Flowers and leaves blackboard style wall plaque - Day 161 of my 366 day challenge

Flowers and leaves blackboard style wall plaque - 

Day 161 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

So for today's challenge, I have decided to use this Pinflair "Blackboard Frames cartonnage set" to make a bright and cheerful wall plaque.

This set contains many different sizes of backing "sheets" and "frames" but I chose the largest (which measures 25x20cm)  of both to make this.

So first of all, I painted both parts of the frame in black Pebeo acrylic Gesso paint a couple of times - first of all one way and then another the opposite direction and allowed them to dry. I then glued them together making sure it was even all the way round.

I then cut out some flowers in various colours using the "Shades" cardstock (smaller version). I had tried using the original flower shapes that came with the Cartonnage set but felt they were too big for this particular project but will definitely use them for another one.

I also cut out the stems using Tonic Studios dies in white cardstock (I didn't want them to be green as i thought they would stand out more this way). Once I had decided which of them to use, I glued them on to the back of the plaque using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue. I then added the flowers. I had some of the swirls left from these die cuts and glued them on to the bottom of the frame. I had cut out some "Oak leaves" in green cardstock using a Crafter's Companion die and added them to the top.

I used "Caribbean Ocean",  "Dandelion Yellow", "Bottle Green" and "Clear" Nuvo crystal drops in the centres of the flowers, on the leaves, swirls and also in opposite corners of the background. I then finished off the whole thing by adding the swirls around the frame using a white Gelly Roll Sakura pen. It also has a white narrow cord loop on it so it can be hung up.

And there you are....a bright and cheerful wall plaque that would make a great gift and you can buy from me here

You can visit my website The Handmade Crafts Shop to see what else I have for sale.

Products and items you may need to make this card

• Blackboard frames Cartonnage set from Pinflair
• Flower dies - from Tattered Lace, Tonic Studios or Crafter's Companion
• Stem dies - from Tonic Studios
• Green, blue, Pink and Dark pink "Shades" paper stock from Tattered Lace
• White cardstock
• Caribbean Ocean, Daffodil Yellow, Bottle Green and Clear Crystal Drops from Tonic Studios
• White Gelly Roll Sakura pen 
• White narrow cord
• Pebeo Acrylic Gesso paint
• Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
• Collall All Purpose Glue

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