Showing posts with label Dew Drops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dew Drops. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Sending the Green and the Gold St Pat's Cards

I'm Irish, can you tell?


Fun will be had at the Moore house on March 17th.   I have started wearing my shamrock jewelry already!

Being vegetarian it puts a crimp in the corned beef and cabbage, but no worries, potatoes and onions and cabbage will doI never acquired a taste for Beer, and that's why God invented Jamesons!  My Dad ate kidney pie, something I never got the taste for that either.  Colcannon is great, minus the bacon and add the kale!  



I started with a variety of patterned papers and cut them to size as A2 Blank Cards** - 4 ¼ x 5 ½.  This means that you will be able to have 2 cards for each 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.  Cut the 8.5 x 11 in half and fold in half.  you can use them vertically or horizontally.    These papers have a white reverse which is great for card interiors.

The cards are simple and clean.  I added Dew Drops to the front with my dew drops glue dots or PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive),  Some are inked around the edges, some are not.   


I used a printed saying on a solid paper, cutting to size and corner rounding it with a punch.  After cutting you can age or accent it by rubbing the edges lightly with a stamp pad or marker.  


This is attached to the interior with double-sided tape.  Before attaching it you may want to add ribbon or as I did, twine which had a gold component enhancing the St Pat's theme for the Pot'o'Gold.



Stamping the envelope is a fanciful way to preview what's on the inside!

**  Sometimes Card sizes can be confusing, here is a handy chart of sizes, this is the folded size.

A1 Blank Cards - 3 1/2 x 4 7/8

A2 Blank Cards - 4 1/4 x 5 1/2

A6 Blank Cards - 4 1/2 x 6 1/4

A7 Blank Cards - 5 1/8 x 7

A7.5 Blank Cards - 5 3/8 x 7 1/4

A9 Blank Cards - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Pocket Enclosure Cards - 4 7/8 x 6 7/8

Slim Blank Cards - 4 x 9 1/4

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We surely want you to have a rollicking good time on St Pat's Day.  


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