Luck O’ the Irish

Hey everybody, Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week and you’re looking forward to doing something fun this weekend! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m delighted to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #166 – Anything Goes! I created a very cool hybrid St. Patrick’s Day card. Green is my all-time favorite color, and I have quite a few super awesome digital images from The Hungry JPEG and some great Hero Arts sentiment stamps, so it didn’t take me long to figure out what to make – just in time for St. Patty’s Day!

I cut a square side-folding card base from CutCardStock Mantis Green cardstock. I printed the green beer image and sentiment from The Hungry JPEG Lucky Charmers Collection on CutCardStock Royal Sundance Ivory Linen cardstock. I trimmed the image down to a square size and punched the sentiment with a circle punch. I cut a square panel and punched a slightly large circle from CutCardStock Bright Gold Foil cardstock, and layered the image and sentiment. The finishing touch was adding several gemstones from the Trinity Stamps Andradite Sparkle Embellishment Mix with my Trinity Pick Up Stick.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory and embellished it with leftover strips of CutCardStock Mantis Green and Royal Sundance Ivory linen cardstock. I stamped a rather humorous sentiment from the Hero Arts Irreverent Birthday Messages stamp set in Catherine Pooler Lime Rickey ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html
2. https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/02/classic-design-challenge-02-2024-febmar.html
3. http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-2024-crafts-galore-encore.html
4. https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/02/challenge-590-use-your-favourite-colours.html
5. https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/02/pennys-challenge-566.html

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Mantis Green, Bright Gold Foil and Royal Sundance Ivory Linen cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock
Stamps: The Hungry JPEG Lucky Charmers Collection, Hero Arts Irreverent Messages stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Lime Rickey ink
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up 1-1/4″ and 1″ circle punches
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip, Trinity Stamps Andradite Sparkle Embellishment Mix, Trinity Pick Up Stick

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Luck O’ the Irish

3/15/20 Top 3 at Artsystamper Digitals Challenge!
3/17/20 Top 3 at Double D Challenges!

Hello, friends! Hope you’re having a good week! Our new challenge is live over at Paper Funday Challenges and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project with you today! Our challenges are always Anything Goes with an optional twist each month, and our twist this month is St. Patrick’s Day. Our sponsor is Jan’s Digi Stamps and I used Lucky Charm digi set from my stash to create a fun St. Patrick’s Day card. I absolutely LOVE Jan’s digis… especially the colored ones. She takes all the guess work, time and effort out of the equation! They are just beautiful! ;)

I used a pretty shaped die set to create the card base and layers. The patterned papers are from my new favorite paper pad. I printed a sentiment and pre-colored image from the set on white cardstock. I punched the sentiment out with a circle punch and layered it on a slightly larger punched circle. I cut the image with one of the card layer dies, and then used an old technique that I learned about five years ago to create gorgeous sparkle over the entire image. OMGoodness, what a fun technique that yields absolutely gorgeous results! And it’s easy – simply apply Versamark over the entire image (all the way out to the edges), apply a sparkle embossing powder and heat emboss it. Tip: If your sparkle embossing powder releases tiny bits of sparkle after it’s embossed, you can apply more Versamark and clear embossing powder, and heat emboss it again. I’ve also done this technique with bridal tinsel embossing powder in the past and needed to use the clear embossing powder over it.

I created a computer-generated sentiment for the inside, cut it with a card layer die and embellished it with coordinating paper from the same paper pad.

One more look… isn’t this just yummy?! Love, love, love! The sparkle is amazing!

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge Blog: #11 – Green
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #73 – Anything Goes
Double D Challenges: It’s All About The Green
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #114 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2009 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Call Me Clover cardstock, GKD White cardstock, The Paper Studio Four Seasons and Everything In Between paper pad
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Lucky Charm digi set
Ink: Versamark
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Stacey Create-A-Card die set, Stampin’ Up 1-1/4″ and 1-3/8″ circle punches
Accessories: Gemini Junior die cutting machine, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, JudiKins Iridescent Sparkle Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up Dimensionals

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! Remember, our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ with an optional twist. Can’t wait to see what you create! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Jan’s Digi Stamps! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig