With A Bit Of Luck

Designer: Vicki Boutin

Although this sketch is great for a St. Patrick's Day layout, don't limit yourself!  What else could take the place of the shamrock?  A flower?  A large photo?  Let your creativity guide you to create something extraordinary.

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Foam Dots
• Portable Rotary Trimmer
• Ultra ShapeXpress™
• ShapeTemplate™ Tool - Hearts-1 w/Victorian Border
• Cloud 9 Designs : Get Spooky - You Drive Me Batty paper
• Cloud 9 Designs : Get Spooky - Black Chipboard Alphas
• Cloud 9 Designs : Rain Dots - Fern
• Heidi Grace Designs : Orchard - Small Alpha Rub-ons
• cardstock : blue, dark green, light green, white

Instructions (Print version)

Cut dark green cardstock 5 ¾” x 11 ½” .  Mount 5”x7” photo at the top and a row of three- 1 ½” x 1 ½”photos at the bottom.

Attach dark green cardstock ¼” from right side.

Using the Ultra ShapeXpress and heart templates,  cut three hearts from light green cardstock and 3 smaller hearts the Cloud 9 Get Spooky Collection-You Drive Me Batty patterned paper.  Layer smaller hearts over larger hearts, using a foam adhesive.

Arrange hearts on layout to form a shamrock.  Add Rain Dots for the stem

Lightly sand  black chipboard letters and place above the shamrock shape.  Elevate the “C” using foam squares.

Add “With A Bit”  using the small green alpha rub ons on white cardstock and cut in to little tags.  Attach to the page.

With a black marker, write “OF” in the title.

Add journaling strips.