Frame Your Friends

Want to frame your friends? Let us show you how! Our fabulous Louise Nelson shares a fun, and easy, technique using our new Wire Thread to create photo frames perfect for hanging on your fridge!

 

Step-By-Step:

1. Gather your Prima frame packaging and wire thread. (Save resin frame for another project!)

2. Cut out the plastic-molded frame shape from the packaging.

3. Apply double-sided tape around the molded, plastic edges as shown. This will adhere your photo to the plastic.

4 & 5. Place photo face down on table. Remove backing from double-sided tape and adhere the plastic frame to back of photo.

6. To form the wire frame take a free-form approach and form the loops by hand or use a pencil to help you wrap the wire around to form loops.

7. To form funky, squiggly bits use a paper piercer and wrap the wire around the metal point several times.

8.  Repeat this process to form a frame to suit your photo and design.

9. Adhere the wire frame to the front of the photo by stapling it to the plastic backing.

10. Turn over and adhere a magnet to the back of the plastic backing with strong glue.

11. Complete by embellishing to suit your design. For these three frames I used some fabulous Cartographer SIIC’s, a bark heart shape, and an Optimist wood verse embellishment. I also colored with a marker to coordinate with my wire frame.

Supplies Needed:
Product packaging [the packaging from the Prima resin frames is perfect]
Your choice of Prima wire
A selection of your favourite Prima embellishments [SIIC’s and Wood Shapes]
Magnets
Colored markers
Strong adhesive clear drying glue
Double sided tape
Colored staples

Tools:
Sturdy scissors
Stapler
Paper piercer
Pencil

Comments

[Keren Tamir]

this is so brilliant!! I so want to make these!!. framing in wire packaging genius!!

[Cheryl Tice]

What an ingenious idea! Love it!

[Delaina]

completely awesome, Louise!

[Helen Tilbury]

Such a cute & fun layout!!

[Amante del Papel]

is really fantastic! thanks for sharing!

[Scrappin`Diva - Cindy B]

Great technique! This page turned out so fantastic!

[Hera Sugitani]

I'll try it! I received my wire thread already... they are great! Thanks for sharing this idea!!!

[Misty]

You're brilliant!

[Laura Turcotte]

Amazing! Another thing onto my ever growing wish list from Prima!!!

[Johanne Lacombe]

I love this idea. Those look awesome. Thanks for sharing,

[Jennifer Snyder]

totally sensational!!!!!!

[Louise]

ooooh Jennifer Mwaaaah! xox

[Louise]

Thank you muchly Johanne :)

[Louise]

thank you so very much Laura :)

[Louise]

Oooh Misty thank you so very much!! :)

[Louise]

I hope you enjoy your wire thread creating Hera, thank you :)

[Louise]

Thank you muchly Cindy :)

[Louise]

Thank you so very much :)

[Louise]

Thank you Helen :)

[Louise]

MwaaaaaaaaaaH :) xox

[Louise]

Thank you ever so muchly Cheryl :)

[Louise]

Huuuuge Mwaaaaaah!!!! :) xxoxx

[Louise]

Huuuuuge Mwah!!!! :) :) :) xxx

[Janene M]

Lousie Nelson is AWESOME! And some greta pics of Natalie and family. Thanks for the tips!