A PUMPKIN SPICE BLOG HOP...st. patrick's day

HELLO ALL

i have made this cute 3-1/2" square card for today's pumpkin spice blog hop and our challenge for the week. our first challenge of the month always coincide with the blog hop so it is like double dipping, hehe

---this challenge lasts all week (from saturday to friday, and the winner will be announced the following saturday---.

we have to use green, right? and then 4 of something, right?

well here is what i came with

so refreshing!

the squares are my "4 of something"  (the colors i chose represent the rainbow) and the green is in my shamrocks.

have you ever want to use pretty paper you have in your stash but because they belong to a holiday collection you pass it and do not use it? well, shhh!---the patterned papers are from the peppermint collection that crate paper released for christmas, hahaha! i bet you already do this and just needed a reminder, wink-wink. and the orange one is from a halloween pad, lol

i added a bit of "good luck charm" with the cotton twine: a wishbone, hehe...i found it in my jewelry box)

couldn't be easier this time.

why don't you join us?...please, READ a couple of guidelines here and see what you could win.

NOTE: i have candy for one of you lucky ladies....i will put a small goodie bag for you. leave me a comment and a way to contact you. you have 7 days to claim your prize.

Supplies used:

card base:     carta bella linen natural white (very nice cs)

patterned papers:     peppermint collection from crate paper (red, green); cloud 9 designs (orange)

sentiment:     g-studio clear stamp

adhesive: scotch's glue glider for the pink atg

solid cardstock:     die cuts with a view (blue, yellow)

other supplies used:

cotton twine, wishbone charm

YOUR NEXT STOP IS MISSY

LUCKY GIRL... a digital image from our latest release

 hola muchachas,

i have been practicing the coloring and bits by bits i am getting there. this week acm has the spectrum noirs on sale 50% off and i went i got some :D

so far, i can see they blend well on my watercolor paper from strathmore but i definitely need to learn how to shade, lol. the hair on my lucky girl was not that lucky, lmbo.

 this lucky girl is from the newest release at SK DIGIS and i chose her to my practice with the spectrum noirs since the dress needed a bit more coloring than what i am used to.

Lucky Girl

( i might make a tag from it)

2.75" wide x 4" tall

---you do know how much i love bright, rich colors but i must use softer hues for my coloring until i learn this coloring business (if i ever do)---, i believe it simplifies the trauma, lol

lucky girl has glassy eyes (done with glossy accents) because she did not sleep well last night, she came back from the oscars really-really late. hehe

 another view  to see the stickles and, the snapshot (polaroid) frame with the stamped background and, a close view of the hair, lol....you can see i need lots of practice in the shadowing department, hehe.

and on this last pic (you can not see it because it is white) but i used washi tape, and i stamped on it the shamrocks and sentiment. i did not want to stamp right on the frame just in case i had trouble but i did not. i used a dye ink for it and it did not smear. actually, i like it a lot...it was not my intention to have it transparent, but it worked. i really like how my lucky girl turned out despite the blotchy hair :D

Supplies Used:

digital image:     sk digis (lucky girl)

patterned paper:     dear lizzy (neopolitan)

white cardstock:     georgia pacific

background stamp:     unity stamps (jars of love 3)

sentiment and shamrocks:     g-studio clear stamp

inks:     g-studio (yellow); versafine (black); clearsnap/ancient page (pine)

markers:     spectrum noir

cricut cartridge:      any cartridge with a rectangle will work. i used my gypsy to position one rectangle inside the other with the measurements i needed for my project. 

so happy you stopped by to see my project. 

we have our weekly challenge going on at sk digis and if you want to participate, you can click here for all the details.

see you on wednesday!

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SKETCHY FRIDAY #7...USING THE "LUCKY CLOVER"

hello all

back here after enjoying working with another sketchy friday challenge. today, i am using an image of the newer release for st. patrick's day: the lucky clover... lately, we have had a share of not so good life twists and that is what made me use this image. 

you all know i do the manual fuzzy cutting for these images since i do not own one of those cutter that do :( and i find it so easy working with these images. anyway, let me show you.

Lucky Clover

3.25" x 4.25"

the clover is the main image of the digi selection but it has many other smaller elements you can use any way you need or like. it has smaller clovers, different smaller circles/dots: you can see the entire digital image HERE

this image plus a few more elements is only a dollar...yeap...you read it right!

i tried so hard to stay within this week's sketch. :D---for some reason i have the need of changing things, lol.

TIP: when i print my digi's i use a microsoft word program, set my page size (any size my printer allows me), set all  margins to .25" and "insert" a pic from file (which in this case will be my digi image). i then can re size it to any size i need or want. for this part i use the handles around the image. last, i print.

Supplies Used:

digital image "lucky clover": sk digis

patterned paper:     mme (lost & found two)

stickpins:     webster pages (feb. sprinkle box)

sentiment:     g studio clear stamps
markers:     tim holtz distressed markers  

other:     my supplies

i sure hope you join us this week. 

note that the sketchy friday's challenges run from friday to thursday: this one starts today, the 15th and ends on the 21st. you have a whole week to work on your project and you do not even need sk digis. you can use your own, just follow the sketch. if you do not have any digis, sk digis has a freebie section too. 

thanks so much for stopping by!

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GOOD LUCK DOOR DECOR/SHAMROCK

What do you think?

I absolutely love it.

 

 

 

  

I used the shamrock from the Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge and cut the base on chipboard at 11.25"

Then I cut a MS cardstock the same size to have a sturdier base.

The second layer was cut at 10.25"

and the third was cut at 9.25"

The patterned papers are from MME the Bohemia Collection.

The font is from Ashlyn's Alphabet Cricut Cartridge at 2.5" with a shadow. The upper layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and everything was inked and 2 shamrocks were popped-up.

The ribbon is a wired ribbon I purchased at Walmart.

I hung it on my front door.

Enjoy! Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. 

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