Yes, you read that title correctly -- this is a photo frame for your refrigerator but I wasn't able to get a good photo in my kitchen, with the light bouncing off the fridge! So here it is in better lighting. It's 6 inches square and made with a wonderful new product Ellen added to the store not long ago, Craft-a-Board (CAB).
The board is 9-1/2" x 13-1/2" and you get 12 sheets in the package. I think that's a great deal for $9.99! It's a nice, neutral soft white color and lightweight but sturdy. By adding just a little shim in my Wizard die cutting machine sandwich, I was able to create and cut this oval frame using two Petite Classic Oval Nestabilities!
Here is a tip I learned while making it:
- Go ahead and cover the Craft-a-Board with your patterned paper before cutting the frame. (Here, I used a solid red paper from BasicGrey's Mellow 6x6 pad). This will ensure your paper fits on the frame well and as long as it is a lighter weight cardstock or paper, it should still cut just fine in one pass through your die cutting machine. If not, just run it through again.
After cutting the oval frame, I stamped a leaf cluster from Kim Hughes' Fall Silhouettes with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto the red paper. Then I mounted my photo to the underside of the frame and added dimensional foam mounting tape to pop the frame up:
See the nice dimension the foam tape and thickness of the Craft-a-Board give the project:
Next, I stamped the line of trees from Kim Hughes' Making the Grade stamp set with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto a solid orange patterned paper from the Mellow collection. Then I colored the trees with these Copic makers & Spica glitter pens:
As you can see, this patterned paper still allowed for some nice shading effects with the Copics and I was also still able to remove some color using the Copic Colorless Blender, making highlights on the right sides of the trees. I used Copic's olive, orange & gold glitter pens to outline the trees, branches and trunks, but couldn't for the life of me capture it in my photo! The 'Thankful' sentiment is also from Kim's Fall Silhouettes stamp set.
I machine zig-zag stitched the tree piece to the background tree paper (also from the BasicGrey Mellow collection) and then adhered it to a 6-inch square piece of Craft-a-Board. That's another thing I like about the CAB -- it allows flexibility for many different sizes and shapes of projects! I finished off the frame with some Sunflower Dew Drops and was also able to trim the corners easily with an EK Success corner punch:
Next, I mounted Inchie Arts Inchie Magnets to the back of the frame:
Since the magnets come in a roll, you are able to roll out as much as you need for your project. I wanted to be sure my frame would do double duty and hold up all those school notices and lunch menus well, so I used quite a bit of magnet!
I can easily see making one of these photo frames for each season -- and you just might be seeing more of them from me! Or if you don't like the idea of putting it on your refrigerator, you can always display it on a pretty easel, since the Craft-a-Board provides a nice sturdy backing.
Ellen Hutson LLC supplies:
- Kim Hughes Making the Grade & Fall Silhouettes stamp sets
- Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa ink
- Copic markers & Spica Glitter Pens
- Craft-a-Board
- Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Classic Ovals die templates
- Sunflower Dew Drops
- Inchie Arts Inchie Magnets
- BasicGrey Mellow 6x6 pad
(Cute kid photo courtesy of Sharon Harnist!)
