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Going Green with Risa Alvarez

Happy St. Patrick's Day you stamp-y people!  Welcome to another day in The Angel Company's Going Green Celebration!  I am so excited to be making my first post here on the Savvy Projects Blog!  When Mischelle asked me to be a part of Going Green Week I was excited about the possibilities!  After thinking a bit about what I would like to do I settled on St. Patrick's Day.

The first card I have to share features Cheers to You T3300 and Date Disks T2867, Kaleidoscope Brites SWIC Papers (click here to see how you can get free stamps when you order this great pattern paper), Color Caboodles Cardstock Set C, Black Cardstock, Scor-Pal, Nestablities Classic Standard and Classic Scalloped Circles, PrismaColor Pencils blended with Mineral Oil, and lots Prisma Glitter.  Can you see the scored grid on the white cardstock?  Each of the open spaces is stamped with the clover stamp.  The grid adds detail and helps with positioning.  When I think 'Going Green' I think thrifty!  Date Disks is the perfect thrifty stamp set!  It makes all those little stamp images you already have do double duty.  You can use any little image together with the disk the same way I used the clover.  The set is also perfect for special dates.  Stamp a birthday or anniversary card with the special date or use Date Disks to tell the 'when' part of the story on your scrapbook pages!  Either way, Date Disks make perfect embellishments.

 
The next card and treat box feature Kaleidoscope Brites SWIC Papers (click here to see how you can get free stamps when you order this great pattern paper), Color Caboodles Cardstock Set C, Cheers to You T3300, Nestablities Classic Standard and Classic Scalloped Circles and Lables 3 Die Sets, Tropical Mini Brads, PrismaColor Pencils blended with Mineral Oil, Gray Tombow Marker, and lots Prisma Glitter.

Here is a close up shot. Can you see the glittery foam on the Diet Green River?  We don't drink (too much) at my house so this is no green beer.  However, St. Patty's Day would not be complete with out a tall cold glass of Diet Green River!  Do you like Green River too, or is it just a Chicago thing?  I lacquered my Tropical Mini Brads and glittered them too! 

The last little item I have for you is a treat.  Like I said before,I think Going Green means thrift.  See, thrift = less waste = more green in your pocket.  Here I used green M & M's in a tiny clam shell box from our GWP stamp sets.  I have a little tip for you that means more treats for less money.  Ready?  Buy extra Christmas M & M's.  Yup that's it!  I pick up an extra bag or two at the end of the holiday season.  I wait for a great sale or clearance and use a coupon.  Usually, in late November, you can find an M & M/Mars $1 off of 2 bags coupon in your Sunday paper.  Save that coupon for the day after Christmas sale and you have cheep but delicious red M & M's for Valentine's Day and green M & M's for St. Patrick's Day!  Trust me, I know all too well that they are just as yummy and fresh as the day I bought them!  I also used a free container that I got with a free TAC Gift With Purchase!  Save money while saving the planet!  Speaking of saving money, don't forget to check out TAC's 25% off sale!  During the Month of March all stamp sets with Four Legged Furry Friends and Flowers are on sale!  Now that is truely more GREEN!  Contact your Angel for more details.

Thank you for stopping by!  I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to share with you!  You can find more of my stamped creations on my blog: www.memorypreserves.blogspot.com  I have a going green birthday card there for you to see today!  Come on by and don't forget to follow me or leave a comment so I know you made it over! 

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Seeing Shamrocks Blog Hop ~ My Card

I wanted to try my hand at something a bit more 'untraditional' for a St. Patty's Day card so I thought I'd use the standard St. Patty's Day Greens with a bit of BAM ~ Mulberry BAM that is!  Additionally, I wanted to incorporate one of Heather's Monday Card Sketches because these truly make card making simple and smart!  Here is the card sketch I used for this card {HMS #139}:

 
And for some reason I've always wanted to make GREEN Beer!  Perhaps it's my Irish heritage .... right?!  Okay ... maybe not.  Regardless ... I've always wanted to make GREEN Beer so that's the theme I went with.  I used my yellow flower punch to make my shamrocks.  I just cut out between each flower and then added a stem.  VersaMark around the edges of all of my green cardstock ... YUM!

 
I stamped and embosses my image on vellum and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils.  I then stitched the vellum onto white ultrasmooth.  A vendor sent me a new white pen to try out and can I say L-O-V-E!  OMGosh!  L-OOOOOOO-V-E!  GORGEOUS! 

 

I hope you enjoy! 

Mischelle

Guest Designer Angela Kelley and No Place Like Gnome

 

Hello, and Welcome!  I have to start by saying that I am just so thrilled to be a part of all this FUN! The stamp set I chose to work with is called No Place Like Gnome T-3331. I chose this set because I have not seen it used much, and I just love it! There are so many possibilities with this set, and I am really excited to share some of them with you!!

My first card uses the cute little house in this set colored with Copic markers. The "landscaping" is cut out and popped up to add a little dimension. The sentiment is from You Whoo T-3393 and the background was made using the polka dots in Background Soup T-3346, and a versamark ink pad. Who wouldn't want to live in such a sweet little house?

 
 For my next card I used most of the accent stamps in this set to create a little sunshiny scene. I love that happy little sunshine! The green patterned paper is from the Robin paper collection, which just happens to be a free download!! The pink patterned paper is from the Catelynne fly with it collection V-851. Sentiment is from Good Things T-3381

Now how about some Leprechauns!?!

 

  St. Patrick's Day is my Daughters favorite holiday.  Every year she builds a Leprechaun trap to try to catch herself a Leprechaun. When I first saw this set I thought they would make really great Christmas Elves, but then I thought about the Leprechauns!

This is a 5.5 x 5.5 inch card, I masked each strip and sponged ink for the rainbow, I wanted it bright. The "pot" was created by cutting the top and bottom off a black circle, and adding a 1/4 inch strip to the top, and a little stardust gel pen F-464 for some sparkly shading. The shamrocks are from Cheers to You T-3300, and the clouds are cut from felt. The gold coins are just 1/4 inch circles cut from metallic paper. I used foam tape to "pop" the Leprechauns, some of the coins, and also the pot.

And it's an easel card! Sentiment is from Great Greetings T-3114, patterned paper is from the Catelynne fly with it collection V-851.
 
Now remember when I said the first thing I thought of was Christmas Elves?  I know Christmas is over, and still a long way off til it comes again. But some people make their Christmas cards all year long. Something about wanting to get them done and ready before Christmas, I know, crazy! So this one is for those of you that are actually that together, you know who you are... :)

 

Aren't those the cutest Christmas Elves?! The Santa is from Santa Claus is Coming T-3413, the package, reindeer and sentiment are from Jingle Jolly T-3310. Patterned paper is from the free downloadable Robin. Everything but the Santa was cut out and popped up with foam tape. I also added a little red velvet ribbon for an added pop of color.

 
Finally, I made an everyday card using just the little gnome girl. She is just so sweet! Again I used the Robin paper collection. I have to say this is the first time I have used this paper and I really love it! I cut my labels 4 layers in half length wise and then layered them under my sentiment. This sentiment is from Brighten Your Day T-3263.  

I hope that you have enjoyed today's post and No Place Like Gnome. I sure have enjoyed being part of You Make FFebruary Fabulous! Thank You Mischelle for asking me to be a guest designer!!

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!

Angela
Visit me on my blog, www.angelakelley.blogspot.com

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