Rustic Lucky Friend Board
Rustic Lucky Friend Board
I saw a picture of this Four leaf clover and I tried doing some searches, but in the end all I found was this picture and one someone had taken it with their phone. I knew I wanted to recreate this some how. I loved how the words were inside the shamrock and how it was kind of rustic looking. I used my Silhouette machine ( It never gets turned off, poor machine). The silhouette machine has a really awesome trace feature that you can watch here silhouette. I knew this project was a possiblity with just using the picture. I really do try to give credit and support other crafters. But, I was desperate and my searches were turning up nothing. I cut the shamrock design onto some contact paper for this project.
First I grabbed 2 pieces out of my wood flooring pile (I love having scrap wood hanging around) I glued the 2 pieces together, to make this square board. Next I gave it a light sand. If you have a piece of raw wood, you probably could skip this step. The paint won’t stick to the finish on the wood flooring. After sanding, I painted a streaky base coat of green. I am going for rustic, so I wanted some of the wood finish showing through. After I let the base coat completely dry, I placed the contact paper shamrock template on the center of my board.
Next I applied a layer of white paint over the contact paper template. I used the same streaky style as I did for the base coat. Leaving some of green showing through. After the white paint is dry and set, peel off your contact paper template. After I had completely peeled off the template. I did have some places that bled through. I decided to leave it like it was, I am going for the “rustic look” I love how it turned out!
10 Comments
Kathrine
LOVE THIS! You did a fantastic job with it.
Andrea
Seriously, I’m envious of your crafty talent. You did an amazing job and great way sharing it with detailed instructions.
Jeannette
This is so cute and a perfect gift! I love the idea and can’t wait to try it myself!
Rebecca Orr
What a cute idea! I think I could actually do this.
Jennifer H
What a neat idea! I think I can totally pull this off. Thanks for a great idea. 🙂
Jennifer @ Mom Spotted
I love this! What a great project! I really need to get my machine out and try this. I’ve never tried the trace feature before!
Ellen ThatChicMom
That turned out awesome and I love the saying. It looks like something I could make!
Sara P. (@SensiblySara)
I really love this project! It would look great in our Sunday School class!
Marina
I love how you did this. Simple, catchy and definitely something I can accomplish!!
Valerie Remy-Milora
That is super cute and it looks really easy! I soooo need to get a silhouette machine… I’m afraid though I’d never come up for air as I’d be busy with all sorts of creative projects.