Leprechaun Max

I don't often make a card for St. Patrick's but Leprechaun Max was hard to resist. (to me he embodies what I think a good Irish leprechaun should look like, some of them are quite nasty I hear and he is not:) If all leprechauns were as agreeable as Max, my great grandmother would not have had to break her egg shells up before she threw them out ( to prevent them from sailing over here in an egg shell I was told). I often wonder if this tale is true or not, did people really do this? Anyway I digress; so here are the challenges  and details for my card.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday: challenge #87 sketch - I used the shamrocks for the ribbon and the balloon for the bow
SSDS challenge: get punchy
The Pixie Cottage: challenge #55sketch and or buttons!! I have shamrock buttons
Cute Card Thursday:  challenge #150 banish the blues ,use humour  - I think my little leprechaun with his balloon and his desire for a kiss should bring a smile
Dutch Dare Challenge: challenge #98 - buttons and I have those adorable shamrock buttons on my card

PaperPlayChallenges: stamp it out - use your stamps  rubber or digital
The Corrosive Challenge: button it up
Some Odd Girl: scallops


Details:
Stamp: digital stamp from StitchyBearStamps  Stitchy Bear Stamps artist  Lexi Creation)
Sentiment: computer generated
Markers: Prismacolors (PM-166,PM-32,PM-167,PM-86,PM-137,PM-93)
Paper: misc. paper (in other words I have no idea lol) I did brayer two  pieces of whisper white paper from SU to make the  gable green coloured  rectangular background pieces
Punches: Martha Stewart for the terrace type border; oval punch from Michaels for the sentiment
Embellishments: 'Dress it Up' shamrock buttons from Michaels,crystal effects on the balloon

Nestabilities:  circle, scalloped and inverted scallop

               

          

                             "A face without freckles is like a sky without stars"
                                                                     Irish Proverb