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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 4: Fall Frame


Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you are all enjoying the company of family and friends and sharing a bountiful feast!

Here's my contribution to the blog hop for Week 4. We used another of Eileen Hull's fun die cuts to create a layered frame. You can see the frame here. You can also find the assembly instructions and a layout of the pieces at the same link. It comes with a lot of pieces and I chose to use just the back two pieces of the set to create my frame. The rest I will use later for a refrigerator magnet frame to show off photos of my granddaughter!

I covered the back of the frame with a piece of scrapbook paper. I painted the front piece heavily with dark green paint, then I painted it with red paint. I let that dry and sanded it here and there to expose the underlying green paint. I also dabbed the edges of the back with the red paint. I glued small strips of cardboard to the back of the front piece. This allows me to slide a photo or other paper in and out of the frame. Then, I glued the strips to the back.

To make the leaves, I backed sections of the leaf paper with cardstock, gluing them together with tacky glue. Then, I trimmed out the leaves. While still damp from the glue, I bent and folded them to give them dimension. Then, I glued them to the frame. To complete the frame, slide in a photo or your favorite saying.
Thanks for stopping by, and, again, Happy Thanksgiving!
Terry

9 comments:

  1. What a great project Terry! I really like the sentiment inside the frame especially for today... Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Thanks for working with my die!

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  2. I love your frame. The colors are so vibrant and rich. I love the leafs. Happy Thanksgiving.

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  3. very pretty Terry! I never get tired of leaves and your color is really nice!

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  4. Terry- the frame is great. I like how the leaves are so colorful yet they look real with the way you curled the edges

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  5. I love the harvest feel to this!

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  6. What a beautiful frame! Pretty fall colors!

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  7. Ooh pretty pretty fall frame...colors are yummy cool. What do I know about Fall? I live in tropical Hawaii! Mahalo for sharing.

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  8. Terry this is beautiful, the colors are wonderful!

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  9. I love the cut out leaves. Great idea!

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