**Altered Christmas Frame/Wreath Class!**

[ScrapGoo]

- Use pop dots or foam tape to raise the tree tag on top of the bracket tag and adhere as shown.

[writerlady]

Love all of the layers and the textures here Sus.

[Sweyo]

that turned out really neat. Cannot wait to try one.

[ScrapGoo]

- Ink the edges of the letters to spell "holidays" or whatever sentiment you want to add. Adhere them as shown. Add pearls along the edge of the cream mat, the sides of the bracket tag, and the centers of the wood accents. Use tiny alphas, stickers, stamps, or your own handwriting to spell out "happy".

[ScrapGoo]

- Now the crystals. I will admit that normally I just open the jump rings on these hanging crystals and hang them from those but these particular crystals had really tough rings to open. So I used embroidery thread instead.
- Find the bottom center of your paper and use a paper piercer to punch two small holes. Punch another set of holes slightly to the left and another slightly to the right.
- Thread a needle, come up from the back and add a crystal, then go back down... repeat for the remaining two crystals. Trim the thread and tape each end to the back.

The front:


The back:

[writerlady]

Love the crystals

[ScrapGoo]

- Punch holes in the top of the inner piece.
- Thread coordinating ribbon through the holes and tie a small bow at the end (you'll only have one "tail")
- Do the same on the other side.
- Trim the other ends of the ribbons so that they reach behind the back of the frame and find where to fasten them so that your inner part will hang centered.
- I used ordinary tape to fasten my ribbons to the frame back for two reasons. One, I was just plain lazy and didn't want to figure out something else. Two, because in theory you could change out the center portion for a different holiday!
- Finally, add a wide coordinating bow at the bottom center.

And you're done!

[scrapbookmary]

Love this project, Jess! You make it look so Easy Peasy! Thanks!

[ScrapGoo]

But wait! There's MORE!

If you've purchased the products I used to make this project you might be interested in using a few of your scraps to whip up a few cards, especially if you plan on giving this as a gift.

Card 1


- card from the card pack
- red paper = 5 1/4" x 3 1/4"
- dot paper = 5" x 3"
- red strip = 1 1/4" x 5"
- striped strip = 1" x 5"
- pop dot the "noel" and holly tags
- thread a ribbon through the pre-punched holes and add a small bow

[Renee]

Jess...this is gorgeous!! Thanks for the fun project idea. I can't wait to try this

[averys_mom]

I will be working on this tonight for sure!

[ScrapGoo]

Card 2


- card from the card pack
- brown paper = 5 1/4" x 3 1/4"
- flower paper = 3" x 3"
- large dot paper = 3" x 2"
- tie a ribbon around the mat before adhering to the card
- adhere tags then sentiment

[scrapy1967]

Awesome wreath! I will definitely be making one!

[ScrapGoo]

I hope you all enjoyed the class! Please show us your frames in the gallery when you're done. And if you have ANY questions just shoot me a PM and I will try to help. I WILL be on vacation next week and have very, very limited internet access so please be patient if it takes me a week to get back to you!

[candykane]

I am making one for me, my Mother and my Mother~ in ~ law

[writerlady]

Sus - those cards are fantastic!

[scrapbookmary]

I LOVE the 2nd card posted!

[LyndaKay]

Love the cards, especially how you threaded the ribbon on #1.

Have a great vacation !

[Queenie451]

Love the frame! I cannot wait to get it done. I'm still crumpling! LOL! The cards are awesome as well.

[aceason]

I'm going to make a smaller version for my cubicle at work.