Great little tutorial for you guys!! I wanted a pretty little picture frame to hold photos of my niece and nephew, this way I get a single of each, and one of them together in the middle! Perfecto! I bought this frame at JoAnns with a coupon a few weeks ago. I knew right away it would be the perfect frame to embellish.
So, grab your supplies! You’ll need a cutting mat and x-acto knife, or sharp scissors to allow ultimate precision, a ruler or straight edge, scrapbooking stickers, washi tape, ABC stickers, rub-on stickers, etc, and lastly Mod Podge Gloss (for shiny) Matte (for flat). I used Gloss.
Cutting photos to size
1. Cut photos to size, this is why a cutting mat and x-acto knife were used. I just placed my straight edge over the photo, and sliced the edge off. Worked perfectly. If you buy this frame you will notice the edges are rounded, I needed to cut those too since they didn’t all life flat inside the frames without them cut. Even though, you don’t see them!
Photos are ready
2. All my photos are cut to size and ready to be placed inside the frame! Don’t they look cute already all rounded corners??
Rub-on stickers are awesome
Now embellish!
3. Now’s the time to grab all your stickers and start embellishing! I’ll share a secret, I absolutely LOVE rub-on stickers! They work so nicely on unfinished wood! I have used them for many other projects…maybe someday I will share. But for this they gave the perfect affect, I wanted the stickers to float on the wood and be a little see-through. Most of these stickers, like the letters, I got in the $1 bins at JoAnns- you’ll find these in the scrapbooking area. You could use Washi Tape as well, I even bought some pink and blue, but then it didn’t go with my theme.
4. Apply your Mod Podge once you are happy with your design. I used about 5 coats of Mod Podge Gloss for this. Not because I didn’t think the first 3 worked, but because it can become uneven and I wanted to be sure to hit every surface, even the inner borders of the frames.
Another tip for rub-ons, they are not like other stickers, once they are on, you cannot remove them without ripping and ruining the sticker. So be sure you like it first, play around while it is still attached to the clear backing!
The finished product! Sorry, no absolutely-cutest-babies-you’ve-ever-seen photos allowed on the blog! You’ll just have to trust me, they are too cute!
So what do you think? Easy as pie project that took less than 30mins, not including drying time!
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