April's Cross Canada Blog Hop--Home Decor Project

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring my Home Decor project

... a Bracket Frame for my daughter's room

If you came from Chantel's Blog then you are in the right place!
Note:If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning with Michelle at http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-blog-hop-home-decor.html  

Supplies
Z1797 Bracket Frame $8.95
X7163B Chantilly Paper Pack $9.95
X7163C Chantilly Dimensional Elements $9.95
Z1814 Chantilly Assortment $5.95
Z1745 Sparkles Black Flourishes $4.95
Z1263 Bitty Sparkles $2.95
Z1151 3D Foam Tape $5.95
1514 Tombow Adhesive $8.95
Z679 Liquid Glass $6.95 (when all else fails---this will stick!!)

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Janet's Blog  or you can stay for awhile and I will walk you through a quick tutorial

This is a quick tip, ink the inside edges of your bracket in the same color

as the paper you will be covering it with.

I used Close to my Heart's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut a perfect fit.
(p. 53 size--fit to page--using a 12x12 mat) Then I traced the opening and cut it out.

I added a black mat to the inside (which is why I used black ink around the edges)

you can see how I attached the mat to the back side of the paper, leaving only a 1/4 showing from the front. (see below)

The zip strip is located on the edge of your 12 x 12 piece of paper

one side is decorative and the other has the product info on it.

I matted the 8 12" long zip strip on black cardstock

I added more dimension

by using one of the Chantilly Assortment fabric buttons

for the center of the flower

And a final look at the finished project

I added a couple of black flourishes and some bitty sparkles to "bling" it up.

Now on to Janet's Blog

 If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog,

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in May when we will be featuring some Canvas projects.

Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment. I love to hear what you think. And welcome any suggestions of items you would like to see me create