Victorian Frame and Easel

I kind of feel like I'm on the verge of a mid-life crisis. I have this strong desire to wear leopard print, snap gum and listen to old time country music about standin' by yer man. 

I'm sort of looking at 'Flo' from Alice as my new life role model. She's a sassy fire cracker who's catch phrase is "Kiss my grits!" I feel like saying that an awful lot lately so I figured I'd make a sign I can just point too when annoyed. 

The 'kissy grits' part is a very quick embroidery I just whipped up on some cotton fabric. I've placed the embroidery in a Victorian Frame and Easel and gussied that sucker up with flowers and paper butterflies. 

I mean, just because I'm annoyed, that doesn't mean I don't want things to be pretty!

This would actually be a great sized frame for an ATC, which would sit nicely with a border between the card and the edge of the frame. Or you could just go old school and put a picture in there.

I'm certain you could figure this one out yourself, but just in case, there's a video walkthrough HERE (link shortly.)

And the teeny tiny supply list!

• Victorian Frame and Easel
• Acrylic paint
• White glue if you want a crackle finish
• Faux flowers and leaves
• Paper butterflies
• Hot glue

Victorian Frame and Easel Set...

Hey everyone it's been an amazing month on the blog with all the gorgeous things everyone has shared with all of you... I really love all the products that GSLC has in the store so I can't wait to share my new frame that I made up this week.

Today's project is made with the "Victorian Frame and Easel" set.  It's a beautiful set with lots of gorgeous details in it and would be great to give or make for yourself to put in that special picture or quote from your favorite stamp.  I made mine to put in my crafty room so I did it in a pretty pink.

Below i have a simple tutorial to make this beautiful frame.

To start you will need to glue all the easel pieces together so that you can paint it. Let them dry.

Paint 1 to 2 coats on both the fronts and backs of all the pieces that you see above you.  Let them dry.

( I didn't end up using the smaller bits but it's better to paint it all at once just in case)

To add some texture on the front of my easel I picked a pretty stencil and some gesso and added the design to it.  I let that dry and then washed over the front with pink paint.  I also chalked around the edges with a darker pink chalk ink to give it a bit of shading so it wasn't so flat looking.  Then I glued the frames together and let them dry.  You can always add the photo inside later.

Then when all of the paint was dry I added pretty clusters of flowers to both sides of the frame and a few pearls to the sides to make it really lovely.  It's like a rose garden for inside your house.

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what is new and be sure and leave a comment to let me know what you think or if you have a question about anything.  

Supply List:

Victorian Frame and Easel Set

Pink Chalk paint

Flowers/ Pearls

stencil/gesso

chalk ink in a darker pink

Beacon 3 in 1 adhesive

white jute

Have fun and enjoy your crafty weekend!!

Teresa

Day of the Dead Frame by Lora

Hello everyone! Lora here with my last project for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts as a guest designer. It has been a boat load of fun and I want to thank Gina for letting me play!

This weeks piece is all about the very cool Victorian Frame and Easel that I've transformed into a Halloween-ish Day of the Dead frame. I love all the bright colors on the skulls made of sugar and a hundred other medium nowadays to celebrate the holiday and I wanted to paint my version of them on the frame.
It really lends itself to this style of painting with all it's pierced swirls and curlicues.

This project is really straight forward....just the frame and some paint. I mostly used Ceramcoat Matte Acrylic Paints. The first thing was to prime everything in a coat of gesso, and then I painted the back piece of the frame orange.

Everything else got a good coat of black and I gave it a lot of time to dry completely. Like about fifteen minutes, because that's a long time for me. Maybe in dog years it's about an hour and a half.

After that, it was mostly painting around the edges of the pierce work, emphasizing the shapes. I used mostly bright shades of green and purple with a little red and accents of white to make things pop.

 

This guy was hanging around on my work table and wanted to get into the pictures....

For the easel that the frame is resting on I drew (in pencil) the repeated flower design that is in the center of each side of the frame and painted it green to match the frame. I added some dots and a couple of curlicues that help tie both pieces together.

I really like that you can turn the frame long-ways to fit a different shape picture. I plan on using this frame to show off my business card at my market table this Halloween.

SUPPLIES from GSLCuts

Victorian Frame and Easel

Skeleton Shape Set 

Additional Supplies

Ceramcoat Matte Acrylic Paint

Gesso

Golden Black acrylic paint