Hi everyone, Happy St. Patrick's Day!! There's certainly been a lot of green in blogland this past week, and today it's time to break out the green, and celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
Every month Waltzingmouse Stamps has a Blog Party on the 17th, and we all get to have a little blog hop and gaze in awe at the creativity inspired by the head Mouse mistress - Claire Brennan!
This month's theme is St. Patrick's Day/Irish, and here's my contribution:
Both of my parents are Irish (from Dublin), and as a child I went to a large R.C school in London, where most of the children had Irish parents. I remember us all wearing a little shamrock posy pinned to our jumpers (green of course!) especially sent to us from The Emerald Isle.
For my card I have printed the shamrock posy freebie (see HERE,) and made a background by printing on the sheet multiple times. I coloured them in using Promarkers, and decided to make the wrapping purple, I just love this colour combination.
For the label, I have stamped the shield image from Celtic Heritage, then stamped the Claddagh symbol in pale lilac ink under the sentiment.
Before mounting all together, I wrapped some purple button twine around the middle and added copious gems! Finally I distressed around the edges with some Distress Inks.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Celtic Heritage, Shamrock Digital Stamp - Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: Distress Inks Milled Lavender and Dusty Concorde; Memento Inks Cottage Ivy, Lulu Lavender and Tuxedo Black
Other: Button Twine Purple - The Ribbon Reel; Gems from stash; Petalpoint card base from Craftwork Cards; Purple textured paper from Papermania
I am entering this into this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge.
I'm off for a turn around the blogosphere, and see what everyone else has made!
Thanks for stopping by,
Pauline
48 comments:
Gorgeous card and so many fun memories for you! Happy St.Pat's Day!
This is amazing, Pauline. From the wonderful shamrock bouquet background to the precious decorative border...this is one smackin' GREAT card. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Great card with great memories for you!
Hug
Christine
I'm talking out loud by myself... ooooh..... pretty.... . The green and purple together BEAUTIFUL! So elegant! I'm drooling over the purple twine with that tiny bead. LOVE IT!! Happy St. Patty's to you!!
Oh LOVE how you made your own patterned paper, Pauline! I would never in a million years have thought to do that, and it looks so awesome! The touches of purple really make everything just pop off my screen but it's so soft and charming, too! The elegant label is a perfect centerpiece, just WOW!
This is so out of the box creative thinking. Your card is stunning every single bit of it. Sounds like good memories . Seriously after seeing your card I want to start over :)
Love the patterned paper you have created...a really gorgeous card Pauline
Anne
What a lovely card Pauline , great colour and love that shamrock posy well done Hugs Elaine
Oh this is A-Mazing!! So very pretty- the little shamrock bouquets look beautiful coloured - the purple & green is gorgeous. Love that label and the sweet lilac gems too!! Happy St Pats - enjoy your weekend xxx
what a beautiful card and I really like how you used the digi to create the background. The color choice is stunning.
I LOVE the purple with the green Pauline - and the pretty little shamrock nosegays for your background!
Oh I love this, the purple with the green looks fabulous! Brilliant card!
Happy St Patricks day to you Pauline! I love the way you teamed your green with purple and you've given your celtic images a lovely contemporary twist. Vicky x
such a beautiful card, I love that you used the little digi freebie as a background, what a good idea! Love the celtic feel too.
Stunning card Pauline, these colours are perfect together and I love the celtic shield. Happy St Patricks Day :) Donna x
Hi Pauline, I do love visiting your blog (even if I don't leave a comment everytime - slap wrists!) your cards are beautiful creations.
Such clean lines, beautiful colouring and colour combos and your embellishments aren't overblown but just perfect touches to the cards.
Just gorgeous every time.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Sarah
oh Hun,this is one brilliant St Patricks,day card,just love the colours you have used on this,and works so beautifullly hugs Cherylxx
So pretty Pauline! Love how you combined the digi with the Celtic Heritage! Great job coloring those little shamrocks! Thanks for sharing your school days story! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Oh this is So Beautiful Pauline! Love the Wonderful BG you created! Fab coloring too! Just a Lovely card! Happy St.Pat's day to you! 8-)
Hugs
Shannon
absolutely beautiful Pauline, love the lilac with the green :) ♥
Gorgeous!!
Love that background...
how did you ever have the patience to color it all...
*giggle*
I would have so many boo-boos you couldn't have counted...:)
Love the purple accent color...
so compliments all the gorgeous green perfectly!
And love all the WMS goodies in this...
just a fabulously gorgeous card!
Such a pretty card, and I love the purple with the green.
That color combination is fantastic! What a great idea to use multiple images for the background! And the edge treatment at the bottom is just the perfect detail:) Happy St. Patrick's Day!
What a gorgeous St Patrick's card!! Love the pretty background and how you coloured the images. Love the colour combination too, I would never have thought purple looks good with green. Great job!!
Beautiful St. Patrick's Day card! Love the green and purple color combination.
I love the green and purple too! Oh and you are so darn clever making background paper with the digi image. I have never seen that done before and it is such an awesome idea! Your coloring is spectacular. A very exquisaite card!!!
Terrific seeing you here, Pauline! Wonderful card and great history behind your family!
This is great, I don't think of green and purple together, but perhaps I should try that.
This colour combination is absolutely beeeautiful! I love the way you've printed the shamrocks in such a diminutive size and then coloured them all to match so perfectly! The Celtic Heritage label looks just perfect as the finishing addition. This really is a "Happy St. Patrick's Day" card!
The purple pairs so beautifully with the bling. I love the way you added bling to the knotted frame.
Fantastic color palette, Pauline. Love the background paper that you created.
Beautiful card Pauline!! I love the wonderful color combo for ST Patty ;)
beautiful use of the digi image, and lovely coloring too!
Congrats on your blog and beautiful cards :) Love it - Aneta -
Oh my gosh, this is jaw dropping gorgeous! I love the mix of the purple! One Fabulous St. Patty's card! L O V E!!!!
Such a beautiful card! I love the purple and green combination.
One of my all time favourite colour combinations! I love the shamrock backing paper you've made and the pretty focal sentiment. Absolutely super!
Gorgeous card Pauline! Love the purple you've added.
Wow - I'd never have thought of printing the freebie multiple times. What a great idea! I'd never have thought of putting green and purple together either but it looks fantastic!
Gorgeous card.
Plastic Card Printing
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Really stylish! I love the touch of lilac with all the green, it has a real flair this one :)
hugs
xxalisonxx
What a gorgeous card! I love the colour combination.
This card is wonderful. I love how you manage to incorporate my favorite color in this St. Patty's Day card.
So beautiful, love how you repeated the digi to make the pattern.
Pauline this is just stunning!! I couldn't believe the amazing background pattern you made, superb!! Thank you so much for playing along with our blog party!!
Wow Pauline! This is fantastic! I love that background pattern that you've created! What a great card! Thanks for sharing this with us at WMSC! :)
This is gorgeous and spectacular all in one breath! Thanks for playing along with the Mischief Makers this week!
Great card--I love how you used the digi image to make the background!
Sorry this is so late, last week was crazy!
Chris L.
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