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St. Patrick's Day Coaster & Mug

By: Sherrie Ragsdale

This project features these great brands:

  • FolkArt Acrylic Paint Logo
  • Mod Podge Decoupage Finishes and Formulas Logo

At a Glance:

Project #16882 Skill Level: Beginner
supplies

Plaid Supplies

FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Bright Green, 2 oz. - 227

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Citrus Green, 2 oz. - 2915

Number Needed: 1 $1.99
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Mod Podge ® Matte, 4 oz. - CS11305

Number Needed: 1 $4.49
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Plaid ® Wood Surfaces - Coasters - Square, 4 pc. - 29564E

Number Needed: 1 $5.49
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Folkart ® Brush Sets - Artist Variety Set, 10 pc. - 50536

Number Needed: 1 $8.99
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Eggplant, 2 oz. - 2253

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Look at Me Blue, 2 oz. - 2924

Number Needed: 1 $1.99
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Bright Green, 2 oz. - 227

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Daybreak, 2 oz. - 6448

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Apple Red, 2 oz. - 2548

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Tangerine, 2 oz. - 627

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FolkArt ® Treasure Gold™ - Gold, 4 oz. - 5535

Number Needed: 1 $15.99
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Plaid ® Wood Surfaces - Unfinished Layered Shapes - Rainbow - 63484

Number Needed: 1 $1.99
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Other Supplies

  • Mod Podge St. Patrick’s Day Printables
  • Masking Tape
  • White Coffee Mug

instructions

Coaster

  1. Tape off 3/4 of the wooden coasters.  Paint the large portion of the coasters Bright Green.  Allow to dry and then remove the tape.
  2. Printout the Mod Podge St. Patrick’s Day Printables.  Cut out the horseshoe and the four-leaf clovers.
  3. Mod Podge the horseshoes and the four-leaf clovers to the coasters.  Refer to the photo for placement.
  4. Add a topcoat of Mod Podge to each of the coasters and allow to dry.
Mug
  1. To make the clover leaves use a round brush and Citrus Green. Make two strokes to form a heart shape. The heart shape is one leaf of the clover. Repeat for the other three leaves of the clover.  Use the liner brush to make the stem of the clover.
Rainbow Surface
  1. Divide each band of the wooden rainbow into two parts by adding 1/8” tape in the middle of each band. 
  2. Paint the top band Apple Red and Tangerine.  Paint the second band Daybreak and Bright Green. Paint the third band Look At Me Blue and Egg Plant.
  3. Remove the tape.
  4. Paint the Clouds with Gold Treasure Gold.

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Cool colors are all the colors on the Green and Blue side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Green, Green, Blue/Green, Blue, Blue/Purple, Purple are all cool colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
Transparent colors are thinned with medium or water to create a wash or a glaze of color that you can see through to the underlying surface.
Warm colors are all the colors on the yellow and red side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Orange, Orange, Red Orange, Red, Red/Purple, Purple are all warm colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
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