Flowers and leaves - monochrome with a hint of colour photo frame - Day 211 of my 366 day challenge

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Flowers and leaves - monochrome with a hint of colour photo frame - 
Day 211 of my 366 day challenge


Hi Craft addicts!

The weekend is here and I have decided to write about this wall hanging that has been made using a 2mm recycled greyboard photo frame.

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Photo Frame - to make the actual photo frame, I first of all painted both parts (front and back) with some Pebeo Acrylic Gesso paint giving it several coats as it does sink into the greyboard (this is 2mm 240x190mm recycled greyboard which you can buy here).

Floral panel (main decoration) - I die-cut the panel (which is the "Foliage" die from Tattered Lace) in some good quality white cardstock and stuck it to some of Lynda Chapman's black cardstock.  I then coloured some of the leaves and flowers using the Twinkling H2O watercolour paints ("Celadon", "Sea Spray" and "Just Peachy"

 Making the whole frame up - Once the paints were dry, I then glued the front of the frame to the backing card using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue. I then varnished the whole thing with some Zig Varnish (which comes in a chunky pen format). I then added some "Dandelion Yellow" and "Violet Galaxy" Nuvo crystal drops in the centre of some of the flowers.  I also cut out the butterflies in silver mirror card - these are from the "Happy Birthday" Butterfly die from Tattered Lace. I will used the actual sentiment later on! I then glued them on using Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue only on their bodies.

Finally, I added some narrow white cord to the back using a hot glue gun so you can hang rather than stand it up.

And there you are....a really lovely gift which you can buy on my website 
here.  Don't forget 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
  • Photo frame 240x190mm 2mm recycled greyboard from Craft Creations
  • Tattered Lace Foliage panel die from Tattered Lace
  • Happy birthday butterfly die from Tattered Lace
  • Black cardstock - Lynda's black 200gsm card from Creative Cratting World
  • White cardstock
  • Silver Mirror card
  • Twinkling H2O watercolour paints (they come in a set of 6 different colours)
  • Dandelion Yellow and Violet Galaxy Nuvo crystal drops (from Tonic Studios)
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
  • Collall All Purpose Glue
  • Zig Varnish marker pen
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