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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Scrapbook Frames

When one of my good friends sent me the very first (ultrasound) pic of her baby, I wanted to make her a frame to capture the little miracle.

Off to the Dollar Tree I went and I found this thing:


I cut off the string that is on it and then trimmed some scrapbook paper that I could wrap and glue around it. I used three different patterns.




I put a new ribbon through the old holes and cut a piece of white paper to fit on the back to "hide" where I wrapped the scrapbook paper. I hot glued on.


On the front, I hot glued a bull dog clip. I am not sure if there is another name for these, but you can buy them at office supply stores and even grocery stores. Mine happened to have a magnet (the round part of it), but I would have preferred to have one without - there is no need for the magnet part.


I took a piece of glass from the 4X6 Dollar Tree frame like this one:


And put it under the clip with the ultrasound picture. I also cut out the words "ultra cute" and put at the bottom of the frame.


I cut out an initial to cover the clip. You could also use a button or something else to spruce it up.


Here is the finished product (with baby's named blacked out, just in case the cat isn't totally out of the bag yet):


I like it so much that I made one for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. She loves to take pictures, so I knew she would have just the right one for this frame:


This time I added a button on the clip for a little added pizzaz!




24 comments:

  1. Super cute! I'm hopping over from The Girl Creative "Something I whipped up Monday".

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  2. Wow, love this idea! I'll be making these for gifts for sure... thanks!

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  3. Sooo cute! Simple and cheap enough for my teen girls to make as gifts for all their friends glad it's summer : )

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  4. Hi! I found you through Between Naps on the Porch. Love the frame!
    Penny

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  5. Hi stopping over from between Naps On The Porch, What a great idea, fun project for the kids this summer and for me, great gift idea.

    Melissa

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  6. That's fabulous! Love the clip idea too! I'd love if you linked this up to my Scrappy Saturdays: http://myscrappygifts.blogspot.com/2010/06/16th-scrappy-saturdays.html

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  7. Those are super cute!!! Great idea

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  8. So clever and so cute. What a great way to change out photos. I'll have to give this one a try.

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  9. I love this! I've bought those little boards at $ Tree before and struggled with what to do with them. This is a great project! I'm your newest follower.

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  10. What a thoughtful gift! Thanks for sharing on Modern Craftswoman Monday! Rory

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  11. What a good friend you are! I LOVE this idea!! SO cute!
    Thanks for Socializing with me Monday til Sunday!
    I'm going to feature it Monday!!!

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  12. This is so cute! This would be a great project for Maddie for her room! I am so glad you shared it with us.
    I love the title "ultra cute" very very cute!!

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  13. love it! Scrapbook paper can so so far! Please don't forget to link to me. :)

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  14. I love it! What a fun idea:) I love the little clippie.

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  15. love this! with a class photo this would be agreat end of the year gift for a teacher!

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  16. The clip board idea is so cute! Great afternoon project!

    I hopped over from Life as Lori!

    http://iheartjennysart.com

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  17. Very cute! I'm featuring this :)

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  18. This is so cute, what a great $ store find!

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  19. You did a great job!
    Thanks for sharing @ Anything Related!
    {Rebekah}

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  20. These are super cute! So many possibilities! Thanks so much for joining The Sunday Showcase. I greatly appreciate it! Hope you have a wonderul week! ~ Stephanie Lynn

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  21. I love your frame! Using the clip is a great idea, I created a reusable calendar one year with them. I found that it's best to rehot glue the magnet inside the clip. My magnet eventually came out of the clip but otherwise has held up for over five years.

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  22. What a cute idea! Especially that you can change the photos. :)

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