One of my goals this year, is to mail more cards. We all love to receive cards in the mail and a handmade card brightens everyone’s day. I know we often think of sending cards for special occasions, but it is the non-conventional ones that are the most surprising. I honestly do not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day…but decided it would be a good day to send a little something in the mail. I created my card based on the sketch challenge at Mojo Monday. I have always been a huge fan of Julee’s layered sketches!
My four leaf clover was created with the super cute stitched heart dies by Close To My Heart. I cut a total of eight hearts. I adhered four hearts directly to my circle shape. I then scored the remaining four hearts down the middle and only applied adhesive to the center of the hearts. After adhering to the flat hearts, I raised the sides of the hearts to give the clover a 3-D effect. Since the hearts did not line up perfectly in the center, I colored a gem with a Copic Marker to match my clover and placed in the center. My stem is cute from an oval stitched die. Super cute and super easy to make!
My sentiments is actually from this month’s Love Blossoms special. I love the large font and you can create many sentiments out of the words that are included. I took the liberty of cutting apart one of the sentiments to make a custom saying for my card. Don’t fear cutting your stamps, you can always slide them back together on a clear block. Cutting sentiments apart gives you more freedom in your placement and more mileage out of the stamp set. Here is the original stamp set-
All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
CC2199 Love Blossoms Stamp Set
Z4182 Stitched Heart Dies
Z4187 Stitched Oval Dies
Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems
X5707 Summer Celebration Pattern Paper-Retired
Topiary Cardstock-Retired
Topiary Ink-Retired
Gold Sequins-Retired
Copic Sketch G46
(I had every intention of using the current color of Clover for my card….but it seems to have disappeared from my craft room! Clover would be a close color to Topiary, you can view all the Clover items here)
I have entered my card in the following challenges:
Color My Heart Color Dare-Inspiration Board
Crafty Cardmakers-Make It Green
Crafty Gals Corner-Add a Shamrock/Clover
Die Cut Diva’s-Use Green and or Gold
Double Trouble Challenge-Wearin of the Green w/optional twist of gold plus double dare of H2H
Ellibelle’s Corner-Spring or Green
Heart 2 Heart Challenges-Wearin of the Green
ModSquad Challenge-Layered Looks
Use Your Stuff-Stitching, Faux or Real
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Love, love, love your 4 leaf clover! The overall design of this card is so appealing. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.
Great interpretation of the sketch and loving the green checkered background and pulling in so much of the "Wearin' of the Green". Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare, Double Trouble and Heart2Heart.
I always just love your projects! So pretty, this one is adorable. I also have the goal of sending more cards and have been failing miserably. Thank you for inspiring me to get back to it and send out some happy. Thanks for playing along with us at H2H
So fabulous! Love that green gingham. So glad you could join me for Mojo Monday!
A really lovely card. That hand made heart stitched thin cut four leaf clover is stunning. Great use of the sketch too! Thanks for joining us at Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge. Hope you can join us again soon.
Awesome! Loving the plaid paper with the sentiment. Great job with the sketch. Thank you for joining our “Green/Gold” Challenge this week at Die Cuttin’ Divas.
Stay Creative,
Georgiana
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Die Cuttin’ Diva DT
Love everything about this! Thanks so much for playing with us at Die Cuttin Divas. Hope to see you again soon 🙂
michelle (Die Cuttin Divas DT)
Purple Monkey Moments
Super cute card and love the detail to it too. Thanks for playing along with us over at Use Your Stuff.
Tina-DT
Love your layered clover! What a great card! Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart!!
You did a beautiful job with this card. I am loving all the layers, patterns, and elements you added. Thank you for sharing your creation at Color My Heart Dare. 💙☕Miss. Carrie
A wonderful card using that fun sketch and what perfect shades of green!
Thank you so much for joining in at my Crafty Wednesday challenge this month!
Great card! I especially like that bold gingham paper. Thank you for joining us at Double Dare Challenge.