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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!  We have been making this card in my March Stamp Club's this month.  The background really makes the card and it is done with the Big Shot.  Here is the information that you will need ~

Supplies:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, set of 24, page 157

Card stock:  Soft Suede, 10-1/2"x5-1/4"; Naturals White, 4-1/4"x4-1/4"; Certainly Celery 4"x4";  Garden Green for the shamrock and stem

Ink: VersaMark stamp pad; Garden Green Marker

Accessories: Big Shot with  Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1; punches- 119855 large oval, 119856 scallop oval extra-large, 119881 heart to heart extra-large, 117191 two-step bird extra-large; SNAIL; 121005 In Color glimmer brad (pear pizazz); 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals; 118770 Gold Glow Smooch Spritz; Mat and Paper Piercing Tool.

Instructions:

1. Score Soft Suede card stock at 5 1/4" and fold for the card base.

2. Stamp the VersaMark pad all over the Texturz Plate, lay Certainly Celery card stock square on top and run through the Big Shot to emboss. (Sandwich includes the Platform, Texturz Plate, Silicone Rubber and Impressions Pad.)      Spritz piece with Gold Glow Smooch Spritz and let dry.

3. Ink up "happy st. patrick's day" with Garden Green marker and stamp onto scrap Naturals White piece. Spritz with smooch spritz and set aside to dry.

4. Using Garden Green scrap punch 3 hearts, stem from the Bird Punch. Adhere the 3 hearts to the card front to create a shamrock (start with the center heart); add stem.  Punch a hole in the center of the shamrock through the Certainly Celery layer and add glimmer brad.  Layer on to Naturals White using Dimensionals.

5. Punch out greeting with large oval punch. Using stampin' Dimensionals, layer onto Soft Suede scallop oval. Using Dimensionals, attach to card front.

 This size card fits perfectly in Stampin' Up!'s Medium Square Envelopes 107289).  Here's a close up ~