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Today’s Color Challenge (CC625) (gold, white, green) & yesterday’s Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS419) (Luck of the Irish),on Splitcoast, seem destined to go together. For my easy card, I used gold & emerald embossing powders to heat emboss the Good Luck circle onto mirror gold card stock.
These were all die cut using 2 sizes of circle dies & a couple of them were layered onto a larger, fancy edge circle die cut. I also gold embossed some of the clover centers of the image onto green c/s & used a small 4 leaf clover punch to punch them out. The punch wasn’t an exact match, but it was close enough. The white frame was die cut, the greeting added & I had a piece of dry embossed green c/s left over from something & since it had clovers & shamrocks on it, I put it behind the opening.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! May the luck of the Irish be with you!

Supplies:

Irish Good Luck Circle 006D	Luck o’ the Irish 206D	Gold Rainbow 685F	Shamrock Bg 326H
Memento Inks	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	Detail Gold Embossing Powder
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Gold Mirror Board	Cuttlebug Simply Charmed 20-00611
Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Sm. Circles S4-116	Gina UDIO Circles dies	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	4 Leaf Clover punch sm.

 
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To make my clean & simple St. Patrick’s Day card, I die cut all the pieces and parts out of a water color background I had in my stash. It was a largish leftover from something else, made w/ yellows & greens Brushos crystals. The colors were perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day card & the little bird was die cut out of an area where the greens faded into white. I liked the way it made him look more like a real bird w/ varied coloring. (The shamrock in his hat is part of the Little Critters die set.) The Lucky die was cut once out of the w/c bg & once out of a lime green I used underneath for a bit of a shadow. For the embossed edges, I used a scallop ribbons folder then cut away only one part to use as the edges on either side. The shamrock balloons were added w/ some Baker’s twine strings.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Carol Mayne

Karen Amidon

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 175E	Birdies dies 063JD	Little Critters dies 075HD	Lucky die 954DD
Shamrock die 018ED	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Neenah Linen cardstock
Water Color Paper	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Sizzix Peppermint Twist/Scallops set 657063	TE Shamrocks dies TE524
Brushos Water Color Crystals	Baker’s Twine	AC color card stock

Well…I realize St. Paddy’s Day was last week, but the Clean & Simple (CAS369) is basically, well…St. Patrick’s Day. Go figure! So here I am w/ one last card. Since green (any shade) is my favorite color, I always like this holiday & I guess I’ll have one ready for next year.

To make my easy card, I white embossed the polka dot bg on the green & die cut it. On the white layer, I die cut a large shamrock & used the negative space instead. The greeting & a few shamrocks were stamped & I sprinkled a few sequins to finish. 

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to swing by & check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a Spring Color Challenge & there’s a nice prize up for grabs. DRS images are not required to enter.

Supplies:

Shamrock Shenanigans 692F	Shamrock Group 749A	Polka Dot Bg 688P	Colorbox Pigment Ink	St. Pat’s Day 636D
MISTI	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Shamrock die 018ED	Kaliedacolor ink pads
VersaFine Small Inkpads	Recollections Cardstock	Detail White Embossing Powder	Sequins	Staples 110# white card stock