Luck of the Irish

Luck of the Irish 

These fun St Patrick Day cards using digital stamps

I had these digital stamps in my collection and decided to make some new cards ...

Lots of bright colors here and brads at corner with typed sentiment.

irish lassie 

This cute Irish beauty is colored in traditional green with red hair in pigtails. With an assortment of St Patrick day paper and Kiss Me sentiment. 

Seasonal Mug Mats

This Thursday I am turning old cloth napkins into mug mats. With cute applicades. 

My Mom had a collection of cloth napkins but I am more of a paper girl so I decided to recycle them. They are the perfect size to make mug mates. For any season....

Supplies 

Cloth napkins 

Sewing machine , sewing supplies 

Light quil batting 

Scraps of cotton fabric 

Heat bond 

*Handrawn shamrock and flower 

My green shamrock mug mat from a ❄️ snowflake cloth napkins ....

I simply fold in half with print side inside. Sewed around the side and placed my white shamrock I cutout and applicated it on with heat and bond. Then stuff with batting, sewed opening. And quilted and sewed around shamrock. 

Spring flower napkin 

I used a cute printed napkin here. And applicated the flower and quilted. 

The shamrock and flower makes perfect place for your mug. 

Have a great Thursday..... What are you making today? 

Atc cards : St Patrick's Day

 I made these cut St Patrick's Day atc with handmade symbols and embossment. Like a rainbow and hat with clovers

How are you celebrating St Patrick's Day this year? 

Rusty the Leprechaun

Happy Wednesday!/Today's project is here

Rusty is here too find his pot of gold in my backyard 

Rusty is handrawn and painted with acrylic paint on a white wooden board. I added you h of gold in coins and 🍀 clover. 

Recognize the board? It's been repurpose from my Valentine's and Christmas board.... The magic of white paint.

Rusty loves hanging out next to my large black iron pot filled with gold. Just what Leprechaun looking for. 

Next for the board ? Spring flower or Easter stop bye and see what's next.   Lisa 

Beef Stew Crockpot Recipe

 

• 2 lbs. red potatoes ($2.40)
• ▢1 yellow onion ($0.37)
• ▢3 carrots ($0.44)
• ▢4 stalks celery ($0.44)
• ▢4 cloves garlic ($0.32)
• ▢1.5 lbs. beef stew meat ($11.24)
• ▢2 Tbsp all-purpose flour ($0.03)
• ▢1/4 tsp salt ($0.02)
• ▢1/4 tsp Freshly cracked black pepper ($0.02)
• ▢2 Tbsp cooking oil ($0.08)
• ▢2 cups beef broth ($0.27)
• ▢2 Tbsp Dijon mustard ($0.13)
• ▢1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce ($0.06)
• ▢1 Tbsp soy sauce ($0.06)
• ▢1.5 tsp brown sugar ($0.02)
• ▢1.5 tsp dried rosemary ($0.15)
• ▢1.5 tsp dried thyme ($0.15)

Instructions 

• Dice the onion and red potatoes. Slice the carrots and celery. Mince the garlic. Place the prepared vegetables in a four or five quart slow cooker.
• Place the stew meat in a bowl and sprinkle the flour, salt, and pepper over top. Toss the meat until it's evenly coated in flour.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Once very hot, add the cooking oil and swirl to coat the surface of the skillet. Add the stew meat and cook, without stirring, until browned on the bottom. Stir and then allow the beef to brown on a second side. Transfer the meat to the slow cooker.
• Turn the heat under the skillet down to medium-low. Add the broth, Dijon, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, rosemary, and thyme to the skillet. Stir and cook over medium-low until all the browned bits have dissolved off the bottom of the skillet.
• Pour the broth over the ingredients in the slow cooker and everything a good stir.
• Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on high for four hours or low for eight hours.
• After cooking the meat and vegetables should both be tender. Stir the stew well to allow the potatoes to slightly break down and thicken the gravy. Taste the stew and adjust the salt or other seasonings to your liking. Serve hot!

St Patrick day card

 St Patrick Day is next week and I am making a few thing

Lets put on the Green with clovers and bows 

My tag  has a greed leprechaun and ties 

I am sharing my cards and tags with 

https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Star CREATIVEfeature 3/9/26

 

WELCOME to the second week of the March 2026 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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