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Not sure why I am a little obsessed with making shamrocks out of the heart stamp in Polka Dot Punches (maybe because I live in Dublin???) This one I had in my mind to make 3 dimensional so it looked like it was popping off the card, but would still easily fit in an envelope to mail.

I started by stamping the stem with the partial words "laughter, joy, happiness" from Best Wishes & More stamp set. I received this set FREE when I attended Regional Training in Orlando last month! Then I stamped 3 of the heart stamps from Polka Dot Punches (one of the gifts you can received FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration) in Garden Green and punched them with the new Full Heart punch (sorry…I’ve been calling it Large Heart for a while!) Then I folded them in half to make them look dimensional, placed the points close to the stem words on the Garden Green cardstock, then added a green Rhinestone brad to the center for a little bling. I used some more of the FREE Delicate Dots Designer Paper (another Sale-A-Bration selection for a $50 order) along the bottom and layered it onto Garden Green cardstock. I wrapped some White Taffeta Ribbon and tied a bow. I thought it needed a little something in the upper right corner of the base Certainly Celery card, so I stamped the 5 petal stamp from the Polka Dot Punches set twice on Whisper White and punched out the centers with my 1/2 circle punch. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out!

Here’s a side view so you can see the dimension. The Shamrock leaves do fold down easily.

Sets: Polka Dot Punches, Best Wishes & More
C/S: Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Basic Black, Whisper White, Delicate Dots DSP
Inks: Garden Green, Basic Black
Other: White Taffeta ribbon, green Rhinestone brad, Full Heart punch, 1/2 circle punch

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Good morning! Hope you had a great weekend. I had my first "official" downline meeting on Sunday since my promotion to Manager! We had fun and did a GREAT project that they will be able to use in their classes. Since I’m also doing the project in a future Stamp Camp, I won’t show it here right now…(sorry!)

I will show you a card made with Polka Dot Punches, one of the free sets you can get with any $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase! I used the heart for my Shamrock card a couple days ago, but I also made a Valentine for my hubby.

This card was one of the challenges I did with my friend, Lisa. We had a sketch (sorry I can’t find it right now!) to use. I started with a base card of Pink Pirouette. Then I ran my polka dot designer paper from Candy Lane thru the swirl Texturz plate (can you see the detail in the background?) You can really see this better in person. I cut a strip of Riding Hood Red and wrapped some Pink Taffeta ribbon around it, then stamped Love You from Short & Sweet stamp set. I added a strip of Pink Pirouette under it that I punched with the new Eyelet Border punch. Next I added some striped designer paper from Candy Lane and layered it on Close to Cocoa, also using a piece of the Pink Pirouette Eyelet Border cardstock. I stamped the heart with Riding Hood Red on Pink Pirouette and punched it with our new large Heart punch and layered it onto the Riding Hood Red 1-3/4 circle for more definition. I like that look! Love the card and I know my hubby will, too!

I’ve a busy week getting some design work done and a card swap, plus the rest of my Valentine’s made and shipped off! Then two classes out of town (rescheduled from the snow storm we had a couple weeks ago!) Whew!!!

Stamps: Polka Dot Punches, Short & Sweet
C/S: Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Candy Lane DSP
Inks: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red
Other: Large Heart punch, Eyelet Border Punch, 1 3/4 circle punch, Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Texturz Background #1 plates