Trendy Frames and Crafts has grown

Thanks to your support, Trendy Frames and Crafts has grown.

My business has been re-born with a new look and a new focus. The same great classes and framing services will now be offered as Lea France.Visit the new website at http://www.leafrance.com/ to learn more.

Even my blog has a new look, and you can get to it from the website, or by visiting www.leafrance.com/blog

Marilyn's scrapbooking pages

Marilyn created several pages with the french scrapbooking stencils. Enjoy!

Thanks Marilyn for sharing with us.

Bob's Frame number 2

I was working with a 11 x 17 frame. I opened the photos from the CD in Photoshop and arranged some of them in a pattern around the edges, leaving a space for a larger center photo. After making adjustments for exposure and size, I printed the photos on a 13 x 19 sheet of paper. I glued the print onto a piece of 4-ply mat. I then made a bevel cut in the center for the larger photo. I now had a beveled "mat" of photos. I later realized that I did not allow for separation of the photo-mat from the glass, hence the narrow black beveled mat around the edge. It would probably look better if I had used 8-ply for a deeper bevel leading to the center photo.


I used the "warp" feature in Photoshop to correct the lens distortion in both photos and it seems to do a pretty good job. The concept of gluing a photo, print or design that you designed in Photoshop to a piece mat to use as a mat opens the door to unlimited possibilities (as if just picking a single mat color or paper design wasn't enough to deal with!). In Photoshop, you can create smooth gradients from one color to another or more, and also add textures. Definitely time to experiment!

Bob's Frame number 1

I joined two different colors of beveled 4-ply mats together, on top of two paper-covered 2-ply mats.

French scrapbooking class at Jazzy Crafts

I taught a class friday night at Jazzy Crafts, and I took pitures of Marylin's pages. they are so great, enjoy. The pages were made using the Big circle template.

Thank you Marilyn for letting me post your pages.

Christine's French Picture Matting project

Christine attended my French Picture Matting class and did that project, thanks Christine for sharing your frame with us
Carine

new French scrapbooking pages to enjoy

Enjoy those beautiful pages created during the scrapbooking party at Violetta's house.

Violetta's page

Christine's page

Laura's page

Rosa's page

Carina's page