Silver Frame

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This Silver frame is very easy and fast to make.

Miss Nancy made the picture for the frame. I liked what she did better than the one I did so she graciously let me use hers. Thank you Nancy. Huggies

You can get the tile for the inside of frame and selections here.

I used Mahogany's Blade Pro White Diamonds for the frame. You can get it here if you don't already have it.

You will need PSP 6 or 7 for this. You can get it here.

You will need Eye Candy 4000 for the drop shadow.

Open transparent image 400X500.

Add new layer for each step.

Open selection smframe1 flood fill with smivoryflakes tile. Deselect.

Open selection smframe2 flood fill with white. Apply blade pro white diamonds or your favorite blade pro preset. Keep selected.

Add new layer for the drop shadow.

Apply the EYE Candy 4 drop shadow settings.

Direction 300

Distance 3

Blur 14

Opacity 32

Color Black.

Apply again changing the Direction to 120. Deslect. Load selection smframe 1 again to the drop shadow layer. Invert and hit delete one time.

Click on smframe2 layer and use magic wand to select the inside of frame. Selection/Modify/Expand 4. Click on first layer and then add new layer. Open the picture you want inside the frame. Edit/copy picture. Edit/paste into selection. Now you have your picture in the frame.

Here are just a few examples of different ways for display.

I used the Variations filter to color the first tile.

Use your imagination and most of all have fun.

Susi