O'happy day

We're still on a holiday, but just wanted to 
drop by with a card that I made for St. Patrick's Day. 
My grandfather was from Ireland, so I have always 
thought of March 17th as an important day to celebrate. 
Hope you have a good one!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Card Base: 

Stampin' Up Rustic White; Polka Dot Basics; Summer Sunrise ink; corner rounder

Banner: 

Summer Sunrise Polka Dot Patterned Paper; New Leaf Gingham  Patterned Paper;

Limitless Layers: 1 3/4" Circles; Summer Sunrise & Rustic White card stock; 

New Leaf & Summer Sunrise inks; Luck of the Irish stamp; foam dimensional dots

Sentiment: 

Embroidered Blooms (o - from hello; happy)

Big Birthday Wishes (day - from birthday) 

Luck of the Irish (shamrock - New Leaf and Versamark and clear embossing powder)

Inside: School Time (roadway); Luck of the Irish (sentiment)

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Happily Ever Challenged #15: St. Patrick's Day Tribute

      I have only entered a few challenges since I started my blog - mostly Papertrey Ink's Monthly Blog Hop Challenges and a few of their Make It Monday Challenges.

     But when I saw a St. Patrick's Day Tribute Challenge on a fellow PTI forum member's blog I knew I had to give it a try!!  You see, I think of myself as a wee bit Irish and I love St. Patrick's Day!!  For this challenge a shamrock (3 leaf clover) and the colours white, green and orange were to be incorporated on the card. You can find the details and a variety of cards for the challenge here: Happily Ever Challenged #15.

   I used a digi image I found at Waltzingmouse Stamps - Last year, this was offered as a free download, so it was the perfect image for this challenge. I resized it and then printed it on PTI white card stock so that I could colour it with my copic markers.  I added a little touch of glitter with Sukura Gelly Roll pens - silver on the safety pin and clear on the shamrocks. A light blue-green marker (BG10) highlights the edges of the image to create a shadow effect. I cut the image with a Nestabilities Label #4 die and then sponged the edge of the die cut with Autumn Terracotta ink.

     The sentiment is from PTI Friendship Jar, stamped in black ink.  I used my copic markers to colour the little rhinestones in an orange colour so they would complement the image.  The edges of PTI's Green Boutique patterned paper was stitched (by hand) with white embroidery floss and then mounted onto a white card base that was sponged with the same Autumn Terracotta ink.

     I also used a white ribbon that I edged with copic markers - green, (white) and orange to represent the Irish flag!! A larger rhinestone was attached to the center of the bow.

     I love how this turned out - and the sentiment means that I can use it for a variety of occasions this spring. 

Card Details:

Stamps: PTI Friendship Jar; Waltzingmouse Stamps Digi image.

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; CTMH Autumn Terracotta.

Papers: PTI Stamper's Select White cardstock, Green Boutique Patterned paper

Other Supplies: copic markers; Nestabilities Label #4 die; rhinestones;CTMH White Daisy ribbon; Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic pens - silver & clear.

Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Green Day!!

Make it Monday #5: Distressed Edges

                    I have always loved
               St. Patrick's Day - March 17th. 

     As a young girl I would wear something green on the 17th and proudly announce that I was 1/4  Irish!! My mother's father was Irish, which I  believed made me Irish too!! 

     My husband and I were finally able to visit Ireland 4 years ago - loved every part of that trip - from the Dingle Peninsula to Belfast to Dublin to Cobh and every place in between!!  

Here's my tribute to St. Patrick's Day with a little bit of "distressing" for this week's  Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday.

     Last week's MIM challenge involved using fun foam and since I still had a small fun foam square sitting on my desk, I decided to use this card design again,  but added some distressing to the card base and matting panels for this week's challenge.

     I stamped three little squares using the textured fun foam square. I then stamped and coloured the St. Patrick's Day Hat (from High Hopes Stamps) with my copic markers, cutting them out and adhering them to the square panels.  I added some sparkle to the buckle with a gold metallic pen, and highlighted the centers of the cloverleaf with a clear Sakura Gelly Roll pen.
     A white ribbon was coloured with copic markers to create the green and orange stripes. (colours from the Irish flag).

 The sentiment (PTI's Mega Mixed Messages) was stamped in the lower right corner and highlighted with small gold metallic beads.

     The white panel was distressed with a green ink pad. The card base was distressed using sandpaper. The paper has a white core, so sanding the edges really allowed this to show.

Card Details:

Stamps:  a textured fun foam square made by me!!  
High Hopes St. Patrick's Day Hat; PTI Mega Mixed Messages;

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black;  CTMH Clover Green, Autumn Terracotta

Papers: PTI Stampers Select White card stock; Best Occasions "Brights" Green card stock

Other Supplies: Fun Foam; PTI Take Three die; PTI Linen Impression plate;  copic markers;  CTMH White Daisy ribbon;  gold metallic beaded dots; Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic pens -  gold & clear; corner rounder.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great weekend.