Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
It's Tracey back to share a St. Patrick's Day birthday card. Birthday card you might ask? Yes, I have a dear friend who's birthday falls on St. Patrick's day and she fully embraces the day with all the green and Irish she can muster up, so I put together lots of green and Irish touches on this card. I've added some gems to the inside, in green of course, and used Helmar Gemstone Glue to adhere them.
Irish Blessings Birthday Card
Tips and Techniques
Gemstones can be a challenge to adhere and have them really stick without adhesive oozing out around them. Helmar Gemstone Glue is a perfect solution. I simply placed a drop of glue on a paint palette, then used tweezers to dip the back of the gem into the glue and then placed it in the center of the lace design.
Here's a close-up. I love to peruse thrift stores for papercrafting supplies. Once, I found some beautiful vintage, lace-edged handkerchiefs and this Irish lace was cut from one of them.
This beautiful Garden Circle Frame by Leaky Shed Studio was quick and easy. I heat embossed with Fran-tage Embossing Enamel for this gorgeous finish. Of course I adhered it with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.
I hand dyed this ribbon with mists to coordinate and tied in a triple loop bow. I used some Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to help raise and position the flowers around the cluster and Helmar 450 to adhere the bow, jewelry piece, and smaller flowers.
One final look. All the paper to paper layers are adhered with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.
Thanks for stopping by today!
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~ Blessings ~
