Thursday, March 13, 2014

St. Patrick's Day Card for Numerous Challenges

As I was reading my blog list this morning I found a new card challenge with a sketch I wanted to try.  It is called The Challenge #2 and is on Lesley Croghan's blog "Always Playing with Paper".  She even includes cutting dimensions to help you get started.   Here is the sketch that inspired me today:


Since I needed to make some St. Patrick's Day cards, I changed the heart shape to shamrock shapes. 



The shamrocks were cut with the "Celebrate with Flourish" Cricut cartridge from Kentucky Green CS (retired Close To My Heart).  The patterned paper is also retired from CTMH.  I used  the Darice St. Pat's Day Background embossing folder and a sanding block for the bottom card layer.  The gold metallic CS is also retired CTMH.  (I really used a lot of old stash to make this card!)  The gold accents were made with a regular paper punch form the gold metallic CS.  I skipped the sentiment because I thought that it was obviously a St. Patrick's Day card!

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:
    Exploring Cricut--Luck of the Irish
    Cut it Up--Green for St. Patrick's Day or Spring #40
    Pinspirational Challenges--#98 St. Patrick's Day
    Simply Create Too--#56 Shop in Your Stash
    Cuttin And Stampin Challenges--St. Patrick's Day/Lucky
    Diecuttin' Divas--#156 Luck of the Irish
    Time 4 Scrap--#35 St. Patrick's Day
    Artistic Inspirations--#82 St. Patrick's Day, Green or Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!
:) Marie

24 comments:

DianeMoneyGoolsby said...

Marie: Your green St Patrick's Day card is very pretty--love the embossing! Glad you joined our “Use Your Stash Challenge #56″. Please come by tomorrow [Friday 14 Mar14] for our new challenge at Simply Create Too also.

Diane
Simply Create Too Design Team Member
http://SimplyCreateToo.blogspot.com
http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com

Casandra Bennett said...

Perfect use of this challenge! All I could think of was flowers and butterflies. :)

Michelle N. said...

Love the embossing and those shamrocks-goes great with the gold touches! Thanks for joining us at Exploring Cricut & More this week!

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

Those shamrocks are really pretty! Great job on your card; I like your out-of-the-box thinking -- using a paper punch!! Brilliant!!

Thanks for joining our Green challenge at Cut it Up!
Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

Migdalia said...

Awesome take on the sketch!!Very PRETTY!
Thank you for joining us at Cut It Up Challenges.
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
*Crafting With Creative M*

kReN said...

Pretty shamrock card. TFS! Thanks for playing along with us this week at {PIN}spirational Challenge. Hope to see you again soon! kReN, {PIN}dt

Arwen said...

Beautiful card.thanks tu join us at T4S

Lesley said...

I love your festive card! So fun and the perfect way to use this sketch! Thanks for joining me!!

Diane said...

Awesome job on your card and like the embossed background too! Thanks for joining us at Exploring Cricut and More.

Unknown said...

What a lovely St. Patty's Day card! Love that embossing folder and gold accents! Thanks for playing this week at Simply Create Too!

Julie518 said...

Love your shiny papers and shamrock embossing!!! Thanks for playing along with us at Exploring Cricut & More!

CraftingMum said...

Lovely card, thanks for joining us at Artistic Inspirations.
Louise x

Sharon said...

Great card!! Love the shamrocks and the embossing. Thank you so very much for joining our 'Luck of the Irish' challenge at Exploring Cricut & More!!!! :)

Amy A said...

Oooo I love the shamrock die cuts! Great design! The embossed BG ties it all together perfectly! Thank you for joining us at {Pin}sperational Challenges.

Amy~DT

Karen Day said...

Great take on the sketch, Marie!! I love your embossed background!

Nance said...

Pretty card. Love those swirly shamrocks! Thanks for playing with us at {PIN}spirational Challenges this week!

Nance

Annette said...

Very pretty and I really like the gold accents! Thank you for playing at Exploring Cricut and More:)

Annette
My Mind's Dust Bunnies

Pat N. said...

Very cute; love the embossing folder too! TFS at DCD's challenge this week.

Unknown said...

what a lovely card, thanks for joining Artistic Inspiration & good luck Pam DT xx

Unknown said...

Beautiful card great take on the sketch,thank you for joining us at Cut it Up with our green/St Patrick's day challenge hugs Tania (DT) xx

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

Very cute! Thanks for playing along over at Cuttin' and Stampin'!

hugs,
JoAnn
Cuttin' & Stampin DT

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

So very pretty! thanks for playing along over at Cuttin' and Stampin'!

hugs,
JoAnn
Cuttin' & Stampin DT

Zella said...

Very cute! I have that embossing folder too and had to get it out for St. Patrick's Day cards. Thanks for joining us {PIN}spirational Challenges. Good luck!!
Blessings,
Zella

Oma said...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Love this card!

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