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Special friend - Lions in silhouette image in photo frame -  Day 228 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! With it being Born Free's International Year of the Lio n this year, I thought I would make this to celebrate it. To make the main image, I first of all cut out one of the "Background Artist" images of the lions and trees in silhouette which Pinflair  produced. I cut out a length of card as a "mask" and first of all coloured the sky area using "Summer Sky" (Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud blending ink) several times gradually building it and leaving som e white space to give the impression of clouds. I then needed to "ground" the lions and so I used various green shades of ink, using the mask in various positions to give the impression of them being on the ground. I used Tim Holtz's "Mowed Lawn" and Generation INX green inks and added some yellow to both the cloud and grass areas.  I also cle...

Flowers and leaves - monochrome with a hint of colour photo frame -  Day 211 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! The weekend is here and I have decided to write about this wall hanging that has been made using a 2mm recycled greyboard photo frame . Photo Frame - to make the actual photo frame, I first of all painted both parts (front and back) with some Pebeo Acrylic Gesso paint giving it several coats as it does sink into the greyboard (this is 2mm 240x190mm recycled greyboard which you can buy here ) . Floral panel (main decoration) - I die-cut the panel (which is the "Foliage" die from Tattered Lace) in some good quality white cardstock and stuck it to some of Lynda Chapman's black cardstock.  I then coloured some of the leaves and flowers using the Twinkling H2O watercolour paints ( "Celadon" , "Sea Spray" and "Just Peachy" Making the whole frame up  - Once the paints were dry, I then glued the front of the fra...