Dollar Frame Creation

Some time ago, I bought this frame at Salvation Army. SA is my go-to place to find discarded items that I can breathe new life into. The frame had never been used and only cost me one measly dollar....just one dollar!

  I removed the back, glass, mat and the word "home".

 There was a thin sheet of styrofoam under the mat just to raise it up a bit, which I liked.

 I found a sheet of flowered scrapbook paper and glued it on to a piece of cardboard under the styrofoam. I printed out the verse on my computer then cut it out, using a rectangle die... but you could just cut it out with scissors too. I cut a slightly larger rectangle out of gold metallic cardstock, glued the verse and cardstock together and added some foam dots to the back to get a raised effect.

 For the bottom window, I used my Bigshot to cut out the vine and flower die cuts. I glued them into place and added some little metal centers.

This made a great gift for a dear friend!

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One Equals Four!

 The fact that I love papercrafts is an understatement.
 I  always have new ideas popping into my head quicker than I can make them and Pinterest is like an addiction for me! My friends and family even save the cards they receive for holidays and birthdays for me because I like to challenge myself to see how creative I can be. (And I hate to see those beautiful cards thrown away).
Recently, in one of these goody bags, I found a pretty card in shades of purple. I wanted to see how many cards I could make using parts of this one.

Inside of the card:

card1. I used the top part of the front of the card.

card 2. I used the upper right corner of the inside. I cut the corner using a curved die and added a small flower from the back of the card.

card 3. I used the bottom front of the card and added the "Thanks "sentiment from a scrap of pale green cardstock.

card 4. I used the small piece that was left as an edge panel.( I know, that was really stretching it!) lol

 One card equals four!!...let me know what you think.....

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Happy, Happy, Happy!

I love using Avery Ellie-Ments sentiment dies! They're big and make a bold statement on the front of your cards.

Avery Elle-Ments Simply Said Happy Dies

I cut the "happy" sentiment out three times on the front of a piece of green card stock. Then I applied a piece of turquoise card stock to the back of the negative cut, to show through the cut out. I can keep my " three happy words" to use on other cards.

Next, I used the Paper Smoochy Balloon die to cut out some contrasting balloons and attach them together using twine. 

Paper Smooches Balloons Die

Then I adhered them to the card using some foam dots

 for a three-dimensional effect.

I'm using it again this year for Father's Day cards..

This happy sentiment could be used variety of occasions:
birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduation and the list goes on!

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