Gingerbread Man Frame, Level: Moderate

Gingerbread Man Frame
Level: Moderate

Materials
DAZZLE-TAC JEWELRY GLUE
FABRI-TAC

• Square 8” wood frame with a 3” cutout, or similar product
• Red acrylic paint
• Paper cutter or trimmer
• Red & tan holiday paper, preferably with some vertical striping
• Red & white dotted grosgrain ribbon 1⁄2” wide, 1 1⁄2 yards
• Gold cording
• Copper acrylic paint
• Assorted plastic, dimensional embellishments such as stars, gingerbread men, lights & phrases
• Small gingerbread man cookie cutter, no more than 2” high
• Tiny red & green buttons
• White & black dimensional paper paints
• Scissors, old credit card, protective surface for cutting clay, small PVC pipe for rolling out clay or Lucite roller, pencil, sponge brush, small 1⁄4” flat craft brush, jar, water & paper towels for clean up, small piece of fine sandpaper.

Instructions:
1.	Paint frame front, back, and side using sponge brush and red paint. Let dry. Lightly sand and apply a second coat.
2.	Lay frame on the back of the holiday paper and trace around the edges and photo insert. Use a paper trimmer to cut out edges and small scissors to cut out insert.
3.	Apply ZIP DRY to the front of the frame, spreading it out using the old credit card. Place holiday paper onto glued frame, smoothing out wrinkles or rough spots.
4.	Cut lengths of gold cord and glue vertically onto frame with DAZZLE-TAC as seen in the photo. Cut off edges using scissors.
5.	Cut lengths of the red dotted grosgrain ribbon long enough to fit around the perimeter and photo insert area. Glue on with DAZZLE-TAC.
6.	Roll out paper clay to about 1/8” thickness onto protective area. Cut out four gingerbread men using the cookie cutter. Set aside to dry. Paint front and sides with the copper acrylic paint and brush. Dry and add “icing” to each man using the white dimensional paint. Add smiles and eyes with the black dimensional paint.
7.	Glue one red and one green button to each man with DAZZLE-TAC and then glue each to one corner of the frame as in the photo. Finish the frame by gluing on embellishments of choice.

Designer: Sandy Rollinger

BEACON ADHESIVES, Inc., 125 MacQuesten Parkway South, Mount Vernon, NY 10550, Tel: (914) 699-3405
E-mail: Crafts4@BeaconAdhesives.com

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