Leprechaun Paddy Card for St. Patrick's Day

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. This is one of the cards I made to send to my granddaughters. Please click on the picture below to enlarge it.

 This card measures 5" by 6.5". The background paper is from the Tim Holtz Wallflower scrapbook paper pad.

The digital image/sentiment is "Paddy" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers. I used a Sizzix die to cut a scalloped oval around the image. I sponged some distress ink around the edges of the oval.

I attached the sentiment to a piece of black cardstock and attached it to the top of the card.

I will enter this card in the following challenge;

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #301

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Handmade Irish Leprechaun Greeting Card

May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!
An Old Irish Blessing

Today is the last day of March but it is not too late to share this Irish greeting card. I am entering this card in Challenge #249 - Anything Mo Goes W/Optional Theme: Green.

I used the digital stamp "Leprechaun" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored the image with Copic Sketch markers and cut it out with a Spellbinders die.

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Handmade St. Patrick's Day Card On A Budget

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 

I made some collage greeting cards to celebrate this "green" day.

 

DEFINITION: "Collage: a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope".

 

 

Here are some of the recycled and rescued supplies that I used to make these cards:

• Kraft cardstock blank 5" by 7" cards with matching envelopes. (Hobby Lobby - 50% Off Sale - Pack of 50 card/envelopes for $5.00.)
• Green/Crowns background patterned paper.  (Thrift shop find - Over 100 sheets of paper for $1.99).
• Shamrock Medley Rub-On Sheet. (Clearance at Hobby Lobby - $0.49.)

• Paper Studio Lucky Day Cardstock Stickers Sheet. (Clearance at Hobby Lobby - $0.42.)
• Green Paper Flower. (Goodwill - Large bag of paper flowers in a variety of colors - $1.99.)
• Recollections Mini Pastel Green Brad. (Michaels Clearance - 200 brads - $0.99.)



• Green Glitter Tape. (Walmart Craft Bin - $1.00.)
• Definitions from 1961 dictionary. (Goodwill - Old dictionary for $1.99.)
• Green fiber - (Pack of assorted fibers/ribbon - Antique shop - $2.99.)

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Handmade St. Patrick's Day Card

St. Patrick's Day, although not a legal holiday anywhere in the United States, is nonetheless widely recognized and celebrated throughout the country. It is primarily celebrated as a celebration of Irish and Irish American culture; celebrations include prominent displays of the color green, feasting, religious observances, and numerous parades. The holiday has been celebrated on the North American continent since the late eighteenth century, prior to the American Revolution.

Today I made a St. Patrick's Day card to enter in Mo's Digital Challenge #125 - Try Something New. This is the very first St. Patrick's Day card that I have made so I think it qualifies as a new experience.

This is how I made the card;
(1.) The base is a pre-made cream-colored card that measures 5" by 6.5".
(2.) I attached a piece of patterned paper with a green shamrock pattern on the front of the card.
(3.) I took two pieces of green cardstock and dry embossed them with the "Swiss Dots" embossing folder and my Cuddlebug.
(4.) I printed out the digital image "Summer Fairy Finna" from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop. I colored the image with Copic sketch markers, embellished the wings with Stickles glitter glue and cut it out.
(5.) I punched out some green corner shapes and attached them to the background of the card. I assembled the card with glue dots.
(6.) I embellished the card with three punched butterflies, a piece of "feathered" twine and a Tim Holtz "Adore" ticket.

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Future Rock Star With A Green Guitar

St. Patrick's Day is next week so I decided to give this future rock star a bright green guitar.  I made this card for Mo's Digital Pencil Card Making Challenge #72 ~ "Oh, Baby!"  I had to use an image of a baby on the card to enter this contest.

This is how I made the card;

1. I used a pre-made dark red card for the base. The card measures 4 1/2" by 5 1/2".

2. I used the digital stamp "Future Rock Star" from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop. I used Prismacolor pencils and Marvy markers to color the image. I lightly chalked the white space around the image with green Pebbles chalks.  I then inked the edges with dark green ink.

3. I used design papers from K & Company for the background.  I distressed the striped paper with my scissors.

4. I embellished the card with a cardstock tag that says "Absolute Delight" and a white rose from K & Company.  I used a Bow-Easy template to make the tiny green bow.

This card could be used as a new baby card, birthday card or even a St. Patrick's Day card.