Green, Brown and Coral St Patrick's Day

This year's St. Patrick's Day cards are a little bit different for me. I didn't want to try and create shamrocks with hearts again, so decided to just make a card with a green and orange theme - although the orange turned into a more coral-orange colour.

Three strips of the green flourish border paper from the K&Co Roam paper pad were matted onto brown paper and then onto green paper. A length of coral picot-edge organza ribbon, from the Chatterbox Tangerine ribbon pack, was then wrapped around the panel and attached to the card blank.

A flower was die cut from the coral brushstroke paper from the same paper pad using the Flowers, Daisies #2 Sizzix Bigz die and layered up with a scalloped circle and a computer-generated circle sentiment die cut with a standard circle die, both Nestabilities.

The flower embellishment was then added over the ribbon.

The sentiment circle was created thanks to a great tutorial by Karen/Redrottie over on her blog. However, thanks to an empty ink cartridge, my printer refused to work so the file was sent to work with my hubby but I forgot that the font I'd used wouldn't necessarily be on his computer so they didn't look like they should have done. Typical!

Anyway, here are the blog challenges I am entering this card into:

• Creative Card Crew - Green
• Sisterhood of Crafters - St. Patrick's Day
• Alota - #55 - St. Patrick's Day
• My Grafico - Anything Goes
• Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes
• PaperTake Weekly - Trio Tastic
• Make It Monday - #28 - Anything Goes
• Aly's Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Card Cupids - Green
• Gingerloft - #13 - Use Those Flowers
• Pile It On - #11 - Green and Orange
• Sentimental Sundays - #46 - Let's Go Green
• Allsorts - #94 - Luck O' The Irish
• Easy Craft Projects - #33 - Green
• Little Claire's - #2 - Flowers
• Send A Smile 4 Kids - #5 - Anything Goes
• Card Makin' Mamas - #16 - Something Green
• Delicious Doodles - #16 - Use Green For St. Patrick's Day
• Fairy Knoll - St. Patrick's Day
• Fashionista Friday - #70 - St. Patrick's Day
• Patties Creations - #17 - Go Green
• Sew Many Cards - #46 - St. Patrick's Day
• Tellen's Place - St. Patrick's Day
• Charisma Cardz - #11 - To Die For
• Colour Create - #66 - Greens/Olive Green, Brown, Cream & Black
• Crafty Purple Frog - Going Green
• Delightful Challenges - Show Us Some Green
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - #51 - Anything Goes
• Pixie Dust Studio - #66 - Go Green
• Rainbow Lady - St. Patrick's Day
• Dare to Be Sassy - #64 - Make Your Own Embellishment
• Shelly's Images - Show Us What You Got (Anything Goes)
• Southern Girls - Flowers