A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Monday 2 March 2020

Luck of the Irish

CAS Watercolour is being hosted by Julia this month and she's asking us to use the theme "Luck of the Irish".

 
Think emerald green, rainbows, pots of gold, shamrocks, leprechauns, etc.

I went with emerald green and a wreath of shamrocks.


My steps to make the card:
  • Create the background with Emerald Green Brushos sprinkled on watercolour paper and spritzed with water.
  • Die cut the wreath out of cream cs.  The wreath die has some scattered stars on it.  I die cut 5 little shamrocks to cover them up.  I popped the shamrocks up with foam dots and glued their stems to the wreath.
  • Die cut "good luck".  Glue wreath and sentiment to Brushos panel (which I'd die cut with a square).
  • Pop up on the cream card base with fun foam and add little emerald green stick-on circles.

If you look carefully, you'll notice that I adapted one of the shamrocks into a four-leafed one for extra luck!

Please head over to CAS Watercolour for more inspiration from the Design Team and this month's wonderful Guest Designer, Hannelie (Desert Diva)









Supplies:
Paper - watercolour paper, PTI Vintage Cream cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Emerald Green Brushos, Lime Citron wreath die, Tattered Lace "good luck" die, unknown little leaf die, green stick-on embellishments, fun foam

13 comments:

  1. Loving your shamrock wreath Susan with one four leaf for extra luck... great Brushos background too... you never can tell how they'll turn out - this looks lovely with your wreath, hugs Robyn

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  2. Your Brusho background is so pretty Susan! So wonderfully green with the flecks of other colors in the soft corners! Love that pretty shamrock wreath as well! xx

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  3. This one is so bright and cheerful! What a glorious shade of green and love that you added the shamrocks to the wreath. Great card, Susan!

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  4. Love your Emerald Green Brushos watercolored background for your beautiful die cut shamrock wreath and sentiment. TFS my friend. Hugs..Nancy

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  5. gorgeous green Susan and such a versatile card and wonderful way to change your die cut :)

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  6. Your wreath of shamrocks is super cool, Susan, and I love how you made one of them a four-leaf clover! Your Irish emerald background is lushilicious!! Hugs, Darnell

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  7. Gorgeous Brusho Emerald Green background, Susan! The white die-cut shamrock wreath is so pretty and it really pops against the background. Finding a four-leafed one makes you feel lucky even on a card. :-)
    Hideko xx

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  8. What a great idea to cover up the stars with shamrocks. Your Brusho backgrounds are always so beautiful. I

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  9. LOVE that emerald green background Susan, and your clover wreath (great idea to cover up the stars!) looks fabulous against all that luscious green! A perfect St. Paddy"s Day card!! :0)

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  10. Fabulous card for this challenge, Susan! I LOVE the bright, saturated green background. A wreath of shamrocks ... I've never seen that before. So pretty! xx

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  11. Beautiful and artsy background and the wreath is a pretty addition:)

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  12. I always love your wreath cards and what a fabulous idea to incorporate it onto your striking card Susan. What a fun idea to cover up the stars with the cute little shamrocks. Love the vibrancy of the emerald green background too x.

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  13. I like how you redesigned the wreath with shamrocks, then added the four leaf clover.

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