Miniature Quick Artwork Frames

 Well, this one is just fun!  Jumping right to it...  I needed a few (but turned out with many!) framed pieces for my apothecary.  I hopped on my pc and looked up some beautiful artwork.  I copied and pasted several beautiful pictures and medical advertisements and printed them out.  Next, I always spray my prints with a clear coat to keep the colors from bleeding.  

Next, I cut out two pieces of chip board, or cardboard, or cereal boxes, leaving enough room around the picture to create a decorative frame.  I glued the two pieces together then plugged in my glue gun.  I traced the picture on the top of the chip board to let me know where to use the hot glue.  Then I got to work dabbing hot glue while also using beads and such on a few.  This is the fun part.

After this fun, it's time to put on a basecoat of paint.  And once that is dry, I love to use my metallic paints as a topcoat.  Sometimes being a tad sparse in areas allowing the bottom color to show through.  When I finished painting, and the paint was dry I used Mod Podge to glue down the pictures.

And for the finishing touch, I use Mod Podge Dimensional Magic on top of the picture.  This creates an almost glass like finish.  I think it's beautiful!

These are almost too fun!  So easy and fun and quite realistic.  

I've blogged about these frames before.  You can find that post HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by!  

XoXo ~Laurie