Hello! It’s time for a new inspirational quote over at Words 2 Craft By! Our words this month are about St. Patrick’s Day:
A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have. ─ Irish proverb
I think that’s a fun theme, so click on the link above to check out the awesome inspiration from my teammates and join in on the fun! Here’s my project:
My card is actually a St. Patrick’s Day/Birthday card. My brother-in-law’s birthday is on St. Patty’s day, so I always use that theme. This year he’s having a milestone birthday, hence, the word “EPIC.” My old goat is from the new Tim Holtz “Hipster” stamp set. When I first saw these, I didn’t care for them until I saw the awesome samples from Tim’s team at Creativation in January. After that, I just had to have them – LOL!
I decided to keep the card simple for a change and used various papers that I’ve collected the last few years. The plaid directly under the image is from Authentique. I believe it’s from the retired “Lucky” collection, and I don’t know the lines of the other papers. The Irish blessing on the card is from the cut-off strip of the Authentique paper. I inked it with Vintage Photo distress ink, and used black border stickers to outline the top and bottom.
I stamped my image onto heavy watercolor paper with Ranger black archival ink, them embossed over it with clear powder. I like to do that when I’m “painting” with my distress inks (which I use on just about everything).
I used various distress inks to color my image. Since I like to add dimension, I stamped an extra image for a tie and set of glasses. I added some Glossy Accents to the glasses before adhering. I cut out a little shamrock for the lapel, and added some white glossy Nuvo drops. I don’t know about you, but I don’t always have the best luck with my Nuvo drops, so I add them to my craft mat instead of directly to my project because a lot of them don’t look good. I have one bottle of a pearly white, and those are usually terrible – they’re harder to squeeze out, so I think the hole opening is too small. My bottle of pink makes the best ones out of the bottles I’ve tried so far.
Other than the inside of the card, that’s about it – very simple. Thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave comments. Don’t forget to play along with our St. Patrick’s Day challenge at Words 2 Craft By!
Playing along in the following challenges:
http://snarkystampers.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/soss-79-g-is-for-green-with-envy.html
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/ch-125-lots-of-green-winners-from-ch-124.html
http://craftstamper.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/take-it-make-it-challenge-march.html
https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/3-patterned-papers.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/work-wednesday-february-2017/
http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/curtain-call-inspiration-challenge-green.html
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/march-2017-inspired-by-tim-holtz.html
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-march.html
March 8th, 2017 at 8:44 am
Hi Marty! I had to smile when I saw your card. I used to have a boss that would say, “do you want to be a hero or a goat?” Well, I say that you are a hero with this goat image ~ your brother will love this ‘epic’ card! Hugs, Annie
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March 8th, 2017 at 1:44 pm
Thanks for playing along with us at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, your card is simply FABULOUS! Amazing! Jo x
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March 8th, 2017 at 6:15 pm
Marty, What a fabulously epic birthday card for your brother! Love it… and that clipped off sentiment… brilliant!
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March 8th, 2017 at 9:27 pm
What an awesome goat, and fabulous card, great design and colouring. Thanks for playing along with us at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for G is for Green with envy.
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March 9th, 2017 at 1:24 am
Brilliant card, perfect for an EPIC birthday and of course for our green challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers
Jane
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March 9th, 2017 at 11:10 am
Oh he is just as fun as he can be! Wonderful design & coloring! Hugs, Autumn
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March 9th, 2017 at 11:11 am
Fabulous card Marty!
What could be better for a St Patrick’s Day birthday than a hipster goat and shamrocks???
LOVES IT!!
Thanks for getting Green With Envy with the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!!
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March 9th, 2017 at 2:02 pm
What an awesome birthday card! Tim’s stamp looks great with the Authentique papers! I love your design! Thank you for joining the March challenge of the Country View Challenges blog!
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March 10th, 2017 at 6:31 pm
Oooh, I love your PP together. This is a great looking card. Thanks for joining us at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for the Green with Envy challenge.
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March 10th, 2017 at 6:52 pm
I haven’t quite decided if this TH set is a must-have or a little creepy, but this card is making me think I need it! 😛 So good. Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!
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March 26th, 2017 at 9:19 pm
Hi Marty! Did you see that you’re Queen of Snark for this card? We’d love to have you join us as a guest designer next week!
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March 13th, 2017 at 8:58 am
Very fun card!
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March 16th, 2017 at 5:48 pm
Yup! I thought I could pass these stamps by, but they are really growing on me! Love the way you’ve painted him and given his glasses extra coolness! Well done, Marty! Hugs!
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March 17th, 2017 at 2:26 pm
Great Tim Holtz image, love how you used it here. Thanks for joining us at Country View Challenges this month!
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March 22nd, 2017 at 9:47 pm
No words for how much I love this … congrats on your win.
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