Upcycled Photo Frame

Hi everyone!! Today I am sharing a photo frame that I upcycled. It was a small square handmade picture frame, with plain bronze paper on it. I thought to make good use of it by experimenting with some mixed media.

I glued scraps of PP on the frame with some mod podge. Coated the PP with some silver acrylic paint. Stamped randomly on the surface and attached some washi tape here and there. Then I used some waste material like red bull lid, broken bracelet, bolts, etc. The two hearts are made from perfume bottle boxes which had shiny cover on them.

Then I used a stencil to create a pattern with modeling paste on two corners of the frame. Once the paste dried up, I colored it using distress inks. Added a sentiment and black pearls to finish the project. Hope you all like my creation.

Anniversary Frame with Quilling

Hi. I am so happy I am back to quilling with these last few orders that I received. The client wanted a big frame with 3 pictures and a personalised message and lots on quilling along the pictures. This is what I came up with. The moment I got this order I knew I wanted to pick up pastel shades. The picture along after framing is not captured very well as I was in a hurry to ship it.

This picture will give you a much clearer glimpse of the frame. I wanted to give a nice background to the frame and not just quill on a plain paper. So I decided to use some pretty pattern papers. I took a print-out of the wordings that the client had sent.

The client specifically wanted these quilled birdies from my 'Love birds card', in the frame. A close up of the quilled birdies all glittered up!!

 Challenges entered:

Docerela Creations - #38 - Color Pallete

Charisma Cardz - #20 Here Comes Summer
Creative Moments - #17 Circles

MilkCoffee Challenge - Load on the Flowers
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #128 Circles

Crafters Corner - Summer Sundae

1. Used 2 punches - Fiskars scallop punch & MS Doily lace
2. Used 2 pattern papers
3. 3 embellishments - Quilled flowers, butterflies, metallic button
4. Dash of glitter on birds

Quilled Photo Frame - Yellow

I made this frame on order on an urgent basis. The brief was to have contrasting colors. The pattern is same as my earlier frame.



Challenges entered

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

There She Goes - Flowers

Quilled Photo Frame on Order

Hi friends. I know many of you have been telling me that I don't quill as much now. I too miss quilling a lot and I really feel a piece of quilled art really gains lot of appreciation among craft admirers :)

 

So here is a quilled photo frame that I made on order recently. The brief was to use subtle colors for quilling. Therefore I chose pink and to add a contrast added purple small flowers. For the first time I have combined punched leaves also along with few quilled leaves.

Here is a closer look at the flowers...

 

 

Challenges entered

Crafters Corner Challenge # 4- Anything but not a Card or a layout

Quilled Photo Frame

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing a project that has been on my to-do list for a long time. I wanted to make a quilled frame. The project never took off coz I wanted to make the frame too from scratch. But when I got these ready made ones I thought why not give them a try!

So here it is.... Hope you all like it!!

 A look at the upper half...

 The lower half...

Happy crafting!!

Recycled Desktop Calendar

Hey there! Hope you all are having a nice weekend.

Today I am showcasing another recycled project of mine that I made yesterday.

I recycled an old desktop calendar into a double-sided photo frame, just in case you get bored of seeing one side all the time :) This is gonna adorn my hubby's office desk.

This is one of my pet projects and I have made it a couple of times earlier as well. (View ealier posts here and here for more ideas)

I loved making it all over again, and this time took pictures to show you how I made it.

Here is how to go about it:

1. Take an old desktop calendar and remove the leaves.

 2. Side 1 - Mark the area of the photo at the desired place on the calendar.

3. I used left over paper scraps to make the corners for holding the photo. It's a good idea to stick the corners on the surface before hand, so that you have an idea of how much space you have for decoration. Don't stick the photo on the frame so that you can keep changing the photo later on.

 4. Make the design on side 1. For the design on side 1, I used left over paper scraps to create the roses. The twigs are from my pot pouri. I added some beads on the twigs for an added effect.

I had seen jute twine in many creations of international bloggers. I made one for myself from the regular jute rope that we get. Like the anchor thread, the jute rope has numerous strands. Remove one strand and apply glue along the length of the strand. Roll it between your palms and voila, you have your jute twine ready.

The silver doodle is a sticker from Pie Lane.

 5. Side 2 - Mark the area of the photo on this side too. 

 6. The corners are made from left over paper scrap. 

7. Make the design for side 2 as desired. I made a quilled design for this side. 

 

 8. You may chose to remove the wire from the calendar and decorate it using ribbons, quilling strips or some other material. I used nylon stings of 2 colors to weave a criss-cross design as shown below.

Challenges entered:

Crafty JC Challenge # 9: Recycle 

Cheerfulstamppad: Recycle

Lyn Miller's recycling challenge at Yyam's blog
Wags n Whiskers Rubber Stamps: Anything but a Card
Crafty Creations Challenges # 135: Anything but a square
Craft Room Challenge: Home Decor

A special frame for a close friend..

Hi guys......posting here another frame that I made for my husband's close friend. I tried a different layout this time... and hope that I do something new in all the next frames that I make... let's see!! Do lemme know which layout u like better......this or the earlier one..

Before framing..

After framing... 

Another frame for a couple!

Here is another frame that I made on order. This time I tried a new color scheme......yellow and orange and a darker shade of green for the foliage! And  I must say that it came out pretty well!! Wat say? :) :)

Framed!!

This is my second frame. The first frame I had made was for my best friend. Since then I have had many people expressing their appreciation for it.

My colleague wanted to gift a similar one to her friend on his wedding. So this was made within 2 days (framing took 1 day). She was really delighted with the final product.

Framed art - Quilling

I made this special frame for my best friend on her Anniversary. For this I first printed the wordings on a colored A4 sheet of paper. Then I did the quilling work on it. I traced out an oval on the right side of the page and cut it out. I got the couple's photo printed from a photo studio and pasted it behind the cut-out. Then, I got it framed from a shop.

 

 

 

 

My friend really loved this personalised gift. Below is the picture she sent to me of the frame hung in her home on a wall.

 

Recycled Photo frame

I made a double-sided quilled photo frame using an old desptop calendar last week. It was very easy to make. Have a look!

This is one side......

The other side.........

I removed the wire which holds the two sides of the calendar together and inserted a long quilling strip into it. To cover up both ends I just added a pretty li'l bow.

Photo Frame with Quilling

I made this frame last weekend.  Actually I have made many flowers and small quilled accents. So I thought of modifying this frame using them. 

 

Earlier it looked like this.

I wasn't too happy with the way it came out with stickers. I guess the quilled one looks better. Wat do u say?

Double-sided Photo frame

I created this photo frame from an old desktop calendar. This frame is double-sided, i.e. u can put pictures on both sides.

Remove the pages from the calendar and remove the spring on top. Then cut-out the mid portion of the size of ur photographs.
Decorate the frame as desired and embellish with sparkles and sequins.
For this frame I used sponge stamps from Hobby Ideas.

And voila, the frame is ready!!!