Friday, March 18, 2011

A Child Year's Girl with Clover

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This week at Jitterbuggin' the challenge is "It's Not Easy Being Green". Sherri asked us to follow the sketch, use green and add a Cricut cut. I love this sketch that Sherri designed for this week's challenge. I was able to play this evening after work and I am sharing my card with you. I have been so busy that this is my first St. Patrick's Day card this year. Yay me! I am ahead for next year!!


The card is 5 inch square using a yellow textured cardstock from Colorbok. I cut the pretty clover-patterned paper at 4 3/4 inches. For the corners, I cut two 1 1/4" squares from the green and two 1 1/2" squares from the lavender and then each square was cut diagonally. Fiskars Scalloped paper edgers was used on the lavender pieces. For my Cricut cut, I used A Child's Year cartridge and cut the little girl with the clover at 2 1/2 inches. She is on page 31. Also the shadow feature at the same size was cut from the lavendar paper. I cut the girl again from the green paper and trimmed the clover off to be used in the little girl's hand. The green mat is cut at 3 1/4" and the yellow is 3 1/8". Cuttlebug Swiss Dots is used on the yellow mat. The little girl is pop-dotted on the mats. Corner pieces on the mats were cut using a EK punch. Lots of inking, white pearls for a little more accent, and the purple ribbon with gold threads complete the look!

Challenges:
Jitterbuggin' -- Follow sketch, use green, and a Cricut cut
My Sheri Crafts -- #48 St. Patrick's Day
Cooking with Cricut -- #21 Green scene--use 2 shades of green
Fantabulous Cricut - Square Card -Colors green and gold or bright yellow. My yellow paper may not be too bright, but I do have gold threads in the ribbon.

Maybe I can find another challenge or two to enter the card. Hope you enjoy!

15 comments:

  1. This is a great card! I like how you made the clover in her hand green, that is a nice touch! Thanks for playing along with us at FCCB! :)

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  2. Oh how beautiful! You always do a fantastic job and I look forward to your creations! Thanks for joining in this week!

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  3. Glenda this is lovely! I love those pops of purple! Your cards always have so much eye-catching detail...they just always make me happy!

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  4. very pretty! Thanks for playing along with us over at FCCB!

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  5. Glenda, this is so pretty. I love the look of the profile of the girl. TFS and thanks for playing with us again this week at Cooking With Cricut. I always look forward to seeing your entries.
    ~Madison CWCDT funkycards.blogspot.com

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  6. Beautiful!!! I love the colors and the detail! TFS! :)

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  7. Pretty card, love all the little details. Thanks for playing along with us at FCCB!

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  8. Love the colors and details, Glenda! Thanks for joining us this week at Cooking With Cricut!

    ~ Jen, CWC Design Team
    www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com

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  9. Hi Glenda, I love your card. Sorry I have not commented lately. My computer would not take comments when I tried to post. It seems like it has fixed itself....

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  10. This is so pretty! I love the way you took the silhouette but cut the flower in another colour. That looks so sharp! Thanks so much for playing along at FCCB!

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  11. What a great card!
    Thanks for playing with us this week at CWC
    Maria Elena ~ CWC Design Team
    http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

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  12. very pretty card!!

    I'd like to invite you to my blog, I am having a challenge that calls for using punches and your card would be perfect for it.

    Linda
    www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com

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  13. Very pretty, Glenda! I love the sketch and the papers! Thanks for joining us at FCCB!

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  14. Pretty card! Thanks for playing with us at Cooking with Cricut :)

    ~Roberta, CWC Design Team
    www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com

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  15. Glenda, what a sweet, sweet card!~ Love that printed paper in the background!~

    Thanks for Jitterbuggin'!

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