Dollar Find Friday!!!

Hi everyone!! Happy Friday!!!

Today is my turn to host the There She Goes Dollar Find Friday! This is my first time as a Trendsetter doing a Dollar Find Friday, so be gentle!! LOL!!!

For my Dollar Find Friday project, I wanted to make a little decor item! I found this SUPER cute wood frame at AC Moore and yes, it was only $1.00!!!

I started by lightly sanding my frame to get it as smooth as possible. There is no glass to this frame, it is just an open window.

I painted my frame black with some acrylic paint (I was a tole painter before I caught the stamping bug, and so I still have alot of paints,brushes, varnishes, etc...all of which came in very handy for this project!!).

I then stamped three of the large flowers, a bunch of leaves and some small flowers, all from Flowers of Happiness by There She Goes onto Choice Snow White Cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black. I stamped the beautiful sentiment, which is from Friendship Flowers by There She Goes, onto Shimmery White Cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black. I wasn't sure at this point which of the flowers I would use, so I just stamped a bunch :) I then colored them with Copic Markers, and you can see how I just colored parts of the three big flowers, as I knew I wanted to cut them out and layer them on top of each other as my focal point.

After I cut out my flowers, I assembled them together, added the leaves and added them to my painted black frame. I used Zip Dry Paper Glue for this and WOW...this glue ROCKS!!! We received the glue at Stamp New England and I use it ALL the time!!!

I pierced around my sentiment (of course!!), and I added rhinestones all around the frame opening! After everything was assembled, I sprayed the entire finished frame with a matte finish sealer!!!

Here is my finished project!

I am giving this to my friend Dina as part of her Birthday gift! I hope she likes it and I hope you like it too!

Thanks SO much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial!!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Flowers of Happiness and Friendship Flowers by There She Goes

Paper: Choice Snow White and Shimmery White Cardstock

Paper: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Copic Markers, Black Acrylic Paint, Matte Sealer, Frame and Paper Piercing Tool & Template

Jodi