Thrift Store Art Make Over

Today at Stampin' Royalty we have a beautiful picture challenge, to make some thing inspired by this picture:

When I saw this picture I knew right away that I was going to use a frame I found at a thrift store a few weeks back. It was calling out to me to make it cute! Here is what I made...

Want to see what it looked like before?!?

I'm not sure if you can see but it was even a little dirty. So with some TLC and rubber stamps I transformed this little 3x3 frame. I did save the insert, I feel I could use the saying for something else.

To make this frame a shaker I added dimensional strips to the frame before putting in my stamped panel.

I just cut the edges off my dimensionals to get very thin strips so that they did not show from the front. Then I added some sequins. The ones from the Gold sequin trim were perfect because they are the flat kind.

The insert is a piece of 3" x 3" Pool Party card stock. I stamped it with the Blended Bloom image and embossed it with Gold Embossing powder.

The sentiment on the glass is from the Painted Petals stamp set. To stamp on the glass you have to use the Staz On pads, I use the Jet Black. AND, you have to be very careful when you stamp on glass as it is very slippery. So, if you do mess up, have some rubbing alcohol on hand and wipe it off with a cotton ball when you mess up. I did not mess up one time, I messed up 3 times. I love that I had lots of chances to get it just right!

To dress up the frame I added a lace bow and hot glued that to the top corner of the frame. To the center of that I added a flower I made using the Petite Petals punch. I punched out a few, scrunched them up and layered them. Before I got glued the flower on. I added some of the threads from the Sequin Trim. I had cut off a piece of the Sequin Trim and pulled the sequins off to fill my frame. I saved the left over threads that the sequins came off of and separated them. Stuck them to the back of the flower in a loop with a mini glue dot. I added three loops and then hot glued the flower to the center of the lace bow. Lastly, a scattered on a few pearls.