July 4th Red White Blue Sparkle Selfie Frame Craft Printable Pattern for 2x3" Photo


Red White & Blue Faux Glitter Selfie Frame Craft Pattern Poster or Printable for 2x3" Photo

Selfie 3x4" Table Picture Frame Or Ornament Pattern Printable for 2x3" Photo

This frame / ornament is perfect for the 4th of July as a decoration!

I wanted to create a glittery looking table picture frame, similar to those that are popular in custom frame moulding that I see in Picture Framing Magazine, and in frame shops. So, I played with glitter images in Photopea, and found a way to make the papercraft design "look" as glitter as possible.

It's "National Selfie Day", June 21, the start of Summer, when I wrote this!

Want to display your selfie? Make a simple "selfie" picture frame, that is made to stand on a table or shelf, or hang as an ornament!

The frame is 3x4 inches, and the picture window is 1 1/2" x 2 1/2", for a 2x3" photo, those instant print Instax Fuji cameras, like Polaroid, or those portable photo printer devices, like HP Sprocket, Kodak, Prynt, and more!

You can give this as a gift, or as place cards, or party favors, for weddings, showers, parties, and other events!

6 parts plus a panel part for a clear, bendable piece, sandwiched between the easel "strut leg" panels, separate for a top and bottom, the clear piece allows for the strut leg to bend, so that it can pitch out, for the frame to stand! The strut leg panels are optional, and you can use Velcro / hook & loop to connect the whole strut leg to the easel back.

Add your design inside the front panel, panel 4 easel back, and panel "5" - the front strut leg panels (optional), OR transfer line pattern panels to back of printed paper, OR print onto waterproof paper or vinyl, or card stock paper then coat with waterproof fixative or laminate. This is for a paper / vinyl substrate / surface material.

For paper / vinyl / board tabletop picture frame, for 2x3" photo

Endless design possibilities, of your choosing! Add embellishments, ribbon, buttons, you name it!

Connecting panels 2 & 3, labeled above them, with ribbon thread through the 7 u shaped, 3 sided circles, hole punched, thread in both directions, creates the photo pocket for the photo and it's clear photo sleeve, cut from a sheet protector page - just make sure the package is labeled "acid free" and/or "photo safe"!

4 main panel patterns, labeled:

panel 1 - front - top left
panel 2 - connected to panel 3 with ribbon
panel 3 - thread ribbon through circle holes
panel 4 - easel back - back of frame - top part of strut leg attached with glue or hook & loop to easel back - bottom right
Plus these panel patterns, on bottom left of sheet:

front strut leg panel, split top and bottom - split in the middle along middle of 3 lines as shown
strut leg bottom
strut leg top to right on angle - box top back strut leg for glue or hook & loop
pattern
sky blue, 5 sided, line pattern for clear, photo safe / acid free, cut from sheet protector page, bendable strut leg piece, sandwiched between front & back - can use felt, fleece, vinyl, any substrate that is thin and bendable
Instructions:

Coating the sheet printable is optional, with a spray or paint on fixative from the craft store, laminate with a thinner, 3mil self laminating sheet
Cut out all the panels, including their flaps / seam allowances the fold under
Cut away and into corners, along lines shown, fold the flaps under, tape / glue / adhere down
Hole punch all circles
Thread 1/8" or 3 mm wide ribbon 2 feet long, through panels 2 & 3, print sides facing in, thread in and out the holes both ways, knot on both side
Adhere panel 1, the front, print side up, on top of panel 2 facing down, glue inner edges one side at a time, then outer edges
Adhere panel 4 print side up, on panel 3 print side in, leave bottom corner sides free of glue
Adhere any sides left open / not connected, make sure to leave the top open between panels 2 & 3 for the photo and clear sleeve, cut to the size of the photo, from the acid free clear sheet protector
Attach top of strut leg to easel back, align the bottom right corners first, hold, gently place on work surface, flip top of strut leg back, add strong glue, the press onto easel back.
Instructions for strut leg:

Cut out front and back strut leg panels, include flaps or seam allowances to fold under, separate front top from bottom, fold under flaps at bottom of top strut leg and top angle of bottom strut leg
Cut out clear strut leg piece, place inside the bottom 3 flaps, glue near top flap, then glue down bottom 3 flaps over clear piece
Manipulate inside the flaps of top strut leg flaps, glue at bottom edge, the the other sides, glue down over the clear piece.
Place top strut leg, all sides folded in and adhered down, of clear piece, do the same for the bottom front strut leg panel, but leave space unglued at both sides of the bottom right corner. Ribbon will extend from inside the layers of the bottom strut leg, and connect to bottom right corner, tucked inside the bottom right corner of the frame.
With ribbon tail extending from bottom right of strut leg, adhered inside, place finished strut leg bottom right corner, sides aligned, glue down on top
With top strut leg connected to easel back, stand the frame, pitch the strut leg, push ribbon tail under the bottom of the frame, sticking out in front of the frame, trim down to 1-1/2" in front of frame, mark with pin where it stands on its own, push remaining tail inside bottom right corner of main frame in space. Glue in place, on inside.
Ribbon connects panels 2 & 3, just hole punch the circles with a long reaching, quality hole puncher, do after the flaps are folded under and adhered down.

Ribbon 6" long by 3/8" to 1" wide connects the easel back and strut leg at the bottom right corner, for it to stand - it stops the strut leg from pitching out too much. Can cut clear vinyl to the dimensions of the ribbon measurements and use.

Cut photo sleeve from same clear, acid free, photo safe, labeled on package, sheet protector page, sold in Walmart, Walgreens, Target, & online in sheet packs of 10, 25, 50, and more. Letter size. Can cut bendable strut leg piece from same sheet protector page.

Copyright protected Selfie table easel picture frame for 2x3" photo by Kristie Hubler / fabricatedframes.com , 2015. All Rights Reserved. For personal use only. For licensing or selling finished product retail, please contact Kristie at [email protected]
Thank you!

Kristie Hubler

artist, inventor of washable fabric photo frame, fabric / surface / product / pattern designer, card, calendar, paper hat, invitations, and other printables, author, owner of http://fabricatedframes.com

https://classful.com/kristie-hubler/shop