Still need to wash the paint off my hands

This is a frame made entirely of scrap cardboard. Still getting the hang of cutting the pieces to size. Layered several pieces together to give it depth. Essentially, a frame, a frame for the glass, then a frame for the backing.

Put a couple layers of paper mache on it. Think I will add more layers next time. Strung a string (!) in a pretty pattern then waited about a day for it all to dry.

In the meantime, made some simple color sketches of flowers and birds. Pasted them into beer bottle caps with a touch of glitter then sealed with one of my new favorites, Diamond Glaze.

Once the paper mache dried, I painted it in several fun colors. Again, wait for it to dry. Once the paint was dry, I gave it a layer of Modge Podge. Once *that* dried, I glued on the bottle caps as well as other random embellishments found in my craft stash.

Very pleased with how this turned out! Think I will make more in this vein. The paper mache books that belonged to my grandmother have given me lots of wonderful ideas.