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Sunday, March 13, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Wreath

I saw a Valentine's Heart wreath on someone's door at work and loved it. I decided to do one for St. Patrick's Day. Both my husband and I have Irish blood (my maiden name was Diggins, his ancestor was a Walker) and we always do something around here to celebrate. My husband always cooks breakfast at our house and sometimes he dyes our breakfast green (no one ate the oatmeal the year he did that green!), or I make an Irish meal for dinner. I send St. Patrick's Day cards to my parents and siblings, but they have been made for a while, so I made this wreath to get into the spirit last week. I cut the base with the Cricut Expression, using my Gypsy to set the cuts. I cut it in a lightweight cardboard, then again in a green patterened paper. I cut lots of shamrocks in 2 shades of green cardstock and 2 patterened papers, then one "pot of gold" and one hat in black. I used Paper Doll Dress Up for all those cuts. I added a green hat band and put lots of Stickles in several shades of golds on the pot and made a gold buckle on the hat. I added some doodling with white pen on the pot and hat. I laminated everything so I could hang it on the outside door and not worry about rain ruining it. I glued it all together and added the stamped sentiment (Have a lucky day) from Studio G, and the ST. Patrick's Day ribbon (bought on clearance from Wal-Mart after St. Patrick's day a few years ago). If I were doing it over I would have made it a little larger, but I'm pleased overall with how it turned out.  Erin Go Braugh!
I'm entering the following challenges with this project:
1. One Stitch at a Time Challenge- http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/  Glitter and Gems
2. Creative Card Crew- http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ No Flowers
3. Allsorts Challenge Blog- http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ Luck of the Irish
Danielle
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6 comments:

  1. What a great creation
    Thanks for joining our challenge at ALLSORTS this week, Good Luck
    Hugz Fleur xXx

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  2. Love it, what a wonderful idea! Thanks so much for sharing with us at OSAAT.

    Hugs, Marjo

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  3. What a fab wreath! I love the idea and will have to try one for easter! Thanks so much for joining us at OSAAT.
    Hugs
    Sarah

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  4. What a lovely job you did with this wreath. Very cute.

    Thanks for joining us at Creative Card Crew.

    Mari

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  5. Very clever project & great use of gems & glitter to fit in over at OSAAT this week. Good luck

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  6. what a great wreath it looks fabby

    thankyou for joining in with my Irish theme this week @ Allsorts

    hugs

    Amanda x

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