Hey Jude! Subway Art.

I am a little bit late getting this posted today!  For whatever reason, this week and last week have kicked my butt with homework.  All a day in the life of a returning college student/mom, I guess :)

WELCOME TO MADE BY ME FOR MONDAY!!!

This week I am sharing a project I made for a friend of mine.  She had a baby a while back and she named him, Jude.  Super cute, right?  Well, who can help but have The Beatles, "Hey Jude" song in their head when they hear that name :)

I found this frame and it reminded me of a record (Um, yes, I am old enough to know what a record is.  I know some of you aren't though!).  The shape seemed PERFECT since his name goes along with an old Beatles song.

This is what it looked like when I bought it:

Step ONE: Paint the frame with linen paint.

Step TWO: Add stain to the linen paint.  This is what will peek through the crackle.

Step THREE: Add a layer of Elmers glue to get the crackle finish.

Step FOUR: Add a layer of white paint on top of the Elmers.  Make sure the Elmers is tacky, but not dry.

Step FIVE: Create the "Subway Art" on my Cricut Design Studio.

These are the fonts I used.

Step SIX: Cut the Subway Art out.  It doesn't matter what color because they are just being used as a mask.

Step SEVEN: Add the letters on top of the dry crackled paint.

Step EIGHT: Paint over the top of the entire frame with black paint.

Step NINE: Remove the vinyl letters and then distress the edges with sandpaper.

See the "Crackle" showing through.  I LOVE that it looks aged!

FINISHED!  I hope she likes it!  Won't it look cute with a picture of Jude in the center of it???

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JUST SMILE: Another Textured Frame :)

Using inspiration from last weeks post where I made TEXTURED FRAMES.  I decided to play around and make something just for fun.

This time I still took an unfinished frame, only instead of adding the lace cardstock, I cut flowers out of cardstock on my Cricut and Mod Podged them on to the frame.  Then I used the same technique as I did before.  I painted over the top, and used a white stain on the top of that to give a white washed look.  Then I added some jewels for a little BLING :)

Sometimes we all need a reminder to Just SMILE :)  Have a fabulous week!

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Textured Frames

Wow!  How is it another week already?  I feel like I haven't had much time to get my creative mojo flowing lately!  Do you ever feel that way?

This week I am going to share a fun project with you.  I came up with a way to add some texture and interest to a plain, unfinished frame that you get at a craft store.
 
I had two frames left from a stack that were given to me.  YAY FOR FREEBIES!  I wanted to do something fun with them, so here is what I came up with.

I started with a plain 12X12 wood frame just like this:

 And I took a piece of 12X12 Lace Cardstock like this:

Then I used Mod Podge and applied the cardstock to the frame.  I cut the center where the photo opening is with an razor blade.  After the Mod Podge was dry, I painted over the top of the frame with paint.  I let that dry, and then I went back and squirted a few squirts of Walnut Ink on the top and rubbed it around with a rag until I got the look I wanted.

One frame turned out a little bit darker than the other.  I am not sure which one is my favorite!  I really like both of them :)

I am not sure what I am going to put in the frames yet, or where I will hang them, but I am certain I will find a place for them soon!

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