Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today sharing with you my vintage Altered Frame. Spring is definitely here and that means that I’m starting to switch up some of the décor pieces in my home.  The jumping off point for my project was the Midnight Garden collection as well as other papers and embellishments from Prima Marketing Inc which I combined with some adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs and ink from Ranger Ink, I was able to create this vintage Do Everything with Love Altered Frame. You’ll want to grab a cup of your favourite Springtime beverage as I share with you how I created my altered frame.
To start, you’ll need a 6 ½” x 8 ½” frame. Mine was white and already distressed, so I didn’t do anything to it.
Cut a piece out of the Georgia Blues – Midnight Blues from Prima Marketing Inc to 5” x 7”. Distress the edges. Ink the edges of the patterned paper using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Cut a piece out of the Midnight Garden – Traveling Tickets paper from Prima Marketing Inc to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”. Distress the edges. Ink the edges of the patterned paper using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Cut a piece out of the Midnight Garden – Rose Receipts paper from Prima Marketing Inc to 4 ½” x 6 ½”. Also fussy cut a leaf and a two bunch set of leaves. Distress the edges of the patterned paper piece. Ink the edges of the patterned paper piece and the leaves using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Choose two border strips from the patterned papers we’ve used. Cut one border strip down to 4 ½”. Cut the other border strip down to 4 ¼”. Distress the edges of each border strip. Ink the edges of the patterned paper piece and the leaves using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Choose a saying off of the Spring Farmhouse – Full Heart patterned paper from Prima Marketing Inc. Use the 2 ¾” Stitched Circle from Elizabeth Craft Designs to die cut the saying out. Distress the edges. Ink the edges of the stitched circle using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Cut a piece of lace to 4 ½”.
Next, you’ll need the Resin Frame – Montchamp Imperial from Prima Marketing Inc. Rub Bronze Age Art Alchemy Metallique Wax from Prima Marketing Inc around the edges of the frame as desired.
Take out the two chipboard tickets off of the Midnight Garden – Chipboard Stickers from Prima Marketing Inc. Ink the edges of the chipboard pieces using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Out of the Poetic Rose Flowers – Untold Stories from Prima Marketing Inc, take out the light blue and pink/green flower flowers. Out of the Lavender Frost Flowers from Prima Marketing Inc, take out the large cream flower.
Fussy cut six of the feathers off of the Midnight Garden – Feather Collector patterned paper piece from Prima Marketing Inc. Ink the edges of the feathers using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam from Ranger Ink.
Cut off four flowers off of the Magnolia Lace Trim from Prima Marketing Inc.
Use the E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the leaves paper to the blue feather paper. Use the E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the blue feather paper to the cream script paper.
Use the E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the 4 ½” border strip 1 5/8” from the bottom of the leaves paper. Use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the lace trim to the bottom of the 4 ¼” border strip. Use the E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the 4 ¼” border strip 1 1/8” from the bottom of the leaves paper.
Use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the stitched circle sentiment to the inside of the resin frame. Use 3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the resin frame ½” from the bottom and in the middle of the leaves paper.
Use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the patterned papers to the inside of the frame.
In the top left-hand corner of the resin frame, use E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the three feathers together. Use 3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the feathers to the top left side of the resin frame. Use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the blue flower to the top left corner of the resin frame. Adhere the large ticket chipboard sticker to the left of the blue flower. To finish off around the blue flower, use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere three Magnolia flowers.
In the bottom right-hand corner of the resin frame, use E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the three feathers together. Use 3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the feathers to the middle right-hand side of the resin frame. Use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the green/pink flowered flower to the bottom of the feathers and resin frame. Use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere the leaves in behind the large cream flower and then adhere the large cream flower to the left of the green/pink flowered flower. Adhere to the small ticket chipboard sticker to the right of the large cream flower. To finish off around the flowers, use Dodz from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere one Magnolia flower.
Here are a few closeup photos of my finished Vintage Altered Frame.
Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog post. I hope that my Do Everything with Love Altered Frame has inspired you to create your own at home.
Supplies Used:
Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam.
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares, Dodz, and E-Z Runner Permanent Tape.
Prima Marketing Inc: Poetic Rose Flowers – Untold Stories, Magnolia Lace, Lavender Frost Flowers, Resin Frame – Montchamp Imperial, Midnight Garden Chipboard Stickers, Midnight Garden Patterned Paper – Rose Receipts, Feather Collector & Travelling Tickets, Georgia Blues – Midnight Blues, Magnolia Lace, and Art Alchemy Metallique Wax – Bronze Age
Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Circles
Misc: Altered Frame

You can find more of my work on my blog at: http://www.katelyngrosart.blogspot.ca
Happy Creating!

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