Create with Connie and Mary--St. Patrick's Day!

Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! This week we are all sharing projects with St. Patrick’s Day in mind. Now you might think that Stampin’ Up! doesn’t have a lot to offer to support this theme but I think you will be pleasantly surprised with what we have created for you.

I just love our new spring imagery! This is something that Connie designs for us! She is one talented lady!

Did you know that we sell dies that have Happy St. Patrick’s Day as an option? It is actually one of the die sets that I like to suggest to new stampers because it has a lot of holiday options. It is called Word Wishes and can be found in the Annual Catalogue.

I actually only used a few supplies to create ths card—-but there is some stamping! I began by lightly blending the background with Soft Seafoam ink and our amazing new Blending Brushes. I then flicked my Wink of Stella pen across the background to give it a fun shimmer. I die cut the sentiment in Granny Apple Green which is also the base of my card.

This initial layer is also on Soft Seafoam. I liked the idea of blending our softest green with our brightest green.

I wanted to add a shamrock because its synonymous with the holiday so I made my own with a small heart from the Lots of Heart stamp set and a Stampin’ Write marker for the stem! I hand trimmed it and added it by my sentiment with a Mini Dimensional.

Gold is also an awesome accent for this theme so I added in some of the Gold Glitter Enamel Dots around the sentiment.

I wanted a little bit of detail along the edge of my card so I embossed a strip of Granny Apple Green card stock in the Dainty Diamonds 3D folder. Using my Tear’n Tape adhesive, I ran it the length of the card stock and pressed it into the Gilded Leafing embellishment for that amazing gold pop.

I hope you enjoyed my card project, I had alot of fun designing it and I know the other girls with also inspire you with their creations! Please feel free to leave a comment and if you are in Canada you can shop with me anytime by using my Hostess Code shared on my main page!