MADE IT MONDAY

My goal with this blog is to feature a new craft each Monday.  No guarantee that its going to work like that but it sure is going to be attempted.  (minus when I’m on vacation, cause then I can’t craft anyways…)  On that note, today’s craft was inspired by a million different post I’ve seen over the past few weeks/months. 

Among those this adorable creation over at Staker Sensations (be sure to check out my last post for information on a give away they’re having over at Tatertots and Jello) 

I really loved how they letters were printed on blocks but after searching the local Hobby Lobby for something comparable (and cheap) to work with I gave up.  Then I remembered a post I saw over at eighteen25 where she used picture frames to frame letters…(so cute right!)

After that there was no stopping me!  I headed straight to the dollar store.  I didn’t want anything with such a thick frame cause I still wanted to keep the illusion of using blocks and lucky for me I found four frames that were just perfect for what I had in mind.  I wasn’t sure how I was going to put it all together when I started but I had a general idea…I’ll walk you though what I did to recreate a combination of the two fabulous projects mentioned above.

What you will need for this project:

• frames (as many as you choose…I used 4)
• cardstock (I used mine as backing because I wanted to be able to change out the pictures with the seasons/holidays)
• 2 fabrics of your choice (enough to cover the front of your frames and cut out letters)
• scissors (or rotary cutter)
• mod podge
• Letter template (I just blew up some of my favorite font on the computer and printed it out then cut out the letters)
• fabric pen

These are the frames I found…they are kind of light weight but what do you expect for a dollar?

First I took the glass out of the frames and used it to cut my cardstock to the correct size.

Next I cut my fabric slightly larger than the glass pane from my frame and mod podged it to the cardstock.

 

once its dry turn your cardstock over and cut your fabric to the same size as your cardstock.  (note, I’m new to using mod podge and realized that it makes cardstock “curl” some….lucky for me, it didn’t matter in this project but its something I’ll for sure keep in mind next time!)

 

Next your going to cut out the letters of the word your going to use…I decided to use the word BOO so I just cut out one “O” instead of two :)

Place your letter on on the wrong side of your second fabric (be sure to place it backwards so when you turn it over its facing the right way) and trace around it with your fabric pen.

 

Next your going to cut out your letter and mod podge it to the front of the cardstock….I also made sure to mod podge the edges of my purple fabric during this step as well.

Let it dry then put your pictures in your frames.  I finished mine off with a ghost at the end, and a bow.  (I forgot who’s blog I was visiting when I found the link for the ghost template so if it was you please let me know so I can give credit!)

   

I didn’t have to buy fabric for this project since I had some Halloween fabric given to me but I wish I had invested in something brighter for the letters or the back…I just think the fabrics don’t have enough contrast.  Oh well….I can always re-do it next year!  You may notice that there is no glass in the frames….that’s because as I was stepping back to admire my work (before it was dry but after I had put it in the frames on the mantel) I stepped on the pile of glass…go me.  At least I didn’t cut my foot and it was in the middle of the night so no babies were harmed either….bummer (to the glass being broken, not the babies being unharmed LoL).  At least they were only a dollar!

-Ashley