Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Kids Christmas gift





Last one for Scrapy Land challenge #32 for this year but you will see us back in 2016! So come join us again in 2015 and finish the year off right! Our theme for this challenge is all about the Holidays! I wanted to make a picture frame for the kids so they could put a new picture in it each year. Now let me tell you about this picture it is old, it was the only one I could fine right now. Emma (granddaughter) was 3 year and now she is 10 years old and Aiden my (grandson) was 7 years old and now he is 14 years old. One thing you need to remember is you need to use Scrapy Land dies, ones they sell at the store, they sell over 40 different brands and it would be a good idea if you would tell us what die you used. Scrapy Land is a Bi-Weekly challenge and you have a chance to win a gift card to Scrapy Land

Used white foam board. cut it with a rotary cutter to the size of 12” by 8 1/2”. I found a musical sheet of designer paper (wish I could of found more) and it worked out fine, the paper was 12” by 12”. I used Mod Podge matte to glue everything together.  I cut out a piece of scrap paper about the size I want the picture to be and that was 3 3/4” by 6” and I used that to decided where I wanted the picture to go. I traced around the scrap paper and the cut the piece out. 

I did color the card stock with distress inks for the flowers used was mustard seed, festive berries, barn door and aged mahogany, for the leaves crushed olive and mowed lawn. Have several pictures of the poinsettias. It is Tim Holtz’s tattered poinsettia #658261. Cut several of them out. 
I did color the card stock with distress inks for the flowers used was mustard seed, festive berries, barn door and aged mahogany, for the leaves crushed olive and mowed lawn. Have several pictures of the poinsettias. It is Tim Holtz’s tattered poinsettia #658261. Cut several of them out. 


This is the poinsettia that is on the right side.

Spellbinder shapeabilities foliage and Impression Obsession Pine Pairs DIE215-E After shaping the flowers sprayed them wit Krylon shimmering silver. Added a few touches of Aleenes snow to the tips of the flowers. Used stickles gold glitter glue for the centers of the poinsettias. You can see here there are several red gems for the berries.
 
Not sure if you can tell here but added ribbon to the lift and right side to give this a finish look.



Here you can see the pine cones added. A little story about those. This summer The kids and I went to Door Country, it is a scenic area in the thumb area if you look at the state of Wisconsin and we took a boat over to some of the islands and spent the night and had a great time. While we where their we seen all these tiny pine cones so we stared picking some of them up a little reminder of our trip so I wanted to add a few on the frame.




Cherry lynn design Merry Christmas set B186.
One part of my beautiful family
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This how I did the back. Cut a 12” by 12” heavy card stock to the size of 12” by 8 1/2”. I cut a black mat and a white mat so they will have what ever they need.  Traced where the picture would go

and cut the opening. So each year they can change the picture with out any problems. Maybe you can see the ribbon on the edges now, it is a neutral color.




I know I will be back with one more posing. I hope you enjoyed my picture frame. Thanks for stopping. Sorry I guess I’m talking too much.
 I sure hope this posting turns out... I never use blogger but I could not get my Windows Live Writer to work right. Does anyone know how to get the black lines that around the pictures to go away?

14 comments:

Donna said...

This is gorgeous Patricia! What a beautiful memory for the kids, especially since the picture is older. And if you can change the picture they can update whenever they want to. Your attention to detail is amazing. Love the poinsettias. What a great gift. They will love it!

Donna Ellis said...

Hi, Pat! Gorgeous! Beautiful home decor item to be cherished each year. (Great idea to make the photo changeable)! Not only are your flowers and design festively lovely, but so is the wonderful family in the photo! Hugs, de

Lori Kobular said...

Absolutely stunning frame! What a precious gift to have to display new Christmas picture in each year! I am sure it is a special keepsake! Your poinsettia's are gorgeous!

*Vicki* said...

Oh Patti!! What a gorgeous family photo!! I like your idea of being able to change it out every year too! I really need something like this as my family is starting to grow a little bit!! LOL! Your poinsettia frame is absolutely gorgeous and I love the added snow texture to your petals! It looks amazing! Thanks for sharing! HUGS

Anne Temple said...

This is gorgeous Pat! Love the idea of creating a frame so they can change the photo. Your poinsettias look amazing too.

craftieodmae said...

Gorgeous card and family!

Priyanka Mathur said...

A Gorgeous gift!!! & the poinsettias are so pretty!!
Hugs
Priyanka :)

Maryvonne Coussé said...

Pay I am in Love with your poinsettias ! Love this Distress ink Colors , Fabulous card and design !
Gorgeous

Lisa said...

This is absolutely stunning, Pat!! What a beautiful frame!! The poinsettias look amazing!! What a gorgeous gift this is!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Crafting with Darcy said...

Beautiful, Pat!! What a gorgeous holiday frame and it's too beautiful to put away so I would just leave it out all year! The poinsettias are fabulous!!
Hugs
Darcy

Teresa Arsenault said...

This is gorgeous. Your poinsettias are amazing. hugs, Teresa

Nancy Hill said...

Gorgeous poinsettias and beautiful pictures of your family. Have a great Merry Christmas. Nancy Hill, Scrapy Land

Penny said...

What a fabulous gift! I really love the design, and those poinsettias you made are just stunning! WOW! :^)
Hugs, Penny

Patricia Chalas said...

I love the poinsenttas!!!