Have you taken a look at the Stampin' Up! Got Treats stamp set lately? Did you remember there is a stamp for a St. Patrick's Day card as part of the set? I sure did. And look how cute the polka dot shamrock with the "Got Green?" greeting is. St. Patrick's Day has passed by for this year, but this super simple and sweet handmade card will do just fine for my 25 Days of Retiring Stampin' Up! Stamp Sets posts.
The green with white polka dot background paper is from the Stampin' Up! Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper. And you thought it was just for Christmas. About half of the 12 patterns are winter/Christmas, but the other half can be used for other occasions. It was one reason I was drawn to this package because of that versatility.
Polka dot shamrock with polka dot designer paper. You know the coordination makes my heart happy.
As super simple as my handmade St. Patrick's Day card is, there are a couple of touches that keep it from being ordinary. The most noticeable is the embossing along the bottom of the Very Vanilla Card Stock card base. The zigzag embossed line was quickly created with the Borders Scoring Plate for the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.
Of the many borders, why the zigzag? If you look closely, you will see the bottom edge of the Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper strip was die-cut into a zigzag border with one of the Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies. We have already established how well I like coordination, or what I call matchy matchy.
The card base is 4-1/4" x 11" Very Vanilla Card Stock. It was chosen because the neutral color in the Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper is Very Vanilla. The designer paper strip is 1-1/2" x 4-1/4" before die-cutting. By placing the Finishing Touches Edgelits Die along on the edge, the width of the paper decreased very little.
The green ink is the Gumball Green Classic Stampin' Pad ink for the polka dot shamrock. It along with Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla are the colors, or shades of, used in the Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper.
As the tradition has been set, here is the list of Stampin' Up! products that will be retiring and soon no longer available to purchase. Click on the name of the product to be taken directly into my online store www.shopwithshelly.com to order by the date shown.
Got Treats? stamp set (available through June 3, 2013)
Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper (available through June 3, 2013 or while supplies last)
Order either or both in my online store www.shopwithshelly.com by June 3, 2013.
Please be sure to contact me if you have any questions.
Stamping Smiles,
The Stampin' Up! Got Treats stamp set is for more than handmade St. Patrick's Day cards. It is also for Valentine's Day, birthdays, Halloween and Christmas. What you might not know is it was designed to work perfectly with the Sizzix Mini Milk Carton Bigz Die.
Click to order the solution to ink smudges on your handmade cards!
