Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sisters

Maria loves this picture of her (on left) with her sisters and this morning she made it into a stand up display.


She slit scored some grey mat board so it would stand up like a tent. She trimmed the photo with a deckle trimmer and glued it to grey mat board. Without using a ruler, she drew a string in pencil to define the border and then filled it in with perfs and a variation of zander.

Material used:
  • Grey mat board
  • Knife
  • Deckler
  • Sakura® Pigma™ black and brown Micron pens
  • Pencil
  • General's® Charcoal White™ pencil
Suggestion: When you add the white, add it sparingly. Don't highlight every bead of perfs.

Detail:

Total project time: About 30 minutes.

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9 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing the how-to's and thanks for sharing the photo! How lucky you are, Maria. Sisters are a wonderous thing:)

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  2. Great picture and wonderful idea!

    xo,
    Heather

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  3. Ohh..such a wonderful idea..and a simple zentangle adds soo much charm to the picture..

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  4. Wonderful picture and tangle. I also have a picture of me with my 3 sisters that I can do this with for each of them. Thanks so much for the idea and the instructions-love it!!!

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  5. What a lovely photo ... a memory to be sure! Love the frame too.
    Cheers
    Jane

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  6. Thanks for posting tools info, too. I just found General's® Charcoal White™ for sale online in Australia. Yay! My family rates 2 girls (my sister and I) and 4 boys... and it's a rare thing indeed to get all 6 of us in one photo (happened last time in 1986!). Perhaps Photoshop [grin].

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  7. I also have 3 brothers, and we have photos taken almost every year in the "lineup" of the seven of us.....oldest to youngest. I am next to the youngest. what fun......Maria

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  8. Absolutely wonderful personalization! I'm still impressed that there are four lovely sisters in this group (having no sisters at all!).

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  9. Hi, Maria
    I love this picture of your sisters and you. I have two Sisters myself and I have a photo of the 3 of us one of the Cousin or Aunts taken of us standing together back when I was about 32-33 years old at the family Thanksgiving or Christmas get-togethers. I haven't see that photo in a long time, but this is a great idea on how to display it. I also have one Brother who's the baby of the family. We are all Stair-Steppers. My Brother turned 47, My youngest Sister is 48, my other Sister is 49 and I'm 50 year old.
    When I locate that photo, that's what I'll do it with once I locate it. I would use green, purple or blue since those are my favorite colors.

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