Altered Frame Inspiration from Biker Chick Shanna Vineyard

Biker Chick Shanna Vineyard has a wonderful idea to share today with our Hello Spring collection.  This adorable frame would make a wonderful Mother's Day present, but we will let Shanna tell you all about it.

This was the perfect line to showcase this sweet spring photo of my baby girl.  I found a white frame with the mat included at my local craft store and went to work!  The first thing I did was use Sweet Pea Vine to cover the mat then used my cutting knife to trim the excess paper off leaving the center open for the photo of course.  I love to sand the edges of my papers.  It’s one of my favorite techniques to add a bit of a worn look or to take the brightness of something down a notch.  I sanded the edges of the Sweet Pea Vine paper as well as the blue, orange, and pink paper flowers.  It’s a subtle effect but I love how it turns out.  You can see the sanding best in the close-up photos.   

Next, I cut the edges of the Decorative Edge Cardstock off and glued them around the outer edges of the mat.  This adds a fun and colorful frame around the inside of the white wood frame.  Then, I gently lifted each one of the circles up so they would pop off the mat a bit for a little more texture.

Last,  I added the tag, butterfly, and layered the flowers from the Paper Flowers Kit. These add all the fun and happy details to the frame.   Another technique I use on MOST of my projects is using pop-dots to create dimension.  I’m a little obsessive about my creations looking dimensional.  Using pop-dots to make the flowers stand up off the matt adds more texture, dimension,  and in my opinion makes it a little more whimsical and FUN!!! 

 

Please visit Shanna's blog Art Made with Heart for more wonderful ideas from this talented Biker Chick.

 

Two day until National Scrapbook Day!  Hang in there.

 

Liz

Comments

[Jean Coto]

1.

How cute is that!! Shanna you are always creating such beautiful things and have such wonderful ideas

[Lisa Swift]

2.

This is so fresh and pretty, Shanna (and how cute is that photo of your darling girl?!?) I love the scalloped border and how it frames all of the elements so nicely.