PPA #33: Go Fly a Green Kite--A Shamrock Kite, That Is!

It’s March and spring is in the air. There’s one more week until St. Patrick’s Day so the Pals decided upon a Go Green theme for this week’s challenge. Here are the colors. You can use them or go in a different direction and make a St. Patrick’s Day Card…or you can combine both, as I did here. Won't you play at PPA today? We'd love to have you join us!

 

Here’s how I made my card:

My base is Kraft cardstock and I layered it with Garden Green Patterns Designer Series Paper and Certainly Celery cardstock.

I didn’t have any shamrocks so I created my own by punching out hearts using my Heart to Heart Punch and placing four together as shown. When I placed it on my card, it reminded me of a kite flying high in the sky so I added a tail of linen thread and made the kite’s stabilizers with three strips of the DSP.

My sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set. I stamped it in Garden Green onto Whisper White and punched it out with my Curly Label Punch. I punched out another one in Garden Green, cut it in half, and backed it behind my sentiment. I used Pop-up Glue Dots behind my shamrock kite and my sentiment.

To embellish the card, I added a strip of Certainly Celery and punched it out with my Scallop Trim Border Punch. I then created three smaller shamrocks for the bottom of my card and added three green brads as accents. (Unfortunately, the green brads are not SU!)

Thank you so much for visiting! Have fun making your own St. Patrick’s Day cards and have a great holiday!

Just a quick reminder that March is the last month of Sale-a-bration so if you need anything and you spend $50, you can choose one free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog for each and every $50 you spend. Please e-mail me, call me, or visit my website to place your orders. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Garden Green

Designer Series Paper: Garden Green Patterns Designer Series Paper

Cardstock: Kraft, Certainly Celery, Garden Green

Tools: Heart to Heart Punch, Curly Label Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Pop-up Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive

Embellishments: Linen Thread

Comments

[Carla Bazhenow]

I love it!!! You made me smile. Hugs,

[Mike]

What a clever card, Gina. Always open to getting more mileage out of Valentine's Day hearts! Great job!
Mike

[Linda Callahan]

Very cute Gina!

[Jeanne Nielsen]

Love the kite idea! How great is that for spring/March?!

[Kalshelia]

So cute Gina!!!

[Regina (The Stampin' Bean)]

Hi Gina! This is wonderful! I just love that kite. Very cute. One of my faves from you! XO

[Kim]

Cute kite - so clever!! Great job on the challenge gina

[Ann Schach]

Cute! I love how you incorporated the challenge colors! The "shamrock kite" idea was ingenious!