I'm not a big fan of St. Patrick's Day, the only good thing about it is that it's a day off!!! I have too many memories of having to attend parades in the freezing rain and the howling wind as a child. My own two poor deprived offspring have never been to a Paddy's Day parade, they'll have to wait 'till they're old enough to go by themselves!!!
So, I didn't make a St. Patrick's Day card - I made a good luck one - here it is:
I've used the sketch from Totally Gorjuss, and I'm also entering this into The Shabby Tea Room ("Luck of the Irish"), A Spoon Full of Sugar (vintage/shabby), Little Red Wagon ("St. Paddy's Day Green"), Simon Says Stamp (anything goes) and Colour Create (green/brown/cream/black).
The colour scheme is not one I'd normally use, but I really like the combination - especially with the added touches of gold on the ribbon and the gold stickled hearts - very leprechauny! I've used one of my Sugar Nellies that I haven't inked up for a while - love these Leanne Ellis images - here's a close-up:
Recipe:
Papers: Basic Grey "Origins"
Stamp: "Choose" by Leanne Ellis for Sugar Nellie
Colouring Medium: Distress Inks
Other: Gold stickles, ribbon from stash, needle + thread
If you were wondering where I got the title for this post, I've added a link below. If you've got 4 minutes to spare, have a listen. It's an Irish comedian called Mario Rosenstock doing his version of Michael Flatley on a spoof radio interview - I've listened to it over and over and it makes me cry with laughter every time. Enjoy!!
And thanks for looking (and listening!!).
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9 comments :
Beautiful card! Love it! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!
Hugs...
Melissa
Simon Says DT
Hi Julie, love your card hun, great take on the challenge, love your image and those hearts, thanks for joining us at paper play, hugs Liz xx
hey Julie - super fun lil card. love the lil hearts :)
What a fun card, Julie!!
Love how you've used Net's sketch. Love the glittery hearts too and the ribbon is really pretty. Your choice of colours works really well. Thanks for joining us at TG this week.
Kat x
oh that was really cool. one of my boyfriends fav jokes is "they have discovered a really old book which will revolutionize Irish dancing, it's called "part 2 the arms"."
I always wanted to send St Patrick a postcard from some snakes in Australia saying thanks mate.
lovely card, cute image.EE
Hey hun, I think "what's our Julie on" when I read the title lol.
Your card is absolutely gorgeous hun, love your colouring and the cute image.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp
hugs Mandy xx
I used to live in Ireland while I was young and I so can remember those wet days getting dressed up to stand in a parade wishing that st Patrick could have made his day in July!!! Beautiful card loving the colours.
Hi Julie, sorry for being absent for so long! To add to everything else my youngest managed to take apart my laptop keyboard - now half of the keys are loose and typing is a challenge, lol Today they'll pick up my laptop for repairs, no idea when I'll get it back. :(
It's a delight to see that your work is just as wonderful, creative and interesting as ever! There is a lot of beauty to be taken in here!
Gonna listen to the Gift Grub you so kindly provided now :)
Hugs
Annika
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