Pot o' Gold and the Luck of the Irish

Feeling a bit of the luck o' the Irish with this card.  I was working on a few challenge entries and this fun note card just came together. 

First, I've been looking forward to playing with the "swipe" image from the Sheltering Tree set in the Occasions catalog.  For the Colour Me Card Challenge (CCMC62), we were to use Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green, so I thought I'd highlight those two colors with this simple stamp.  They form the background behind the Gold Satin Ribbon (which I just fell upon as I pawed through my ribbon stash -- my original plan was to go with Whisper White ribbon of some sort).  This card also fits the monochromatic scheme of the Friday Mashup celebratory 200th (choose your own) challenge, so I chose #6: FM200.

The layout was provided by the Mojo Monday MOJO388 challenge.

Next, I have the "lucky" sentiment punched and clipped from the And Many More set.  I masked off the "you" and inked the stamp with Versamark before embossing it with the Heat Tool and Gold Embossing Powder. I punched the tag with my trusty Modern Label punch and clipped off one end.  Whisper White Baker's Twine finishes the tag. Simple and sweet!

Finally, I used the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack to approximate my lucky clovers. Easy!

Hope you have a fun St. Patty's day and that you find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

{Watercolor} Hexagon Notecards

Today's projects were created for a couple of challenges.  They were inspired by the Runway Inspired Challenge, RIC63, below:

The first project was entered in the Mojo Monday Challenge, MOJO352.  

And here's another...

• Spritzing the watercolor paper with clean water first makes it ready to receive the colors from the ink pads.

• Refer to this video for tips on using the Hexagon Hive Thinlit:

• Hide the adhesive on the vellum piece behind the other layers.  It's hard to hide adhesive with vellum, so you have to be tricky...

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  A Happy Hooray (W134009, C134012)

Papers:  Watercolor Paper (122959), Pacific Point (111350), Basic Black (121045), Whisper White (100730), Bermuda Bay (131197), Melon Mambo (115320), and White Vellum (101856) Cardstocks

Inks:  Daffodil Delight (126944), Melon Mambo (126948), Pacific Point (126951) and Bermuda Bay (131171) Classic Inks, and VersaMark (102283)

Artist's Flair:  Hexagon Hive Thinlit (132965), Big Shot (113439), Honeycomb TIEF (129378), Circles Collection Framelits (130911), Label Bracket Punch (132153), Hexagon Punch (130919), Heat Tool (129053), White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132), Aqua Painters (103954), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)