“Wall Silhouette”Designed by: Amber Packer (
www.amberpacker.com)
Featuring: My Mind’s Eye, Lime Twist collection (www.mymindseye.typepad.com)
My Mind's Eye products can be found at your local scrapbook store.
Supplies (as designed):
2 - My Mind's Eye Lime Twist - Happy Go Lucky "Together" Lines paper
2 - My Mind's Eye Lime Twist - Fly A Kite "Spring" Zig paper
2 - My Mind's Eye Lime Twist - Fly A Kite "Soar" Kites paper
My Mind's Eye Lime Twist - Fly A Kite assorted papers (for strips)
My Mind's Eye Lime Twist - Fly A Kite "Everyday" Twine
Antique picture frame (outside dimensions: 24" X 24"; inside dimensions: 15" w X 16" h).
***For a less expensive, ornate frame, check thrift stores (DI), dollar stores or your grandparent's storage room***
Also Used:, liquid glue, needle (for twine), paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, paper and projector (or other light source).
Instructions:
1. To create silhouette:
• Gently tape paper to wall and set up projector facing the paper, sit subject in a chair between the paper and projector (or other light source) and trace outline of their profile. You can be as detailed as you'd like.
• Scan and piece together and reduce in photo processing program like Photoshop.
• Adjust silhouette to desired size. For this frame, the silhouette I used is 7".
• Another option: take a picture of subject silhouette and cut out. Trace on paper and scan into photo processing program to size.
2. Cut random 1" strips of Lime Twist - Fly A Kite papers and piece on a background paper.
3. Lightly trace the oval opening on background paper so you will know where your borders are.
4. Starting from the bottom, begin adhering strips. Slightly overlap oval pattern, there is no need to have paper where it won't be seen. Keep in mind where the paper "seams" are so that none are showing, remember you will be covering the center, so it is okay to have seams there.
5. Trace oval shape on another piece of scratch paper and reduce size (mine is 9"w X 10"h) and cut this oval from wood grain side of "Together" Lines paper.
6. Add background piece (with all the strips of paper) to frame.
7. Adhere blue oval to background centered in opening.
8. Remove from frame so that you can hand stitch a border along inner edge of oval using twine.
9. Cut silhouette from orange paper and adhere to center of frame.
10. Replace in frame and ENJOY!
*** For an additional touch, you could add a frame with the subjects name in it***
Amber and My Mind’s Eye!
For more detailed instructions and a "bonus" project visit the My Mind's Eye blog: (www.mymindseye.typepad.com or Amber's blog: www.amberpacker.com)
