Altered Frame for Reneabouquets Design Team

 Hi everyone, hope you are having a wonderful month. Today I have a frame I picked up at the Dollar Store and altered it to suit one of my favorite photos of my little furry boy Bubba. This is such an easy project how you can take something inexpensive and customize it for yourself. 

I did a bit of stamping on the cardstock that I used with a honeycomb stamp. Stamped it here and there around the photo. The cardstock I used is from Country Craft Creations "Bee House", a simply gorgeous collection of papers. I fussy cut some of the flowers to place around the left side of the frame to build my foundation. The florals I used are the Mini Old Gold Mulberry Paper Roses and Leaves, Caramel And Sugar Roses, Gardenia and Leaves and the Honey Roses and Leaves Mulberry Paper Flowers. 

I used some BRAND NEW items from the store on this frame, first up I used Printed Beautiful Board Small Sugar Bee Hive Laser Cut Chipboard, above the corner of the photo is the Beautiful Board Small Sugar Bee Corners Laser Cut Chipboard. The gorgeous bee I used is our Sugar Bees Premium Paper Glitter Glass Bee. I also added the Beautiful Board Medium Bee Hive Elements Laser Cut Chipboard and I cut it into pieces and added 3 layers of UTEE embossing powder to it for the illusion of honey. 

Here is a close up of that pretty sugar bee. 

Then from the trinket department in the store I had to use Reneabouquets Queen Bee Clock Charms Trinket Pack. For the centers of the flowers I dropped beads of hot glue into the middle of some microbeads, wait for them to dry and then place them in the middle of the flowers. The microbeads used are No Hole Old Gold Glass Microbeads and also No Hole Pearl Glass Microbeads . 

I hope you enjoyed this project and encourage you to take a frame and do some altering to it. Wishing you a BEE utiful rest of the month... xoxo

Sculpted Flowers & Altered Frame

Hi everyone, I have a DT project for Art Anthology today and decided to put these very old flowers to good use. I saturated them first with Art Basics Sculture Medium and allowed to dry overnight and then started spraying them with AA's beautiful Coloration Sprays. 

I die cut some butterflys out of grungpaper and also acetate to provide dimension on the wings. The acetate wings were then painted with AA's Sorbet paints for a pretty translucent glitter look. 

The frame was inexpensive one and I started texturing by running AA's Clear Coat Glass through a stencil and once dry I sprayed the entire surface with Colorations Spray Warm. 

I hope you were inspired to try something a bit different. Grab those very old flowers and do something with them. For your pleasure I have included a process video below. Have a spectacular day !

Thankful For You Altered Frame

Happy Thanksgiving y'all. Hope everyone is having a wonderful month. Today I'm here to share a frame I made featuring my sweet baby boy, Bubba. 

 I was able to transform some $1.00 store foliage into a pretty fall frame for my desk. I achieved some pretty texture utilizing seed bead, texture paste, and dimensional paints from Art Anthology. 

I applied clear gesso to prime the acrylic butterflies and then inked them with Art Anthology's Minx Shimmering Inks. 

The leaves in the corner were colored also with the Minx and then embossed 3 times with Ultra Embossing Enamel which provided a glass-like effect... So pretty. From a broken down frame to a new addition for my decor, this project was messy, fun, and effective. Hope you have been inspired. And for your enjoyment, feel free to grab yourself a cup of hot cider sit back and relax while you view my Snapguide tutorial below. For a complete product listing, please visit Art Anthology's Blog HERE . 

Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving !

I am entering this project in the following wonderfully creative challenges: 

Frilly and Funky - Bountiful Harvest 

Love To Create- Anything Mixed Media

Check out How to Create Mixed Media Frame by Toni Burks-Grijalva on Snapguide.