Vintage Photo Frame

Hello friends! I hope you had a nice weekend! We had some much needed sunny skies yesterday and spent time outdoors.

At the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Home Decor theme this week. I hope you will join us! And don't miss the pretty project by January guest designer Claudia, with her blog Von Pappe II.

Lately, my Mom and I have discovered many unknown facts about the family history on her side. That part of the family moved around a lot, all over the country, even back in the 1800s, and much information about where they lived have been forgotten or never retold. Funnily enough, my grandfather was born not far from where I live now, and they lived in quite a number of locations close by, while originating far away from here and ending up far away from here (where my Mom was born and I grew up). It is such a coincidence that my grandfather and his parents lived in places close by and visited places close by, while I thought that no ancestors had almost ever been to this area. When this photo was taken, my great grandfather was a foreman on a farm and they lived in a humble little house that I recently visited. My grandfather later had this photo in a frame that he made in school, and I scanned and printed it for this project.

Distress the Sophisticate Cabinet Card Frame with sand paper and a Craft Scratcher tool.

Ink with brown ink. The ink sticks to the distressed areas, and can be wiped off from the glossy areas.

I wanted a lighter frame around the photo and die cut one with Tim's Stacked Baroque set.

I also colored some metallic idea-ology embellishments with alcohol ink, as well as a Gumdrop Heart.

For the base, I glued a Worn Wallpaper to mat board and inked the wallpaper a little. I imagined the photo hanging on a wall, or standing on the little shelf beneath it. The title was stamped with Tim's Simple Sayings set.

There is a pull tab, and journaling is written behind the photo. I used Numeric Numbers for the year.

The frame was inked with Pumice Stone and Frayed Burlap and stamped with a script stamp. The flower comes from the Floral Adornments set.

The shelf was made by cutting two strips from a piece of Salvaged Baseboard and glueing them together. I also added a postcard and a pen nib, with black ink at the top.

The little book was made from kraft core cardstock and leftover old book paper. The green label comes from the Curiosities Sticker Book.

I painted the letterpress M and sanded it slightly when dry. Ink the edges of the shelf with brown ink.

I also found an idea-ology watch cameo frame in my stash and added a stamped clock face to it and a game spinner.

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Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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