Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts

Friday, February 17, 2012

Celebrating a late Valentine's Day...get inspired!

Since Valentine's Day fell on a weekday, it gives people carte blanche to celebrate that day, the weekend before, or the weekend after. If you are celebrating later this weekend then you may just need a little Valentine’s day inspiration. Here are ways that a I dressed up some gifts by using my clip art and hand colored printouts of my digi stamps to decorate a gift bag & make a homemade coupon...



For card ideas for guys, try a collage design with scrapbook elements...


Digi stamps give you lots of versatility. Print them and color them to coordinate with the papers and cardstock you have on hand. Then create great cards like these (made with my What a Hoot set).


This shows inside and outside views of the card...




Don’t be afraid to mix traditional and digi stamps together along with your favorite embellishments!


And now that Valentine’s Day is over, don't let the artwork from this digi stamp go to waste. It isn't just for Valentine’s Day. Use it for making cute get well messages, birthday greetings, and thank you cards, just like this... 


Whooooo knows where your creativity may lead you.
Be inspired to live life creatively!

Friday, December 24, 2010

3 Day Christmas Sale begins today!

Wanna fill your stocking with some digital wonderfulness? Check out the 3-day 20% off Christmas sale at http://www.mygrafico.com. Everything is on sale so have fun stuffing your shopping cart!



For some inspiration for making some after the holidays Thank You's, 
here is a hybrid card created with my Elegant Name Plates set, gorgeous papers 
from K&Company along with a butterfly stamp from their Que Sera Sera clear stamp set. 



Designer tip: I printed the plum colored frame with the word thanks typeset in black 
onto a high quality sheet of white Epson paper. Sponged over the frame with ink, spattered 
with teal and purple markers, trimmed around the frame with scissors and layered over 
top of a ribbon. I used Glue Arts high tac adhesive with my Glue Glider Pro for 
assembly and a small strip of ribbon adhesive to attach the body of the 3D butterfly. 



And using my Vintage Pines set along with some artistic papers from Lil Ellaboudy, 
another mygrafico designer, I created this years Christmas card, digitally.

Be sure to add these 2 Brand NEW Released sets to your wish list!
For those of you who love to work in Photoshop with brushes, you will love the Mod Labels 1 set.



And for those of you who want to work with eps, jpeg or png files, try these pre-colorized labels and verses. 72 files in all....what a deal for $5.50. And if you buy during the sale they are even less!
You can use the png files to colorize or editable eps to colorize or even add multiple colors to these designs. Perfect for handmade tags, gift labels...think wine bottles, baked goods, gifts and more!




These can also be used to create monogrammed note cards or embroidered items. Check out this sample using a background border from the Lovey Dovey Brushes set and Mod Color Labels.


Merry, merry Christmas to all! Live Life Creativley in 2011!