Ombre Four Leaf Clover Craft

February 29, 2012 20 Comments

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I’d like to share with you an easy ombre four leaf clover canvas I made for St. Patrick’s Day. I originally shared this over at Darling Doodles. Do you remember my Valentine’s Canvas? Well, I’m reusing the same canvas since I made everything removable. I love when I can reuse craft supplies, which saves money and there’s no need to find a place to store another seasonal decoration.

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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 adhere 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.

I don’t usually decorate for St. Patrick’s Day, but I thought this year it’d be fun to make some decor for the next few weeks. I’m not going all out but I do have a few things up. I’ll share my banner with you later this week.

Linking up to these parties, TCB, Sunday Scoop, Home Stories A2Z

20 comments on “Ombre Four Leaf Clover Craft”

Sherry on February 29, 2012 at 12:30 pm said:

Those are so pretty! Love the green brads in the middle!
Sherry's Bees Nest

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Rachel {BubblyNatureCreations.com} on February 29, 2012 at 5:00 pm said:

Adorable!!! I love the punch!!!

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Claire@alittlesomethinginthemeantime.blogspot.com on March 1, 2012 at 4:01 am said:

These is so pretty! I like the idea of using brads to embellish but not actually attach the shamrocks to your canvas.

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Meeha on March 1, 2012 at 12:19 pm said:

So simple, airy and cute!

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Karah @ thespacebetweenblog on March 1, 2012 at 12:49 pm said:

So pretty!!

Found you through the new linky followers blog hop. I’m so happy to be your newest follower, it would be great if you follow me back. :)

And, tomorrow I’ll be hosting a “What does your blog want to be when it grows up” blog hop with a few of my blog buddies … have you thought of your blog’s hopes and dreams? The party will be open for a week! My blog goals are here…http://thespacebetweenblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/grow-up-your-blog/

Karah
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Shiloh on March 2, 2012 at 12:21 am said:

This is really pretty. The little flowers would make great decoration for a package as well, I think.

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Anita on March 2, 2012 at 2:36 am said:

This is so creative and cute.Very inspiring to me who has nothing out for St. Patrick’s Day!

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Michelle Paige on March 2, 2012 at 3:18 am said:

This is such a fun idea! Would you be willing to link this up to my Springtime Link Party going on now? I’d love to have you! http://michellepaige.blogspot.com/2012/02/springtime-holiday-link-party.html
Thanks, Michelle

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Lindy@itsybitsypaper on March 2, 2012 at 4:22 pm said:

I love this project. I hope you will stop by and link up to my St. Patty’s Day Project Parade.

http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/03/st-pattys-day-project-parade-linky.html

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TidyMom on March 4, 2012 at 2:41 am said:

Such a cute idea!
Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/diy-for-the-house/
Have a great weekend!

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Julie @White Lights on Wednesday on March 4, 2012 at 4:41 pm said:

I love how clean and simple this canvas is, but it still totally gets the point across. I’d love for you to share your craft at my St. Patty’s link party. :)

http://whitelightsonwednesday.blogspot.com/2012/02/st-patricks-day-linky-party.html

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Brittany on March 7, 2012 at 11:31 pm said:

This is darling! Thanks for sharing!

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Bonnie @ Uncommon on March 8, 2012 at 4:02 am said:

Precious! Love the little brads ! thank you for sharing at Uncommon! Bonnie ;)

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Alison on March 8, 2012 at 5:55 am said:

Ombre is definitely in right now!! Love how this turned out!

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Amie @ Pinkapotamus on March 11, 2012 at 3:13 pm said:

Love this! I keep trying to find that darn shamrock punch.. but it keeps eluding me! This is such a sweet project and I just love the cute little centers! Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo party.. can’t wait to see what you share next!

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