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St. Patrick's Day Retro Oven

Today's St. Patrick's Day card features the Retro Oven die by Tim Holtz.  I just recently purchased this die along with some other products and wanted to combine them all into a holiday card.


I started by assembling the oven using scraps of paper from my stash. The oven door was covered with a small piece of acetate.  I also cut the outline of the oven from 5 mm foam and adhered this behind the oven to create a shaker element.  I cut small shamrocks out of green foil cardstock using my Cricut machine and combined these with light green sequence to make the shaker material inside the oven.


To create the card background, I started by inking a script stamp with Coffee Archival Ink and stamping it at the top and bottom of the card panel.  Then, I used a make-up blending brush to apply Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide through a gingham stencil onto the card panel.  I shifted the stencil and then repeated the process using Lucky Clover Distress Oxide.  Finally, I sprayed the panel with Bubbling Cauldron Distress Mica Stain.  I trimmed down the card panel and adhered the oven shaker to the center of it. I glued the card panel to a green card base.


On the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment "Happy St. Patrick's Day".  I stamped two shamrocks using Versafine ink and embossed them using Lime Tinsel embossing powder.  I fussy cut around the shamrocks and adhered them around the sentiment.


The Retro Oven is such a versatile die and the background of this card was stunning.  I can't wait to use this combination again to bake up some spring cards.


St. Patrick's Day Retro Oven
Supplies:
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Recollections Green Foil and Matte Silver Metallic Cardstock
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Retro Oven Thinlits
  • Cricut - Clover Band #M7F34CA5
  • Light Green Sequence
  • Acetate
  • 5mm Foam
  • Archival Ink - Coffee
  • Stampendous Fran's Cling Rubber Stamps - Cling Vintage Note
  • Simple Stories Stencil - Gingham
  • Make-up Blending Brush
  • Distress Oxide Inks - Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover
  • Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Mica Stain - Bubbling Cauldron
  • Hero Arts 4x6 Clear Stamp #CL498
  • Versafine Onyx Black Ink
  • Ranger Embossing Powder - Lime Tinsel
  • Stampabilities Rubber Stamp - Four Leaf Clover
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