Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Happy St. Patty's Day

My mom got this adorable stamp at Hobby Lobby and I asked her to stamp me out a few images to play with. Thanks mom!!! My layout is this week's sketch challenge. Another great one!! I asked my mom to stamp him on watercolor paper so I could color him in with SU markers and an aquapainter. He is so fun to color!!! or maybe that's just me. I've always loved coloring. I listed the markers that were used below. The buckles and buttons were colored with a So Saffron marker, then I went over them with a Sakura Stardust pen. Turned everything a nice gold color and you can't be a leprechaun without a touch of gold on ya!!! After I did that, I knew I have to add some gold brads. Don't they look like little gold coins? It's hard to see in the photo, but the Saffron background is stamped with Linen. I found this sentiment at Hobby Lobby. Do you know how hard it is to find a St. Patty's day sentiment? I've been searching for weeks and finally settled for this one. I stamped it in Palette Burnt umber, then stamped it again on Old Olive cardstock so I could cut out the little clover. Happy Staming!!!!

Stamps: Leprechaun (Hobby Lobby, sentiment (Hampton Art Stamps, Hobby Lobby), Linen
Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, watercolor, Old Olive designer paper
Ink: So Saffron, Palette Burnt Umber
Other: gold brads, ticket corner punch, Chocolate Taffeta, Sakura Stardust pen, SU markers, aquapainter
Markers used: Garden Green, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue (to highlight around the image)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh, I LUFF this so much! That paper is perfect for this card and that leprechaun is too cute!!

Rachel Hope said...

OH MY!!! This is Perfection!!!!

Leslie said...

I love this, Kim!

Also, thank you for the awesome bella card that you sent me! I love it!

Anonymous said...

You did a perfect job on this card. Wish I could color like this! TFS

Lynn Put said...

Kim,
This is a wonderful St. Patty's day card, what a cute leprechaun and your coloring is knock out as always!