Repurposed Frame

I love picking up great finds at garage sales throughout the summer.  You never know what little treasures you might find at bargain prices.  This past summer I found this frame at a garage sale.  The gal selling it said it was a mirror, but the mirror broke.  There was no price on it and when I asked, she said I could just have it. Can't get better than free!  I also came across a large vinyl saying, probably meant for a wall, so I picked that up for $.75.  Add some patterned paper and voila some art for your wall.  And better yet, because I didn't use the vinyl on the wall I can move it.

I attached cardstock to the cardboard backing that came with frame and then I applied the strps of patterned paper in a quilt pattern.  The paper is from the 6x6 pad from Echo Park's For The Record 2 line.  The strips are 3x6 with a 3x3 yellow piece in the middle. 

The flowers were die cut using the Sizzix bigz die Flower Layers #3.  I used the remaining pieces of patterened paper and combined them in different flower stacks.  The brads in for the flower centers were made using the I-top tool by Imaginisce.  When the flowers were assembled I pinched the paper up around the brad to add dimension.

I think this will go on the wall in my craft room. 

 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

Guest Designer for Home and Garden Welcome

Hey everyone, today I want to share with you the projects I created as the guest designer for Home and Garden Welcome. You can check out the post here on the Home and Garden Welcome blog.  I was supplied a box of goodies to create one or more projects with.  I was so excited when my box arrived.  I received some supplies that I had not used before and got to try out some new techniques.  So go check out the Home and Garden Welcome blog to see all my projects as well as step by step tutorials on how to create each one.

Thanks for looking,

Michelle