Cutters Creek Design Team: Paper Pieced Frame by Laura C

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Paper Pieced Frame by Laura C

This project would be a welcome addition to any mom's picture gallery! It's a paper pieced picture frame, and a great quick project.... and yes you still have time to make it for Mom's Day!!

Start with a coordinating paper collection like the 6x6 paper pad Echo Park (For The Record) and add some coordinating cardstock from Core d'nations (Black Magic Hocus Pocus used here....the soft green blue to emboss a piece of the Core d'nations (cut to the size of the folder). The raised area is then sanded to reveal the color beneath. Next I cut 1 & 3/8" squares of one of the patterned and one of the solid colors from the Echo Park paper. I cut pieces of the embossed brocade to fit once I pieced my frame together. The edges on my frame are rounded.....so I used a corner rounder on those four pieces. I also used the new Floral Doily Accents Spellbinders dies to make corners out of black cardstock. The paper pieces were inked with Black Soot Distress Ink, and I used a gold ink on the Doily Accents to make them look like metal. See below:

Next I prepped my wooden frame by rubbing it with Black Soot ink to cover anything that might show between my paper "tiles" (I buffed off excess ink with a paper towel). See below:

To finish, each tile was attached with Scor Tape, and once they were all adhered, I sanded around the edges to make them look like they are a part of the frame. I went back and re-inked the edges with the Black Soot (but it looks cool just sanded too!!). A few embellishments from my stash in the bottom right corner (used my Tissue Tape dispenser!) and peeking out from behind is another die from the Floral Doily set. I used regular adhesive to attach the corners, and pic matted in black finishes it off.