My sister- and brother-in-law just had a baby boy last week, so for Christmas I thought they could probably use some new photo frames.
I love how the back-painted glass picture frame I made for the playroom turned out, so I decided to do a couple more. I originally found this idea on marthastewart.com, but like last time, I simplified it quite a bit. I modified one of the shapes in Martha's tutorial and googled for another shape to make my templates.
I printed out my template and taped it to the underside of the glass. I added some little white highlights, then traced the shape with black acrylic paint.
Then I filled in the area between the outline and the edges with thin layers.
After painting the image on the glass, I printed out the templates again on cardstock.
I cut out the templates to create a paper backing behind the painted surface so it wouldn't stick to or rub onto the photo.
For gifting, I framed pieces of scrapbook paper.
The frames I used were 5 x 7 inches, but I designed the openings to accommodate a 4 x 6 inch photos. And they can be flipped vertically or horizontally.
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This is part of my Handmade Gift Challenge.
