CP Ruffled Picture Frame w/Kinsey Wilson

Hey everyone! Kinsey here with a fun tutorial on making a ruffled picture frame using an unfinished wooden frame, some fabulous crate paper, an edge punch and a few other materials that you probably have laying around!

For this one, I used papers from several different Crate Paper lines; Emma’s Shoppe, Restoration, Neighborhood, Paper Doll, Bliss, Season, Pink Plum and Toy Box. I chose 3 color families to match Brianna’s bedroom colors {pinks, greens and whites}, about 5 different patterns for each color family.

I used the ‘abstract flowers’ border punch by EK success to cut my papers into 1 inch strips. Depending on the paper punch you choose, the width of the strips will vary…

You just want to make sure that your strips are wide enough to punch one edge and still have a little leftover paper for the strips to overlap.

Using your frame as a guide, trace the frame onto a thin sheet of copy paper. Cut around the traced frame outline.

Now flip the traced image over so that it’s face down and adhere a 1 inch strip of patterned paper to the bottom edge and begin layering your punched strips so that they overlap and the copy paper isn’t showing between layers.

I only wanted to cover about ¾ of my frame so when I reached a good stopping point, I just trimmed the excess copy paper template away.

Turn the ruffled piece face down again, you should see the outline of the frame cutout and using an x-acto knife, cut the inner frame away and set it aside for a second.

Finish the exposed section of the frame…since I’m only covering part of the frame with ruffles, I wanted to add a painted/stained technique to the remaining area. For this, I used a paint brush and Mister Huey’s spray mist in ‘piglet’. I was kind of shocked at how intense the pink was (had a bit of an ‘aha’moment with the realization that brushing mist on and spraying mist on, are 2 completely differentthings, ha!). So after a mild panic attack, I regrouped, and watered down some white paint which mixed with the mist already on the frame and I ended up with a fun ‘weathered’ look that was a happy accident…don’t you love when that happens?!

I only added the paint technique to the edges and the top 1/3 of the frame (since the bottom would becovered in ruffles).

Since I got so carried away with the paint and mist, I threw caution to the wind and decided to experiment with stamping/embossing on painted wood. I used the My Mind’s Eye doily stamps, white Zing embossing powder and Versamark ink and then heat set everything with my heat gun.

Once I had finished my ‘mad scrapbooking-scientist’ moment, I adhered the ruffles to the bottom of the frame and covered the seam with some coordinating ribbon.

I absolutely love the look of layered and punched paper strips and it’s something that can be done on tons of different projects. How fun would it be used on chipboard shapes, paper punches/die cuts,journal covers or cards?! I’m going to have to try that next :)

Thanks so much for letting me share my little ruffled frame with you! I’ll see you guys next time! ~Kinsey