Howdy Cowboy!

Here is a fun new class from Sue Fields using our new Buckaroo collection!

Cowboy Frame Up!


Supplies:

Frame or plaque in rectangular shape
acrylic paint
chipboard sheet
scissors
exacto knife
small clothes pin
1 yd ribbon
Moxxie's Buckaroo Paper
Moxxie's Buckaroo Buttons


Step 1: The first step is choosing the frame you want to use. I chose a rectangular frame. You will use acrylic paint to paint the inside edges and outside of frame. Allow this to dry thoroughly.
Once the paint has dried, measure the inside of the frame so that you can cut the paper to fit inside. Once you have cut the paper to the inside frame dimension, you can adhere it using adhesive.

Step 2: You will need a piece of chipboard or cardboard. Cut out a boot shape from the chipboard and the patterned paper from the Buckaroo collection. I used a foam template, but you could try freehanding it. My boot has the 2 stars cut out of the top. Save these for future use!
Back the patterned paper boot with the chipboard boot. This will give the boot more stability on the frame. You can see in the photo that there are patterned stars in the boots. Cut squares of the paper and attach them behind the cut out. Yes, it is cheating, but who will know?

Step 3: Before attaching the boot to the frame, cut out the boot embellishments. Use an exacto knife to cut the paper to fit on the star. I used an open star because I thought it resembled spurs but any chipboard star will do.

Adhere the paper to the chipboard and move onto cutting the fringe accent.

You will need a strip of paper approximately 1 inch by 2 1/4 inches long. Begin cutting in from the bottom edge to about 3/4 of the way to the top. Move over slightly as you cut so that the fringe strips are thin. Curl the ends by slightly bending them upwards but not folding them.

Adhere the fringe to the boot and warp it around the edge (front) of the boot for a more dimensional look.


Attach the star and add the button on the top right corner of the fringe. Once the boot has been completely embellished, place the boot at an angle and adhere to the frame with adhesive.

Step 4: Take the stars that were previously cut from the top of the boots and affix them to the top of the frame.

Add buttons to the stars and the top and bottom of the frame as well.

Paint a small clothes pin to match the frame. Once that dries, adhere it to the top left side of the frame.

Add ribbons to the back of the frame so that you can hang it up.

You can use the clothes pin to clip a photograph like I did or just post a little "reminder" note to it!