Happy St. Patrick's Day

I have never made a St. Patrick's Day card before, but when I ran across Ann Fitzgerald's blog, I knew I wanted to make one.  She shows how to make the clover using the two-step bird punch of all things.

Also to make this card, I used this week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches.
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Patty Mickle
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All About Punches

Now I know that it has been several months since Stampin' Up! switched to the new style of punches. However, at my class Monday night I noticed that some people still did not know how to use the new style.  So I thought I would post a video by Stampin' Up! that shows and explains all about the punches.

I hope this video has been helpful. If you have any questions be sure and send me an email. If you would like to order any of these punches click on the link below.
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Coupon Holder

I have recently gotten back into couponing in a big way, and while I have a coupon binder for organization, I wanted something cute to put the coupons in when they are in my purse.  To create this coupon envelope I took apart an envelope that I had gotten from the bank and traced it.  I then cut it out, and glued it together.  To keep it closed, I created a belly band and added a heart punched out of glimmer paper. 

I used the designer paper, Love Impressions, simply because I love it.  The project itself has nothing to do with love except that I LOVE my coupons! LOL!

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 Patty Mickle
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Simple Valentine Card

I guess I am not much of a romantic because even though I love my husband of 17 years very much, I am not really big on Valentine's Day.  I guess it is the commercialism of the holiday that ruins it for me.  I have however managed to make one Valentine so far though.  
It is a simple, almost a clean and simple, card but there is one thing I especially like about it... the hearts made out of GLIMMER PAPER!  If you haven't tried it, you need too!  Just a little glimmer paper can go a long way towards transforming a project.

I forgot to attach my ribbon to the dsp before I attached it to the card.  To hide the ribbon ends on the inside of the card, I placed a thin strip of dsp over them.
I also placed a white piece of cardstock on the inside to write on since the card is made out of dark gray cardstock.

The designer paper is called Love Impressions and can be found in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Tomorrow I will show you a project that I made using it that has nothing to do with Valentine's Day.
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Patty Mickle
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Birthday Card

Finally, I got to sit down in my scraproom and create.  It seems like forever since I have made a card, and I actually got to make more than one today.  The one I am showing to you now is a birthday card I made for my mother-in-law.  She is very crafty in that she sews, crochets, knits, and quilts. Therefore I knew the dsp, Sweet Stitches, in the Occasions Mini Catalog, would be perfect to use on a card for her. And I especially love the pages that have all the buttons on them.  I love all the different colors and designs on those pages.  It's like sorting through your grandma's button box!
I used the stamp sets, Perfect Punches and Button Button.  I used fun, fun accessories like tangerine tango pom pom trim and Sweet Stitches buttons.  You really need to try both of these products out.  You will love them!

For the inside of the card, I used the 3/4 inch and 1/2 inch circle punches to punch out various buttons from the dsp which I then glued to a piece of whisper white cardstock that I had glued to the inside of the card.

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Patty Mickle
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Birthday Pages

Here are some more scrap pages I made at the retreat.  I actually finished these two after I got home by adding the embellishments.  I used two sheets of the designer paper, Celebrations, for these two pages.  I cut each sheet into two pieces at 8 inches and flipped the 4 inch piece over to show the opposite side.  I didn't have any ribbon, so I used a strip of red cardstock to cover the seam between the two pieces of dsp.

These pictures were taken at my great-nieces birthday party and the dsp, Celebrations, is perfect party paper.

I made the flowers below by using the 1 3/4 inch scallop punch and the 2 3/8 inch scallop punch and layering them.

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Patty Mickle
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Snow Day

I had the privilege of attending a scrapbook retreat last weekend and these are some of the pages I completed.  It is a little hard to tell from the photo, but the first thing I did was ink the edges of the cardstock with whisper white ink.  Next, I stamped the trees at the bottom of the page using a stamp from the set, Lovely as a Tree. (I got this idea from Erika Martin)

Here is a close-up of the stamping on one of the pages.

I like how stamps can make a plain piece of cardstock into something special and unique.  If you notice I didn't use any designer paper, just cardstock.
I'll be posting more scrapbook pages in the next few days so be sure and stop back by.
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Patty Mickle
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