We took our first formal picture with our new addition last year, courtesy of my dad. It was also the photo for our ChrisTmas cards that year. I never got it enlarged (maybe in the near future), but I did want a crafty way to display the picture. I saw this idea from the Christmas with the Cricut blog... awesome site for crafty holiday projects! Since I knew what paper and color scheme I wanted to do, I wanted a silver frame. The only shadowbox frames they had the craft store came in white, black, or oak, but I wanted silver since it would look better with the picture. I bought an 8" x 10" frame in white, and painted it with gray acrylic paint (took 3 coats), then used glittery acrylic paint over it to get a silver effect, then coated it with glossy spray. After it was all dry, I added crystal rhinestones I got from the dollar section of the craft store to give it some "bling." This was "Phase 1."
In between waiting for the paint to dry from Phase 1, I started on Phase 2. For the inside of the frame, I used a sheet from Stampin' Up!'s Christmas Cocoa Speciality Designer Series Paper that had a flocked (felt) effect. I used Tombow MultiPurpose Adhesive and adhered it onto the cardboard part that came with the frame, then used a hobby blade to trim excess. For the ribbon, I measured about 2" down and used my hobby blade to cut slits to thread the ribbon through. The layered piece for the picture measures 4-¼" x 6-¼" since my picture is 4" x 6".
Phase 3: On the glass, I cut out "2008" from Winter Woodland at 1-¾" using the shadow effect and etched it on. Then I used red vinyl and cut it out again using the normal feature and layered it over the etched part.
And Phase 4 is assembly. Here's the frame in its entirety:
Stamps: none
Cardstock: Real Red
Ink: none
Cricut Cartridges: Winter Woodland
Etc: Christmas Cocoa Designer Series Paper; Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon; Tombow MultiPurpose Adhesive; Hobby Blade; Armour Etch; Red Vinyl; Rhinestone Stickers
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