2 make a floating frame, cont.
look ma -- it's floating!	Hint: To hang your frame on the wall, use clear fishing line to  enhance the "floating" illusion. Variation: I like to use wing nuts instead of standard nuts; I leave the nut side facing outward because I like the way they look. As an added bonus, they’re easy to unfasten by hand.)

1. You’ll want at least a 2" border all around, so cut out one piece of cardboard that is (w+4") x (l+4") in size and a second piece of carboard that is (w+3") x (l+3"), where w is the width of the picture and l is the length.
2. Cut out a window, just under w x l in dimension, from the center of the larger cardboard piece.
3. Wrap both pieces of cardboard in the decorative material of your choice; glue in place.
4. Center your picture on the solid piece of board and, using self-adhesive photo corners, fix your picture in place.
5. Center the window piece over the picture; tape the back of the picture-holding piece of cardboard to the back of the window piece (tape all along the border).

If you want your frames to be free-standing rather than hanging, make a stand using cardboard (just cut out a 2-3" strip of cardboard, fold it into a triangle that can support your picture at the proper angle, and glue it to the back of your frame).

Variation 1: Make a puffy frame by gluing batting (available at fabric/craft stores) to the window piece of cardboard before covering it in fabric (paper, obviously, won’t work so well for this).
Variation 2: Protect your photographs by inserting a clear acetate layer between the photo and the window (you can get clear acetate in sheets at art supply stores, or use those plastic overheads that are available at office supply shops).

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