Altered $1.00 Wood Frames

Hello there!

I thought I'd show you my frames today. I'll be doing these up with the Ridgeview residents this Friday. I usually do cards, but since Mothers Day is coming up, maybe they'd like these for themselves or as gifts for their daughters. 

First I took the wood frame and used it as a template to draw on the back of a piece of scrapbook paper. I just drew the outside of the frame. Then I cut it out and put it aside. 

I brushed mod podge on the front of the frame, working quickly before it dried (you could mod podge the back of the paper too, but I didn't want glue in the middle of the paper where I had to cut it).

I made sure I had the paper pattern the right way, and then stuck the back of it onto the front of the frame. I rubbed it down (could use a roller) using even pressure. It didn't take long before it was dry and I could trim the edges with an exacto knife, and cut out the inside of the frame. I mod podged over the front again to seal the paper on the wood.

Then I sanded all the edges and rubbed some 'metallic rub-on' on them to give them a little bit of a sheen.  From here on the ladies will embellish them with stickers, ribbon, flowers, bling, butterflies, etc. As you can see, I used the metallic rub-on for the flowers too.

Normally I bring my Scrapbooking Tote with a ziploc bag full of what I need. Not this time! This time I have my Tote and two shoe boxes! That's not counting the stack of frames. Guess I'll be making a couple of trips back and forth this time! 

I made up the butterflies myself too. I found some butterfly pictures online and ran them off on clear acetate. I cut them out and decorated them up with stickles to make them a bit glittery! Here's a photo of one...it's not a great shot, but you get the idea. Sometimes I use colored rhinestones for their bodies too.

Well, that's it for today. I hope this will be a fun project for them! I'm already thinking about the Father's Day card I want to do with them. :)

UPDATE!

The Ridgeview 'card' class went well. The ladies made up their frames and then went to happy hour. Lol...a good day, I would suspect! Since then, my girlfriend came over and made up one of the frames. Here's her take on this project. Very pretty!

Have a good week!

Blessings, 

Carmen