Sunday, March 8, 2015

Pilin' on the Green

This week at the Pile It On Challenge our theme is Green. Whether you're dreaming of spring, saying good-bye to summer, or feeling a bit Irish, make sure you add plenty of green to your project. We're sponsored by Meljen's Designs, so I used her whimsical Shamrock Bouquet.


The lattice banner was made by folding the pre-glittered cardstock in half & cutting it with a die by QuicKutz. I poked the decorative holes out of one side only, and added some scrap ribbon & yarn. The bottom piece is the negative from the lattice die-cut, with a touch of lime green Liquid Pearls.

I made the sentiment with Snidely (you may remember this sentiment from my Friday the 13th Valentine) and printed it in a dark green on a light green paper. I printed the Shamrock Bouquet onto a bright green paper and colored it with Copic markerss. I used foam tape to pop up a section of the image. I cut each piece with a Spellbinders/Nestabilities die and used that same die as a stencil for the matching matte. The mattes are cut with the same paper as its top piece, but inked with key lime VersaMagic chalk ink and edged with a green Copic. The tops are also popped up with foam tape.

The backing piece is a Core'Dinations cardstock that I sanded a bit to reveal the lighter-green core. It was difficult to leave so much open space, but I felt that the design was stronger without more embellishment. The card base is a green cardstock, so I added a white message section inside.


Mojo Monday #387
Inspiration/Challenges:
Artistic Inspirations: Anything Goes with a Twist of Green
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas: Green
Creative Card Crew #82: Green
Creative Moments #63: Anything Goes/Spring Green
Cuttlebug Mania: Monochromatic Green + Dies
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations: Let's see some Green
Mojo Monday: Sketch #387 (2nd entry)
QKR Stampede: Green
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: "Just a hint of Clover"

Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting! Hope you'll join us at Pile It On,

11 comments:

  1. Fabulous card! Very clever use of dies, lovely design and image. Thanks for joining us at creative Moments.
    Chris
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  2. This is lovely! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! - Ashli :)

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  3. Cute and very green :0) Love the saying, that's how I feel about my husband! Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Card Crew.

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  4. GOrgeous! I LOve your design and these pretty dies. Thank you soooo much for joining us this week at QKR Stampede.
    Chrissyxx

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  5. Loving all your latest creations CG!
    Had a good old snoop around your blog!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  6. LOVE the image and the dies are WONDERFUL! Thanks for joining us this week at QKR Stampede Challenge "Bring on the Green"!

    Brenda DT

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  7. Lovely card in green, perfectly springtime! Regards Ela

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  8. Beautiful card. I love the die cuts. Thanks for joining us this week or our Green Challenge at QKR Stampede. Karal DT

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  9. Great Good Luch card, love how you've used the waste from the die cut

    Thanks for playing along at Cuttlebug Mania this time x

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  10. I adore this card! You put so many little details and a whole lot of love in this card. Thanks for sharing it with us over at Craftin' Desert Divas.

    DT Lisa

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  11. How fabulous! I love the clover. Thanks so much for playing with us this week at Craftin Desert Divas Green Linky Party. Hope to see you again soon :)

    michelle (Craftin Desert Divas DT)
    Purple Monkey Moments

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