Float Frame

I won this beautiful digital art from Elsina at EMS Arts awhile back, and have been trying to figure out how I would frame it.  The colors go so well in my dining room and I just love the mother/child theme in the art.  I wanted to do it inexpensively, of course.  And, I didn't want to get all hung up with mats, so I decided to try a float frame.  Originally, I was going to hang this smaller frame on top of a larger frame.  I was afraid it was going to start getting too heavy, so I went on to Plan B.

I found a $3 gold frame at GW.  I took out all of the backing.  This frame had those bending tabs to hold everything together.  I had to bend them outwards, otherwise they showed while the picture was hanging.  (Ask me how I know.)  I added the tooth hanger on the back since there was no hardware.

To get the glass to stay in, I added a bead of hot glue all around the back while the glass was already sitting on the wood.  My thought was to have the glue as a "lip" to hold the glass on.

I trimmed the excess boarder away from the print and used masking tape to tape it right onto the glass.

To cover up the masking tape from the front, I looped ribbon and just taped it on the front of the glass over the masking tape.  Hey, I should have waved "Hi!".  I already had the ribbon on hand.  I may change it to something a little fancier in the future.   I hope Elsina approves.  I've been seeing all of the fun the CSI Project blog has been having, so I thought I'd get this post up for their framing challenge this week.