Paper Strip Bunny Art with DIY Wood Shim Frame

I'm loving wood shims right now.  They make darling mini pallets, so I got to thinking that they could also make a pretty cute and easy DIY frame.  I had the perfect project that needed to be framed anyways!  I had made this Bunny Art using paper strips and the negative of a bunny that I had cut out on my Silhouette Cameo:

I painted the wood shims white and then Mod Podged matching strips of paper to the front.  I glued them all together and attached the bunny art:

So very easy!!!

3 Easy & Super Cute St. Patrick's Day Decorations

I can't believe that it's already St. Patrick's Day!  I feel like I didn't get to make all of the cute decorations that I had planned on!  I guess there is always next year right?  Here are a few quick and easy ones that I did make this year:

1- Lucky Sign with Horseshoe "U":

 This was so easy to make.  I used an old board, cut my LCKY stencil out using my Silhouette Cameo, painted it, nailed the horse shoe "U" in with real horse shoe nails and added the hanger:

2- Shamrock and Burlap Door Hanger:

I actually bought the wood for this at the Wood Connections store in SLC a couple of months ago, so it was super easy to just paint, sand, nail together and attach the bow and little shamrocks.

3- Easy Leprechaun Clay Pot Hat:

 This idea has been around for awhile, I just hadn't ever gotten around to making one.  It seriously took 15 minutes.  So easy!

4- Hand stitched Clover Trio:

Anyone that knows me, knows that sewing is not my strong point, nor is it something that I have ever loved to do, so if I can make this anyone can!  I just cut the clovers out of material using a cardboard template and then stitched them to a thick canvas type material with embroidery floss and then framed it.

I also have to add a picture of 2014's March Hutch all decked out in greens:

Happy St. Patty's Day, I hope you have a wonderful one :)

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Scrabble Tile I Love You Frame

My latest Valentines Day Craft:

I just used a $1 heart frame that I got at Michael's, painted the outside edge and inside of the heart then, covered it with scrapbook paper.  I used glitter paper on the inside heart, glued the scrabble tiles and embellishments on, inked and sanded around all of the edges and ta-da!  Done :)

Easy Sneezy! And, it looks super cute with all of my other Valentine decor :)

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Frame with Sister Quote....

My cute friend wanted to us a specific quote for her sister's birthday, so she asked me to come up with a cute way to turn it into a gift for her.  Here is what I came up with:

Simple, yet perfect!

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DIY Family Frame...

I needed a family picture for my desk at work, and wanted a cute, custom frame to put it in.  I pulled out my supplies, grabbed a plain wood frame and came up with this:

Of course, I had to add something with a little sparkle and bling!

I painted it brown, Mod Podged, sanded and inked the paper to the frame then added the embellishments.

I love it!  I smile every time I look at it and see my cute family :)

Repurposed Frame

I've had this old frame for years, the glass broke a long time ago and I never replaced it.  The frame was a cherrywood brown color and I've hung on to it forever knowing that I was going to do something with it.  I finally got around to it.  I didn't think to take a before picture, but here is the after:

I painted and antiqued the frame, then I added chicken wire and made the burlap LOVE banner.

I figured out what pictures I wanted to use and added some embellishments to a couple of them and I also added some fun felt embellishments to some paper clips because I didn't want to use clothes pins.That's it!  So easy and a fun way to display family pictures.  It will also be easy to change them out when I want to:
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Duct Tape Zebra Frame....

I've been going through crafting withdrawals!  Busy life has been getting in the way of my obsession, BOO to that!!!  Last night was the first evening that I had a few minutes so I ran into my craft room and grabbed a few items that I had on hand.

I found this dollar store frame.  We don't own a cat, we don't even really like cats at our house, but I knew that the frame would come in handy when I saw it in the store:

Then I grabbed the roll of hot pink and zebra striped duct tape that I have from some other projects, some chip board letters and an old piece of black plastic.  Here is what I came up with for my cute Kadee gal's room:

It looks so much better than that silly fish bone cat frame!  I added some black sparkly chipboard embellishments to two of the corners.  I cut the black plastic to fit the back of the frame and glued on my sparkly "I" and "U", then I covered the heart circle with some more duct tape and Ta-Da!  I was done in less than 20 minutes!

And the best part is that I was able to somewhat satisfy my craft withdrawals!!!

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Rhinestone & Zebra Striped Frame...

I altered a plain frame with some rhinestones and hot pink/black zebra striped duct tape for My daughters room:

It fits in perfectly with her room decor!
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Frame Redo...

So I found this for a dollar:

I liked the designs on it, but not the gold and brownish red... So I did this with it:

Painted it antique white and then added a couple of coats of pearl white and then a couple of coats of Plaids Extreme Glitter paint in silver.

I got the cute Lucky printable HERE (Thanks! I LOVE free printables!!!)

And it looks super cute in my hutch.  I will easily be able to change out the printable each month and it should look great for most holidays/seasons.

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St. Patrick's Day Luck Frame...

I'm still going at full speed to make enough St. Patrick's Day deco's to fill my hutch for the month of March. I made this cute, inexpensive frame last night:

I just used one of the dollar frames from Micheal's that I got on their 2 for $1 sale awhile back.  I painted it and then mod podged a scrap piece of St. Patrick's day paper on the frame, sanded and inked the edges. Then I mod podged some scrap gold sparkle paper on the inside of the frame.The clovers and ribbon were from a floral pick that I'd bought a few years back and I had the sparkle letter stickers from a package that I found at dollar tree.

Crafting doesn't have to be expensive! Because I had all of the supplies on hand, it didn't cost me anything but even when I add up the cost of everything, the total would be less than two dollars.  Not to shabby eh?!

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Heart Bouquet & A Frame Re-do....

A couple other Valentine decor items that I put together to send to my cute daughter in Florida to help decorate her new apartment:

For the bouquet's:
I got all of the stuff for the Valentines bouquet's at the dollar store.  I just put a little square of floral styrofoam in the bottom of the bags and covered them with valentines tissue paper. I then stuck the cute hearts down in and then added some red tulle on top.  So stinking simple! 

For the frame:
I repainted an old  brown wooden frame white and then added a couple of coats of Plaids Extreme Glitter paint so it is all sparkly.  I did it in white so that I can send her a new subway are for each holiday and she can just continue to use that frame, i'm keeping my fingers crossed that the glass won't be broken by the time UPS gets it to her!  I found the darling subway art at Every Creative Endeavor (Thank you!).

This project is another one that will look super cute in her apartment but didn't cost very much so we won't feel badly when she won't have room in her luggage to bring it home with her.  I still have some of the hearts and boxes left and I intend to find a way to use them :)  Yay for cute Valentines crafties!!!

Heart Frames...

Here is another project that I made to send to my daughter.  I also made one for myself, haha!

I found the hearts at a dollar store and just cut them in half so that they would glue easily to the frame.  Then I added the tulle and the cute valentine sliders to just give them a little flare.

Again, I hope she thinks it's super cute :)

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"L" is for Love Frame...

I found the frame on Christmas clearance at Michaels. I put pink scrapbook paper as the background in the frame.

I painted and then mod podged scrapbook paper onto a wooden L.  Then I sanded and inked the edges and added the embellishments.

Easy peasy!!!!

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Altered Frames....

Altered frames make terrific gifts, they can be customized to match anyone's color theme. One I recently made:

                                                                            Base paint the frame first.  I mod podged zebra striped wrapping paper on the front and scuffed it up with some sand paper.

Add some bling/embellishments wherever you want.

                                        

A few others that I have done in the past.  The picture quality on these is awful because I took them with my cell phone, but you get the jist:

And remember, frames don't just have to be for pictures!:

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