"sweetness" frame by lauren bergold

recently, my sister-in-law gave me an envelope containing a bunch of "leftover" portraits of my nieces riley and lindsay from the last couple of years. i already have my own copies of most of these photos, but in the course of conversation it was mentioned that if i wanted to "make something or other" with some of these, that would be ok. :) :) :) when i saw all the gorgeous soft pink shades in the MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY kit, i thought i'd better get started! (although i feel honor-bound to mention that "contrary" is not a word one could ever use for these girls... why just *LOOK* at those sweet faces in their easter hats a few years ago!!!)

i am what you might call a "frequent flyer" in the unfinished wooden item section of my local craft store. i am especially drawn to the $1 aisle, where i have been known to scoop up "interesting" finds even without having a clear idea of what i will do with them. last fall i saw a few of these 5" square frames and thought they might come in handy sometime... and i was right!

i gave the corners and edges a quick coat of white gesso, and then set about covering the flat surfaces of the frame. i used the reverse of glitz's "beautiful dreamer polka" on the front and 1/4" slices of echo park's "garden gate" on the sides. with a flowery border punch i made decorative strips of the same paper for around the photo aperture.

i used my low-temp hot glue gun to apply a very thin line of adhesive, an inch at a time, on top of the flowery strip, and scrunched the pale pink crinkly signature seam bindingaround the opening. as a finishing touch i cut out one of the poppies from pink paislee's "nantucket oyster bar" paper and applied a liberal coat of glitter glue to the center. one tiny crate paper "random" sticker summed up my nieces perfectly in a single word!

and here they are as the "stars" of the perfect little frame for their mama's desk. sweetness, indeed! ♥♥♥

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"SMILE" embellished frame by lauren bergold

this month's pixie kit is called YOU MAKE LIFE FUN and it is aptly named: with such a fabulous assortment of papers and embellishments, who could fail to enjoy making a variety of cool projects?! someone who definitely "makes life fun" for everyone around him is my young friend carlos, seen in this photo:

you may recall that one of my LOVE NOTES projects last month was also an embellished frame, it is for carlos' sister isabel; since their birthdays are close together, i try to make them each a similar--but unique and personal gift--so i was really excited that this month's kit had everything i needed to make a "boy version"!

one of the centerpieces of this kit is a line i happen to ♥LOVE♥... "fun day" by my mind's eye! the patterns on two of the papers were IDEAL for fussy-cutting purposes: the reverse side of "sugar rush" has a zigzag pattern that became an instant flag banner, which i spiced up even more with the super-fun circle garland from the same source, with some bright and beautiful cosmo cricket buttons on top.

"pinwheel party" provided the perfect little set of icons for the lower section. i punched some stars from complimentary sheets by crate paper and pink paislee for the centers, and used a couple of tiny brads from my stash to hold them together; the stems are tiiiiiiiiny slivers trimmed with my paper cutter from crate paper's "exposure" sheet. 

i diecut the letters in "smile" using my cuttlebug, inked the edges of absolutely everything, and assembled this in a flash!

what could possibly make life more fun... or easier... than that?!  ♥

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Pixie February Kit "You make life fun"

happy birthday altered frame by lauren bergold

i don't scrapbook, as such, but i have been known to make altered frames... which is, afterall just fancier and more permanent type of layout! since this particular frame holds the photo of one of my favorite kids in the world--my best friend's daughter, miss isabel--it seems only fitting i should use the LOVE NOTES kit!

this frame measures approximately eight inches square, and i found it in the section of my local big box craft store where all of the unpainted wooded and papier mache items are kept.  would you believe it cost ONE DOLLAR??!  ok, granted, it was unfinished when i purchased it, needed quite a bit of sanding around the edges, and it does not have glass or plastic covering the photo area.  but then i knew i wanted to customize this and give it to a young lady who will turn three this spring.  so  those factors actually WORKED for me!  :)

in addition to the name, the variety of papers and embellishments in the LOVE NOTESkit was perfect for what i had in mind! the thing which sparked my idea to begin with was the my mind's eye "doily banners paper".  as soon as i saw it, i knew that if if cut out the banners and draped them over and around the frame they would look FABULOUS... and i think was i was right about that, don't you?!  :)

the second thing i added was a bunch of elements from crate paper's "random" chipboard sheet.  every piece of chipboard you see here (except the pink butterfly which is teresa collins' from the PINK ROSE COTTAGE kit) was part of the 12x12" sheet that came in the kit... and i doubt i even used half of the fun icons provided!

the words "happy", "adorable" and "sweet"... plus that super-fab cupcake and the funky ampersand... were all ready to use our of the packet.  heck, they are even self-adhesive, you cannot get much EASIER than that, right?!

my favorite part is the collection of tiny chipboard buttons, gems and little stickers that frame the heart-shaped opening of the frame.  it's hard to think of anything that would be cuter AND ALSO draw one's attention *immediately* to the sweet girl's face!

and now i cannot wait for this little gal's birthday to arrive... so we can take a brand new"adorable, happy & sweet" photo to go into the frame!

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"beach babies" altered frame by lauren bergold

i confess i am a bargain junkie. the other day, in the office supply store, when i saw this very plain, black, utilitarian multi-photo frame for just $3... i pounced! because i knew i had two secret weapons which would completely banish its boringness: #1 the august pixie dust kit PICNIC BASKET and #2 a set of uber-cute beach photos of my nieces and nephew.

was i right, or what?! :)

i actually think having either one of these secret weapons would've been enough; the PICNIC BASKET kit has soooooooooo many beautiful, summery papers and cute, colorful embellishments that you really can't go wrong. as for the photos... they're sort of hard to beat, if a proud auntie might be excused for bragging. but the colors of both really are PERFECT together, don't you think?

i started by trimming and punching some strips of the girls' paperie "gingham stripe" paper to go around the edges of the frame. next i popped the pebbles tissue paper flowers into one corner...

...and american crafts' butterfly delights into the center. (the black stick-on pearls were my only "cheat"... i couldn't resist adding them as a finishing touch at the very end.)

i only had four photos and the frame had five slots, so i made a little title using one of the tags in cosmo cricket's 12x12 "odds and ends" sheet and some leftover girls' paperie alphabets from last month's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM kit.

finally i cut out a few of the festive banners from the girls' paperie "party pennants" paper, affixed them to the top of the frame, and called it a day!

there is only one tiny problem: two of these adorable "beach babies" are my brother's kids, and the other two belong to my sister. since i'd like to stay on speaking terms with BOTH of them, i think i'm going to need another frame. see you in the clearance aisle! :)

Kirsty's Note -

Look at those beach babies, what a proud aunt you are!

So is the project, so pretty! Thanks Pixie Lauren!

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frame by Zielonooka

Hello all:D Witam wszystkich:))

Dziś jest 13 i muszę Wam powiedzieć, że zaczął się dla mnie pechowo bo znikł cały tekst, który tu dla Was napisałam:/. Więc mała niespodzianka. Post będzie dziś w języku polskim:)).
Dzisiejszy projekt powstał pod wpływem chwili. Do stworzenia ramki zainspirowały mnie rub-onsy, które znajdziecie w zestawie "Springtime Pixie".





Chciałam nadać ramce trochę trójwymiarowości więc powyginałam dłutkiem kwiaty tak by były bardziej przestrzenne.





Wróżce dokleiłam skrzydła tak aby wyglądało to, że gdy tylko skończy grać zaraz odleci do swojego tajemniczego miejsca.



Drewnianą ramkę pomalowałam białą farbą akrylową oraz farbą pękającą distress, gdzieniegdzie odstemplowałam serwetkowy motyw, który daje ramce wrażenie lekkości i delikatności.



To wszystko na dziś:). Mam nadzieję, że Was zainspirowałam do stworzenia własnej, pięknej i bajkowej ramki.


Pozdrawiam i życzę miłej niedzieli:))

XOXO



-Zielonooka

Kirsty's Note -
Thanks for your magical touch to this project Miss Z!! Beautiful!!!!


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