Do not check your calendar, it's not March 17th! Today's card was for two challenges over at the Verve forum. I used a turned sketch #3 and made a birthday card (Amber's challenge) with stitching (Jackie's twist). My favourite day of the year is my birthday!! I'm a St. Patrick's day baby (my name is the Irish form of Mary) and had to make a card showing my love for this day. I got this Goodluckabella last Spring but hadn't used it yet. I stamped the image with Versafine on water colour paper and coloured with SU ink and an aqua pen. Thanks for the tip, Melisa! I had been colouring with blender pens but it always looked awful. I still need to practise this way, but it looks way better than the previous tries. I thought the sentiment from Papertrey was the perfect finishing touch. I have only taught one student in my 17 year teaching career that has the same birthday as me and have had a couple of students with siblings who've shared the day with me. My sister went on a first date with her husband on my birthday over 35 years ago. Do you know anyone who's birthday is on St. Patrick's Day? Happy Friday!! EDITED TO ADD: This card I entered for Jackie's stitching challenge won the random draw for a $25.00 gift certificate to Verve!! How fitting for such a "lucky" card! Oh, and I've spent it already :)
What's in it?Stamps: Goodluckabella, PTI mega mixed messages
Ink: Versafine onyx, SU black, old olive, celery, mustard, pumpkin
Paper: watercolour paper; SU old olive, vanilla; PTI shimmer gold; Bazzill textured green; it takes two dp
Accessories: SU scallop punch, circle punches, grosgrain; crystal brad, gemstones, button, linen thread, stitching, cuttlebug EF, prima flower
7 comments:
That's a great birthday card - and perfect for.....you!
Cute!!! The perfect birthday card!
As an Irish girl, I LOVE this card! I've had a couple of students whose b-days fell on St. Patty's Day...a couple of Valentine babies, too.
That's too funny! Way to go, congrats!!! More new and fun goodies to come, how exciting! Can't wait to see what you get!
Congrats!!! It is a really cute card. Why am I not surprised that you've spent the GC already? lol
So cute! I love that stamp! My daughter's friend has a baby sister that was born this past St. Patty's day, she weighed 13 lbs. 13 ozs. when she was born! WOW! That's big huh?! :)
What a great card Maureen! Wonderful watercolouring! The DP is beautiful-- watercoloured clovers? Love the stitching and the embellishments! Very fun!
Melisa
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