Altered Frames......

Im a bit of a fan of altering my frames.......

Im bored by just plain wood ones now.

Looking for something that stands out...

So i bought this one from the reject shop for $20.

What i do to alter them is so simple..

I usually do these while i am cooking tea, or someone other boring task!

First i make sure i pick a frame thats a nice colour to show through.

This one was brown.

I then use a crackle medium, such as Jo Sonias or Folkart.

Give it a good coat and leave to dry.

Then i paint a thick coat of a cream paint either Jo Sonias or Kaierpaint.

Let that dry and crackle.

Then i paint a gloss finish over it.

I tied some green tara ribbon around the top

I sprayed a A2Z Scraplet word

"Pieces of Me"

with Tattered Angels glimmer mist

and then strengthened it with Dimensional Magic.

Glue that over the ribbon.

With the matting,

i used some Tattered Angles stencils

and Tattered Angles glimmer mist to give it some interest....

Put it all together

(Dont brake the corner of the glass like i did!!)

then your done!!!

I used a similar technique for this frame

And similar for this one too

which was the Masters OTP i did last year.

The only difference is the paint colours.

Cause i did an undercoat of green

and then the top coat was a mixture of browns, creams..... etc