Daffodil Easter Greetings

Today I am sharing a card I designed for one of my Easter card classes featuring the You're Inspiring stamp set and the Petal Pair Embossing Folders.

I used a simple layout to really let each element shine. It is so refreshing to see flowers blooming after such an unusual winter! I think they symbolize the promise of greenery and new beginnings. I used Light and Dark Daffodil Stampin' Blends and the Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends to color in the flowering portion of the daffodil and Light and Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends to color in the stem of the daffodil.

To create the all-over embossed background, I used the vine embossing folder from the Petal Pair Embossing Folder set twice to emboss a 4" by 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock. The folder was placed along the 5-1/4" side at the top and embossed and then at the bottom and embossed.

I stamped the large daffodil image on the inside of the card because it is simply too pretty not to! You could also stamp the row of daffodils along the bottom or put Happy Easter on the inside instead.

This card could be transformed from an Easter card to a thinking of you card, a birthday card, or a Mother's Day card by changing the greeting on the outside using the other greeting sentiments included with the You're Inspiring stamp set. What a perfect stamp set for Easter as well as springtime occasions!

Happy Easter Daffodil Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Daffodil Delight	8-1/2” x 5-1/2”; scored at 4-1/4”
1st Matte	Whisper White	4” x 5-1/4”
2nd Matte	Wild Wasabi	1-3/4” x 5-1/2”
3rd Matte	Daffodil Delight	1-1/2” x 5-1/2”
Scalloped Oval	Wild Wasabi	3” x 4”
Stitched Oval	Whisper White	3” x 4”
Greeting	Whisper White	3/4" x 3”
Inside Matte	Whisper White	4” x 5-1/4”

I hope you have a wonderful Easter with family and friends!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Happy Easter Daffodil Card Supply List
Stamps	#145805 You’re Inspiring (Wood-Mount) #145808 You’re Inspiring (Clear-Mount)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White Cardstock #108641 Wild Wasabi Cardstock #119683 Daffodil Delight Cardstock
Ink	#140931 Basic Black Archival Ink Pad #144586 Light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend #144585 Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend #144578 Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend #144573 Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend #144574 Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blend
Embellishments	#104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	#143263 Big Shot Machine #141706 Layering Ovals Framelits #145656 Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day my husband and I took an Irish bread making class. We made a free formed Irish Soda Bread with cheese, onions, and fresh rosemary. Yum!

We also made our own butter in a mason jar! We filled a mason jar part way with cream and shook it until it became butter.

It was a lot of fun! The shaking didn't take very long - only a few minutes. I got my arm workout for the day though. The butter was delicious on the Irish Soda Bread!

Then we made Hot Cross Buns with cardamom, currants, and raisins. We topped them with vanilla icing.

I also made my husband a gigantic chocolate lucky horseshoe treat holder. I am just so lucky to have a wonderful husband like him! He is such a dear!

I found the foil wrapped chocolate horseshoe at Bed, Bath, and Beyond of all places. They do have an interesting variety of national and international foods and candy. It is worth taking a look for cute ideas for the holidays!

Here is a close-up of the tag. It is made using the Lovely Friends Stamp Set and the Lovely Laurel Laurel Thinlits Set. The clover is made using the larger arrowhead shaped stamps. The stem is free formed using an Emerald Envy Stampin' Write Marker. So cute!

I hope that your blessings out number of shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

May Your Heart Be Lifted

Fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator Liz Lindsay showed me how to make her card at our last demonstrator team meeting. This is a thoughtful card and well-designed card.

Cut a 8-1/2" by 5-1/2" Night of Navy cardstock card base and score it at 4-1/4". Cut two 4" by 5-1/4" pieces of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Stamp the "Sending Heartfelt Thoughts" sentiment image in the center of one of the Very Vanilla cardstock pieces with Night of Navy ink. Then stamp the large flower bouquet around the sentiment with Night of Navy ink.

Color in the daisy flower with Powder Pink and Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Markers.

Place the largest stitched circle die in the center and die cut. Adhere the card front to the front of the card. Attach dimensionals to the back of the die cut circle. Adhere the die cut circle to the center of the card front where it was originally die cut from.

Add rhinestones to the card front.

On the second Very Vanilla cardstock piece, stamp the "Praying that your heart will be lifted..." sentiment from Flourishing Phrases in the center with Night of Navy ink. Then stamp the large bouquet image in the upper left and in the lower right corners with Night of Navy ink. Color in the daisies as before and then adhere to the insides of the card base.

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

An Irish Blessing

I CASED this Barn Door card from the 2018 Occasions Catalog. It is simply darling!

The Barn Door Bundle was at the top of my must have list of all of the 2018 Occasions Catalog products! I love the sliding barn door and all of the stamps!

I especially like the Irish Blessing stamps - "May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And let nothing but happiness come through your door."  This is the same blessing I used inside my St. Patrick's Day cards last year except I typed it on my computer and printed onto cardstock. Love it!

For the sliding mechanism, I used Hillman SAE 6 washers from my local hardware store.

Instead of creating a flat one sided card, I adhered the barn door to a 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" (scored at 4-1/4") card base and added the "Happy St. Patrick's Day" image from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

This clever card uses the wreath framelit three ways - once to cut out the entire wreath from Wild Wasabi cardstock, once to cut the trio of flowers, and once to cut each individual flower. Talk about triple duty and versatility!

Check out Stampin' Up!'s video to see how this card came together.

I can see more Barn Door cards and projects in my future. How adorable would it be to put the little piggies behind the door?!?

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Mini Shamrock Pots of Gold

I created these adorable mini pots of gold to celebration St. Patrick's Day. I just loved using the Curvy Keepsake Thinlit to make little pots of gold last year. This year I wanted to expand on the idea.

I came up with these mini pots of gold using the Everyday Jars Framelits and the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.

The base of the mini pot of gold treat holder is an open-topped box made with the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. The base measures 3-3/8" square and is scored on all four sides at 1".

The sides are made from the smallest jar in the Everyday Jars Framelit set. I cut off the top two threads where the lid goes to make it look more like a cauldron lip and adhered one jar to each of the four sides of the box.

The shamrock comprises of four Garden Green hearts punched from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. The stem is a free-formed sliver of Garden Green cardstock.

The mini pots of gold are filled with Rolos. This sweet plant holder was my great grandmother's. The leprechaun looks like he is about to steal the mini pot of gold! Cute!

I made three variations - one plain pot of gold, one with a rainbow, and one with cute leprechaun legs sticking out.

The rainbow features the Brights Color Collection and the Rainbow Builder Framelits. I adhered each stripe of the rainbow onto Whisper White cardstock. Once the rainbow was dry, I cut it in half.

The rainbow is attached to a piece of Basic Black cardstock and then adhered to the center of the pot of gold, so it appears to be floating.

This is my favorite pot of gold variation! Check out the leprechaun legs with striped pants! How adorable! I freehand drew the shoes and pants.

The legs are scored at the ends to make a tab to glue into the center of the pot of gold.

I hope you give these St. Patrick's Day mini pots of a gold a try! How would you decorate your mini pot of gold? I would love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth