St. Patrick's Day Musings

Hello again! Yes, today is St. Patrick's Day and we're wearin' the green in honor . . . !

Happy St. Paddy's Day y'all!

We had our traditional St. Paddy's meal last night; I put the corned beef into the crockpot since I was going to be gone most of the day and when I came home there was that delicious aroma to greet me along with a hungry husband! Stuffed the cabbage in and served it up once that was tender.

No potatoes this year as I'm cutting back on high carb foods (I only had two pieces of carrot on my plate!) but it was a very tasty repast indeed.

So, over at Color Throwdown it's challenge #484 with green, eggplant, and white - St. Patrick's Day kind of colors. I struggled a little bit with this but then remembered that I had the perfect ink in Stampin'Up's Elegant Eggplant and Garden Green. Ha! So, I pulled out an old Close to My Heart stamp set that I had never used (yikes! I have a few too many supplies that fit in that category!). Here's how it turned out:

I was very glad to have my Misti stamping tool because I painstakingly colored the blossoms and stems and stamped them multiple times to heighten the color

Supplies used:

Paper: SU thick Whisper White CS, green CS from my scraps.

Stamps: CTMH Treasure Me (easily 2011 or before!); SU Style Beautiful.

Ink: SU Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green; Versamark 

Miscellaneous: SSS Fine Detail White Embossing Powder; heat gun; Misti

Turns out that these colors inspired me quite a bit and I went on creating. Made this card with our son in mind who celebrates (?) the big FIVE OH next month:

Although this turned out not so CAS, I am entering it in CAS(E)thisSketch #263.

Supplies used:

Paper: SU thick Whisper White; eggplant and green CS from my scraps.

Ink: Distress Ink in Concord Grape and Mowed Lawn for the background; SU Elegant Eggplant for the "50."
Stamps: SU Number of Years; unknown (maybe Stampendous) alphabet stamps for sentiment.
Miscellaneous: Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder; SU Number of Years dies; Big Shot.

I flipped the sentiment to the right of the focal point. I thought about putting the "50" in a circle but it wouldn't fit in this portrait layout.

Anyhow, that 'bout does it for today. We went up to our great-grandson Dawson's first birthday party this afternoon and the little monster was on his best behavior (for a one-year-old heading into his Terrible Twos)! Haha! All his grandmas and grandpas (greats included, like us) helped him celebrate. Crazy that a year has gone by so darn fast!

Ta for now.