Outlines Challenge Card: St. Patrick's Day

This week the challenge at Outlines Rubber stamps is to make a card with a St. Patrick's Day theme.  Here is the original blog post:  http://outlineswithkathy.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-41-st-patricks-day.html?showComment=1330578209788#c6188998708839123980  I do not have any of the absolutely darling St. Patrick's Day stamps (hint:  I need to win so I can get some!), so I used a couple of the bleach cards instead.  I stamped the flower stamps onto white card with Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance ink.  I like the delicate shimmer this ink gives.  I layered them onto some dark green card (yes, I know it looks a little black in the picture!)  I then added a St. Patrick's Day greeting in white gel pen and embellished with ribbon and a flower.  I did stamp one of the Outlines bold border stamps and layered those stampings onto the side and bottom of the card for balance.

This cutie was made on a whim.  I cut the background from green card using the Cricut Cartridge Paper Lace 2.  I thought it needed some pizzazz so I ran it upside down through my xyron and glittered it green.  I avoided a lot of the "tackiness" of the xyron in the little circular areas by pressing the areas with a stylus before removing the piece from the release paper.  I then added the Outlines flowers stamped onto white card, popping up each layer.  As a final treat, I covered all the swirl  lines of the stamped image with green Smooch paint.  Thank you to Ann for providing the cute ribbon sentiment!