1st Challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters

(If you are here for my Penny's Challenge creation, please scroll down. Thanks)

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day 

There's a new blog in town called: The Sisterhood of Crafter's and I happen to be one of the originating SISTERS!!!  How cool is that!  And, today is their very 1st Challenge ... here's the details:

Our 1st WEDNESDAY challenge is "Around The World".  With it being St. Patty's Day, I have chosen the country of IRELAND for today's challenge.  You can use "anything" that pertains to Ireland".  The colors of the Irish flag (green, white and orange), shamrocks, leprechauns, green beer ... well, you get the idea.  What comes to your mind when you hear the word IRELAND???

I have special reasons to celebrate when St. Patty's Day comes around.  First and foremost is the fact that my DH's mother is Irish ... with family names like McDermott and Gallagher.  The second reason is that my father was welcomed into Heaven on St. Patty's Day in 1989.  Two really good reasons to celebrate!!

I decided to make a set of coasters and matching card to send to my brother-in-law.  The images used are digis from Delicious Doodles ... aren't they just the cutest!  Please pop on over and check out Teri's digi images ... I'm sure you'll find something "you just can't live without!".    I have used the colors of the Irish flag for my card creation and the designer paper is Pixie Press.  Prisma pencils and gamsol were used for coloring and the embellishments came from JoAnn's.  

I purchased a huge stack of chipboard coasters from a friend over a year ago and finally found the right time to use a few of them.  After attaching the designer paper with Mod Podge, I inked the edges using SU garden green ink and a sponge.  The images were printed out, colored with Prisma pencils/gamsol as well as Prismacolor markers, cut out with a Fiskars swivel craft knife and attached with double face adhesive.  Another two coats of Mod Podge were sponge painted over the top to seal. 

For additional inspiration, please check out my SISTAH'S blogs which are linked in my sidebar!  They are AMAZING!!!

NOW it's your turn!  We can't wait to see what you create and would love to have you direct link it back here on Mr. Linky on the Sisterhood Blog.  If you are uploading your creation to other online galleries, please use the keyword/tag of TSOC01.  Please grab out badge and help spread the word!  Have fun!  That's what "The Sisterhood" is all about!!!!