I got my favorite picture of my Translation friends and I, which was taken at Annick's wedding. Her wedding was in September and the theme was Fall, so I used the Frosty Day papers that had fall colors along with the Big Shot Leaves #2 die and went to town.
The frame is a wooden box frame I got at the dollar store last year when I was trying to find cheap stuff I could alter. It had been sitting in the closet ever since. Which is why I love VSNs - it always kicks my butt in gear to do those techniques or projects that always get pushed to the back burners.
Anyway, the frame wasn't dyed or painted, so I mixed some brown acrylic paint with copper Pearl Ex to create a shimmery paint for the frame. It looks great in person! You can sort of see the shimmer in the close-up picture. (It's too bad that Pearl Ex doesn't photograph well, it looks so nice in person.)
Part of the reason I was so excited about getting the Big Shot was the possibility to make my own chipboard pieces! That's what I did for the front of the frame: I cut the maple leaf out of chipboard and patterned paper to make the leaf more sturdy. Best part: no sanding required!!!
I finished the look off with a rub-on on the glass of the frame. It adds a nice dimension.
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008 GMT Views: 207
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