Happy Birthday

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

St. Paddy's Day Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Welcome to The Paisley Turtle & the St. Paddy's Day Blog Hop. You should be arriving from Liliana, or if you just happened to stop by today go back to the beginning and visit Denise @ Designs from my Heart. If this is your first visit to The Paisley Turtle, I am so glad to have you. Please take a minute to look around, become a follower or leave some comments! :o)



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!

Your next stop on the blog hop is: Meighen, and for a full list of hop participants, please visit our hostess: Denise @ Designs from my Heart

Love of a Lifetime

Last Thursday Keith & I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary! We had a special day of just being together alone. We had a great dinner at our favorite Hibachi restaurant here and I got a beautiful anniversary band to celebrate 10 years.

I gave Keith this PRECIOUS card I made for him using the Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge.


Supplies Used:
Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge
Ocean Blues & Berry Pinks Recycled Mat Pads by K & Co. (these were for the couples clothes)
Cut & Paste Mat Pad by K & Co.
Black & Kraft CS by The Paper Studio
Flesh & Brown CS, and yellow textured CS from my stash
Offray Ribbon
Word Window Punch
Love of a Lifetime stamp from Stampin' Up's So Many Sayings Stamp Set

You are going to see me use my Word Window Punch and the So Many Sayings Stamp Set A LOT - I LOVE THEM and have become quite obsessed - LOL!

If you like this card, please leave a comment and let me know. Keith loved it, and I hope you do too.

Have a great day & try to create SOMETHING!