Top ‘o the morning (afternoon, evening, middle of the night . . . whatever) to you!
I did not plan on making any St. Patrick’s Day crafts this year, but then my daughter became obsessed with leprechauns and I had to do something to acknowledge the upcoming holiday. So I whipped up this super easy shamrock craft that uses, well, glass ROCKS, and had to share it with you!
I never really planned on posting this project, so I have to admit that I did not take photos of all of the steps involved. My bad. But for real, you don’t need photos. It is that simple.
SUPPLIES
- Plain wooden craft frame (mine was $1 at Michaels)
- Paints in colors and styles of your choice for the frame
- Green paint that is suitable for use on glass and fabric
- Cardstock in green
- Burlap fabric or wide ribbon to cover the cardstock
- Spray adhesive
- Large glass gems/rocks from the floral aisle
- Glue that adheres to glass
INSTRUCTIONS
First, paint your plain craft frame. I painted mine brown and then gave it a top coat of white chalk paint. Next, I stenciled some gold polka dots on there and lightly sanded it for a distressed look.
Next, I painted the backs of three of my glass rocks with the multi-surface green paint.
While those were drying, I cut a piece of green cardstock to fit over the cardboard insert in the frame. I sprayed that with adhesive and stuck it on there. I then did the same with a wide piece of burlap ribbon, and stuck that on top of the green cardstock.
Once the glass rocks were dry, I glued them to the now-covered cardboard frame insert. I painted a shamrock stem and wrote “Slainte” (which means “health” in Gaelic, and which is a common toast over in Ireland), on a leftover piece of cardstock. I glued that to the bottom and was all finished with my festive shamROCK art!
I guess I’m all set for my green beer on March 17th!
Will you be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day?
-Bre
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Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness says
Super cute, Bre! I didn’t do any St. Patty’s decorating either, but I totally would have made this cute little thing! You’re so clever. 🙂
Bre says
Thanks, Amanda! Yeah, I’m ready to decorate for Easter! I want to feel like it’s spring! Have a great weekend!
Amy | Canary Street Crafts says
Too cute, Bre! Love the little Slainte addition!
Bre says
Thanks so much, Amy! Hope you will be enjoying a green beer on the 17th!
Angela, blue i style says
Very cute project – such a creative use of glass rocks!! Thanks for sharing it at The Creative Circle!
Bre says
Thanks, Angela!! Happy St. Paddy’s Day (a bit early)!
Erlene says
Great idea to use glass rocks and I love the polka dotted frame. Hope you’ll come and share this on the Spring Craft Blog Hop for St. Patrick’s Day crafts.
Bre says
Hi, Erlene! Thank you! And thanks for the invitation!! I will come link up!