Handmade frames for Georgia's room

On the weekend Penn and I redecorated Georgia's room in beautiful pinks including a soft marshmallow pink and a stronger fuschia. We also offset these colours with a light minty pink in her doona cover.



To coordinate I made frames using four pieces of patterned paper which echo the colours of her room.

You can see the Cricut machine got a work out here. By using one piece of double sided paper by Fancy Pants I was able to cut out huge 4 inch flowers and then layer them on top of each other. Two flowers were cut in silhouette with the third cut normally. I had to use a round centre of this flower which is layered with French knots for interest. Can you see that the petals are very slightly curled?

This next frame features three smaller artworks. Only one of them features the ruched ribbon. The other two feature zig zag and cross stitcing. Again the flowers are slightly curled. And can you see the little leaves? These are the centres of the silhouette cut flower above. No waste here!

The next frame features her initial layered onto stitched paper. The ruched ribbon echoes the ruching on her bedspread. I've used zig zag in a soft pink thread to link the various papers together. This pink stitching is the same colour as the lightest of all the pinks.

The last frame simply features various sized flowers cut with the cricut. Each flower has a centre brad, usually the opposite of the colour of the paper just for interest. There's that ruched ribbon again.
The repetition of ribbon and stitching makes the frames work together as a whole! I love them.

And George? Well she said, "ooh Mum they are bootiful!"