Do you see Green?

Yes, I am seeing green. I think I pulled out every piece of green paper to find just the right shades to make this card. 

Only a few weeks to St. Patrick's day and thought I should make a few "lucky" cards. 

I found this digital image over at Digital Delights. It was actually a freebie last week in the black and white version. I downloaded it, printed it and start to color. Well, I decided, I did not have the all the right marker colors to make it look good. Rather it looked like a first grader had done it. 

 

So I went back to Digital Delights because they usually have a pre-colored version for sale. Sure enough and only $2! It was well worth it. In a matter of a couple minutes  I had downloaded the colored image and printed it. 

I saw a tip on someone's blog- I am so sorry I cannot remember who, but they used their finger to dob on some versa mark ink and then lightly dusted with embossing powder to kinda give the edges some sparkle. I am not sure I totally like this yet but it is growing on me. You can see I did a second card without it.

For a 3D effect, I printed the image a second time and trimmed out key parts like the hat, shows and shamrock. I attached these over the first image with pop-dots.

I will be linking this over at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge 
and Celebrate the Occasion 

Here's how I did it...

Basic A2 card size with Green card stock

Pattern paper is Reminisce

Digital image printed on cream card stock

Chalk for edges and gold embossing powder. 

Sentiment inside card "Kiss Me I'm Irish" from Scrappy Moms Simply Charmed Stamp set