A green wreath for St Patrick's...

Do you have a dear project 

or a card that you worked on it a lot 

and now it is forgotten in your blog?

well, re-vive your post by bringing it back and play with me in my "Throwback Thursday" challenge!!!

The whole purpose of this challenge is to revive an old post in a new one...

This month The prize is a gorgeous die From Memory Box!

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Hello Dear Friends:
Yesterday, I posted this card  at the French Blog for Memory Box: "Un brin de Créativité" for St. Patrick's...
How was your day? mine, went well...
I cooked corned beef,  cabbage and red potatoes...for a Colombian, I think I did a pretty Irish decent meal!!! Love to celebrate and be part of other cultures and traditions!!!

Ok, onto the card..

Here are the dies and stencil that I used to make the card

Die cut the wreath twice ( one in green to make the base and one in cream to be placed inside the aperture)
I place some scotch tape on the reverse side to inserted it in the aperture.. this is the inlay technique

The green wreath was used to create the  arrangement of flowers on the corner...

A close up on the center of the card..

The green background was stenciled with white ink and the flowers were also stenciled directly with the die

and did you know ...
that the color for St Patrick's was not Green but Blue at first? 
and that the 1st St. Patrick's Parade was not in Ireland but in Boston in the 18th Century? 
nice trivia....

[- "Oh and lastly an "Irish" joke"...
- "Did you hear the one about the Irishman who came out of a bar?"
- "No!"
- "Well, that is because they do not come out of a bar after they go in!"
jajaja]


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St. Patrick's Green Hat Lapel Pin

Hello Dear Crafty friends:

Today, we are celebrating  

Saint Patrick's day!

and as it is customary to wear something green on this day, I will be wearing this wood Green Hat Lapel Pin that I painted using my "DecoArt" acrylic paints...

Here are the supplies used: wood pieces, acrylic "DecoArt" paints, "Metallics" acrylic paint in green and glitter!

I bought these wood shapes at Michael's (retailer store for Arts and Crafts here in the USA)...

I base coat the entire pieces with cream paint "buttermilk", added some green around
and draw roughly with a white charcoal pen the shamrocks (3 heart shapes with a stem) using a small round brush #2

used 3 different greens to give shades and depth, add scrolls
to the big scroll I added silver glitter on the edge (with a glue pen, add glitter, shake excess and let dry..same process as if it was on paper for a card)

 close up of the shamrocks...

TIP: 
when covering a large area, I place the paint directly onto my piece on the center!
Then with the brush I distribute evenly the paint all over. 
This avoids putting paint on the palette and you are making sure that you are covering the entire piece evenly!

I give 2 to 3 coats for good coverage, let dry and glue a pin (photo above supplies) on the back to be used as a lapel pin!  

I added some dots and more white glitter around the scrolls and the edge of the hat  using the glue pen.

Finish By giving 3 coats of clear "DecoArt" Varnish (satin), the glitter will not come off and it protects the painted pin.

if you do not want to use it as a lapel pin, here it is another idea...
(wood frame from Michael's)

This project is a fun one to make and also a good idea for a gift.

They are quite easy and quick to paint as they are small...

To see more fun cards and projects for this day; 

Click on: St. Patrick's Posts

Thanks for the visit and 
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello My Stamper Friends:

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

I have adopted this holiday ...
even though we do not have any traces of Irish in our families, we love to celebrate this holiday...
by eating and wearing some green to welcome the arrival of  "Spring" with wide open arms!!!

And Today I am bringing to you, to commemorate the death of this Christian saint and the arrival of Christianity to Ireland this card made in green, which is the traditional color for this day!

I embellished the card of course with some shamrock leaves, symbol of Ireland and believed to be the symbol that St. Patrick used to teach the Holy Trinity to the Irish people...

I used two main stamps from  of the many and so fabulous "vintage" stamps from "Lost Coast Designs".

The sentiment (embossed in silver EP*) comes in a set of stamps Called "Labels Set", (see below)  which depicts the "Belle époque" period (AKA in the USA as the  "Gilded age"), which occurred in France and Belgium in the middle of the 19th and begenning of the 20th century...
and "Art Nouveau" is the most popularly recognized art movement to emerge from THIS period.

The second image, the focal point of the card, uses a stamp from a set called "Hat Ladies", which is the reproduction of hats wore during the "Victorian era" , which was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 until her death, on 1901.

Even though this 2 sets represent different eras in History, The "Victorian era" and the "Belle époque" ...these 2 periods in history overlap a little so I thought that they could go along very well in my card.... 

I added a "bouquet" of Clovers wrapped in a silver paper doily, and sprinkle the card with silver glitter here and there...

If you happen to be in one of the rubber stamps conventions in the USA or abroad, do not forget to stop to the "Lost Coast Designs / LCD booth"
I am sure  you will find something of your liking, their stamps are  unique reproductions of eras and various styles in Art...

Next stop is in April in the Netherlands!!!

Click here For LCD  2014 schedule!

Thanks for the Visit, the lovely comments

and now I am going to eat some 

"Corned Beef  and Cabbage with some green beer!" :)

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