Hello
Friends…
A warm
welcome to all of you visiting me today and to those who have become my new
followers. Summer is at its peak now with occasional showers in the evening
making things bright and beautiful outside.
With that in
mind and colors that I have not used much before, I share today yet another re cycled
project. This time it’s the good old cereal carton, which I have been
collecting and is my favorite trash which sees the light in many of my projects.
So, today
with 2 empty cartons I made a photo frame and embellished it too. All of the papers
and embellishments are also from my stash and left over’s from my previous
projects. It really satisfies me to use up all of those old stuff and come out
with something totally new!
Red, is a
color I rarely use and this time I wanted to highlight that color. I made the
front frame panel with one empty carton, wrapped it with DCWV botanical stack
PP. Love the red stripes here and the went about adding layers of stamping,
stenciling and texture work.
I used transparent
texture paste thru a locally bought leaf stencil and as the pate was drying I sprinkled
some platinum UTEE. Once the paste dried, I heat set it and I loved the texture
the UTEE gives…platinum leaves , lol!
I used TCW
bricks stencil and potting soil archival ink and stamped some music notes and
butterflies too using Bo Bunny and Kaiserkraft stamps. The clocks are using
Prime stencil and crackle texture paste.
The
supporting back frame is also made with an empty carton and I glued the front
panel on 3 sides and kept one side free to slip in the photograph. The Frame is
now ready to be embellished.
A side view
of the frame…you can see that the inside of the panel is lined with old text
papers, another fav that I like to use in my projects.
A floral
cluster on one side with a big red rose using Joy crafts die and the white
flowers are made using some lace from my stash. The tiny flowers are using CLD
cuties fringe die. The flowers lie upon a bed of coconut coir, I have loads of
them that love to use for dimension. The leaves are from die nemics and
Tattered lace dies.
The
butterfly too is made from lace and for the body I have used copper wire and
small yellow crystal beads. I ribbed gesso on the raised ares of the lace just
for added interest.
The TH hardware
findings die cut got a coat of picket fence D crackle paint and have rubbed in
old gold in the cracks. The bright yellow banner with the sentiment is from
Marianne Designs die and stamp set.
The little
girl with the cat image is a down load from We Love Vintage Challenge blog
where they always have a good collection of pictures.
I love
making this type of a frame from scratch, especially from house hold trash and
hope to hear from you on this.
Before I can
take leave, I want you to see what is on the other side too! Of course, how can
that be ignored…
I stamped
this lovely quote from Paper Artsy and on side have a loopy bow. The “LOVE”
badge is a handmade one using air drying clay and I stamped the word on it.
Once dry, I have colored it with brushed pewter and walnut stain DS. The honey
comb stencil is from Heidi’s swap and I have used crackle texture paste and
Inka gold here too.
So, you get to see something on both the sides…that’s the advantage
of making your own frame, lol!
I would like
this frame to enter the following challenges…
SOS – Red,
Red, Wine
Lessology – lace Up
City CrafterChallenge Blog – use a banner
Cherry LynnDesigns – red, white Blue
Until my
next Creative Journey,
Happy
Crafting and Re cycling.
Cheers
