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Boys will be Boys Frame by Janee Fakhreddine

Products:
• Boys Will be Boys Cartridge
• Qty. 2 - Frame Jen's 12 X 12
• Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12
• Winter Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12
• Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12
• Neutrals Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12
• Valentine Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12
• Yellow Rhinestone Spiral by Kaiser
• Yellow & Blue Paint (Making Memories Banana & Cornflower)
• Recess Chipboard Shapes or a sheet of chipboard to cut out
• Recess & Academic White Rub-ons By Basic Grey
• Dimensional Dot Circles by American Crafts
• Expression Machine by Cricut


Alien Frame
1. Take one Frame Jen's 12 X 12 and paint it yellow (I used Making Memories Banana)
2. Use a piece of blue cardstock out of the Winter Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12 and cut it down to 11" 1/4 x 11" 1.4 and cut two edges with a serious rounded corner.
3. Do the same as step two but use a black piece of cardstock from the Neutrals Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12 and cut it down to 10" 3/4 x 10" 3/4".
4. Glue each piece of cardstock to the frame and cut out the window each time.
5. Cut the a 7" arrow using in orange cardstock (Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12) for the shadow and Basic Grey - Classmates from the Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 and adhere to frame.
6. Cut 1" strips of Orange Cardstock (Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12), Classmates, Answers and Lecture (Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 ). Layer them an cut off extra edges.
7. Using the pencil die shape (Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 ), glue to cardstock and cut out or Recess Chipboard Shapes. Add on orange cardstock from step 6.
8. Using the Boys Will be Boys Cartridge, cut out 3 1/2" using grey & white (Neutrals Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12), yellow & orange (Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12). I used a black pen to make the black eyes instead of cutting out tiny black dots with my cricut. Assemble and adhere with Dimensional Dot Circles by American Crafts.
9. Using blue cardstock (Winter Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12), Grey & White Cardstock Neutrals Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12, cut out 3 1/2" . Adhere with Dimensional Dot Circles by American Crafts.
10. Use Yellow Rhinestone Spiral by Kaiser to make the "fly"
11. Cut a 1 1/2" Block Font title using blue cardstock (Winter Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12) and yellow (Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12). Adhere
12. Using the star die shapes (Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 ), glue to cardstock and cut out or Recess Chipboard Shapes and adhere.
13. Add the District no.12 Academic White Rub-ons By Basic Grey.


Pirate Frame
1. Take one Frame Jen's 12 X 12 and paint it blue (I used Making Memories Cornflower)
2. Use a piece of yellow cardstock out of the Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12 and cut it down to 11" 1/4 x 11" 1.4 and cut two edges with a serious rounded corner.
3. Do the same as step two but use a black piece of cardstock from the Neutrals Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12 and cut it down to 10" 3/4 x 10" 3/4".
4. Glue each piece of cardstock to the frame and cut out the window each time.
5. Cut out a wave using answers, 1" strips of Lecture and Teachers Lounge all from Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 . Stack like steps and adhere.
6. Using the pen die shape (Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 ), glue to cardstock and cut out or Recess Chipboard Shapes. Add on Teachers Lounge paper from step 5.
7. Cut a 4" using white, yellow and Equation (Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 ). Assemble and adhere with Dimensional Dot Circles by American Crafts.
8. Add the Notebook holes (Recess White Rub-ons By Basic Grey).
9. Cut a 2" 3/4" using orange & yellow (Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12), black and white (Neutrals Cardstock Pack by American Crafts ). Assemble and adhere with Dimensional Dot Circles by American Crafts.
10. Cut Title Cut a 1 1/2" Block Font title using red (Valentine Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12) and yellow (Summer Cardstock Pack by American Crafts 12x12). Adhere
11. Using the circle die shapes (Recess Collection Pack by Basic Grey 12 X 12 ), glue to cardstock and cut out or Recess Chipboard Shapes and adhere.
12. Add the Paragraph Academic White Rub-ons By Basic Grey .