Make Beautiful Art From Old Frames and Stickers

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Make Beautiful Art From Old Frames and Stickers

Most crafters probably have a stash of old frames squirrelled away. I know I do! Recently I pulled out a few of these frames to see how I could reuse them to make new art for my home. I also really love Dollar Tree’s selection of wall and craft stickers. Could the two be combined, I wondered?

Stick around 😉 to see how to make beautiful art from old frames and stickers.

Six-Sided

Supples Used:

  • hexagon frame (Dollar Tree)
  • contact paper (Dollarama)
  • sticker sheet (Dollar Tree)

 

 

I forgot to take a picture of the frame but it’s the same shape as the ones surrounding the plants in this sticker sheet. I liked the pattern in the contact paper. It rather reminds me of a trellis, which was perfect for the plant art I was creating.

 

 

This frame had already had the glass removed and been painted gold. I think we all know the drill of using the frame backing to trace out a piece of paper to fit. Then I choose one of the large plant stickers to place in the middle of the contact paper before putting it in the frame. I didn’t remove the backing from the contact paper, but you could stick it directly onto the frame backing if you wanted to. 

I thought this would be my least favourite piece of all the ones I did, but it’s really grown on me. The sticker and frame complement each other perfectly.

Cacti Art

Supplies Used:

  • 2 – 5×7″ black shadow box frames
  • cacti stickers
  • small stones
  • moss
  • hot glue

 

Using two of the cacti stickers from the same sheet of stickers as the previous piece, I placed one directly on the glass front of each of these frames.

 

 

I hot glued a layer of moss on the back of the first frame…

 

 

…and a row of small stones at the back of the second one.

 

 

 

I couldn’t find a sheet of backing paper in my stash that I thought would suit these, so I simply hung them without the backing, letting the beige of my apartment walls serve as the back drop.

Fern Trio

Supplies Used:

  • two sheets of fern stickers (Dollar Tree)
  • cream-coloured craft paper (on hand)
  • 3 – 3 x 5″ gold frames (on hand)

 

These fern stickers were some that were left over from a previous project.

 

 

I cut out three pieces of the craft paper to fit inside each frame and replaced the backings.

 

 

I then placed the stickers directly onto the glass.

 

 

I used two of the same sticker to fill a frame when one didn’t seem enough. These would make a nice grouping on any wall that needs a hit of colour.

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