Black and White Framed Steampunk ATC’s

Gosh, I’m loving our new house!  I’ve got so many plans and ideas, it’s pretty difficult to focus on anything else… I’m even thinking about starting a DIY home blog to catalog all my projects, but we’ll see about that…  First I wanted to share these steampunk atc’s I framed and hung in our hallway downstairs.

I love the idea of using large mats to frame small photos and pieces of art, but I wanted my mats to be more than just plain white.  I wrote an article about my process you can see here.  Essentially, I used the cardboard backs from the frames I purchased, white-washed (or black-washed…) them, transferred some book pages to the surface, and then adhered each of the ATC’s right in the middle of each one.

I love the alternating black and white aspects of each of these steampunk ATC’s.  Each one is very simple- I used washi tape and various stamps to create the backgrounds, and then added some fun steampunk elements like watch gears, pen nibs, and wax seals.  They are so fun!!  What do you think?  I’m pretty pleased with my first DIY addition to our new house.  :)

Framed Steampunk ATC’s