Fran*tage Friday: Altered Christmas Frame

Hi there!

I’m honored to join PaperCraft Planet for this week’s Stampendous Fran*tage Friday!  I was given Saint Nick and Old World Greetings cling rubber stamp sets to design a Christmas project to share with you this week. I began working with the beautiful vintage St. Nick focal image, first stamping it in Memento Cocoa ink on cream card stock and then colored with Copics.  Then, I shaded the entire cream paper with Distress Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap for some added depth.  After the ink dried, I used a texture folder from Sizzix for Stampin Up – my favorite ‘faux’ fabric one.  (Not sure of the name though, since I’m not a demo, sorry!)  Then, I stitched the cream paper to  some brown and then red card stock.

I’m sorry I don’t have step by step photos of the completion of the project, but it would be quite easy to recreate, since the St. Nick focal image is a card front (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) which I adhered to a 5 1/2″ square piece of patterned paper.  Then, I stitched the panel to a kraft die cut from the largest Spellbinder Labels 1 Grand nestability.

Card Details
Stamps: Old World Greetings; Saint Nick (Stampendous)
Ink: Cocoa Memento for stamps; Distress Antique Linen & Frayed Burlap for distressing & shading
Cardstock: Neenah cream; Stampin Up solid; Echo Park Season’s Greetings 6×6 patterned paper
Other: sewing machine; Spellbinder Poinsettia, leaf and Grand Label 1 dies; Basic Grey buttons; Twine from The Twinery; Stampin Up texture folder; Copic markers

Originally, I was planning on having this be a Christmas card, but after I finished the card front, it seemed too special to just stop there, so I decided to add it to the largest Label One die cut to create a ‘frame’ or ‘plaque’ of some sorts… I guess I’m not sure what to call it exactly!  Since the rectangle card front didn’t fit quite the way I wanted it to (I don’t like empty space very well), I thought the Spellbinder Poinsettia (retired) and foliage dies would be a nice counter balance to the focal image.  After die cutting the flowers, I ran them through the same texture folder and then shaded them with Distress Frayed Burlap ink.

After finishing the front, I had to come up with a way for it to stand up – since I wanted it to be a ‘frame’ of sorts.  So, I cut a 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ strip of thick white card stock to use as an ‘easel’.  I scored it at @ 1″ and then covered it with some more Echo Park Christmas paper.  I added it to the back of my project with Mono Multi Liquid glue… I LOVE that stuff!  It’s my favorite adhesive for 3D projects like this that I’m not exactly sure how will turn out.  ScorTape is awesome too, but I prefer the liquid mono multi glue since I can ‘slide’ it around a bit while I’m figuring it all out and then once I leave it alone it’s NOT moving at all after it dries.

Now, for the fun part!  Leave a comment on the PaperCraft Planet Blog post right HERE for your chance to win a very generous prize package from Stampendous in honor of Fran*tage Friday!  You have until Thursday at midnight, Eastern Time. After that, we’ll pick a winner through Random.org and announce the name on the next Fran*tage Friday.

Merry Christmas!

Jessica