Saint. Patrick’s Day Tea Party in a Box with Authentique Dublin Collection

Hello, Friends! Pull up a chair and join me for a Saint Patrick’s Day Tea Party in a Box! Having an Irish heritage, I love this vibrant holiday! Remember having to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day so you don’t get pinched? This Authentique Dublin box style folio sparkles with gold straight from the leprechauns’ vast hoard! Let’s take a look at the details, shall we?

This box style folio measures 5 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and has a 1″ top fold spine. You can learn how to create this style folio, and the box pocket on the inside by watching THIS video. The measurements are slightly different, but the process is the same. Make the shaker element with an altered Tim Holtz vignette frame. Learn how to do that in THIS video. Here’s how I altered the frame:

Paint the frame with ivory chalk paint.
Tap with Peeled Paint Distress Ink, then spritz lightly with water. Heat dry.
Now brush the frame with gold mica gel (link below the post.)

That’s all there is to it!

Saint Patrick’s Day Tea Party in a Box: The Pull Out Pages

The top half of the folio is a sweet little pull out mechanism. Here’s how to make it:

First, cut one sheet of Spectrum Forest Green Cardstock into (2) 12″ x 5″ panels.
Next, line the 5″ side of one panel with 1/2″ Scor-Tape. Remove the liner, and carefully overlap the other Forest Green panel over the 1/2″ line of tape. Keep everything nice and straight.
From the left, score at 4 1/4″.
Fold the score line, then score every 5″ all the way down the panel. You’ll have 2 short flaps on each end.
Accordion fold so that both short pieces end up on the top of the pile, one under the other.
Place Scor-Tape on the back of the folio and wrap the folio with a long piece of ribbon. Tie a bow to secure the pages. Then center and adhere to the top of the card. Now all you have to do is decorate!

Create a little pocket for the front of the pull out mechanism. I tucked in my favorite Irish Soda Bread recipe, which always makes an appearance for St. Patrick’s Day in our house!

Decorate the pages with 5 3/8″ panels of Dublin Cardstock. To create the flap elements, mat images on either 3 3/4″ x 4″ panels of Spectrum Kelly Green Cardstock (horizontal flaps) or 3 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ panels for vertical flaps. Don’t you love the images in this collection?

Saint Patrick’s Day Tea Party in a Box: Let’s Party!

This box pocket is filled to the brim with St. Patrick’s Day Treats!

TIP: Wrap your treats in scraps left from creating the folio elements. Then decorate them with punch out elements from the Cardstock Components sheet. I’ve added cookies, Irish Breakfast Tea, a honey pouch, a honey dipper, 2 chocolate mint Ghiradelli chocolates, a note card and a vintage silver plate spoon. Just add hot water and a friend!

What are your favorite Saint. Patrick’s Day traditions? We usually enjoy a shepherd’s pie with Irish soda bread a bit of Guinness on our supper table. Music by the Irish Rovers is the perfect finishing touch! I’d love to hear how you celebrate in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

SUPPLY LIST

- Authentique Paper
  - 12×12 Dublin Collection Kit (includes the punch out components)
  - Spectrum Cardstock: Forest Green/Kelly Green
- Tim Holtz Vignette Frame
- Clear Cardstock

Leprechaun’s Luck Shaker Mix
Ribbon
49 & Market Bottle Green Botanical Blooms
buttons from my stash

Authentique Shamrock Saint Patrick’s Day Home Decor: Lucky Banner and Wallhangings

Hello, Friends! Do you decorate your home for Saint Patrick’s Day? My grandgirls loooove the holiday, because each year a “leprechaun” visits them and commits all kinds of shenanigans! These Authentique Shamrock Saint Patrick’s Day Home Decor ideas should add to the fun.

Authentique Shamrock Saint Patrick’s Day Home Decor: Lucky Banner

Banners are such a fun way to decorate your home for the holidays. They are festive, fun to display and pretty easy to make, too. This Lucky Banner is made with Authentique’s Shamrock paper collection and Emerald Collection Stickers. It measures about 3 feet from end to end. Isn’t it just gloriously green?

While I love to make banners, they are so hard to photograph. I made a super short video so that you can see the details better.

Look at that dapper Leprechaun! The large pennants are 3.5″ wide x 4.5″ tall. There are 3 of these, interspersed with smaller 2″ x 3″ pennants.

I used a banner die to cut dark green cardstock. Next, I matted the die cut pennant on a larger piece of lighter green cardstock. Then I hand cut the patterned papers to fit the pennant base. Finally, I stitched the focal image to the pennant on my sewing machine. To embellish, I used hand made rosettes, vintage buttons, white paper flowers and ivory burlap string. The pennants are attached to the ribbon with mini clothespins.

I’ve added sentiment stickers and metal keys.

These small banner sentiments and images are from the sticker sheet. Aren’t they great?

Banners are always a great way to decorate!

Authentique Shamrock Saint Patrick’s Day Home Decor: Irish Lass and Irish Lad Shaped Wall Hangings

While you are decorating, why not add some smaller wall hangings to the mix? These 6″ x 6″ shaped chipboard cards are made with retired Crafty Secrets Sweet Chips. I did a quick internet search for them, and found you can still get them on EBay. You might also be able to find a similar SVG cut file online as well.

I’ve suspended the cards from a small vintage style wire hanger for easy display. Lace, vintage buttons, Little Birdie Renae flowers and collection stickers have this card ready to River Dance!

The pockets are filled with little tags and stickers from the collection. Detach the mini hanger to open the card.

I love the sentiments in this collection!

To make this mini file folder, I added the sticker to a piece of cardstock that was twice its height. Then I trimmed around it and added papers to the inside. This would be a great place for the leprechauns to leave a little treat!

Of course, I had to make one for an Irish Lad, too!

These cards take “the wearin’ of the green” to a whole new level!

As always, these items are available for purchase in my ETSY shop.

I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and ideas that will help you get ready for Saint Patrick’s Day. If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!