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Good morning!  It’s Monday and I’m having a lazy morning drinking coffee and blurfing (blog surfing).  I love the quiet of the morning and love it even more now that it’s Spring Break… the jammies can stay on a bit longer today :)  Today’s card uses this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch.  As soon as I saw that flower in the sketch, I knew I wanted to layer up some doilies and add a flower.  I went to my decorative brad box and pulled out this sweet little button brad.  I love it when I find the perfect embellishment for a card (IMHO anyways!).  Is there anyone left who hasn’t heard about my Birthday Blog Candy?  LOL  There is still time to enter!! Click HERE for all the details :)  I’ll be drawing on Saturday morning :)  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a fabulous day :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms large doilies, frame it, pti hello friend

ink: versafine onyx, su basic grey, pti aquamist

paper: pti rustic cream, soft stone, su daffodil delight, lilybee designs dp

accessories: spellbinders large scallop die, pti banner, doily, friendly flower dies, Heidi Grace brad, stitching

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Good morning!  Well, I’ve survived another birthday!!  The day after is always a little sad when my sidebar “Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day” resets itself to 365.  But I’ve got more surprises coming in the mail and am off this week so the celebrating will continue!  Today’s card is inspired by this week’s Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger photo…

How delicious is this room?  I was inspired by the colours and pattern and the medallion/doily shape over the fireplace.  Hope your weekend is going well and there are not too many green beer hangovers!! ACK!  If you haven’t seen my Blog Candy post, click HERE to enter!!  Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday!!  You are all too sweet :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve text objects, pti harvest berries

ink: versafine onyx, su wasabi

paper: pti rustic cream, crate paper dp

accessories: paper doily, pti ribbon, button, tag and harvest berry dies, thread, stitching

Waltzingmouse Blog Hop ~ Happy St. Patrick’s Day ~ Blog Candy!

St. Pat’s Fact: Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated. Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.

Good morning and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!1 There’s a lot going on today so let’s get right to it!  First up, this sweet vintage-y card is for the Waltzingmouse Stamps blog hop.  It happens every month on the 17th and as luck would have it, that’s St. Patrick’s Day this month!! I share their love for this day so it was easy to make the required green/St. Patrick’s Day/celtic card :) I found a sweet little vintage Irish girl card and then added an Irish blessing to her.  I love the little shamrock tag hanging from the ribbon :)

As many of you know, it’s also my birthday!!  I feel so blessed having entered the world on this fabulous day!! Hence the Irish name, Maureen.  I am also 1/4 Irish on my Mom’s side :)  It’s not a party with out a goodie bag so I’m offering up a little treat to one lucky commenter on today’s post.  I’ve got 2 of my favourite Verve stamp sets (Feel the Sun, Better with You) and a bag of goodies…I’ll be going through the studio and filling a little bag with various embellishments (they’ll come in a plastic bag for shipping).

All you have to do is leave a comment…a little birthday love, a great St. Patrick’s day story or maybe tell me what a good birthday wish might be as I blow out my candles today!  Also, leave an email address if your email is not turned on for comments, otherwise I cannot contact the winner.  I will post the winner’s name next Saturday morning, March 24th.  The winner will have 3 days to contact me if I cannot contact them or I’ll draw another name.  Thanks for stopping by and “May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow.”

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms labels 14, irish blessings

ink: versafine onyx, kiwi kiss

paper: pti rustic cream, websters pages

accessories: spellbinders labels 14 die, vintage card, seam binding ribbon, gems, pti button, tag die

Good Luck!

 St. Pat’s Fact: St. Patrick was born in 385 AD somewhere along the west coast of Britain, possibly in the Welsh town of Banwen. At age 16, he was captured and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. He escaped when he was 22 and spent the next 12 years in a monastery. In his 30s he returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He died at Saul in 461 AD and is buried at Downpatrick.

Good morning!! EEK!! It’s the Friday before Spring Break, it’s the day before my birthday and St. Patrick’s Day and I’m the hostess over on the Viva La Verve Forum!!  I chose my favourite sketch from the Verve January Release :)  In honour of my favourite day, I used my Verve Lucky You stamp set and matching Shamrock die. I’ve stamped the sentiment onto the Curvy Bookplate die and layered that onto a journal card.

 

Here’s a rerun of the card I made in January :)

 

I so hope you’ll join us for this week’s sketch!!  Make sure you come back tomorrow for the BIG DAY!! If you’ve been here over the years, you’ll know I always have a birthday “goodie bag” to give away!! Woohoo!!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Lucky You, Tag Time (Verve)

paper: rustic cream (PTI), chocolate chip (SU), This and That (Echo Park)

ink: onyx (Versafine), chocolate chip, mellow moss (SU)

accessories: shamrock die set, curvy bookplate die (A Cut Above by Verve), journal card (Maya Road), gems (Kaisercraft), button (SU), fillable frame, wine tag dies, twine, button (PTI), embossing folder (Cuttlebug), ribbon (May Arts)

Wish Big ~ CASE Study #82

 St. Pat’s Fact: The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.

Good evening!  There’s a new inspiration card up by our fabulous CASE Study March Muse, Laura Bassen.  Her card this week is a colour delight and that’s just what inspired me :)  Oh, I am totally in love with my new Frilly Flowers…thanks for indulging me and not saying, “Hey, Moe, enough with the Frilly Flowers!”  ACK!!  Or the edgers die on the top of a lot of my panels :)  EEK!  I was also inspired by those sweet little hearts on the houses, so I used a tag that had the same little heart cut out :)  Oh, this is screaming Spring to me!!  Hope to see over on CASE Study this week!!  Make sure you check out what the whole design team came up with!!  I love all the different interpretations :)  Hugs!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve tag time, pti frilly flowers

ink: versafine onyx, su pumpkin, mustard, kiwi, pti raspberry fizz

paper: pti white, soft stone

accessories: pti edgers, tiny tags, frilly flowers dies, su button, pti buttons, bakers twine, grosgrain ribbon, pti linen impression plate

My Friend

St. Pat’s Fact: The actual color of St. Patrick is blue. Green became associated with St. Patrick's Day during the 19th century. Green, in Irish legends, was worn by fairies and immortals, and also by people to encourage their crops to grow.

Good morning!  Well, it seemed taking a night off from stamping worked last night :)  I feel refreshed and a card sketch popped into my head as I got home from work :)  The colours are from the colourQ challenge this week and I’ve made sure I followed the colours to a capital “T,” including not adding a 5th colour from the picture (I have a habit of doing that! Sorry! ;)  I will confess to this card having a “blooper” though…see if you can find it and let me know in a comment!! It’s always fun to have a game going!! LOL  And no, it’s not that it’s NOT a St. Patrick’s Day card!! LOL  I thought I’d throw you all and make a CAS friendship card :)  It could also be a little birthday shout out to blog buddy, Heidi, for today is her birthday :)  Happy Birthday Girl!!  Thanks for stopping by…have you figured out the blooper? 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti botanical silhouettes, Hero Arts Watch Gears

ink: versafine onyx, su going gray

paper: pti rustic cream

accessories: may arts ribbon, pti buttons, twine

May Your Blessings

 St. Pat’s Fact: Adding to the fact about the 3 leafed shamrock from yesterday…legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.

 

Good morning!!  I was ready to make a new card last night…but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what to do with a certain sketch challenge and the cozy fire upstairs and a certain handsome husband were too lovely to resist {wink!}.  So I went through some cards I haven’t shared on the blog and this one seemed perfect seeing as there are only 4 more days to the BIG DAY!!  LOL  I made it back in January for the Verve Release :)  I was set to showcase the curvy hearts dies and stamps and somehow a shamrock came out!! LOL  Go figure!  Thanks so much for visiting :)

 what’s in it?

stamps: Lucky You, Wings of Love (Verve)

paper: rustic cream, white (PTI), wild wasabi (SU), various green scraps (craft supply)

ink: spring moss (PTI), wild wasabi (SU), onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Wavy Hearts (A Cut Above Dies by Verve), fillable frame die, button (PTI), green pearls (Hero Arts), bakers twine (We R Memory Keepers), border punch (Martha Stewart), stitching