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Pot of Gold Greeting Card
Designed by Amanda Formaro © 2006

If you are feeling creative, this darling card can be put together with any type of craft or construction paper. The result is charming and would make a lovely gift card for someone special this St. Patrick's Day.

What you need:

5"x7" piece of light green card stock or construction paper
black construction paper or card stock
tan, yellow or gold construction paper or card stock
scissors
white craft glue

construction paper OR patterned card stock papers in the following colors or shades:

red
orange
yellow
green
blue
purple

print the pattern here


If you make this project we'd love to see it! Just send your photos and comments to the editor and it may get published on this page!

What you do

Fold 5"x7" light green card stock in half to create the card. Use the pattern to cut out all the necessary pieces from colored papers.

Glue the rainbow pieces in place first. Next glue on the black pot, then the band for the pot. Finally glue on the "pieces of gold".

Variations: Instead of card stock for the band, you can use a gold glitter. Another idea is to add little dots of gold glitter to the "pieces of gold" in the pot.

Note: Don't buy sheets and sheets of expensive papers. We used Sizzix brand paper pads, known as Little Sizzles. We used papers from both the Pastels (40-0014) pad and the Watercolors (40-0015) pad. These pads can be found in the scrapbooking aisle of your local craft store. Ours cost $4.99 per pad, each pad has 4 sheets of each solid cardstock, 3 sheets of each pattern paper, there are 80 acid free sheets total per pad. These papers were made for the Sizzix Die Cutting Machine. We have used these pads for many different projects, including our Charming Valentine Greeting Cards, our Quilted Keepsake Box, as well as our Decoupage Coin Banks.

About the Author
Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook and make crafts. She is the craft expert for FamilyCorner.com and Kaboose.com. You can see her crafty creations on Crafts by Amanda and her delicious recipes on Amanda's Cookin'

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