The recipient of this card becomes truly *Pinch Proof* thanks to the attached button.
I used Old Olive as the base, stamped the big solid shamrock in black and made basic stripes out of black and shimmery gold paper (non-SU). I added a little gold glitter glue on top of the gold paper, too, to really make it sparkle.
Next, I stamped Pinch Proof in Old Olive and used zig-zag scissors and then a circle cutter to cut it & the black background to the right size. I "laminated" it just by using some of the clear wide packaging tape and then cut that out by hand close to the edge of the black cardstock. I used a hot glue gun to attach a small broch pin from Joanne's and put a little dab of gold glitter on the shamrock to match the gold stripe.
I used a small hole punch and punched two little holes on the card and then attached the button through the holes. The recipient can then take the button off and wear it if they like on St. Patrick's Day.
I thought this same idea might be cute to try sometime with a child's birthday card, too. A person could stamp a balloon or something that said "Birthday Boy" etc. and make it in into a pin that would be attached to the card so the child could wear it on their birthday if they were so inclined... something to try
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Thu, May 28, 2009 @ 8:21 PM
Wow! How clever are you?! What a great idea it was to make a pinback and attach it to the card... so cleverly and creatively made too! I really like the overall design and shimmer. Terrific card... you've done the Irish proud!