Waltzingmouse St Patrick's Day Blog Waltz

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Hi Blogger's,

Thanks so much for calling past........I'm so hoping that line of green text says "Happy St Patrick's Day" and not something inappropriate!!!

This is sure to be a long hop so I'll keep my post short and sweet.......I'm sharing a card as well as a cute hat, that I think would make a gorgeous table decoration for any St Patrick's day feast.

I'll explain the hat first because I used my die cutter for lots of this project and wonder of wonders after 2 years  I finally get the 'contour cut'!.........(You can teach an old dog new tricks rofl!!!)

The pattern for this hat isn't mine but was given to the members of the Pazzles Craft Room. I use the PI and have learnt so much from this site as well as the Yahoo groups.  The hat was cut from one sheet of 12x12 Card, some scraps of pale green, black and gold.  The Shamrocks are attached with Florist wire that was coiled to make them 'Springy'.   

(Note to self: colour the centres with a light sponge of white next time!!)

The card uses Claire's little free Digital image which I was also able to print and cut using my PI. Some light colouring with a green Copic marker and a clear glitter pen around the oval (which sadly the camera doesn't show). 

The DSP is from Basic Grey Cappella 6 x 6 paper pad, chosen because of the colours (It actually has a thin line of gold.... which brings in the gold on the hat band.......I'm fussy!!)  and I've punched some green and black card using the Fiskar's Upper Crest punch (which also ties in with the lovely label on Claire's digi!). More PI cut shamrocks sit over the looped stitched ribbon to complete my card.

Hope you like this little project, I had lots of fun with it. Now on with the Hop...... You should be heading over to my crafting friend Deborah next......Enjoy!