Bright Banners with Dots

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Bright Banners with Dots

Nothing subtle about this card! Bright banners and lettering, plenty of color with bright white. The punched 3/16" dots tie the colors together and accent the banner shapes. It was fun working with the banner shapes and multicolor sentiment.

Card details:

Card stock is Ellen Hutson white linen, Hero Arts azure (blue), Papertrey Ink (PTI) pure poppy (red) and new leaf (green), and the polka dot print from PTI summer sunrise (yellow-orange) pattern pack.
Die is My Favorite Things party banner.
Circle punch is 3/16" EK Success.
Sentiment "thinking of you" is computer-printed in red, blue, and green ink with American Typewriter font, bold.
Technique: To curve my PowerPoint sentiment along the banner shape, I placed each letter in its own separate text box. I used the "format shape" menu to rotate each text box a few degrees (Z axis), ranging from 350 degrees and 11 degrees on the ends, to only 358 degrees and 2 degrees on the middle two. I overlaid a picture of the die to position the letters. Then I added arcs above and below the die to show me where to place it after printing the card stock. It took some patience - not a "beginner" technique! But now that it's set up, it will be easy to use, and I can print my banners with any sentiment and color.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (275)

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013