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Glue Hearts Frame

A handmade picture frame is the perfect gift for someone you love. A Glue Hearts Frame from Tiffany Windsor looks and feels amazing. Use a wooden frame as your base and Aleene's Tacky Glue to create the pretty hearts.

Glue Hearts Frame
 

Materials:

  • Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue
  • Aleene’s Spray Acrylic Sealer – Gloss (optional)
  • Lightweight cardboard (for heart pattern)
  • Pencil
  • White flat spray paint
  • Blending craft chalks
  • Cotton swabs

Instructions:

  1. Cut heart pattern to desired size.

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  2. Trace pattern with pencil on frame. Repeat tracing heart patterns where desired on frame.

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  3. Trace outline pattern with glue.

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  4. Fill in with lines of glue. Don’t fill in the entire heart design.

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  5. Let dry completely until glue is clear.

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  6. Spray over entire frame with flat white spray paint.

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  7. Rub cotton swab into chalk and rub onto raised surface.

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  8. Use a clean swab to apply each color blending where colors meet. Blow excess chalk dust away. If desired, apply coat of gloss spray.

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  9. You can create many different finished effects with this technique. On this frame, I applied black paint over entire frame, let dry and then antiqued the hearts with gold paint.

    Glue Hearts Frame

For a comprehensive video tutorial of this project, check out How to Make a Textured Glue Hearts Frame.

 

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