Luck of the Irish

Can you believe it's March?!  In the spirit of the month, my Irish-ness was calling today...plus, I've been wanting to use this lovely image from The Graphics Fairy. She looks like a wee Irish lass to me and I earmarked her for a St. Patrick's Day project on Pinterest a while back.

Just a Couple Details:

• I have many sheets of patterned paper that just aren't my style anymore. The green plaid I used here is one that I'm not a huge fan of, but come on, green plaid...perfect for St. Patrick's Day, right? I figured that there must be a way to make it work, so I saturated it in Old Paper Distress Stain, heat dried it, crinkled it, then highlighted the crinkles with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. Much better!
• I love how seam binding takes ink...sort of splotchy and oh-so vintagy! To get just the right color, I used four inks on this seam binding bow: Bundled Sage DS, Forest Moss DI, Stampin' Up! Garden Green classic ink, and Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist. Scrunch and heat dry. For some lovely ringlets, I wrapped the ends around a pencil before heat drying.

• Here's my favorite crocheted ribbon yet again...it's just always the perfect touch. Then to "Irish" things up a bit more, I added a shamrock image, some green buttons, and of course, some Papertrey Ink rustic button twine.

Challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges:  #159 - Vintage Fashion

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Simon Says...Anything Goes

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! ‘Garden Green’; kraft tag
Pattern Paper: DCWV
Image: The Graphics Fairy
Stamps: SU! ‘All Year Cheer III’, ‘Handstitched’
Inks: StazOn ‘Jet Black’; SU! classic ‘Garden Green’; Distress  Ink ‘Frayed Burlap’, ‘Forest Moss’, ‘Old Paper’; Distress Stain ‘Old Paper’, ‘Brushed Corduroy’, ‘Bundled Sage’; Perfect Pearls Mist ‘Heirloom Gold’
Embellishments: buttons; crocheted lace; Papertrey Ink rustic button twine; Distress Stickles ‘Rock Candy’; Tim Holtz mini paper clip; Hug Snug seam binding
Tools: scallop scissors; hole punch; heat gun; Wondertape; Zots; foam ink blender