Friday, February 24, 2012

Guest Post- St. Patricks Day Craft

Hi everyone! I'm Crystal from A Pumpkin and a Princess. Thanks for having me Brie, I am excited to be here.


Today I'm going to share with you an easy ombre four leaf clover canvas I made for St. Patrick's Day. On my blog you'll see that I love decorating for every holiday. It gives me a reason to craft and change up our decor. This also means I make frequent trips to Michael's, but I'm not complaining. :)

To make your own you will need scrapbook paper, a four leaf clover punch or die cut machine, glue dots, and a canvas or frame. Disregard the gingham paper in the picture, I ended up liking the solid colors only.
 Using a small hole punch I added mini green brads in the center of each clover. This step isn't necessary but I liked the look of the brads.
 I then used small glue dots to adhered the clovers to the canvas. This makes them easily removable in case you want to reuse your canvas.
Then stick them onto the canvas and you're done. I didn't measure the spacing, but you could bust out a ruler and make sure they line up correctly.
 It looked a little bare so I added some green raffia to finish it off. I think it completes the whole look. If you have an extra frame on hand you could use that instead of a canvas by adding scrapbook paper to the glass, then the clovers on top.
Thanks for having me today. I hope you will come visit me sometime over at A Pumpkin and a Princess. Have a great weekend! 

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I think my favorite thing about this is how easy it would be to replicate for any holiday and you can use the same canvas over and over!  Hearts for Valentine's Day, eggs for Easter, stars for 4th of July, etc.  My kind of craft.  Thanks Crystal!

  Brieanna

4 comments:

  1. I love this! Super cute way to tell someone Happy St Patty's!!

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  2. really cute and looks easy to make! Thanks for sharing! I'm the same way with holidays, I decorate for each one and also make frequent trips to the craft store, haha! Glad I'm not the only one!

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  3. I think this would be a fun craft for ids too - their canvas wouldn't look so neat but I bet they'd have fun making it

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  4. this is too cute! thanks for sharing

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