My neice asked me if I'd make a piece of art for her house a few weeks ago, and as her birthday was coming up I said it could be her gift. She was pretty prescriptive about what she wanted - it had to contain vintage Elvis/Vegas stuff, Vargas pin-up girls and tattoo designs by "Sailor Jerry", so the resulting piece is much more her than it is me, but that's fine because she absolutely loved it :) (Her husband liked it too, which wasn't as important, but he's gonna have to see it every day, so it's just as well, lol)It's pretty large, the frame is around 18" square and 1 1/2" or so deep, which allowed plenty of room for dimensional elements. The heart, spade, club and diamond symbols were made by melting coloured UTEE, pouring it onto a craft sheet and then cutting out the shapes with cookie cutters before it hardened. Most of the vintage movie posters/playing cards etc were found online and printed out, then distressed/inked/sanded to make them look older. As ever, click on the image to see a larger view! :)
[Edit to add - The frame is Ribba from IKEA. It comes in a few sizes, all the same depth, maybe an inch and a half or so. I used the 50cm x 50cm one (approx 20" x 20")]
