St. Patty's Day Clovers

Second post for me today. If you're looking for my Hero Arts post, please scroll down one. Thanks

I'm trying to get back into the swing of stamping and participating in challenges since my latest migraine flare up had me down for over 3 weeks and I was unable to literally do nothing since it sat right behind my eyes. The head and eyes are still sore, however, not pounding so they're tolerable at the moment.

I decided to make a quick and easy St. Patty's Day card for a few challenges and use up some scrap card stock at the same time. After stamping my clover image from the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set called Lots of Luck in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored them with using the emerald marker. Once the coloring was finished, I just stamped my saying in upper left hand corner and the card was finished. For the envelope, I stamped the clover just once and colored it using koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker for a slightly different look.

Challenges entered:

CardzTV - Erin Go Braugh
Speedy Fox and Friends - Green Challenge
Friends of SpeedyTV #63 - St. Patty's Day
4Crafty Chicks #133 - Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Lots of Luck
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Koh-i-noor Pencils, Envie

Lots Of Luck - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

 

February Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
 

Lots of Luck Featured February 19
Hum Along Featured February 20
Rain Clouds Featured February 21
All Postal Featured February 22

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on February 23,2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday February 22, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Love Script"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Big Cupcake"

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

 



With St. Patty's Day coming up I thought I would show you a couple of different ways to use today's featured set.

 

First up is a clean and simple (CAS) card I made by just stamping the large shamrock in the lower right hand corner and coloring with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker before stamping the saying further up the card.  The only embellishments I added to it was some bling to the center of the shamrock and some ribbon I've had in my stash for years.

 

My second card features the leprechaun from Lots of Luck paired with Scenic Selections.  After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto MFP white card stock and colored with prismacolor markers, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass and forest moss distress inks around the edges before stamping some birds and grass from Scenic Selections.  After popping up the image panel over some ribbon from my stash, I added a few bling shamrocks, faux brads, and ice stickles to the center of the colored shamrocks in the pot.

 

I did pretty much the same color and embellishment scheme for my third card only changed the saying and background designer paper.  The pot of shamrocks has also been popped up using pop dots and has ice stickles highlighting the centers.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

 

Stamps: MFP Lots Of Luck, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Forest Moss, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: MFP, Stampin Up!, Cosmo Cricket Clementine Designer Paper, Basic Grey Lauderdale Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Bling, Ribbon, Oval Punch, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Stipple Brushes