Altered Picture Frame

My sister gave me a picture frame that I adore it. I love the picture and sentiment written on the frame. But not really the decoration of the frame (sorry sis!). So I decided to "pretty it up" a little today. Its a little pop of pinks and spring for me! I am so excited because we are starting to get nicer weather and I've got a serious case of spring fever!

 I did some fussy cutting and even used my glue gun today! 

Trace around the frame and cut out.

Measure 1 inch around the cutout of the frame and draw guide hashlines. 

Cut along the guide hashlines.

Tada..your boarder!

I wanted the boarder to be curled, so I made it slightly damp and rolled it between my thumb and pointer finger to get the edges to roll. This works best when the paper is damp but not super wet.

I painted the frame just a little bit, so the colored part wouldn't show through if I missed 

any parts when embellishing it. 

 Then I glued the boarder on and layed the foundation paper. I picked out all my 

flowers ect and arranged them out where I wanted them. I used a hot glue gun for this
 project. I like how fast the glue dries, you just need to make sure you remove
any webs that form.  

I was surprised how the fussycut paper embellishments added such an element 

to this project. It makes me look at paper in a whole new way! 

Happy Creating,

Melissa