OK, everyone, I KNOW St Patrick's day is over, but it is still March when I bring this challenge to you, so bear with me!!
This week is the last Tuesday of the month, so our tickle cards are going to fellow tea potters. and our theme is the Emerald Isle, and the story of Finn O'Flanagan.
I chose to showcase the beautiful green Irish countryside, with shamrocks and of course, the leprechaun, Finn! For my sky, I added some embossed and die cut clouds, and then I cut several layers of green papers like the hilly countryside and sponged them with LOTS of GREEN. Next I stamped and diecut the shamrock/clover image from ODBD and die cut it, adding lots of green copic colors to bring out the beauty. Since I did not have a leprechaun image, I copied one from a card Sallie sent me and hid him behind the cluster of shamrocks, and popped it up on a "WOBBLE" - just for FUN! Also pierced all around the lower part of my card front.
Hope to give some teapotter a big smile next week when we mail these out. Hope you can join us for this challenge - go HERE to sign up now!
Go TO THIS LINK to see the challenge!! Hope you will join in the fun!!
INSERT 2 FUN THINGS - from my trip with my DH, back in 1996 - first, our guide told us we were coming up on an Irish traffic jam on one of the narrow roads - we could not imagine how such a narrow road could have a lot of traffic on it - actually was a herd of sheep crossing the road that held us up for quite a while!! Second, my DH came up with a theory, that all the sheep and goats must have 2 legs shorter than the other two, so they could stand upright on the steep hills!! He had the whole bus in stitches with that one - even our guide was laughing!
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Mon, Mar 30, 2015 @ 6:30 PM
This is TOO fun! I do love the patterned hills and the added sponging as well as that cute guy on a wobble! This will definitely delight the recipient!
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Mon, Mar 30, 2015 @ 8:04 PM
I absolutely LOVE this card!! So adorable with all those wonderful patterned papers and the fun leprechaun. So neat that he wobbles! I think there will be a line of us wanting this one!
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Registered: March 7, 2009 Location: Where the corn is knee high by the 4th of July Posts: 17498
Mon, Mar 30, 2015 @ 10:27 PM
LOVE this TPer card, Sue! Sooo CUTE! Great rolling hills, leprechaun and what a fab shamrock. Great challenge story. I hope to be able to participate this week.
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Mon, Mar 30, 2015 @ 11:47 PM
Oh Greenie your leprechaun is super duper cute and I love all the patterned hilly layers. Any teapotter would love to recieve this. Thank you for a fun challenge!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131884
Tue, Mar 31, 2015 @ 7:37 AM
Sue, this is just fantastic! I love your pieced hills and all the different papers you used, and your leprechaun hiding behind the clover is just sweet. I only wish we had more blue skies with fluffy white clouds like this, and fewer solid-grey skies!!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28924
Tue, Mar 31, 2015 @ 9:13 AM
I LOVE this!!! This is the cutest thing ever! I love the way you did all those hills in different dp -- the Leprechaun and shamrocks are a hit!
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92550
Tue, Mar 31, 2015 @ 10:01 AM
Sue...pure Ireland....right down to the "40 shades of green"! : ) Love your scene and how you created it. Just makes me smile......and wish I were back in Ireland.