Coolest Dad Polaroid

I hope you had a great weekend.
To prepare for Father's day coming up I worked on this polaroid frame. I just made a 6x6" white square, then took out the inside square a bit off to the right side. Then I got a cool shape: sunglasses, and positioned it on top of the white square. Then I removed from the frame what I wanted to be seen on it, the majority of the sunglasses. When I had what I wanted I clicked on both layers and did Control + E and merged the layers.
I then used font Stamp Act and wrote "Coolest Dad" vertically, and "Ever!" horizontally. Because they were not in the same layer, I merged them and then merged them to the polaroid, then I rasterized the font, or I can't do anything with it. I then used the Magic Wand to select all the letters (click on a letter, then click Select: Similar) and Control + X.
You get the two stylized polaroids I made, plus the blank original, so you can use any style you have on your computer.

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

Father Phrase

Well, since I didn't have a post for Memorial Day, I decided to combine it with Father's day.
Fathers, just like mothers, wear many hats. One of them could be a military helmet, if he's served at any point in his life. However, if that's not the case, you don't have to use it in your layout. This design is in layers, as many others I've done, and the helmet is one of them.
I used Blackoak Std font, and used some shapes to define fathers: car keys, a wrench, a laptop, love, a tie (if he wears one), and last but not least, a flower, if he's already gone.

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You get both the black and white (clear) and the styled design.
This is a .psd file, 300 dpi, no shadows.
I hope it's useful. :)
Patricia.

A Frame for Dad

I've seen frames that have a word written on one side, sometimes the top, sometimes the side. I decided to do the same. Since I have a great collection of shapes, I just found one that could work as a frame.
Then I wrote the words using SNF Lollipop font. I erased part of the frame to fit in the words. Then I merged all the layers together (you click control and each layer you want to merge and then E).
It looks simple enough here:

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This way you can apply any kind of styles you have to it, and incorporate it into your layout.
But since this is me, I decided to add 4 more frames, with different styles, so you can use them at your convenience.

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This is a .png file, so you'll just have to copy and paste each one when you need to use them.
One is in a grey style, the second in blue (my fave color), next one is beveled black, and the last one is a blackstroke.
So there you go. Enjoy!
Patricia.

About Dads

Since it's June and Father's day approaching, I decided to start with some freebies about that. I'll try to offer more than one. I don't know how many I'll be able to come up with.
This one I started with the shape and the letters. The fonts I used are Sofia and Quilline Script. When I was done, they were on a clear background. I added the color background, then I added bevel and emboss to the top layer (figure and letters) and that made it look etched.
But that wasn't all. I thought I was done and then I just kept going and going. I added some grunge to it (it looked too clean) with one of Scrappin Cop's patterned brushes. And then still wasn't done, so I turned one of the corners, to make it look like a post-it note. It's a .png file and about 2600x2600.

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I wish for you a great weekend, with lots of bargain hunting, or planting, or weeding (that would be me) or playing.
Patricia.