour challenge. See the swatch below.  Incorporate these colours in your card and your good to go! 

Want to win some Bella Bucks? then email Emily your card by thursday night to have a chance to win.

Have a good weekend everyone.  Thanks for stopping by...

Pauline