- an plate or charger
- spray paint or Plaid Folk Art Paint in your color of choice
- coordinating scrapbook paper
- Paper and/or Gloss Mod Podge
- Folk Art Extreme Glitter in your choice of color
Using scrapbook paper that coordinated with my green paint, I used my electronic cutting machine to cut out letters. Don’t get twisty if you don’t have a cutting machine… you can find pre-cut letters in all shapes and sizes at your local craft store.
I cut out the word “LUCKY” four times and arranged the letters around the rim of the plate.
I am a big fan of the “eyeball” technique (as opposed to careful and precise measurements) so to make sure I was fairly even, I just created an X out of chopsticks to create four quadrants and arranged the letters that way.
Once I had the letters where I wanted them, I took each letter, one at a time, and brushed the back with Paper Mod Podge* then smoothed them into place. (You can use the Gloss Mod Podge for this step if you’d like.)
Using the Extreme Glitter paint, I painted a shamrock in the center of the plate. Did you know a 4-leaf clover was basically just 4 circles kind of smushed together? I didn’t either, but that’s what it is.
After painting my 4 smushed circles, I gave the shamrock a little stem. The Extreme Glitter paint went on rather light, but it dried to the darker color that I wanted.
Once the glitter paint was dry, I put a coat of the Gloss Mod Podge over the top of the whole plate for a nice, shiny finish.
This was a fun, easy project to do….
I love that in about an hour I could say that I had decorated for St. Patrick’s Day.
I am the same as you. I don’t decorate much for St. Patty’s either.
I think this touch would be just enough. Thanks for the quick tutorial. The chopstick trick is genius!
I love quick and cute!!! For just a touch of green, this is perfect!!! And I think the chopstick trick is genius, too!! 🙂
I’ve been thinking I need to do this.
That is so cute!! Loving that chopstick technique, I am a big fan of eying it too so that is perfect!!
I really like this!! I am still trying to learn the tricks to my silhouette machine and might have to give this a whirl! Or buzz you for help! hah! CUTE!! Its too bad St. PAtty’s Day comes and goes so fast! I really like the shamrock!
What a great idea. Sooo easy and festive. Me likey.
Yes! That’s my kind of decorating!
Easy, cheap, fast, and Mod Podge!
I hope you are doing well, and I think of you and your family daily.
It great art and paint.It make from paper crafting.Thanx to share with us this kind of idea and thoughts.
Soldes 2012
Great idea!! I love how you’re always using old stuff to make something cool and new. Thanks for linking up.