The Paisley Turtle

When I was on a retreat in Alabama recently I needed to take a break from scrapbooking so I borrowed a very cool frame and thank you stamp from a friend and got to work. Two shades of turquoise cardstock, the stamps, some ink and a pair of deco scissors and they were done. When I got home I decided they needed a little more UMPH! So I added some tickets I had made at the 2011 TN Stampers retreat. I was hoarding those tickets because I loved them so much - but these were special thank you cards so I decided they were a wonderful addition.

I recently also sent out my COTM (Card of the Month), using a card front I had made last year and adding a super cute owl from the SU owl punch.

A couple in our small group is getting married next weekend and I offered to wrap the gift, so it had to be done "Lori-style"! I went to our local Dollar Mart (which is like Dollar Tree just local) and bought the following:

Black/white/Gray Wrapping Paper $1
Gray Chiffon Ribbon $1
Heart Ornament $1
All other supplies I already had on hand

Used the chiffon ribbon and the Tim Holtz tiny attached to make the base of the bow. Then I added a scalloped circle punched out of a Basic Grey 6x6 stack with a mini silver flower for the center of the bow. I restrung the heart ornament on the same chiffon ribbon and attached it with the tiny attached as well.

The card was made using a Unity Stamp Co. Distressed Heart background stamp, 2 kinds of washi tape, the chiffon ribbon, a smaller scalloped circle punched from the Basic Grey stack, an SU stamp and a chipboard letter (their last initial).

K & Co. Patterned paper, DCWV CARDSTOCK, stampin' up stamp, pink CS embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder, distress ink black soot

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I had a vision for a fun card that told a story. This is TOTALLY not my norm and WAY out of my comfort zone, but even if I do say so myself it is pretty cute!

Supplies Used & Elements Description:

Card is 4.25" x 5.5"
Leprechaun - cut from Freshly Picked Cricut Cartridge @ 2.59" - gnome1 on p. 35 of handbook; paper used K & Co. Remake Grass Greens Mat Pad, K & Co. Remake Earth Browns Mat Pad; smile - Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Parts PK-494 stamped with dark brown chalk ink
Four Leaf Clovers - cut from Give a Hoot Cricut Cartridge @ 1" - bird1 accent on p. 45 of handbook, papers K & Co. Remake Grass Greens Mat Pad
Sky - 2" strip cut from Hippie Chic MatStack by DCWV punched with Martha Stewart Ribbon Loop Edge Punch, light blue CS by DCWV punched with Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch
Grass - K & Co. Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse Mat Pad & Remake Grass Greens Mat Pad, cut by hand
Clouds - hand drawn, paper unknown, on pop dots for dimension
Fiskars Small Scallop Paper Punch
Kiss Me I'm Irish Stamp - Scrappy Mom's The Charmed LIfe Stamp Set, stamped with dark brown chalk ink

I hope you enjoyed this card today, I had a LOT of fun making it!

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