Project Tuesday Altered Frame

I had several things in mind for this week's PT project but I ended up using something completely different when the time came. I settled on a frame that I purchased last summer at a car boot sale (yard sale) for about .50p. In fact I think I paid about £1 for 3 of these frames altogether. They were Ikea frames and brand new so they were a bargain. I love a good rummage through a car boot sale (yard sale) or charity shop (thrift store) knick knack shelves - you just never know what you're gonna find.

Anyhow I decided not to paint up the wooden frame but to leave it as it was and this was my finished project.

I had a whole bunch of things come together to inspire this week's project including the scripture stamp from Verve that was in my package this week. Of course I am always inspired by this set of stamps from Waltzing Mouse - one of my favourites and then there were the delicious Cosmo Cricket papers. What's not to be inspired by?

The frame I used lent itself beautifully to a 'blocks' theme and the houses fit perfectly inside each block as did the text. I love anything kind of 'patchwork' so I knew piecing the blocks together and mixing and matching up the stitched pieces would be real fun. I cut the squares using my nestabilities dies and fit a smaller square inside the larger one to create a frame - much easier and the I was just lucky the sizing was perfect!





This was the 'naked' frame so you can see the 4 blocks just waitin to be decorated.





Here is a closer shot showing the cute 'homespun' flowers from the WM stamp set that I used to decorate the outer corners of the frame. I had such fun just sittin there and cutting away all these houses so I could mix and match the different elements up. I am really pleased with how this one turned out.




I'm not too sure what I'll do with it now that I have it. The colours don't seem to go with anything here in my house (way too bright) but I have another frame left so I might do one up for my craft room sometime. I had such fun doing this weeks project cos this is something I probably wouldn't have done otherwise.

I'm real glad I did. Hope if you play along over at Project Tuesday that you have fun too. I took a heads up from Sarah and decided to enter this along for the Allsorts challenge this week same as her.