Vintage Lacy Picture Frame Tutorial.
This is what you can do with this tutorial and you can use your own imagination however you want to fill it.


- new layer (fill with white) default size

- new transparent layer (name it frame)

On the frame layer, select ellipse select tool
- Make an oval shape

- fill with pattern. I used (gold waffle) (see below for gold waffle pattern)


leave selected > select > shrink > 20 < cut > un-select

Decor > add bevel > 5 or whatever you choose, (un-click work on copy) > OK



New transparent layer (Name Lace)

Use guides and place one horizontal and one vertical midway between both directions like the image above.

foreground color black
Get the ring brushes
Brushes > Circle ring brush #4 size .98
On your lace layer, make a circle at top of frame, bottom and one at each side on the guides, then place a circle at each side of the center one. like image below



(There will be 3 circles on each side) Place another circle above each .98 circle which will be 4 size .98 circles on each side.
Change brush size to .78 and fill in evenly in between size .98 until it looks like this.

Note: I used red to show where all the size .78 circles go. You will be using black.

right click on lace layer > alpha to selection > bucket tool > click pattern fill > gold waffle > fill (Make sure you click the fill the whole selection in the pattern dialog.
leave selection on Decor > add bevel > 3 (or whatever you choose, > unclick work on copy > OK see image below.

This is very nice work. When i saw the first image I thought 'Ok, pretty but she probably used a stock image and manipulated it' then I realized that you made it from completely scratch. Thanks

hope you enjoy and post your results.....

That is very cool. What a realistic cameo.

thanks GTux......

That's beautiful, Molly. The rings make me think of tatting.

Really beautiful. It looks like a real one.

Wow, I've never seen anyone create gimp with GIMP before.

wow saulgoode you just gave me some more ideas....chantilly lace looks interesting. thanx

I love it molly!

I'm curious what more idea you have.

Thank you Jolie, I would like to see you do one in your interpretation.....

That is very nice "O". Your frame is so nice and bright. I also like your cameo.....
thanks for doing my tute

I tried another more ornate frame...

Very pretty Molly!

I messed with my cameo, did color to alpha on it and removed the black in it. Putting it back over the background allowed that color to show through. I think it looks more like a "real" cameo that way.

Looks very nice....

didn't do much with background/shadow...just wanted to see if I could get a dimentional look to the main part. I wasn't sure how to make it look "domed", rounded...any suggestions?

that is so very nice 2-ton. I think it looks great.
I guess the only thing I would do different is add a couple of more rings to each side. Your background looks like pure silk.
Very nice.... thanx or doing my tutorial

The pinkish part is supposed to look like cameo stone, lol. I think using bevel wasn't quite the right thing to do. It should look more hard and rounded, like the 'opal' brushes. Bevel gave it a sort of 'pleated' look, lol. Hmmm, wonder if I merged the white and pink together, then mapped it to something round, maybe it would have that round depth to it.

Keep trying out different things and you might end up with a real master piece.
I guess that is what Gimp is all about cuz there are just so many tools we haven't even explored yet.