background for name frame
 

The shadow box frames I bought to make Name Frames are 5" x 14" so I cannot use one sheet of cardstock for the background. Any suggestions?

The first name I would like to make has eight letters. I will be using Headline Alphabet so don't want to go any smaller than 14".
TIA
~Gina

Would a double colored backgrund work? Perhaps 7 X 5 sheet of one color next to a 7 X 5 sheet of another color, you could even then layer a 4 X 12 sheet over that to put your Headline Alpha letters on. Does that make sense? Or perhaps get a 5X14 mat at a frame type store that coordinates with the colors you are using in your project and then make the actual stamped project 12X5 or 11 X 4.

Let me know if you need clarification on that, it makes sense in my head, but I don't know if I explained it well.

I think this is a great idea... then you can wrap ribbon around the seam of where the papers meet up, or just put some extra embellishments on it.

Legal Paper is 14" long. You could stamp on that to make a background and then layer/decorate to make your design.

Backgrounds
 

You could use striped paper or plaid paper. Place the stripes running up and down and cut exactly at edge of a stripe and then butt up the next piece to it. Same can be done with plaids - cut at matching point on two pieces of paper and place together. The seam doesn't show.

I made a crazy quilt background on a name frame. I traced out the size of the background onto paper and designed a crazy quilt to fit exactly on this paper. Then I cut out the pieces and used them as templates to cut out patterned papers in different colours. I numbered the templates before cutting them out as it could be quite confusing trying to piece this together. I put about seven or eight pieces into the "quilt", I think - don't make them too small.

I hope that I haven't confused you too much. I am sorry but I didn't keep a photo of a name frame to show you.

Lia

background for name frame
 

I finally found my crazy quilt background sample. I see that used more pieces that I thought. I used a pen to make the stitches where pieces meet.

I have never attached a picture - hopefully it will workand that it helps you (although it is not a very good picture).

Lia

awesome idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is so cute..love the paper.

Very cute!!!!!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Much appreciated!

I have done a couple and here is what I did for longer frames...

On one, I used an actual piece of denim (from a pair of clean jeans) for the background of a boy's name frame.
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=33440


For another one, I used a pattern paper that I could add a second sheet to repeat the pattern.
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=33440


Hope this helps.

Hey -- where did you get your frames? Inquiring minds want to know??!!

Love the idea of using denim background!

I purchased my frames at Wal-mart - in picture frame section, not craft area. Measurement of opening is approx. 4 1/2" x 13".

Lia