My ASK Frames

As I said I was working on two ASK frames for my sister-in-law's birthdays. I also made one more for my mom to give to a friend of hers for Christmas. I used the Stampin' Up! Parisian Summer decorative paper on the background. Perfect Plum and Pale Plum card stock was used for layering. I thought those colors went well with the decorative papers. The square brads are from Making Memories. They were the only ones I could find that went well enough with the color scheme. I think they go nicely with it.

This frame has such a warm look to it with these colors, don't you think so??

Thanks SO much for checking in,
Wanda

ASK Frames Information

Thank you Susan for leaving a comment and the size on the ASK frames. Sometimes I get so into my posting that I forget some details. And it is impossible to reply to comments. Blogger does not offer that option.

Susan was the lady I got the frame from. She also has a blog, Created With Love by Susan. Hop on over to her blog and see her fabulous creations. She's a wonderful stamper, you won't be disappointed!!! She's got a few things on there that have REALLY caught my eye and I may just have to CASE (Copy And Study Everything) them!!!

For the measurements, I used size 16 font on my computer and I cut the pieces out after I printed them. They measure 2-1/2" x 3-1/8". That was the hardest part for me, to get the pieces cut out right. SO I would recommend you print them out on copier paper and then work on cutting them out. I set up my word processing program to make 3 columns and I did one letter/wording in each column. And I got 3 sets per page.

Cut a piece of copier paper 2-1/2" x 3-1/8" and lay it over the words to see where they line up. Then trace around the words and using a paper cutter for straight lines, cut it out. It's the easiest way to do it until you get the three done and then if you are making more you can lay your finished ones on the next set and trace the lines for cutting. It's always that first one that takes the longest amount of time.

Here are the words:
A- Ask and it shall be given to you.
S- Seek and you shall find
K- Knock and it shall be opened to you. Luke 11:9

The font I used is called "Dolphin." I'm not sure if it's one that comes with your computer or not but you can find a lot of these fonts for free on the Internet by going to http://www.google.com/ and doing a search for a particular font.

The frame itself measures 14" x 7" and you can get them anywhere that sells frames. From your local drug store to the larger department stores. Just look for the 14" x 7" measurements. Mine had a double mat in it that I took out. At first I was fooled by it and was having trouble finding the frame but after realizing I didn't need the mat, just the size I was set!!! I cut my 12" x 12" decorative paper 2" x 12" and 3" x 12". You may need to trim it depending on the size of the opening in your frame. Remember to ALWAYS measure twice cut once!!! You can get two frames from one piece of 12" x 12" decorative paper. And what I LOVE about the Stampin' Up! decorative papers is that you pick one sheet and you will probably use the back of it as your second design in this project. They did such a great job pairing up the papers!!!

Ok, I hope I didn't miss anything. If I did please email me, I can't reply to your comments, sorry.

Have a fun day!
Wanda

Oh, one more thing. Next week will be devoted mostly to Halloween. There will be more projects than cards so stay tuned!!!

ASK Frames

I had gotten one of these from a gal named Susan. A while back I had posted a bracelet I made at a class I took and Susan contacted me because she wanted one of them. Well, I wanted one of her ASK frames so we traded. She loved her bracelet and I LOVE this frame.

I did make a couple of them the other day for gifts. The Riding Hood Red one is for my manager Sue Hi Sue!!!!) and the fall colored one is for a fellow demonstrator Denise. Those two haul me around town when we have events that are not in my comfort zone of driving. They are SO good to me and I REALLY appreciate the ride. And to show my appreciation I wanted to make both of them an ASK frame. Click on each of the photos for a closer view.

These are not all that difficult to make once you get the words set up on your computer. I just print the words out in the Stampin' Up! colors and stamp on the larger capitol letter. I use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line up the letters. It is a little important to have the tops of the letters about the same distance from the edge of the card stock. Mine are close enough, keeping in mind that it IS a handmade item!

The letters are from the "Well-Worn Alphabet" set. I had the set for a couple of months and hadn't put it together yet. I mean, it's got a LOT of pieces (I'm SO lazy). And the set is still not put together, only the letters that I need!!! Now isn't that just the epitome of laziness??? LOL

Many of you have asked how I got the Stampin' Up! color codes, the RBG code. (Red, Blue, Green code). There was a place on Splitcoaststampers in one of the forums that has it listed. Though I did find that the colors weren't all accurate. SO what I did was I went to the Stampin' Up! website and clicked on the online catalog. I opened it to page 4 and 5 where the colors are listed. I did a print screen on those pages and from there I saved it onto my computer. When I was ready to find a color I opened the page using the Paint program that comes with Windows. I used the little eye dropper tool and touched it to the color I wanted and then went up to the color icon and clicked on it. Under it pops up "edit colors" and I clicked on that. Then a color window pops up and from there I clicked on "define custom colors." It's in that window that you will see the numbers for the Red, Green and Blue colors that when mixed together in the proper numbers will match the Stampin' Up! colors or any other colors you are working with. I write these numbers down and when I am in my word processing program I will highlight my words and then go to the color and add those numbers in. Then I can print out my pages in the colors I need!! It takes a little time to work with this but once you get the hang of it you can do anything in whatever color you need!! If you would like the list of colors that I found elsewhere I would be more than happy to email them to you but I won't be able to handle much of my emails until Sunday or Monday.

Wouldn't these make fabulous gifts??? I ordered some extra paper and I'm going to offer a class on these for my stampers!

This item was made using Stampin' Up! products. To view more items made using Stampin' Up! products click here.

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda