Today's Challenge was to create something using Vinyl and my Cricut for Scrapbooker PhD. I had a bunch of ideas but I wanted to do a Faux Leather-ish Frame that said "It's All About Family" because, at the end of the day, that's what it's really all about for me.
The Vinyl words are adhered to a Window Sheet so you can change the saying without altering the frame. 
- I started with a cheap dollar store wooden frame and applied Gesso with a foam brush.
- Next, I painted the frame with TH Antique Linen Crackle Paint and allowed it to dry.
- I used 3 Crafter's Workshop Sencils – Mini Harlequin, Antiquities and Time Travel, and applied Dreamweaver's Crackle Embossing Paste to the frame through the stencils and allowed to dry.
- Once the Embossing Paste was dry, I applied Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the entire frame over the Embossing Paste.
- Then, I applied SU! Chocolate Chip Ink to the frame and Embossing Paste.
- I cut a piece of Manila Cardstock to 4-1/8" x 6-1/8".
- Applied Distress Stains to a Craft Sheet and spritzed with Water.
- Ran the cardstock through the Distress Stains and dried with a Heat Tool.
- Used a Spritz & Flick Technique to drop water onto the cardstock and heat set.
- Applied Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the cardstock and then inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.
- Cut Brown Matte Vinyl with Cricut and Cursive 101 Cartridge to create "It's all about Family."
- Cut a Window Sheet to fit the size of the frame opening (mine was 4-1/4" 6-1/8").
- Put Window Sheet over Grid Paper and marked where letters should go.
- Applied Letters to Window Sheet.
- Inserted Window Sheet into the opening behind the frame and then put the Background Cardstock behind it. Secured with tabs behind the frame.
Challenges:
Scrapbooker PhD/Anything Goes Vinyl – DT
ShoppingYourStash/Faux Sure
Simon Says Stamp Monday/Anything Goes
Crafting By Design/Anything Goes
Just Add Ink/Layers
Little Red Wagon/Masculine
Crafting Cafe/One For The Boys
Make My Monday/One for the Boys
Cute Card Thursday/For a Guy
All Sorts Challenges/Use No Flowers
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Magic – Masculine
Wow, this is gorgeous Cathy! Thank you for joining us at Allsorts for our ‘No Flowers’ challenge x
oh wow, that’s BEAUTIFUL! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR STASH with us this week! 🙂
Thanks so much, Sarah. 🙂
Thank you so much, Lauren! 🙂
Lovely framed piece, gorgeous texture and warm colours . Love he natural feel to,this piece. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Tracy x
Cool project. I really like what you did with the embossing paste. Thanks again for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
Wow fabulous and all with a dollar store frame…amazing!
Thank you, Tracy! And a bargain for $1.00! LOL
Thanks, Jan! I’m new to Embossing Paste but I am sure you’ll be seeing a lot more of it!
Thank you, Ang! Yes! Because it was $1, I was more adventurous! LOL
Fantastic frame! Thanks for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash this week 🙂
Gorgeous creation.
Thanks for joining in with my One For The Boys challenge at Make My Monday.
Fliss x
What an amazing!! project and wonderful tutorial!! Thank you so much for sharing : )
Patti
Awesome masculine project. WOW, you are so artistic!! Love to see you link up to Paper Crafting Challenges – newer card challenge that has 10 more days to play and this theme is Masculine!! Love to see you there! What a wonderful project!!!
WELCOME, so glad you linked up!!! Thank you for linking up to Paper Crafting Challenges! So glad you did.
—and also the newer piece or artwork, AMAZING!
Thanks, Donna! 🙂
Thank you, Fliss! 🙂
Thank you so much, Patti! I appreciate the visit and the kind words. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by again, Kimberly! I really appreciate it! 😀