"Luck Of The Irish" Card

Step 1:

1. Wearing latex gloves, measure and mix ½ teaspoon of Kelly Green dye with ½ cup hot water in small bowl; set aside. Repeat for Dark Green and Taupe; set
aside.

2. Press shamrock stamp onto the VersaMark inkpad. Then stamp shamrocks onto the watercolor paper. Repeat stamping over surface of watercolor paper, allowing some images to extend off the paper.

3. Rinse stamped paper under running water to wet entire surface.

4. Use paintbrush to randomly apply small amounts of the 3 colors of Rit dye directly onto the wet, stamped watercolor paper, allowing them to blend into each other slightly. The stamped images will not resist the ink, but rather absorb a bit of each color resulting in an effect like multi-colored stamping.

5. Place dyed paper onto paper towels, microwave on high for 1 – 2 minutes.

6. Cut darkest green cardstock to 5”x 12” and fold into three equal panels as shown.

7. Cut moss green cardstock into two pieces 3”x 3 ¼” and one strip 1 ½”x 4”. Emboss with Spellbinders Impressabilities die using Spellbinders Grand Caliber machine, according to manufacturer instructions.

8. Cut dyed watercolor paper into two pieces 3”x 4 ½” and one piece 3”x 2 ¼”.

9. Cut mustard gold mats approximately 1/8” larger on all sides and mount beneath stamped paper.

10. Arrange as shown and mount with Elmer’s Craft Bond Dot Runner.

11. Type and print sentiment onto transparency. Ink single shamrock stamp with Noir Black Palette inkpad and stamp onto transparency between verses. Cut to fit and mount to last panel over shamrock paper using bronze eyelets. Ink Oxalis definition stamp with Noir Black Palette ink and stamp onto transparency. Cut to fit first panel and mount over shamrock paper using bronze eyelets.

12. Use third piece of shamrock paper, mounted onto a mustard gold mat, to create a “pocket” in the center panel to hold a lottery ticket, gift card or special note.