I thought it'd be fun to make framed halloween sihouettes out of some digi products today! They're pretty simple to make and i just used frames i already had...(sorry about the glare here!) I also used Kate's Frank 'n Friends doodles for this project. so to create the silhouette, i placed a frankenstein and a witch each on their own 5x7 white backgrounds (that's the size frame i had) and positioned them how i wanted..... I then stroked them. To stroke an element: Double click the thumbnail in the layers palette ( that will create the dancing ants around the element) create a new layer on top of that layer (command J) go to EDIT- STROKE (i used 5 px black center) press ok i then "HID" the actual doodled element and was then left with just an outline... i then just printed it on.....can you believe it....BLACK cardstock. YES, it totally worked! I was so excited! I then just cut them out and placed them each on a 5x7 white cardstock! I thought about just printing them in a full black Silhouette and then i wouldn't have to cut them but......i was cheap and didn't want to waste my ink!!! lol!!! up to you though! Wanna give it a try? I'd love to see it!
Val, your talent astounds me!! AMAZING project!! and I am SO going to try this... i know I have frames laying around somewhere. So, you print 'just' the black outline onto black paper. It still shows up on the bl paper??
I'm so doing this!! I can't find my halloween decor tote anywhere!! So I'm making do with 3 Dollar Tree crows and a $2 pkg of glitter spiders from Walmart. Thanks for the idea Val!! Amy
so stinkin awesome! i'm SO going to do this! and add them to my mantel where i already have this! LOL
you know you could probably just mask right over the elements as well. or clip or whatever it's called. put your image on a white background. and make a new layer fill it with black from the paint bucket and ins PSCS or higher you can just hit ctrl+alt+g to clip the shape (the black then takes on the shape of the object underneath) then hit ctrl+alt+e to merge the layers together. you can then upload and print at costco or whatever. (that's what i'm going to do.) i have every size black frames. so i'll do 3 i think. so FUN!
thanks girls!! jacque! that would be awesome! I actually started the project clipping my black kraft paper to it but when i thought about the printing i didn't want just used up my ink! I of course, wanted it NOW and didn't want to wait to get it printed-haha! i'm so impatient! krista! yip, the outlines actually showed up pretty decently on the black cardstock! who knew!
So cute!! And a great way to save some ink too, nice thinkin' there! (Mine is on empty and will remain so until I get some money in, haha)
that is brilliant. no, really. we just never have ink. that's why my mind ALWAYS thinks to upload and print somewhere. HAAAAAAAAA
oh gosh Val these are totally adorable... i wish i could peek in your house and see how you decorated everything else
