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Monday, March 17, 2014

Feeling Lucky!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!  I also enjoyed sharing a few projects with my colleagues today in this month's Craft and Camaraderie.

We started with making Shamrock pins (so no one would get pinched!)


These were easy to make!  First, I found a template for a shamrock online and copied it three times into a Word document.  Then, I adjusted two of the pictures to be smaller, so I ended up with three different sizes total (think Papa shamrock, Mama shamrock, and baby shamrock!)


I printed out my page and traced each shamrock on the white cardboard piece that comes as the backing to a set of Designer Series paper.  This made a great and sturdy pattern that is easily traceable using a piece that normally would have been thrown away!

I collected several shades of green card stock and green patterned paper (the DSP shown above came from a Christmas patterned set from a year or so ago).  One I traced out my pattern and cut each shamrock out, I adhered them together and fluffed the leaves.  Some dazzling details was smeared on my card stock piece (Old Olive cardstock) for some extra oomph.  A pin back and a little seam binding ribbon glued on the back finished this cute little pin!


We also made bookmarks using scraps I had left over from other projects.  The strips of Designer Series Paper were cut to 4 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches and scored at 3 inches and then the corners of the piece were rounded with a corner rounder.  Two pieces of magnetic strip were pieced on the back of the scored flap and the main piece to allow your bookmark to fold over your book page.



Before finishing up, we used a 1 3/4", 1 1/4" and 7/8" scallop punch to decorate the long end of the bookmark.  Here, we used card stock in coordinating colors ('12-'14 in color collection) and the "A Round Array" stamp set.  Finally, we used a little dazzling details since we already had it out for the shamrocks (and let's face it- what isn't better with a little dazzling details glitter on it, right?) Enjoy!



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