Happy St Patrick's Day!

Hope you all had a fantastic day today celebrating St Patrick's Day. I got to meet up with the Ft Meade ladies today for some lunch and shopping. I just couldn't get together and let everyone leave empty handed so I made some goody bags last night.


I made some shamrock spritz cookies and packaged them up in a cello bag.


I used Riley Moose on this cute bag topper and colored him with my Copics. I am realizing that while I have a large variety of markers it is now time for me to start collecting more colors for shading. I am also happy to have finally used some of my St Pat's ribbon that has been in my stash for the past 3 years.


Now look at the bag topper itself. Do you see the layers? I didn't use the Top Note die, instead I found a very similar shape in the Accent Essentials cartridge for my Cricut. I can now make the cute projects that everyone else is making AND use layers. I just saved myself some money by having the Cricut. Now I know how I will finance those new Copics.

Details:
Stamps: St Patty Beer Riley Moose by Hanna Stamps
Paper: Certainly Celery, Green Galore, PTI white, Delicate Dots dsp by SU!
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copic Markers, Glossy Gel Pen, Stardust Gel Pen
Accessories: Ribbon, Cricut Accent Essentials, Cello Bags

Wearing the Green

It's Wednesday, time for another Sassy Challenge! This week to celebrate St Patrick's Day the challenge was to make a card using all greens and neutrals. I think Riley Moose is just too cute. I will be sending this card to my brother and sister-in-law.

I am desperately trying to pay more attention to the small details on my cards. If there is any way they can be improved, please let me know. On this one I wanted to mimic the argyle pattern in the way I placed the brads, I also made sure that the corner brads were all diamond oriented while the center was square. I had to be sure that all the layers were just the right size. I cut down the center layer to assure that the ribbon was on it without any extra letters on one end or the other. Then I had to trim my image piece and those accompanying layers to assure that there was enough room for a border around them. I really am trying...and in the end I thik my cards will be better for it.

Details:

Stamps: Riley Moose, Classic Backgrounds
Paper: Kraft, Wild Wasabi, River Rock, PTI White
Ink: Brilliance Black, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Ribbon, Square Chrystal Brads, Corner Rounder, Copics