Lucky You!

This week, my fellow teammates at Imaginisce are cooking up some St. Patrick's Day inspiration!

St. Patty's Day is always a fun holiday -- though in our house it's really more about another excuse to eat chocolate! I wanted to create a fun little card to give to my son, who is a choco-holic. I began by choosing some fun (and green, of course!) patterned paper from the Childhood Memories collection and die-cut my card base. 

Then I created a "pot o' gold" by simply punching out an oval from some black cardstock and adhering a trimmed oval piece -- I filled it with some metallic Glam Rocks and added a die-cut rainbow. The alpha stickers were just perfect for my "Lucky You" sentiment, which I thought was a fitting accompaniment to the shiny gold "coin" hidden inside the card!

BEAN NOTES

Patterend Paper: (Childhood Memories collection); Fibers: (green/white twine) The Twinery; Cardstock: (black, white) Stampin' Up!; Stickers: (alphabet from Childhood Memories); Dies: Tuck & Close Notecard, rainbow from Sunny Days (Taylored Expressions); Accents: (metallic Glam Rocks); Tools: (i-Rock), Oval Punch (EK Success); Other: (chocolate coin) generic

I hope you enjoyed my lucky ducky card today. Be sure to check out the Imaginisce Blog this week to see how else you can get your Irish on!

Kiss Me, I'm Irish!...

Happy St. Patty's Day! When I was a little girl, I always thought St. Patrick's Day was a fun holiday, especially when it landed on a school day and the classroom was just swimming in green. Now that I'm a grownup, it's a little harder to dress for the day to avoid that dreaded pinch, as I don't own a lot of green clothing! So, I thought I'd create some cute pins that I could wear when celebrating.

Using the i-Top and was,y computer-generated sentiments, I created some quick buttons. This one includes some green ribbons. (Bean Tip: if your materials are too thick to fit together inside the i-Top tool, use an i-Bond or a corded glue-gun to adhere everything together.)

This four-leaf "clover" was created with a heart punch and the i-Top. Before attaching the backing, I used the i-Bond to adhere the leaves so that they were perfectly positioned.

Have a SAFE and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

BEAN NOTES

Tools: i-Top, i-Top Punches, i-Bond (Imaginisce)

Ink: Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up!)

Cardstock: Textured Green (Bazzill)

Fibers: Ribbon, various (generic)

Accents: Lime Stickles (Ranger)

Lucky Fashionista...Taylored Expressions Day 2...

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It's Day Two of sneaky peekies for Taylored Expressions and I have two projects to share with you today that showcase two new sets from TE -- Wreath of Luck and Fashionista. Both are terrifically fun, and let's jump right in!

In honor of this greenest of green days, I decided to make a St. Patrick's Day candy box using a repurposed container. I love reusing something that would have gone out in the trash or the recycling bin, and for this project I used the box that came with my new wireless mouse.
I covered the whole box with green cardstock before adding the darling images from Wreath of Luck. Do you recall the seasonal wreath die from last month's Wreath of Love? Well, this lucky wreath fits in the same die! The leprechaun hat and lucky horse shoe were the perfect touch, and I used the accents from the new Lucky Sampler. A ton of liquid pearls later, I filled the box with the appropriately green chocolate mints for a lucky someone to get ready for a lucky kiss!


BEAN NOTES

Kiss me, I'm Irish Candy Box

Stamps: Wreath of Luck (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up!); Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Green smooth (generic)

Fibers and Accents: Ribbon and glitter dots from Lucky Sampler (TE); Buttercup Liquid Pearls (Ranger Ink); Diamond Stickles (Ranger Ink)

Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic); Glitter Pens (Sakura); Gold Metallic Pen (Sakura)

Other: Chocolate Mints (Andes); Repurposed Pizza Box (Apple)

Dies: Seasonal Wreath (TE)

My second project is a card I made with Fashionista. It's the perfect set for all those shop-a-holics you know (moi, being one of them!) and I went for a bright pink and black color combo, complete with blinged out frame and tiny gems on the shoes. I love anything patent leather, and a bit of glossy accents turned those heels into shiny fabulousness. My sis-in-law has a birthday coming up in a couple months, and I know this will be perfect for her as she is the ultimate fashionista!

BEAN NOTES
True Fashionista Card
Stamps: Fashionista (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Basic Black and Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up!); Solar White (Neenah)
Accents: Black Gemstones (generic); Tiny Twinkles (TE); Glossy Accents (Ranger Ink)
Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic); Glitter Pens (Sakura)
Fibers: Stitched Grosgrain (Generic)
Dies: Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

I hope you enjoyed today's projects. For more fashion and luck, tune in to the rest of the Baker's Dozen. Thanks for stopping by!

Taylor VanBruggen

Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Melissa Sauls
Regina Mangum
Sankari Wegman
Tori Wild

Nancy McKinney (our wonderful illustrator of Wreath of Luck)

With a Bit of Luck...

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Whew! Valentine's Day was a flurry of card-making activity, and I thought I might be able to take a breather, but then I remembered that St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. It may not be as popular a holiday as V-Day, but who can resist something that celebrates the happy color GREEN? I hadn't realized that Everything But the Kitchen Sink had introduced a sketch challenge and was tickled when I found out. The sketch immediately gave me an idea on how I could get a head start on my St. Patty's Day cards!
For this card, I used a heart punch for my lucky 4-leaf clover's "leaves." To give them a little something extra, I outlined each with Liquid Pearls and sponged on a bit of Wild Wasabi. For the center element, I stamped my image and popped out a little clover before sponging around my rounded corners. After adhering my heart leaves to some cute polka-dot designer paper, I was ready for what I hope will be a lucky streak of creativity!
BEAN NOTES: Studio G "St. Patty's Day" Clear Stamps; Stampin' Up Wild Wasabi Classic Dye Ink; DCWV Nana's Kids Designer Mat Stack; SU Whisper White, Certainly Celery, and Wild Wasabi Cardstock; Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper; SU Full Heart Punch; Foam Dimensional Squares (generic); Sakura Clear Jelly Roll Pen HAPPY BEANS: White Opal Liquid Pearls