Wednesday 4 September 2013

SUOC 78: Upcycled Vintage Frame

The SUO Challenge this week is all about ribbons and bows! In moving my craft room's location recently, I found myself going through my stash of embellishments, and  uncovered a lot of reasons to be playing with ribbons and bows.

I found this wooden frame at a thrift store and decorated it with some flowers and other embellishments. It already had a lovely crackle finish, so I only added to and updated the center portion with a whole host of different materials. 


Stamps: Lovely Little Labels, You're a Gem
Ink: Cherry Cobler, Soft Suede
Paper: White Naturals and Ivory Naturals cardstock, corrugated cardboard
Tools: Fun Flowers die, glue gun, mini scallop punch
Extras: mini library clips, vintage trinkets, ribbon sliders, antique brads, other retired hardware, twill tape and natural trim ribbon, corduroy buttons, linen thread, antique tags


I covered the background with an off-white burlap material, and layered the flowers on top. 


This is a project that had been in the back of my mind for awhile but I could never seem to commit to certain colors. I stumbled upon this frame in the second hand store, and found a fun way to re-purpose it with my stash of embellishments.


Oh those Fun Flowers are addictive to play with! So many possible combinations!

Hope you had a great long weekend!

6 comments:

  1. What a FUN idea and great way to use that old frame. I love the many ways you used ribbons on your flowers. Thanks for sharing with SUO Challenges.

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  2. Oh, this is gorgeous!! Love the use of the vintage frame along with all of the flowers, ribbons, bows and embellishments- what a wonderful accent piece! Thanks for sharing with us at SUO Challenges :-)

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  3. Oh how absolutely WONDERFUL!!! So many little details adding up to a STUNNING frame! Thanks for joining the SUO Challenge!

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  4. LOVELINESS!!!! What a great little vintage work of ART!!

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous framed project! Love all the texture. thanks for playing along with the SUO Challenges.

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  6. How pretty is this home decor piece! I love it! Thanks for playing along with the ribbon & bows challenge on SUO Challenges this week!

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