Got Art? Frame It!

I have always loved everything crafty from Embroidery, Scrapbooking, Cards, Papercrafts and now Paint.   Inspired by my sorority sister Deidre Pigues, I decided to create my own “Art Therapy”.  She gave us a piece of canvas and my imagination went to our 100th year celebration in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and this is my creation with the finishing touches.  I autographed the art and placed it in a frame.

Receipe Ingredients

Adirondack paint -  Snow Cap, Eggplant, Rich Black

Americana paint -Tomato Red

Folk Art paint - Honeycomb

Stickles - Golden Rod

Recollection- Bling

Notice the bling?

 

Princess… The Papercrafter?  Princess…The Artist? 

Do you have a favorite? Do you have it somewhere visible in your home or is it in a closet?  Let's celebrate our work!

Thankful...

Next week this time most of us will be celebrating Thanksgiving Day with family and friends. And just like most of you I have so much to be thankful for...my family, good health, great friends, a wonderful creative hobby that I enjoy and that I get to share with others.

So while decorating for Thanksgiving this year I made a frame for my mantel that simply says "Thankful" as a reminder of all the wonderful blessings I have. Sometimes it's not one big thing but a million little things that mean so much.

Thankful Frame by Tena Ellison. Supplies - Wood Frame, Acrylic Paint & Crackle Finish: Michaels;

Burlap Rose: Maya Road; Distress Ink: Ranger-Tim Holtz; Cricut & Base Camp cartridge; 

Molding Paste: Golden; Misc leaves, burlap, wheat.

I painted the wood frame with white acrylic paint then added a layer of crackle finish over it. I inked the painted and crackle finish with distress ink for a vintage look.

For the inside of the frame I added the word "Thankful" using a template I made by cutting the word out with my Cricut and Base Camp cartridge on plain cardstock. I used a light molding paste to form the word on burlap, let dry and added it to the frame. I then added my leaves, wheat and flower embellishments to complete the frame.

I think it's a great way to remember how much I have to be Thankful for.

Wishing everyone a Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving!

It's just the Papercrafter in Me

I received this photo and frame as a gift.  It's been sitting in my scraproom and I love, love, love the sheet music, But the Papercrafter in me just couldn't leave well enough alone.

This is the embellished art I created.

Recipe:

Martha Stewart paper stack

Martha Stewart edge punch

Quickutz frame die cut

Recollection flowers

Websters red flower, bling & stick pin

Tim Holtz paper rosettes



 The Beautiful crown is from an ATC gift from my scrappy friend Carla at Scraps of Color.

Close up

Close up

Have you purchased anything or received anything that you added your own little personal touch?

Frame it- Upcycle

My fascination with old discarded CDs is taking me down more creative paths lately.  Recently, I put together a bridal shower decoration using old CDs and one of my Cricut cartridges.  They came out so lovely.  So I'm following the same path but this time I created a photo frame with this upcycled material.  I took four CDs and adhered them together using my Crop-a-dile, large eyelets and some ribbon.  I centered my precious granddaughter's photo in the middle and used some beading to highlight it.  Then I went wild with fabric flowers and beads.  The center of the white daisies is a button.  I also used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch to add some additional accent.  Then the sparkling green floral is from a spray I have in my stash.  At the top and bottom corners I used rub-ons that spell "granddaughter" and

"memories"  Do you like to upcycle/recycle discarded items?  Show us your stuff.  Tell me what you think of my upcycled frame.