Currently, you can see a huge number of different photo frames on store shelves, but most of them are simple and commonplace. If you cannot find such a photo frame that would be to your liking, then make it yourself, especially since it does not take a lot of time to make it.
To make a photo frame you will need:
- thick cardboard with a width of at least 2 mm;
- soft cardboard;
- velvet paper (color to taste);
- dense transparent film;
- a small piece of wallpaper (small texture);
- polymer mass for modeling;
- paints suitable for painting ceramics and paper;
- glue (PVA and super glue);
- satin ribbon with two centimeters tire.
The first step is to cut out a rectangle from thick cardboard, which is larger than the photo, then cut a "window" for the photo in the middle.
Next, you need to cut out exactly the same figure from the wallpaper, but with small indents on each side (by a centimeter) and carefully stick it onto the previously prepared cardboard blank, tucking the free ends of the wallpaper to the wrong side. Paint the front side of the frame.
Cut another rectangle out of soft cardboard in size equal to the frame, glue one side of it with velvet paper, then make a cut along the upper part, stepping back a couple of centimeters from the upper edge. The length of the cut is slightly longer than the length of the photo.
Next, you need to glue the edges of the seamy side of the frame and rectangle with glue, glue them.
The next stage is making a "pocket" for a photo. To do this, you need to take a transparent film, cut a rectangle out of it the size of two photos and fold it in half. Place it inside the frame through the cut.
Using an awl along the edges of the frame (in its upper part), make two holes, then thread a pre-cut satin ribbon of the required length into them, tie it beautifully.
From the polymer mass, mold any figures, for example, flowers, butterflies, letters, etc., paint them, let them dry, then carefully glue them to the front side of the frame in random order. Cover the finished product with clear varnish.
