That Went a Different Direction!

 

This weeks Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamps is "Frame It"

I had this bright idea that I would use some Hero Arts Nesting Frames on some Simon Says Stamp Shrink Plastic and create three cute frames and three cute banners. It started out really well!

I had them all cut out and ready to stamp and color.

I decided I would background stamp them with one of my favorite sets from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous called Flurry and Pine, CMS312 in case you were wondering. I think these stamps were meant for Christmas, but they are among my top 5 for background stamping. I digress. I got them all stamped with Stayz-On ink. Don't ask about the state of my hands right now.

Next, I was going to color them all with this combination of Tim Holtz and Ranger Alcohol Ink.

Here they are all colored and ready to shrink. That's when it all went wrong! Two of the three frames completely mangled themselves beyond recognition. I couldn't understand why they would want to do that, but now I was down to one frame and he was rather wavy. I went ahead and continued with the shrinking process since I had committed to my project.

I moved the salvageable parts around and around on different backgrounds, but felt bad for leaving out the poor mangled plastic frames. That's when it hit me. I decided that instead of making a card, I would actually make some home decor and here is where we landed.

I decided to be the bigger woman and include the mangled frames because they were still beautiful in my heart.

Look how they float gracefully about the landscape! The flatter ones I attached with some black attach thingies.  I sewed on all of the wobblies.

 

I made several frames out of some black cardstock with the last frame done with Tim Holtz Black Heavy Stock. I matted those with a turquois background borne from my Gel Press and nailed it all down to a box that I painted black with Black Soot Distress Paint and that was that. 

Thanks for checking her out!

T