Anna, This Is For You . . .

To make this tray, we used an 11x14 frame, hardware, scrapbook paper, ribbon and stamps.

We took the frame, opened the back and removed the glass and paper they had in it.  We used the paper that was in the frame to glue our scrapbook paper onto.  That way we could make sure that our "design" would be the correct size.  The scrapbook paper we had wasn't long enough, so we had to use two pieces.  Make sure you match up the design so the seam is hidden.  (I tried to show a pic of this below.  It turned out fuzzy, so I hope you can still see it.)

We then added a ribbon to separate the two different patterns of scrapbook papers that we used.  Next, we added circles of patterned paper to add "umph" and 2 circles of neutral paper--one for Santa's plate and one for his glass of milk.  (They were already stamped with the circle and words when we got there)  We antiqued the paper by adding yellow and brown ink to it.  I'm trying to remember exactly how we did that.  I think we took a paper towel, kind or crumbled it up, dipped it into the stamp pad, then onto the paper.  We added stamps to decorate (flowers) and letters to spell "Santa" and "For."

Finally, somebody drilled holes into the wood part of the frame and we put our hardware on.  We put the glass and paper back in, and voila!  A cute little tray to put cookies and milk on for Santa!

(Anna, call me if you have any questions.  Hopefully it will help to see the pictures.)