Shamrock Hat

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I was actually looking for some cool screen savers, and Mixbook backgrounds.  When I cam across this picture.  I thought it would make a great decoration.  To go with my "Oh So Lucky Plaque" and "Lucky Jar"  I bought some crackle paint over the weekend. I was originally going to use it on some wooden eggs.  (I may have to buy some more).  But instead used the whole bottle on this picture. 

 I painted the background in an antique white. Let that dry, then used the crackle paint.  I let that dry for 6 hours, it was pretty thick.  I'm liking' the crackle look .   I cheated and used Cricut-"Celebrate with Flourish" to trace on the shamrocks. And "A Child's Year" for the Irish Hat.  I did however freehand the swirls.  Tee Hee.  The ribbon around the hat is for real.  It was yellow, I used a gold ink pad to color it, and added a ribbon thingy for the buckle.  I have it displayed on one of my front room tables, I just love it.  

 

 

 

 

 

Frozen Cake

Super popular cake request this year. The inside of this cake is beautiful, white, purple and blue layers. Cake flavor is vanilla, with strawberry filling. I am so lucky my oven held out to finish this project. The next day I went to bake a pizza and the top element wouldn't heat. When my hubby pulled it out, it was fried to the back of the range. Dang it. Looks like someone is getting a new range.

 

 

 

 

St Patrick’s Day Jar

As I was looking around my house, I decided I didn't have enough St. Patrick's day decorations. 

After the Lucky Plaque, I wanted to make this for my coffee table.

 I used Folk Art and Americana enamel gloss paints. This particular glass craft I did not bake in the oven. I did spray it with a clear coat though. At first I just painted it white, with the green clover. as seen on Pinterest.  I'm not done yet, I thought.  I added some stripes, and some polka dots.  The shamrock is a stencil, cut from Celebrate with Flourish.  When St Patricks day gets closer, I will get some real carnations to put in it.  For now the material ones will do.

Hope you have a great day.  

 

 

 

 

Oh So Very Lucky Plaque

My Bestie, saw this cute decoration idea on Pinterest. The wheels started turning.  How can we do this?  Well.... My girlfriend runs a trucking company, and has plenty of pallets.  We just had to cut them, sand them a little, drill some holes, hook them together.  Seemed like a very fun project, so we shared the idea with the girls.  Everyone was on board, and it became craft night.  First we painted white all over the boards, used a stencil to draw on the phrase. I used my Cricut to cut the stencil, details below.  We used acrylic paint to add some color.  The shamrock is simply made of paper.  I cut out 3 per board, and used decoupage to glue them each other,  add a top coat, punch a couple holes in it...voila a button.  I added a brad to minion the shamrock, some hemp to the bottom, and a metal tag.  Then coated the whole plaque with a clear coat.  I am so happy with this project.  It was fun to hang out, and make such a cute decoration.  It also happened to be national wine day, of course we celebrated that too.

Cartridges:  Storybook LCK
Create a Critter: Horse Shoe
Paper Doll Dress Up: Shamrock
Cake Basics: Oh so very
Shamrock: Celebrate with Flourish

Thanks for stopping by today!!!!  Have a wonderful day.

The boards

 

 

 

 

Minnie Mouse

Some say this little girl is lucky to get such cool cakes! I feel lucky that I have been able to make all 3 of her birthday cakes. She is always so excited. Which makes it all the more special to make them for her.  She's been on a Minnie Mouse kick lately.  That is all she ever wants to color.  Of course when she plays pretend, she plays Elsa & Anna, (that is so last year) literally.

 

 

 

Aloha

This time I got to make a cake for the mom! I have watched her little man for several years. This year she turned 40! Her husband threw her a surprise party. Glad I could contribute to the affair by making her celebration cake for her. Even the coconut lime cupcakes received rave reviews.

 

 

 

Airplane Card

So my little boy turns 21 TODAY!  This is the first year in all 21, that we haven't spent it together.  Not to mention I did't get to make him a cake.  He works in Florida.  At least he got his card today.  I will have to make him a cake when he comes home to visit.  I love you so much Bradon and I miss you.

 

Airplane Cake

I love making cute little smash cakes.  Funny how most order chocolate for a first birthday.  Probably because they've waited an entire year to share such a delectable dessert, may as well choose the best flavor.  My favorite is with Oreo cream frosting in the middle.  This was made a little man turning one year old.  My pleasure to make it, I hope it helped make his first birthday spectacular.  

Butterflies and Easter Eggs

Another coloring book image I snatched off the internet.  I made two of these.  One for my brother in Vegas.  I don't get to see him very often, so I send a little love via snail mail.   The other for my favorite aunt and uncle. I want them to know that I love them, and am thinking about them.

I used some Dazzling Diamonds on the eggs, to make them glimmer!  I love coloring at night while I'm hanging with the family watching TV  right now we are watching "The Originals".  I also used Splitcoast Stampers for some inspiration to put the card together. I had a pretty fun day putting my Easter cards together.  Thanks for stopping by, have great day!


Technique: Copics,
Image: Coloring Page
Phrases: "Teeny Tiny Wishes"
Paper: Bashful Blue, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery
Ink Basic Black
Accessories: Misc Brads SU Dazzling Diamonds
Splitcoast Challenge: SC482