Fun Pinwheel Fold Card

 This card is much easier to make than it looks. Dawn Ochefske has an excellent video on her blog that I used as my guide. I then mounted the square card onto a piece of 4-1/4 X 5-1/2 cardstock so it would fit in an A4 envelope perfectly. (You could just put the square card in the envelope, too. But I like the added ribbon above or the stars below.) I decided to add the "to open" image to the card front so the recipient would know what to do. That stamp comes from the retired "Got Treats" stamp set.

The star strip and stars come from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies.

Got Green?

Here's another card using the Got Treats stamp set. I don't have a lot of St. Patrick's Day stamps so each year I have to get creative with what I've got. I found this Old Olive ribbon in my stash and had never even opened it! BAD!!! It was a perfect match for the shamrock from the Got Treats set. Many times I will cut stamps apart that have an expression on the bottom of the image so that I can use just the expression or the just the image. (see the picture below)
The smaller shamrock comes from the retired "Every Little Bit" stamp set. This is a set I will probably always keep on my shelf. It is full of little images that are perfect for calendars and events.
The card base is some manufactured cards a friend passed along to me. She purchased them at a big box store thinking she would use them. I appreciate getting them but they do remind me why I switched to Stampin' Up! only products in my studio. The coordination of color is a challenge when you buy from a lot of different brands.

Cheerful Critter Wants to Know...

... if you've Got Green? Using the same layout as one of my Valentine's just changing to shades of green and using the expression from the retired "Got Treats" stamp set.
If you look closely you will see I roughed up the edges of the white and Always Artichoke card stock using Stampin' Distress Tool. It's a handy little tool. Of course, if your fingernails are strong enough you can use them to distress the edges; but I promise you the Stampin' Distress Tool is much quicker. It's on page 215 in the annual catalog.
The bear was colored using Blendabilities. You can get the ones in the annual catalog free during Sale-A-Bration.