Wednesday, March 14, 2012

24 for 8

There are several challenges for St. Patrick's Day and green this week.  The first card in this post is for four of the challenges.  They include: the color challenge at ColourQ, Make it Monday # 57, the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches, and using a "bit o' green" at Simon Says Stamp!
I also have earlier posts for two other cards for St. Patrick's Day here and here.

The color challenge ~ 

 

Make it Monday # 57 ~  

Take a little time this week to join Heather and learn how to "kiss with color" on your next project.

The sketch challenge ~ 

 

The Challenge at Simon Says Stamp! ~ 

Now, onto this weeks theme.....it is....you guessed it.....a BIT o'GREEN in honour of St. Patrick's Day on Saturday!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!


Supplies ~ 
Stamps: PTI Heart Prints (the solid heart) & Bitty Background Blocks
Paper: SU Naturals White, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green (close to Glorious Green), 
     & DSP Patterns Stack ~ Subtles Collection
Ink: SU Wild Wasabi & Garden Green, Going Gray (stem)
Dies: Spellbinders Circles and Scalloped Circles
Additional Supplies: SU Button & Ribbon (retired), PTI Button Twine & Recollections Rhinestones


Here are another 23 more simple cards for St. Patrick's Day ~ for four more St. Patrick's Day and Green challenges at Card Crafter's Circle, Pile It On!, Whimsical Designs, and Scrappy Moms Stamps.  I am a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit, and make cards for all of our babies to give to their Moms and Dads for all of the holidays. 
 

Here are two individual closeups ~

Edited ~ The above card was featured as a top three winner at Card Crafter's Circle on this post

Supplies ~
Stamps: SU Lucky Shamrock, PTI Luck of the Irish, SU Lucky Me
Paper: SU Naturals White, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, Wausau Paper 
     Pearlescent Cardstock, Miscellaneous pink, blue & other greens
Ink: SU Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi & Green Galore
Dies & Punches: PTI Doily Details Collection & Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circle Collection, SU 2 
     3/8" Scalloped Circle, 1 3/4" Circle, EK Success Circle & Scalloped Circle & Martha Stewart 
     Shamrock
Additional Supplies: Fun Foam, Dark Blue Felt, PTI New Leaf Buttons, Kaiser Rhinestones,  Me &       My Big Ideas Rhinestones
 
Whew ~ Congratulations if you made it to the end & Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jean

15 comments:

  1. Hi Jean,
    What fun cards! I can see you have been very busy and so creative ! Thanks for playing in the challenge this week at Card Crafter’s Circle. So glad you could join us!
    Trish Munro
    http://trishandtreasure.blogspot.com/
    Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team

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  2. What a lot of green cards, Jean, what a wonderful gift, lucky parents and so nice of you to share! They are indeed so pretty! Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week.

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  3. Hi Jean... wow, you're Queen 'o' the Green! These cards are fabulous! Thanks for sharing with us at the Card Crafter's Circle!

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  4. What wonderful green card! You have been busy! Glad you joined us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  5. Your card are beautiful. I love that the babies give all the parents cards. That is so cute! Thanks for playing with us this week at Whimsical Wednesdays. Hope to see you back again soon :)

    michelle
    http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

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  6. What fabulous cards! They all are wonderful! Thanks for playing at Whimsical Wednesdays!

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  7. What a fabulous array of cards!!! They're all amazing--LOVE all the green! ;)

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  8. You've made a huge amount of gorgeous St Patrick's Day cards! Great use of this weeks Freshly Made Sketches design - thanks for playing - Narelle

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  9. Wow - fabulous cards!
    Thanks for joining us at Pile It On!
    Helen x

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  10. That's a lotta lovely green! Great take on the challenge and the other projects are delightful too!

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  11. Your cards are so much fun! Thanks for joining us at the colourQ!

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  12. Happy St. Patricks Day, love all of your cards.

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  13. All of your cards are WONDERFUL!!!!
    Thank You for joining us at PIO last week!! Have a GREAT day!

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  14. Oh wow Jean you've been busy, these are all fabulous :)
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp.
    PLEASE consider turning off word verification it takes us so long leaving DT comments when it's switched on, thank you
    hugs Mandy xx

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  15. Jean, all your cards are beautiful! Love the big button on the clover! Thanks so much for playing with the colourQ this week!

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