It's Hard Being Green--Use Your Stash Blog Hop

Welcome to another Use Your Stash Blog Hop!  If you are coming from Darlene's blog you are on the right track.  Didn't you just love her green project?  You'll see who is next on this tour at the end of this post.

Would you believe that the paper on my green card is more than 15 years old?  It is Clover Meadow 12"x 12" Background and Texture paper from Close to My Heart and long ago retired.  I couldn't decide which pattern to use so I chose four of them!

The banner was stamped in Pacifica Ink and the greeting was stamped in Clover Meadow Ink and colored in with a Clover Meadow marker.  (The gold holographic tape was purchased in a Dollar Tree and is pictured here.)

Please go on to be inspired by the talented Cassandra Bennett's blog post.  If you get lost along the way you can stop at Teresa Morrow's blog for the complete list.

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

:) Marie

Gelato Pattern for Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #191 and Seize the Birthday

The color challenge at Pals Paper Arts this week is Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White.  I decided to use a Plaid stencil and Lime and Tangerine Gelatos by Faber-Castell to create a block pattern for this card.

Close To My Heart products used:

     Clover Meadow CS (retired)

     4 My Friend Stamp (retired)

     Laughing Lola Cardmaking Kit Stamp

     Clover Meadow Ink (retired)

     Silver Metallic Paper (retired)

     Gelatos by Faber Castell

     stencil by Plaid

Here is the Pals Paper Arts Color Graphic;

If you like participating in color challenges I encourage you to play along with Color My Heart Color Dare. We have weekly blog badges that are awarded and a monthly prize to give out.

I'm also linking this card up to Seize the Birthday this week.

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

:) Marie