Halloween Border

Hi! Nice to be back.
I worked on this thinking I'd post it earlier, but... no such luck.
I used different clip art and fonts Nose Bleed and Plasma Drip.
It's all 'glued' together as a .png. For the 'H' and 'N' I used parts of a fence that resembled those letters.

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This is a .png file, 300 dpi, no shadows.
Enjoy!
Patricia.

School Days Bus

Hi! I started out thinking of putting the bus as a border and making it a strong accent. Then I hit a shadow style and that's what it ended up to be. You can use it on a 8.5x11 page or a 12x12" page, it's pretty big.

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I hope you like it!
Patricia.

1st Day of school Border

I know, I know. I've been gone a long time. Things are a bit crazy at home, just getting back to normal. If anyone can give me the definition of "normal." (chuckle)
Some places have just now gone back to school after the Labor day holiday here in the US. However, here in Utah we've been back for at least a week, regular schools, and maybe more for charter schools.
In any case, I decided to do this simple border, just to get back in the swing of designing digital stuff for the blog.
I didn't do much, mind you, just used fonts Niederwald, Poster Bodoni and Potassium Scandal. I didn't even make a sample, I just didn't like the way it looked with anything I had, so hopefully you'll have something different. Maybe mask it with a school paper you might have. I did want to add something extra, so I turned the original into a thick border, and that's the second version you see here.

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This freebie is for personal use, .png file, 300 dpi, no shadows.
Hopefully you'll be able to use it.
Patricia.

In the Kitchen Border

Hi!
I started it out with the shape of the kitchen utensils. Then added 'In the Kitchen' using font Ransom Note. Then I merged both layers (Ctrl + E).
But I didn't like it all so black, so I applied a stroke style to the whole thing, with a size 10 stroke, and then turned it green. It looks better, and you can use it on top of a whole page, if you want to. :o)

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This freebie is about 6x11", .png file, 300 dpi, no shadows. And you can use any other style you have available. You get both: original and enhanced.
Enjoy!
Patricia.

At the Beach Border

I was going to do the phrase with the pictures carved out like I've done before, then I decided to use clip art and make it more interesting. This was designed as a border, but you can use it in different ways (t-shirt comes to mind).
I used fonts Rockwell Extra bold, Flavors and Scrap Cursive.
With 'Beach' I used a picture and masked it over the letters (Control + G). With 'At' I used a pattern (sand) over the letters. I carved 'the' in Scrap Cursive out of the letter B.

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I hope this freebie is useful to you for a fun layout, it's 300 dpi, .png file, and has some shadows.
Enjoy!
Patricia.
PS: At the last minute I made a change. I had 'Beach' all look the same and had the surfboards behind the 'B.' But I didn't like it, so I erased the original H and put the surfboards there and crossed them with the shape of a lizard, then I just applied a style on the lizard, and voila! done. I hope you like it. :o)

Birdcages + Bird

Hi! I thought that it would be useful for you to have these two cages, and the bird. So here we go.
I only used a couple of shapes I have, nothing fancy, then added two different styles. The bird I left black.

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These are PU freebies, 300 dpi, .png files, some shadows.
Enjoy!
Patricia.

Gotcha! day

For those of you who have been through an adoption, a Gotcha! day is the day where you finalize the adoption process. Since we as a family went through such a day some years ago, I wanted to do something to share with anyone else that has gone or is going through it right now.
I used Ravie font, replaced the center of the 'o' with a heart and the hole in the 'a' with a kids' head, a shape from Photoshop. Each one has a similar style, colored in blue and pink.

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This PU freebie is about 2x12", .png file, 300 dpi, some shadows.
Suggestion: use the 'o' with the heart as a little frame for your bundle of joy. This was designed as a border.
Enjoy!
Patricia.

Water Frame

Hello!
Seriously, I've been working on this water style and I really like it, so I've used it on a round stain-like image I had. See if you like it.

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This frame is 8x8", 300 dpi, .png file.
So, whaddaya think? Awesome, right?
Hope you can use it!
Patricia.
PS: I hope you're having an absolutely outstanding summer! :o)

Summer Oval

Hi! I wanted to use this cute graphic. It came as a long rectangle, so I used the elliptical marquee tool and re-shaped it. I also wanted to have the clouds come out of the 'frame,' and since the graphic came in layers I was able to keep the whole cloud and move it to the side a bit (rule of 3's I guess).
Then I added the phrase SUMMER using Machauer font and added a somewhat clear style to it. The word was also pushed out of bounds. The 'definition' was done using font Loosie Script.
Your file will have the graphic with the definition and an extra one, without it, so you can add anything to your design. How'bout that?

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This PU freebie is a .png file, 300 dpi, some shadows.
I hope you're enjoying your summer. I certainly am! :o)
Patricia.

America Borders

I felt bad that I haven't been posting much lately, so I worked on these two borders. Actually, one is a different version of the other.
I used font Taco Salad for both. The first version has a bevel style applied to it, and I added the flag as a mask. You can use it as a border or accent on any page.
The other one I just turned white, and it looks striking on a white page. I just wanted it to have the look of those pages you see sometimes, where the accent (letter, shape, anything) is white and in contrast with a bright or patterned background.

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They are about 2x12", .png files, 300 dpi, some shadows.
Happy Independence day!
Patricia.

America Phrase

I know, I know, long time. Summer's hard to beat. Too much to do, too many things to do, too much to see.
I played with this phrase for a while, I even made the styles you see on the letters.
Even though "Land of the" and "Home of the" can't be seen with the tan background, they can be seen on any other kind. :)
I used fonts Goudy Stout and HaloHandletter.

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I hope you can use it. This freebie is about 3x5", 300 dpi, .png file, some shadows.
Have a great 4th of July here in the States, and a great rest of the week for all others!
Patricia.

Pool Time!

This one I just love!
I've spent some time creating this cool, gorgeous alpha. I'm almost there. Here's the way it looks with the style applied to it.

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This is about 4x8", 300 dpi, .png file, some shadows.
Enjoy!
Patricia.

Sun Kissed

I'm sure you're loving these wonderful summer times, unless you're at the other side of the world, where's winter. This phrase should warm up your spirits. :)
I used fonts Ace Crickey and Alex Brush. With SUN I just used a common shape that comes with Photoshop and took some out of it, so you can see the sun rays, then applied a yellow-orange style. To the word 'kissed' I only added the water style I'm working on. Still not sure I like it enough to have it out; I might still tweak it a bit. And that's it.

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This freebie is a .png file, 300 dpi, some shadows.
Have fun!
Patricia.

Beach QP

Hello! I hope you had a great Father's day weekend.
Today's freebie reminds me of summer: sand, umbrella, chair, water, waves, sunglasses.
The background is close to a 12x12" page, just slightly smaller, so you can fit another paper under it, or just color the background with a gradient or one color 'paper.' I have a cool water style, so I applied it to the wave and frame.
Every element you see is in its own layer, except the sunglasses and frame, which are merged.

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This freebie is a .psd file, 300 dpi, some shadows.
Enjoy your summer!
I'm working on a water-type alpha and I'll link it to this and other posts I've done. It will not be a freebie. :o)
Patricia.

BABY Phrase

I loved working on this phrase. I just used font Goudy Stout and the usual shapes that come with Photoshop.
You do the usual: type the phrase, duplicate (just to keep the original, so you know what font you used). Then rasterize the type, so you can work with it. Bring shapes individually and erase parts from the BABY phrase and parts from the shape layer.
Merge everything together, or you can keep an original in a .psd file.
I used a style that looks like glitter both in blue and pink, and that's that.

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You get a .png file, 300 dpi, no shadows.
Enjoy!
Patricia.