PDE Linky Party 2-19-16 Happy St. Patrick's Day

This is a bit early but my next post won't be until after St. Patrick's Day is over with. Over at PDE Linky Party it is always, "Anything Goes".

I had an empty jelly jar that looks like a mug, I thought it would be perfect for this.

 

I used Cricut's Street Signs cartridge to cut the font and Paper Doll Dressup for the shamrock. Before cutting the shamrocks first I used a black Cricut ink to trace around the outside then I went back and did my cut.

 

After trying a few different techniques on the lid I ended up just adding more shamrocks and the green ribbon.

 

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St. Patty's Card in a Box

I used two different printables on this Card in a box: St. Patty's Tickets Hang Tags and I used some of the St. Patty's Collage Sheet that I used for last week's rocker cards.
 

 

You get 2 tickets of each design for a total of 10 tickets.

 

You get 2 of each design in 2 different sizes for a total of 12 hang tags. I used 3 of the larger images and 3 of the smaller images.

 

 

If you have never made a card in a box before, here is a Card in a Box Tutorial on youtube for you to watch. They really are rather easy once you make the first one.

 

I printed my printable files onto white cardstock and cut them out then I did my cutting and measuring for the card in a box. The card itself is cut on a cream cardstock, layered with some green and cream stripped paper from Craft Smith (I won it in a giveaway) on the bottom sections and a Kraft paper with green stripes from Core'dinations on the upper sections.

 

Assemble the card, use 3 of the large images on the bottom sections of the card, tickets on the upper sections. I cut out a few shamrocks with my Cricut, first going around the edges with my Cricut Ink, then with the blade. I used a large shamrock to mount a small image onto the embellishment support in the back.

 

 

I used some scraps from the Kraft paper for the supports rather than the ones cut from the cream cardstock because the Kraft paper was much sturdier than the cream.

 

 

 

I used one of each ticket and sprinkled a few shamrocks around. This does fold semi-flat for mailing. Box cards can be used for almost every occasion and are a lot of fun to make.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

 

 

Ewe-N-Me Printables Shamrock Shaker Cards

I was in the mood to make some shaker cards and this file was perfect, click here to go to file:

 

 

 

You get 3 of each saying, 9 total on the page.

I did each one a bit different, if you have never made a shaker card before, click here for a you tube video.

 

For the first card I cut my card base to measure: 4 1/4" wide x 5 1/2" tall. I cut the green layer a 1/2" smaller all the way around and added a piece of washi tape.

My shaker element measures 2 3/4" wide x 3 1/4" high, this is the size the hang tags are when you cut them out. I used some shamrock confetti that I have had for several years inside the shaker. I added a piece of green and white twine to the fold.

 

 

My second card measures 5 1/2" wide x 6" tall, I cut 3 chevrons using 3 different green scraps and embossed them using a shamrock embossing folder I made myself, I also wrapped a piece of green ribbon around the chevrons. I added a piece of green and white twine to the fold.

 

 

Card 3 measures 5" wide x 6" tall, the lighter green layer measures 3 3/4" wide x 5" tall, I also embossed this with my shamrock embossing folder, added a piece of green ribbon and a few sequins.

 



 

St. Patrick's Day Gift Bag and Card

St. Patrick's Day will be here soon and I have started making a few items to share with my friends. Today I worked with the Shamrock Seeds Feedsack Printable

 

You get 3 different sizes and it includes the reversed images to use for iron-ons. I haven't used an iron-on for many years and I had forgotten how easy they are to do.

 

I got out a lot of my crafty toys to make this including both my Serger and regular sewing machines.

 

 

I started with the gift bag, cutting out one of the reverse images and a piece of fabric from my sewing stash.

 

Using the instructions that come with your transfer sheets, print your image and iron it onto your fabric. Then I used my eBrush and one of my shamrock stencils to add some shamrocks to the gift bag. I Serged the seams and made a casing on the top for the ribbon to go through with my regular machine. Then I punched some holes into the casing and ran some green ribbon through it and added a couple pieces of the leprechaun's gold.

 

 

 

For my card I started by spraying my papers with 2 different shamrock masks and eBrush.

 

 

After spraying the papers I cut the card base to measure 5 1/4" wide x 5 1/2" tall, the solid green layer is 4 1/4" inches wide x 4 3/4" tall. The light olive green layer measures 3 1/2" wide x 4" tall and the Shamrock Seeds layer is 2 1/2" wide x 3 3/4" tall. I chomped all of the corners with my Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper using the Scalloped side.

 

 

On the inside I stamped a shamrock and added a vellum envelope full of, "shamrock seeds".

 

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look at my project, please come again.