Another Baby Name Frame

Tonight I am sharing another baby name frame. This one is an 8 x 20 inch frame and for the background I used the art paper I wrote about in the "Card Economics" post (here is a LINK in case you missed that post). This is a lovely heavy paper and I could cut a piece to exactly the right size for the frame with no seam in the background.

This little boy has a rather unusual name with five letters - ideal for large letters that center nicely in the space. I used the Mickey Font cartridge because it is nice and chunky with a playful "feel."



I cut the letters in a bright nautical blue on "shadow" and then cut the letters in regular size in some patterned paper that has a watery feel. I added three dots to each letter to give them a bit of "punch."



I used foam squares to lift the letters slightly for a shadow effect.



The name is framed with lines and dots with waves along the bottom border. The waves are from the "Going Places" cartridge - I welded together as many as would fit on a 12 inch paper and then adhered two sets of waves together to make them fit the width of the frame.



In the gaps between the lines that frame the design I hand wrote the birth date and time and the "statistics" of birth weight and height.



The parents of this boy serve in the Navy, so I added a few boats for a "nautical" touch. His full name is written on the three boats (I blurred out the surname on the third boat for this post). I used a blue pen to highlight the cuts for the mast.



Of course I had to make a matching card to go with the gift. I used a few of the scraps with words that I cut from the Cuttlebug "Welcome Baby" A2 combination cut and emboss set.



You may remember the Abigail name frame (here is a LINK to that entry if you missed it). Here are the two frames together - they are not for siblings, I just happened to do them around the same time and like the way the two look together(!).

I spent most of the day working on revising the directions for one of my designs for publication - very exciting but time consuming! I have several other interesting projects in the works but haven't had time to do the photos and directions to post here yet - new .cut files will be here soon...in the meanwhile - here is another "sneak peek"

Cross Country Team

Both of my sons ran Cross Country in High School. I was looking through the Going Places cart and noticed the running figure and it reminded me of watching their teams compete. I don't know if anyone reading this is a runner or has a child on a Cross Country team - it is a difficult sport to "watch" since the runners follow a prescribed route "across the countryside" and, in my experience, they only pass by the observers a few times during the course of the race. However, I do have a few photos of their meets to scrapbook and so I made this title. I hope some of you can use it.



The first page of the file has the design as I created it, adjusted proportionately (using the lower right corner handle) to a few sizes. On the following pages there are versions that are sized for a 12 x 12 border (shown above), an 8 x 8 border, a 5 x 7 card and an A2 card (shown below).



You can alter this type of design by entering the height and width that you want for your project in the Shape Properties box but be aware that the resulting design may appear distorted if it is greatly different from the original aspect ratio.



Above is a screen shot of the original design to compare with the test cut versions above. As you can see, the runners are shorter and wider in the 12 inch border and taller and thinner on the A2 card. The final page of the file has card sizing rectangles for the A2 and 5 x 7 cards, just for convenience.

Cross Country Team (A)

Love Letters

Here is another quick design to share. I was looking over the Going Places cartridge and I noticed the envelope shape. With the latest update to the Design Studio software (and our new ability to weld within existing shapes) I knew I just had to add some words to this shape!

The phrase that came to mind was "Love Letters" and I used one of my favorite fonts - Alphalicious. I also did a few additional versions, adding a heart on the left or right or both sides! All of these versions can be resized as a group to fit the particular project you have in mind.

Below are a few closer views of the designs cut to fit an A2 card





This design could be used for cards, layouts or, perhaps, to alter a box to be used to store some love letters! If you do not have the Alphalicious font you can substitute one that you do own - just follow the procedure I explained in the tutorial on "grouping" (a link to this tutorial is pinned to the top right of this page).

Love Letters (A)