Garden Love Rocks

I saw this idea here and here and fell in love! I thought these were the cutiest summer gift. I am picturing them all in a basket on my sunroom [when it is finished!] You could put these in your garden, in an indoor potted plant as a paper weight to decorate your desk...what other ideas do you have? I thought they would make great teacher gifts. I am pleased with how they turned out ;)

Why is it that Mod-Podge sits around unused and then when I want to Mod-Podge everything in sight....it is no where to be found! My hubby went to Michael's and picked me up some. I did have to draw him a map of Michael's so he could locate it in the store! He even used the 40% off coupon - though it didn't matter because he slipped Gummy worms in which made up for the coupon! ha He said there was a lady in there with her husband and he heard the husband say "You spent $150!" Too funny.

Supplies:

• Rocks with a large enough surface area for your applique 
• Assorted fabric
• Foam Brush
• Mod-podge in matte finish
• Big Shot or another die cut machine
• Sizzix Dies I used:
• Bird w/leaves & Flower Sizzix Die
• Bigz Beautiful Butterflies from Stampin' Up! Sizzix Die
• Sizzlits Hearts Set Stampin' Up! Sizzix Die

I used a heart, 2 sizes of butterflies and a bird and cut them out from the fabric using the Big Shot. The fabric is from Stampin Up! Springtime Vintage $9.95 for 3 sheets of 27"x18". They have approximately 7 different assortments to choose from and they are all fantastic.

I bought the rocks for $1 each at a garden center. You could probably buy a bag of smaller landscaping rocks at Home Depot but I was too excited to try these that I didn't feel like shopping around. I adhered the fabric with Mod-Podge and covered the entire top of the rock and fabric with Mod-podge. I let dry overnight and applied another coat. Kyle even helped! "Whatchadoingmummy?" To which I replied "painting rocks". "I help?" he asked. I so wish I could bottle him up. So we painted a butterfly rock together. Daddy will take it to work as a paper weight ;) So supportive!