christmas frames: a making memories project

my christmas tree is not only up, but it's decorated as well. i have a few decorations sprinkled around the house, and a wreath hanging on my front door. it's starting to feel a little bit like christmas. so, how about a christmas project share. i created these for making memories, last summer, when the new christmas collection was announced. 

 

i used the noel collection for this set of wood frames. i found these frames at joanns, and thought they were so cute. they are unfinished wood, and about 4 inches by 4 inches in size. the backing does open, but there is no glass or front piece to them. so i loved that they were sort of like shadow boxes.

 

i started by painting them with a sage green acrylic paint. then i choose my pattern papers. i used a solid piece in the back of the frame. and for the front, i used a pattern paper, which i cut to fit around the frame. i adhered these to the frames with mod podge, and then painted another layer on top to give the frames a nice, shiny look to them.

 

for the centers of two of the frames, i simply added some paper flowers. i adhered the green flower to the back of the frame using a pop dot. then i adhered the music flower on top of the green flower, using a few layers of pop dots, all stacked up. since these are shadow box style frames, i had plenty of room to "pop" out the flower. i finished them off with a threaded button.

 

i wanted to add a word to one of the frames. i went with "noel", since it was a short word, and would fit nicely in the frame. these are chipboard alphas, and i used mini pop dots to adhere them to the backing of the frame. i'm almost positive i used 2 layers of the pop dots.

such a simple and easy project. i really need to head back to joann's, and pick up some more of these wooden frames. they'd be cute for any holiday.

Comments

[cindy tobey]

Cute project Laura! LOVE those sheet music flowers!

[marissa]

Great idea, Laura!

[Janet]

love, love these frames. you inspired me to look for them. what a great project and like you said, how wonderful for ANY holiday..have a GREAT Monday! Thanks for sharing AS ALWAYS! SMiles!

[PATTY]

Totally cute.

[dawn]

love love these, would look good in my living room right now. thank you for all your wonderful ideas. It's a snow day here for us.

[Linda Barber]

So adorable! You are so creative. And I love that you share it with the rest of us. I have some frames just sitting around. Begging for this project! (But then, I have to switch them out to Happy New year stuff, then V-Day's, then St Patty's, etc etc etc! LOL!)

[Helen Tilbury]

Very cute indeed Laura! And thanks for the heads-up on the paper...have ordered 6 today & should land here cheaper than what I pay & better!

[Carla]

oh these are cute! I love home decor stuff with SBing products :) you are the queen of that!

[Olivia]

These are so cute! Love the dinky size :)

[Laurel S]

Love these and I am very honored to be on the Slice Elite testimonial add with you!

[Sara Rossi]

These are super cute! I can see these for every holiday....now I need to find some frames! ;)