A Wish for Everything

Flowers of Friendship St. Patrick’s Day Card

Flowers of Friendship St. Pat's Lead

This year is flying by! Can you believe it’s already March and almost time to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?! Today’s card is designed to bring you a little luck of the Irish using the Flowers of Friendship Bundle and A Wish for Everything stamp set.

Flowers of Friendship St. Pat's Lead

No shamrocks, no problem!

I couldn’t find a single shamrock stamp in either of our current catalogs. But I did find a stamp and punch to make lucky four-leaf clovers. And, if you prefer a three-leaf shamrock, you can trim out one of the petals, and it works perfectly.

Flowers of Friendship St. Pat's

It’s Ok to be Square

This card starts with a Garden Green card base of 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″. I scored at 4 1/4″ to create a square card that will still fit in a regular medium envelope.

Next, I cut a Basic White panel 3 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ and embossed it with the Tasteful Textile embossing folder. I placed a 1/2 strip across the bottom right corner and trimmed to fit. Next, I glued a 4″ length of Gold Shimmer Ribbon across the Garden Green strip and secured it on the back.

Flowers of Friendship St. Pat's Detail

Details

The circles are cut using the Layering Circles Dies and the now retired (sorry) Stitched Shapes. But don’t worry, you can use the same size die from the Layering Circles. I stamped the greeting with Garden Green Ink and adhered it to the card front with Dimensionals.

Next, I stamped and punched the four-leaf clovers (aka flowers) in Garden Green on Garden Green. I adhered these with mini Dimensionals and glue to the card front.

Finally, I finished off with a little bling using the Gilded Gems.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this project in the comments below.

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Parisian Flourish CASE

Parisian Flourish CASE Lead

Today, we’ll show you Connie’s version of the card I challenged her to CASE! She used the Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder for her card.

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The Challenge

I challenged Connie to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) this card from page 45 of the new January-June 2022 Mini Catalog.

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From Connie

For my card I decided to use products from the Annual Catalogue, so you will find everything there.

Parisian Flourish CASE Lead

Parisian Flourish CASE

I started with the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder, and applied Night of Navy ink to one side. I placed my Fresh Freesia cardstock inside, and embossed. This made the background of my cardstock Night of Navy, and the embossed part is Fresh Freesia.

This is a fun and easy technique and can be done with any Embossing Folder and on either side of the folder for different looks.  Once embossed, I cut the cardstock  into 3 1/2 x 3/4 inch strips.

I used 1/4 inch strips of Fresh Freesia on the base of my Thick Basic White card base.

I cut one of the Square Vellum Doilies in half, and put half at each edge of my card base.

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Details

My embossed strips were attached randomly across, and the sentiment pieces were popped up on top with Dimensionals. I used two stamp sets for my sentiment pieces, Artistically Inked and A Wish For Everything.

I embellished the card with lots of pretty shine from the sequins in the Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack.

Parisian Flourish Case Detail

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

It’s March 17th and time for all of us to let our Irish show!  Today’s Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop is focusing on packaging, so what better time to make St. Patrick’s Day treats.

 

As you can imagine, being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I get a lot of packages both through the USPS and through UPS.  When we first moved into our new house, I made it a point to catch both my mail carrier and UPS driver to meet them and find out a little bit about them, including what kinds of snacks and treats they like.

My mail carrier’s favorite is Reese cups, so I try to stay stocked up on those.  I decided to make her a special treat for St. Patrick’s Day.

I took one of our acetate card boxes and filled it with Reese cups wrapped in green and gold.  The candy didn’t fit perfectly in the box and wanted to slide around, so I made a “tray” from Shaded Spruce cardstock to keep the candies in their place.  I wrapped the box with a gold foil belly band around the side so it doesn’t interfere with opening the box and made a pretty label to decorate it.

I like to play with my stamps and use them in ways you might not think about to get double duty from them.  For this project I used a four petal flower from Pretty Perennials and trimmed away one of the petals to make the shamrock.

If you have several people you’d like to treat, this next project may be more to your liking.  It’s very simple, and I could make several of these in the time it took to make the project above.  The secret to this project is the Tag Topper Punch which makes tags very quickly.  Bag it and tag it!

I hope you’ve enjoyed these packaging ideas!  I love to give and get treats, don’t you?

Now, let’s see what the other hoppers have been up to:

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