Irish

Patrick Joseph Charles Darby, aka my Uncle Pat, was outgoing, humorous, and so proud of his Irish heritage. I thought he’d be a perfect subject for my St. Patrick’s Day layout.

The design itself was inspired by the Très Jolie Kit Club’s mood board for March and assembled with the kit itself, along with a few odds and end from my stash.

I started by covering the chipboard frame with Metallique paint.

While this was drying, I selected the Queen’s Ocean sheet for my base. The Emerald Queen paper, with the greens and golds was perfect for my layers; I cut this into pieces of various sizes, distressed the edges, and began to assemble the layers. I added a couple of pieces cut from the Wild Day sheet to go with the black and white suggestion of the mood board.

I began to embellish my photo with the Emerald Isle flowers that came with the kit, along with gold lace from my stash. I altered one of the metal clocks with Metallique wax before layering it between the flowers and lace at the top of the photo.

To finish, I colored the droplets with more of the wax and scattered them around the page.  

A few closeups:

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*****Supplies*****

***Très Jolie March Kit***

AB Studio – Emerald Queen Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet No. 1 – Queen’s Ocean

AB Studio – Emerald Queen Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet No. 3 – Wild Day

AB Studio – Emerald Queen Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet No. 7 – Emerald Queen

49 and Market – Flower Embellishments – Floral Mixology – Emerald Isle #FM-85748

Scrapaholics – Laser Cut Chipboard – Shamrock Frame

Advantus – Tim Holtz – Idea-ology Collection – Timepieces – Metal Clock Faces #TH92831

Très Jolie – Droplets

***Other***

Prima – Memory Hardware – Rocquencourt Doily Lace #991043

Prima – Memory Hardware – Cours Mirabeau Floral Lace #991050

***Mediums***

Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Hickory Smoke #TIM43232

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Acrylic Paint – Metallique – Emerald Green #963170

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallique Wax – Vintage Gold #963958

***Tools***

Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Paper Distresser #TON-370

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