Grads & Dads

I always get to experience the holidays before every one else!  Here are cards for Father's Day:

 

And for the graduates:

 

 

One Cut - Two Cards

Saw an image online and just loved it - so I re-created the idea for my own!

 

Here's my card.  I love the look of the cutout letters and the shaped outline.  What occurred to me while I was cutting this card on my Pazzles Inspiration is that I was using the negative image and the positive image could be used as well.  Below is what I created with that:

 

I used the original outline for a background label for this card.  I like them both and I'm so delighted to get 2 cards from 1 cut!  I love efficiency!

Very Cool Lettering Technique

Because of the versatility of the Pazzles Inspiration, I can create lettering like this:

I've seen ads that cut the text with a shape and I've always wanted to try it.  While designing this card, I realized that this would be the perfect opportunity to test the theory. 

So in the software I laid out all my elements on the card base.  Then I duplicated the text and grouped one set of text with the silhouette.  I left the original text on the card base.  So then it was just a matter of keeping track of which pen color to use. 

BTW, this is an Anniversary card - the inside verse says "is only YOU.  Happy Anniversary". 

Embellishing Embossed Foil Cards

Still  having lots of fun with the foil embossing.  I decided that I needed to add some embellishment to the cards.  This is a set of animal cards - I still have more to complete.

Some simple borders add a lot of punch.  I cut these out on my Pazzles Inspiration. 

It took me 3 tries to get a border I liked for the bear.  Started off with a pine tree on the right, then some leaves, but I didn't like the effect.  Finally thought of the paw prints and I like that.  The frog border is a portion of the Tropical Leaf from the Pazzles Library.

 

 

For the dolphin, I found a great wave in the Library.  I just welded it to the border of 2 boxes that are 1/2-inch different in size.  I remembered a very pretty line drawing of a hummingbird and ungrouped it and used just the flower for the lower card.  Since the design is very delicate, I chose to use it as a cutout instead of a border embellishment. 

And finally, my favorite 2 of this set.  I didn't really like the turtle before I colored it, but it turned out to be one of my faves.  And I knew the duck would look great in the foil.  I also love the cattails.

 

I'm planning cards with flowers and a set of birds next.  I'll be trying something new with those as well.

 

Hope you enjoyed these cards.  Please feel free to leave me a message!