For those of you stumped for inspiration for a personal Mother's Day Gift, I have an idea for you!
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I recently had to give my mom a gift, and she is one of those people who are incredibly hard to buy for. So, I decided to go the DIY route and come up with something that had that personal and handcrafted style to it.
It all started with this photograph...
It is a side profile of one of my sweeties taken on a plain background.
I then used Photo Shop to create a silhouette of her.
For you Photo Shop fans, I used the Magic Extractor to separate my baby from the background. I then layered a dark scrapbook paper over her profile and used a clipping mask to make the dark shadow effect for her face. Then, I added a patterned scrapbook paper for the background.
It ended up like this after I printed it on photo paper...
I then framed the silhouette in a chunky fabulous frame that looked just like my mom and coordinated with the coloring of my files.
The final product was this...
It was just one of a set of two. They looked great as a pair, and I have to tell you my mom was THRILLED!
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For those of you who do not do Photo Shop, you can also do this manually by tracing the profile on dark paper, cutting it out, and attaching it to a background scrapbook paper that you prefer. I am just a digi kinda girl so I went that route.
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Enjoy, and I hope your mothers enjoy too!
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