Dog Silhouette

I made something similar to this for myself, and my best friend liked it sooooo I decided to make one for her for her birthday! The silhouette is of her beautiful Mini Australian Shepard named Hanna. 


What you will need: 
-a magazine
-scrapbook paper
-Elmer's glue 
-frame 
-spray paint 
-scissors 
-a pencil 
-white paper 


First you need to pick your picture: 

This is Hanna giving me kisses :) Next you need to get a sheet of white paper and trace the silhouette. 

Afterwards, check it to make sure it looks good! 

I added the zig-zags to look like fur. Next you will cut out your tracing
ADVISORY: Be sure that the size of the photo you have traced is appropriate for the frame you want to use. If you need to make a picture bigger you can hit Ctrl + or to make it smaller you can hit Ctrl - 


After cutting out the silhouette it should look like this: 

Now you can trace your cut-out onto the scrapbook paper you want to have as your background. After you trace it you want to cut the tracing out without cutting into the border of the scrapbook paper. You can do this by folding the paper and making a slit in the paper and then sticking your scissors into the slit and cutting around the tracing. 

After you cut out the tracing you should have something that looks like this: 

Now you are ready to make your background for the silhouette! Rather than use just another piece of scrapbook paper I decided to use scraps of paper from a magazine.

I picked pages that had lots of color and cut them into strips. 

I then arranged the strips onto a sheet of white paper. 

Then I glued them in place with Elmer's glue

ADVISORY: Elmer's glue will cause paper to wrinkle when it dries so after gluing be sure to put the paper on a flat surface and put some heavy books on to of it.  


While the glue was drying I spray painted the frame I was going to use. I started with a plain frame I got at the flea market for 3 bucks. 

Spray painting actually requires some technique. You can't just hold the nozzle down and go over the surface. You risk getting paint runs if you do that. Rather you should spray in quick spurts while moving the can along the length of the frame. Press down on the nozzle for about a second at a time and then let up as you move your arm in a swinging motion. After spray painting I had my frame ready: 

Once your sheet of paper with the strips of magazine paper is dry, place your scrapbook silhouette over the strips and find a good place to glue it. When you like where you have placed it, use your Elmer's glue to glue it in place. 

Again, since Elmer's wrinkles when it dries you need to place the silhouette on a flat surface and put heavy books over it OR you could use tape to prevent the wrinkles. 


Now it's time to place the silhouette in the frame and ENJOY!