Lucky Friend Card

 Thinking of St Patrick's Day with this Lucky Friend card.  

I posted this card on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog today.  Find all the details HERE.

The foiled shamrock is made with hearts covered by metallic transfer foil.  It's a fun technique.  I used some foil for the border on verse, too.  Although it's hard to see in photo, the background has been spritzed with Distress Spritz Mowed Lawn so it has a shimmer.  

All the directions with step out photos so you can see how to make your own shamrock are HERE.

Thanks for visiting!

Judy

Materials Needed:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser

3D Foam Squares Black Mix

3D Foam Creative Sheets Small Black

Adhesive Sheets 4 x 6in.

Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Variety Colors, Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Celebrate Colors

Other: Stamp: Altenew (Crafty Friend); Ink: Ranger Ink (Distress Oxide Iced Spruce, Distress Spritz Mowed Lawn); Ink: Tsukineko (Versafine Onyx Black); Craft Dies: Sizzix (Tim Holtz Stacked Tiles Hearts, Alphanumeric Bulletin); Green, White Cardstock

A Bit O' Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here's wishing you a bit o' luck on this day!

I don't usually make St Patrick's day cards. I'm not Irish. In fact, I don't think I've ever made one until tonight. I started with a plan to make some four leaf clovers with Spellbinder's heart cut outs so I could post something here to celebrate this day. Once I had those put together, I needed a background to add interest to my photo. Well, that led to an actual card ....a very dimensional card.

What do you think of those four leaf clovers?

I cut small hearts out of green cardstock & added a bit of Distress Peeled Paint ink. I shaped them & glued them to green florist wires. The card top has a green & white oval behind the check paper. I used a small oval Spellbinder's die to trace the oval shape onto the check paper and cut it out with a scissor. The curved verse is from a Crafty Secrets set called "Home Sweet Home".

I used the only green ribbon I had to create the bow. It seemed a little big at first but I love how it looks on the finished card. The tag was cut with a Spellbinder's die out of white paper. I added Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed & Pine Needles inks to it after I stamped & embossed the greeting (Hero Arts Happy Greetings) . A mist of water blended the colors.

This card was so much fun to put together!

Stamps: Crafty Secrets Home Sweet Home, Hero Arts Happy Greetings

Spellbinders Heart & Petite Oval dies, Pinking Pierceabilities

Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Mustard Seed

Papers: Cloud 9 & Imaginisce

Martha Stewart punch

May luck be with you this day!

-judy