framing

I'm always having trouble getting a nice 'frame' around flat items...I've
tried baking the item and then applying the black (or whatever) PC strip
around it, and I've also tried doing raw-to-raw. Either way, the frame
comes out lumpy/bumpy. I've seen Donna's work and it is elegant and
seamless--and the framing around it is perfect. What's the trick?

KellyK

kellyK wrote:
I'm always having trouble getting a nice 'frame' around flat
items...I've tried baking the item and then applying the black (or
whatever) PC strip around it, and I've also tried doing raw-to-raw. Either way, the frame comes
out lumpy/bumpy. I've seen Donna's work
and it is elegant and seamless--and the framing around it is perfect.
What's the trick?


I don't know, but if you find out........ LOL

Seriously, have you tried a thin piece of window glass
over the top?



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two tricks that help---
let your cut or extruded strip cool a few seconds before applying; every bit
of firmness helps keep things from de-forming.

when you cut the strip, dont make a perpendicular cut--that is, striaght
down. You want a slant like this
------/-------
and then when you butt the two edges together its easy to make the seam
dissapear

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kellyK wrote:
I'm always having trouble getting a nice 'frame' around flat
items...I've tried baking the item and then applying the black (or
whatever) PC strip around it, and I've also tried doing raw-to-raw.
Either way, the frame comes
out lumpy/bumpy. I've seen Donna's work
and it is elegant and seamless--and the framing around it is perfect.
What's the trick?


I don't know, but if you find out........ LOL

Seriously, have you tried a thin piece of window glass
over the top?




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