Saturday, February 10, 2024

Frame it.

I have found another use for  those white strips of cardstock by turning them into a  Faux Picture Frame. This is the resulting card.

I started off by just cutting four strips to form the angles of the frame and adhered them together.
Stamped and coloured and used my score board to create the border to give the slightly bevelled edge.
The stamp is a freebie from a magazine and I used a pale pink and a pale yellow marker pens to colour the rose with green also for the leaves. 
To make the frame look more real I distressed with pearlescent brown chalk and drew fine lines within the score lines to give the appearance of a wood effect and 3D dimension. Lastly I used a  Silver gel pen to edge the roses and go over the lines .Mounted onto the front of a tented cardbase. I used more of the strips to raise up (instead of 3d sticky mounts) and added the sentiment and hearts to the open frame. 
The sentiment is by Crafters Companion , four layers glued together and the hearts are two Woodware punches,again four glued together. 
I am entering the resulting card into the following challenges:
Try it on Tuesday # Hearts and/or flowers.
Tic Tac Toe Challenges #240  diagonal line used rose flower/die cut/ use word love.
Aud Sentiments #310 Use Dies and/or Love.
Crafty Calendar # Add a Heart.
Incy Wincy Designs # Valentine Love.
Pearly Sparkles Challenge #92 Love / Have a heart
The Paper Funday Challenges #62 Anything goes/ no patterned paper. 




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23 comments:

Aquarius said...

A great card for the various challenges - you're certainly finding interesting ways of using up your strips of white card

Margreet said...

Beautiful use of the white strips of cardstock. It is a gorgeous frame!
xxx Margreet

coldwaters2 said...

This is beautiful Mrs A love how you have constructed the frame I also love the roses and central sentiment it is perfection
hugs
lolo x

Chris said...

That's really clever use of those strips Mrs A! Looks gorgeous too, love the frame an d the beautiful card.
Thanks for sharing at Crafty Calendar- it's a perfect fit for this month's challenge,
xx

Alyson Mayo said...

This is gorgeous - love the flowers in the corners. Thanks for sharing with us at both Cut it Up and Dragonfly Dreams :)

Brenda in IN said...

This is so beautiful. I admire your creativity so much. A great use of paper scraps and a wonderful card.

Jenny L said...

Hi Mrs A,
oh my word what a fantastic idea to use up those scraps to make that wonderful frame.
Love the big love sentiment used and corner roses are gorgeous.
Thank you for joining the MAWTT Challenge.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L DT

Greta said...

Oh my goodness--a masterpiece! So beautifully creative and it DOES look 3D!

JD/ Jill said...

This is a lovely card! And another great idea for using those white strips!

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Very Clever indeedy Mrs A., really has look of depth... and using up those snippets is very clever. I'm trying to do that too.
Thanks for sharing, and may God bless you and keep you and all whom you love safe and well for 2024! Praying for you!
Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x

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crafty-stamper said...

WOW this is brilliant and very clever use of those strips.Great effect on the frame and love the roses.
Carol x
Thank you for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams and Pearly Sparkles.
Carol DT x

Freubelmina said...

What a beautiful creation, very artistically made ValeryAnne xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

WOW!! You said I'm so creative, but I can say the same of you!! Absolutely clever, stunning and lovely way to use stripes, love so much your faux picture frame!! A fabulous optical illusion! I have to CASEing your frame! Great use of the roses stamp and the diecut sentiment too! This card is a masterpiece!

Glennis F said...

This is so pretty and another interesting use of the scraps

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

This is a great way to use those strips of card which we all save with the intention of using!!! Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Carol L said...

This is simply a masterpiece of paper artistry! I love how you created this from strips of cardstock and the 3D frame is outstanding and just beautiful. What a cherished keepsake card this is, just WOW!

cuilliesocks said...

Now this is just stunning Valery, I love how you've made the frame with your bits of scrap, it looks so dimensional, beautifully designed, Kate x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

This is really pretty and your handmade frame looks amazing! I love it.
Lorraine

KT Fit Kitty said...

Hello, Mrs. A! I hope today finds you well. Such a fabulous use of your white scraps, I never would have thought of this idea but now I'm adding it to my list! They look beautiful as a frame! Sending hugs and well wishes your way!

Brenda said...

The perfect ❤️day card! What a brilliant way to use those scraps. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CRAFT Challenge this week!

Conniecrafter said...

Beautiful, lovely job on that frame, pretty coloring of the flowers and I like your gems on the sentiment and hearts!

Donna Walls said...

This is truly a clever design and way to use up scrap. Such a lovely design. Thanks for linking up at The Paper Funday Challenge and we look forward to seeing more of your lovely designs soon.
Donna xx
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Lisa Bird said...

Beautiful design. Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments Challenge  Blog
Best Wishes Lisa (DT) xx
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