I'm Lucky to Know You - Double Trouble #161 "Pinch Proof" partnering with Festive Friday

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble "Pinch Proof" using green and  Twisted Sister's optional twist to include a touch' o' gold and one other element from Festive Fridays Inspo List FF0154 "St Patrick's Day".  For the Festive Friday, you need only use three of their items from their Inspo List; but I was able to use Gold, Gold embellishments, Green, Clover, and Lucky sentiment, and it doesn't have to be a St. Patrick's Day card.  

I had so much fun creating this card as I had just received my postage stamp die and was anxious to use it... I had a small container of St. Pattrick's Day papers and embellishments that pretty much had depleted over the years; but was surprised to find the patterned paper and thought it would be a good background. The image of the frog was also in the container and the balance of embellishments were from my new postage stamp set and two sentiments from Paper Smooches "A Magical Spring".  

The frog was colored using Copic pens... unfortunately the dark green decided to leak and my fix was adding dots in lighter colors to compensate to change the color closer to the clover green in the background paper.  The pot of gold was filled using some tiny gold stickers that have been in my stash for years and never used.   

The stamp die was cut two times, one in white cardstock, the second from the patterned paper, offset from one another to show the division of the stamps and give a more decorative border.  Used VersaMark for stamp images and sentiments and heat embossed with gold. The 50 cent was stamped using Mememto black ink. The layered postage stamp was adhered to another layer of Clover cardstock and adhered to card base.  Frog was adhered to postage die cut with 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  

The inside of the card was based on the circular stamp under the frog "Hugs Inside". The clover is an svg image stamped with Paper Smooches sentiment, layered with Glover cardstock and adhered to inside of card.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble Challenge "Pinch Proof" and also our collaborating challenge at Festive Friday "St. Patrick's Day Inspo List #154" to check out the Design Teams inspirations... let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature" 

Cut It Up Challenge #298 "Dots and/or Stripes" - Must use a Die

Double D Challenge "Patterned Paper" 

Leigh SB Designs #27 March "Anything with Green Goes"  

The Sisterhood of Crafters "Feb 28 Dots and/or Stripes" 

Retro Rubber Challenge #225 "TicTacToe" (Pattern Paper, Embossing, Gems/Sequins)
Shopping our Stash #SOS516 "It's Not Easy Being Green"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Unknown, in Stash 

Cardstock 

     Clover and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Paper Smooches "A Magical Spring" 

     Waffle Flower "Postage Collage" 

Dies 

     Waffle Flower A

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Red:  R46

        Gray/Black:  C3, C5, C9, C10

        Green:  G05, G09, G16, G17

     Staedtler Pigment Liner, 0.1

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Ranger Embossing Powder "Pincess Gold"  

     Stampendous Class a'peel gold stickers