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.

America the Beautiful

This is my last "America" design I will probably offer this month.
I started with the words. I used Parade and Scrap Cursive fonts. I had some red and blue styles I used on them, and then I added the white stroke, to make them jump out more.
When I cut out the stars shapes I used the same background paper I've been using the last few days. I erase part of them to look as if they go behind the letter A.
The background is just a gradient I created, going from red, to white to blue.
I found a somewhat grungy shape I could use on it and cut it. It looks like brush strokes.

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Happy 4th of July!
Patricia.

America Land of Liberty

I started out with a different  vision and somewhere along the way the look of this design just changed.
I had the picture for the background, then I found the eagle. I wanted to incorporate the bald eagle in the design, so I extracted it from its original picture.
I had a background paper that I used for the phrase America. I used the Horizontal Type Mask tool and cut the letters out of it and used the letters. I gave them the flag shape at the same time, with the Create Warped Text option. Then I added the white stroke, turning them into a sticker, so they could be easily seen. I added a shadow and in the layers area I gave it a pin light effect.
I used Poster Bodoni and Liberate fonts.
The picture for the background I duplicated. One I left untouched. The other I turned into a frame using the rectangular marquee tool and cutting out what I didn't want. Then I used a clear glass style on the frame, and gave it a shadow. That way it still has part of the picture in it, but frames the picture.
I loved the idea of the eagle breaking out of the frame, giving the idea of freedom, strength and determination. Isn't that what this nation is all about?

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Finally, I like the look of the whole picture. It looks like a postcard.
This is a .png file, about 6x10 in.
Have a great and safe 4th of July, and Let Freedom Ring!
Patricia.

America Banner

I had different flag backgrounds I was looking to work with. For this project I chose this one, but I'll be using others for a couple more.
All I did is type the letters. I used Pacifico and United States fonts. I applied a white acrylic style (Wow comes with PSE), then, because the background was too strong I put a black stroke on them. It didn't look good, so I changed it to white. Still didn't look good, so I tried red and it did make the letters stand out more.
I used a shape on the background. I was looking for a frame when I came upon the banner, so I used it. I looked at it and realized the whole thing was the flag, so I duplicated the background and took out everything except the rod. I applied a gold style to it. I cut out the rod from the main background and then, when they looked good together I merged the layers.

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Have a great weekend!
Patricia.