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“Kathy works a creative magic…and encourages other people to take up the skill themselves. She has hit the very pulse of Mexican-American culture.”

– Phoenix New Times

The Crafty Chica DIY Project Library: a collection of fabulous handmade ideas by Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica!

Friday, March 03, 2006

Old World Frame



Do you have a can of old coins hanging around? I did. I used them to make this frame go from blah to bam! By the way, if you ever want to remove the coins undamaged, you can.

What you need:

- Old chunky frame
- 4-5 acrylic paint colors
- sandpaper
- assorted old coins
- e6000 glue

First you want to take a chunky wood frame and distress it with a meat tenderizer, etc. Choose four-five colors of contrasting acrylic paint colors and apply them TWICE, one, by one, letting each coat dry in between layers. Now use the sandpaper over the whole thing - you want to bring up those different layers of paint colors. Distress the frame more and sand more. Think you are done? Sand again. OK, now glue on the coins. You're done, mama!

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1 Comments:

i love your crafts
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