Made a frame

[cats4jan]

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1KdKtcS7tAmJt2tmh8dWteKJgknQs9_thumb.gif (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1KdKtcS7tAmJt2tmh8dWteKJgknQs9)

[AngelicKim]

Janice, nice job. I can think of all sorts of images that would look good in your frame.

[jojo99]

That's a great frame Janice. Did you follow a tutorial to set it up?
I could do with making some frame templates :)
Jo-Jo

[Wendy]

Hey that looks really good !! Well done :)

Wendy

[westiemom]

That's really nice Janice.

Anita

[kroberts]

Janice,

Very nice!:)

[Wags374]

Good job!:)

[SCRAPPYGIRL]

Great frame Janice. Thanks for sharing.

[SenorSlick]

Janice, very well done! Harvey

[cats4jan]

thanks for all the kind words

This frame started as an experiment (don't they all?)

I was playing with gradients and brushes

I made a gradient - selected pieces of the gradient with the magic wand - used different brushes on different sections

after I made my gradient filled with brushes

Used filter> distort> shear to make curvy lines from that project

Then cut a strip out of the middle

Duplicated it four times - fooled with which direction I wanted the curves to run

Made a frame - using the technique where you use the polygonal lasso tool to miter the corners

Then added a bevel to the frame

Obviously, you can skip the brushes on the gradients (they're not showing up anyway) - go straight to shearing some varied colors and work from there.

The frame started from this

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/117C2h0DlYMUcau1aUQkam7NatKTne_thumb.gif (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=117C2h0DlYMUcau1aUQkam7NatKTne)

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Try the gradient/brush technique - the effect is quite cool -
A simple gradient - select different sections - use brushes to fill sections
and this is what you get

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/18ANEjdKufDzMNTq4rlDN5CCqZAKrV1_thumb.gif (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=18ANEjdKufDzMNTq4rlDN5CCqZAKrV1)
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[kimh]

Very nice Janet.
Thanks for sharing.
Kimh

[quillabee9]

Janice, what a great creative approach. Should have some fun with this approach. Thanks a lot.

[cats4jan]

Gail - please post your results - I'd love to see what you come up with.