Two for St. Pat and a few chirpydoodles...

 

The bookbinder fold makes a quick and easy card for St. Patrick's Day. I decided to add some texture to my shamrocks this time and embossed each one with a different folder.. The sentiment was stamped, die-cut and popped up on a foam circle. A couple of gems and a baker's twine bow finished the front.

The inside had a stamped sentiment and a tiny die-cut shamrock.

I made a couple of these cards last year. They sell well at the thrift store because the sentiment, printed with my computer, is so much fun, so I decided to make some this year, too. 

The frog was die-cut, and I added some googly eyes to make this card even more fun. 

The little holographic shamrocks on either side of the last couple lines of the sentiment were stickers I had in my stash. They were the same size and shape as some in the DSP pattern.

I added a little of the DSP to the inside, along with a punched border and another little shamrock.

This sentiment was also printed with my computer.

I dug into my scraps to make a couple of chirpydoodle cards. The bodies were made with oval dies, the wings with heart dies and the tails and combs with a flower die. I inked around the edges of the wings and then popped them up with a foam square. I also put a little foam tape between the two halves of the folded oval to add a little dimenson.

Of course, I had to add some googly eyes to these chirpydoodles, too. he he

The legs and feet were drawn in with a felt-tip pen.

This is the sentiment I stamped on the inside.

I used the bookbinder fold for this card and added a couple of tiny butterflies.

For this chirpydoodle's feet, I used a small flowerstem die from a set that cuts a variety of flowers. I'm not sure if I like these feet or the drawn-in ones better.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside to finish the card.

These cards were so much fun to make. If you haven't tried your hand at chirpydoodles yet, you really should! They would be fun for kids to make, too.

I am happy to share that my grandson's swim team WON the State AA Championship! It was such an exciting meet.The top score waffled back and forth between Patrick's team and their chief rivals from one of the Minneapolis suburbs. They managed to take the lead for good in the last few events.

My grandson, Patrick, is in the back row on the far right with a big grin on his face.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl