WINTER WONDERLAND - Easy Framed Art

Welcome to the paint portion of the Crafty Cornucopia Challenge.  Today I'm going to show you how to make this elegant framed Art for almost nothing!

 Gorgeous isn't it?  The whole project cost me $1 for the inside mat that I picked up at the Dollar Tree.  Everything else I had and you probably do too.  
Here are the supplies that I used:

•  Ribbon to match a card
• Some kind of Christmas related charm or finding (I used an old cloisonne snowflake charm from a necklace I had.)
• Gold metallic craft paint
• Christmas card (I made this one, but any one you like is great!)
• Picture frame
• Mat for the inside of the frame (Dollar Tree - $1)
• Hot glue or some other adhesive to fasten the charm onto the frame

I started with a plain white card and painted dark blue on the top half of it to make it look like a night sky with white snow.  I had a great tree stamp which I stamped and repeated a couple of times with gold embossing ink.  I then just used my gold metallic craft paint to paint a moon in the sky.  Done.  I loved making my card, but I see so many beautiful Christmas cards that would be perfect for this and you could eliminate the card making-step.

The thing that really sets this art off is actually the $1 mat, which I painted gold metallic to match the trees.  You could paint yours any color to match whatever card you choose.

I tied my charm on with to two small pieces of matching ribbon and using just a dot of hot glue, fastened it to the frame.  If you use just a small amount, it will actually peel off if you want the frame available later for another project.  How do I know this?? 

Well.......  you've seen this same frame before at Easter.

Peter Rabbit Frame Up

 I glued that little bow up in the corner and it popped right off after Easter was over without leaving a mark or pulling the paint off.

So there you have it....I assembled my frame with the card that I painted and the mat that I painted and it's all ready to hang out on my kitchen shelf through the winter months.  

  If you like this project, and you're not already a follower of Silo Hill Farm, you may want to follow along because I am about to roll out some Christmas awesomeness over the next couple of weeks that you won't want to miss!   In fact, I'll be sharing the biggest project I've ever done, so stay tuned!

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