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WELCOME TO TEAPOT TUESDAY THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING TEAPARTY AND CHALLENGE #348
MMTPT348 The Emerald Isle
Note: Anyone is welcome to play! You automatically become a Teapotter the first time you play in our challenge. Also, you do not have to write a story. You just have to be inspired by the teapot or by the story about this week's location! Have fun! If this is your first Teapot Tuesday Challenge, please mention that in your commentary so we can be sure to greet you properly, in pure Teapot Tuesday fashion! Your participation in Destination Station is 100% voluntary and not at all required. Just have fun!
Irishgreensue, aka Greenie, aka Sue is our guest hostess for the Tickle challenge this month. And here is her story:
Welcome, Tea Potters, to the Emerald Isle, because this month we celebrate St.Patrick�s Day! I am not as gifted as some of the other ladies in spinning tales of any kind, but I would like to tell you about a local leprechaun named Finn O�Flanagan.
Finn resides with all the other leprechauns in the Fairy Court, midway between Killarney and Dublin. Finn is not a tricky leprechaun you sometimes hear about, trying to get out of giving up his pot of gold, but rather he likes spreading a bit of Irish goodness. His favorite month is March, because of all the St. Patrick�s Day revelry and green beer, but also because it is when the seasons begin to change and the flowers begin to awaken in the soft, dark earth. He loves to leave reminders for everyone, to never forget all the blessings we have received and all we have to be thankful for.
For your inspiration, here is
THE IRISH BLESSING
May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your window pane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
CHALLENGE TRANSLATION: Show us a little bit of Ireland � its green fields, tiny cottages, windows with a view, leprechauns, a pot of gold, a rainbow, or maybe some shamrocks, to celebrate the blessing we are to each other and to those we bring cheer to with our cards!
DESTINATION STATION: This week our destination is each other! Once a month, we send our cards to each other! A little payback and reward to the teapotters for always sending their cards to the recipient of the Destination Station.
:arrow: I have started this new thread ~ MMTPT348 Tickle A Teapotter; The Emerald Isle ~ in the Teapot Tuesday Extras Forum. If you are participating in the card exchange please go to this thread and follow the instructions.
Here's Sue's card: Finn Says Welcome To The Emerald Isle
Be sure to you use KEYWORD MMTPT348 in your upload and post a comment here so we can all see your card!
Ever want to get a jump on next week's challenge card? SCS has given Sheri (KSNurse) permission to create an email Teapot Tuesday Cheater Group and email the challenge out on the Saturday before the Tuesday of the challenge so you girls can have the weekend to make your card. Send her a pm with your email address if you want to be a Cheater!
If you are confused about these challenges, see the first sticky post of this thread for more information. There is also a directory of individual challenges.
Oh Sue what a lovely idea and story...How fun to bring some love of the isle to our friends this week. I always LOVE, the Irish blessings too, so pretty....TY...off to the drawing board...:0)
__________________ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Here's mine. Thank you for a fun challenge this month, Sue. I wish you could all really visit the Emerald Isle, not just in your cards ;-). MMTPT348 An Irish Rainbow
The picture you can't see it, but the shamrocks are made out of 3 heart punches each. This is for the Tickle challenge - which had to be something Irish --
__________________ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
What a great theme Sue!! I went to Ireland last Sept and had the best time! I loved every place we visited. I'm going to try and attach 2 pictures from my trip. They're both from the Aran Islands...we took a pony cart tour and our guide was the most charming man..we (my sister Chris and I) had to get a picture with him. Let's see if I can do this..never attached a picture before :rolleyes:
Thanks for the sweet story Sue, although it did require some thinking on my part as I own no stamping supplies that even hint at Ireland. Here's what I ended up with.
Thanks for the challenge and for being hostess.
My "Irish" card is a sweet little Irish lass with a basket of spring flowers to share. The inside has an Irish blessing! tfl
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Made it back Sue...finally...lol...I went with a lucky Irish wishing well for our tickle party, I pray it will give some-one a lucky wish...:0)..." Our T-Party's Lucky Well "
__________________ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Sue (irishgreensue), you are an amazing lady! First you are hostess for this great challenge with a neat story and then I AM THE LUCKY ONE that received a TICKLE from you! The card is just wonderful for a lady with a little, 1/8th Irish in her! Thanks also for the goodies and the card will go on my wall of fame! THANK YOU!
Oh I got a tickle from Jody...tyty hun...the most beautiful card ever...love all your work..its so pretty..
Thanks for all the little goodies...MUCH appreciated...
love & Hugs Jan
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Thank you to all the wonderful ladies who participated in the March Irish tickle - such talent, and what a lot of fun!!!!!
Thanks from "Greenie McSpud"!!!
__________________ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!