Make your own picture frames for your halloween gallery
SUBMITTED BY: Herman Secret SUBMITTED ON: June 9, 2011
TYPE:
Indoor
AGE:
Tween
MATERIALS:
Black Foamboard ivory or cream acrylic craft paint
DIRECTIONS:
1.Measure a piece of foamboard 4" wider and 4" longer than the picture you will be framing. Example - for a picture 8" x 10" you will need a piece of foamboard 12" x 14"
Next, measure 2.25" from each edge and draw a square inside. This will give a frame area half inch narrower and shorter than the picture to be framed
Measure and mark half way between each inside line (for clarity, I have provided the diagrams on white card rather than on black)
2.You will now need to make a paper or card template for the frame detail.
Align the template with the lines on the board and draw around the template, as shown
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5.Cut out the frame and the centre frame area
6.Paint the detail on the frame - first a thin line completely around the edge, next a thick line on the inside edge and a thinner line around the thicker line, and finally add some detail to the corners
