Sunday, March 11, 2012

Irish Bling

Hi - Jean Okimoto here - Happy Daylight Savings Time!  May the bright greens here add a bit of cheer to your weekend.

Clearsnap's greens - Irish Eyes, Emerald City, Green Apple and Spearmint collaborated on this sassy card.  "Honey, I'm Ready" is the stamp, from American Art Stamp.  Memory Box's Lucky Leaves Die created the glittery shamrock.

Here are the directions for today's project:

Clearsnap Products (View the 2012 catalog* here) 
  • Black ColorBox Classic Pigment Inkpad  (*Page 14)
  • Spearmint Stephanie Barnard ColorBox Premium Dye Inkpad (*Page 33)
  • Green Apple and Taffy Smooch (*Page 39)
  • Irish Eyes Designer Foils (*Page 65)
  • Celebrate Design Adhesives (*Page 63)
  • Emerald City Glitter (*Page 55)
  • ColorBox Stylus and White Blending Tip (*Page 81)
Stamp
Other Supplies
  • Kraft Cardstock
  • Black Cardstock
  • Bazzill Basics Sour Apple Cardstock
  • Detail Clear Embossing Powder
  • Heat-Tool
  • Cotton Swab and Water
  • Memory Box Lucky Leaves Die
  • Diecut Machine and Plates
  • Scor-Tape
  • Foam Dots
Directions
  • Stamp Honey, I'm Ready on kraft cardstock with Black and emboss it with detail clear powder
  • Smooch the hat with Green Apple 
  • Quickly remove any residual ink from the embossed areas with a lightly dampened cotton swab
  • Smooch the earring, choker and bracelet with Green Apple
  • Smooch the lips with  Taffy
  • Dry the inks
  • Trim the cardstock to 2-3/8" x 3-1/2 and ink the edges using the Stylus, Tip and Spearmint
  • Mat it with black cardstock trimmed to the same size
  • Burnish Celebrate onto Sour Apple Cardstock 
  • Burnish Irish Eyes Designer Foils (green-side-up) onto the adhesive
  • Trim the cardstock, edge it with Spearmint
  • Attach Scor-Tape to a scrap of green cardstock and diecut Lucky Leaves
  • Press Emerald City Glitter onto the adhesive
  • Cut, score and fold a 5-1/2" square card of Sour Apple
  • Assemble the card, using foam dots for the greeting
Have fun with this card...then send it to your Irish friends!

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