Shamrock Art

Hey, y'all!  Bethany here from Pitter and Glink to share a simple craft for St. Patrick's Day.

To make this, you will need a frame, scrapbook paper, a heart paper punch, and double stick tape.

Start by punching four hearts and a stem shape from your scrapbook paper.

Use the paper that comes in your frame as a pattern to cut a background piece of coordinating scrapbook paper for your frame.

Arrange your hearts and stem in a shamrock shape on your background paper. Then use double stick tape to adhere the pieces.

You may want to leave the shamrock like this, but I wanted to add a little banner to it.

I cut a banner shape out of a coordinating scrapbook paper and stamped the word lucky on it.  I used distress ink on the edges of the banner to help it stand out against the shamrock.   I used double stick tape to adhere it to the middle of the shamrock.  Whenever you get the art like you want it, it's time to put the shamrock in your frame.

At this point, I decided I wanted to make the detail on the frame pop, so I applied some Rub 'n Buff with my finger to the raised pieces as my final step.

 This is a fun little piece of St. Patrick's Day decor.

And the best part?  It's really easy AND inexpensive to make!  If you can make a project that is both, you're pretty LUCKY.  ;)