Nina's Southern Accents: Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop-Anything But A Card!

Hey Y'all!

It's time for another Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop! This month, our theme is "Anything But A Card." Cards are fun to make and give, but give me something with chocolate in it, and I am your friend for life. Bonus if it has coffee, too...but I digress.

St. Patrick's Day is coming up, so I decided to embellish one of the Love You Always Treat Boxes. I used the hearts from the Lots of Heart bundle to make shamrocks. I was going through my stamps looking for an appropriate saying, because I didn't think I had anything current that would work for St. Patrick's Day, when I realized the Oval Occasions bundle has a tiny shamrock and the "So lucky to know you" sentiment. Winning! I need to pay more attention to what stamps I have!

But, if you don't have a set with a shamrock, 3 hearts make a great one! I just cut the stem freehand. Since I started with the DSP that had polka-dots, I had to keep the theme going! I used the polka-dot heart stamp for the shamrock and the polka-dot tulle ribbon.

I first altered the box itself by spritzing it with Just Jade re-inker mixed with 70% alcohol. ***Note: the boxes have a waxy coating that doesn't allow the ink to absorb right away, and it tends to run. But the alcohol allows it to dry fairly quickly. I also stamped it with the tiny shamrock from Oval Occasions, and made the larger shamrock with the small heart stamp from Lots of Heart. I used the Just Jade Stampin' Write Marker to draw in the stem.

I also altered the DSP with a Blending Brush, and stamped the belly band with the tiny shamrock.

Back to the chocolate...what else would you put in a St. Patrick's Day gift but nuggets of gold...Hershey's nuggets that is! I wrapped a few with the altered DSP.

Measurements:

Belly Band-10 x 2-1/2
Nugget Wraps- 1 x 3

Now it's time to see what everyone else made!

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Love,

Nina

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