I am sharing this in hopes that no man reads this blog... I am quite confident of that... If not, hopefully it will be brought to my attention because I would hate to ruin their father's day present. Anyway, I saw this neat craft idea on Michael's website and thought I would give it a try... Usually not a Michael's fan but spending every day there this week getting one letter per day per their SILLY rule on coupon usage (don't mind paying full price for some special person's letters for their soon to arrive special little guy, but if I can get them 1/2 off, why not? So, I will be at Michaels every day this week, one day *hopefully* dragging along a co-worker because Hunter has 6 letters and the week only has 5 days... wow that was a side note) ANYWAYS So I am at Michales and so this idea and their frames were on sale for 66cents (my kind of price!) and all you need to make them is scrapbook paper (I had everything else). And since we are a LOT bit tight thought this was a good way to go so that they would get something instead of nothing! So, here is what you need:
Frame
Scrapbook paper of your choice
Exacto knife
Mod Podge
Foam Brush
Ribbon
Whatever Picture you want to use
Start out with the wood... on a mat (yes, Elmo place mat was harmed in the making of this project) Put scrapbook paper underneath and just trace inside and outside with exacto knife...
Turn over and hope you did a good enough job... mine was ok... I have like Parkinson's shakes so it was just ok...
Hope that your MOd Podge is not glued shut... if it is go to the kitchen and get the "fish de-boneing" knife that you never know what to do with... perfect moment to put it to use... pry that bad-boy off. Don't let the glue-stuff win. You are stronger. Don't get fingers in the way. This weird looking knife has some kick.
After removing lid, put a thin layer down on wood, place paper, put another thin layer on top. If you put a gloppy layer, paper will bubble.
It dries pretty fast. Once dry, fire up the glue gun and put ribbon around the edge.
Place picture in the frame... Yay.. easy project completed while little yelling, fussy creature takes a nap or goes to bed!!!! All in all I paid $1.45 each for the ones I had to print a picture. The pictures are taken with my phone so I think they look better in person...






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