Make Waves

I love the August “Lagoon” kit so much that when I was at the Club Scrap Retreat a few weeks ago I had to buy the Deluxe kit to tide me over until my Lite kit arrived.  When it came time to decide on a project to add to the Lagoon Blog Hop and Linky Party, I revisited a couple of projects that I did in past retreats, combined the techniques and came up with this custom frame:

I started by re purposing a couple of frame mats and some chipboard.  I glued the mats together, then added torn strips of paper, only gluing them down on top, wrapped around to the inside and wrapped across one short side.  After adding a couple of narrow piece of chipboard to three outer edges of the frame that were not fully wrapped yet, I glued another piece of chipboard to the back (It was covered with a piece of stamped white paper to make it look better if there is no picture).  Then I finished wrapping the torn paper around the whole sandwich.  All of that created the frame with backing, and a slit to insert the picture.

The next step was to make a mixture of Club Scrap Bookbinding Glue, Club Scrap Sapphire re-inker and water to create a “veneer stain”.  I brushed that on using a foam brush and “quick” strokes.

The hardest part of this project for me was the back.   I wanted this frame to stand alone like a store bought desk frame.  (Quick disclaimer - I am not an engineer of any kind!)  I cut out a “leg” using some scrap chipboard.   Using another piece of chipboard, I scored and folded a “hinge” about 1/3 of the way from the top.   I attached the leg to the longer part of the hinge and wrapped it with some of the tan paper from the kit.  I took a piece of the tan paper that was cut to fit the back of the frame, cut a slit in the appropriate place and slid the shorter piece of the hinge in after adding glue to the hinge flap.  Then I glued the whole contraption to the back of the frame. Here is what it looks like:

I finished off the frame by using VersaMark ink and Cobalt Antiquities embossing powder to emboss the sentiment (from the Lagoon Art Nouveau stamp set) on a tag from my kit. I then sponged on a light coat of Tumbled Glass Distress ink, sprayed it with some Perfect Copper Perfect Pearls Mist and distressed the edge using Club Scrap Sapphire ink. It is topped off with a copper snap from my stash.

In the opposite corner I used a charm and “fish scale gem” which was included in my kit.  I altered both of them using Terra Cotta, Caramel and Copper Mixative Alcohol inks, along with some blending solution.

All papers used for this project came from the Lagoon kits.  (If you haven't got yours yet, you better hurry and check it out here!  This kit won't last long.)   The inspiration for this project came from two different past retreat workshops - the “Magnetic Bulletin Board” from 2013, and the “Paper Veneer” from the 2009 Anniversary Cruise.  Thanks Jacqueline Carney and Terri Zwicker for helping with this project too!  Those Club Scrap Retreat weekends are so worth it.

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