Of Layered Frames and Sticky Grid

Hello crafters!
Today I have a second inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is "Use a frame(s)" hosted by Sue . 

This time I created several frames with dies and a hero product often overlooked!

 

Have you got in your stash some of Tim Holtz's Layer Frames?  If it were not for my extensive dithering I would have... but since I missed out on these I finally decided to make my own....

In order to make the frames I needed some shape dies, 2 to a frame, and this, underrated product from Sizzix, the Sticky grid. If you are not familiar with this product it's a double sided sheet of paper printed with imperial measurements and sticky (removable) on both sides. 

As advised by our crafting god, Tim Holtz, I use it to hold in place my cardstock on my blending mat and also in my stamping platform. These I use and re-use many, many times... 

The sticky grid allowed me to place the dies in the precise position required and kept them there whilst cutting the several layers I needed to get the same thickness as the Layer Frames.

I then glued all the layers together and voila my own Layer Frames! 

I was so pleased with the result I carried on with different pair of dies, paper etc... and used them together on a file folder.

Supplies: 

- Graphic 45 paper "Place in Time" 6x6

- Stamperia "Coffee and Chocolate" 12x12

- Prima "Reflections" A4 pad

- Ideology Folio folders (TH94370)

- Ideology Ephemera Pack TH94396

- Tissue Tape (by Tim Holtz)

- Ideology Ephemera Field Notes Snippets (TH94049)

- Ideology Paper Dolls (TH93555)

- Idea-ology- Tiny Clips (TH94025 )

- Spellbinders, Docrafts and MFT dies

- antique bits and pieces from my stash

Here's all the pages of my make:

To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win the bundle pictured below of a Crafty by Toni stamp set and a pack of 49 And Market die-cut elements from the Country View Craft shop.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield