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.

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)

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.

Beautiful Spring Border

I had this vector clip art that was begging to be used. I didn't do too much with it, except ignore the background. I duplicated the ladybug layer, so I could give it a shadow. The phrases are done in Scrap Cursive and Plantagenet Cherokee fonts.
This is about 5x12", .png file, no shadows.

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Have a great weekend!
Patricia.

Daisy Border

I have an absolute treat for you today. I'm extremely satisfied with my design. So much that I just might add some papers and an alphabet to make it complete. Stay tuned so you can get an update.
I put together different pictures of flowers, added the watering can, then added a different picture of flowers, to make it fuller. Some of the flowers have a shadow, so it can have the appearance of depth, but the border as a whole doesn't, so you can add the shadow however you like.
This is a 5x12" border, .png file, 300 dpi, some shadows.

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I know you'll have good use for it!
Patricia.

Spring Banner

I loved working on this project. Sometimes the gathering of elements is as much fun as making it. :)
I transformed a simple triangle shape into a banner. Each element has either a paper or a pattern applied to the shape. I got the twine from Scrappin Cop. The font is Parade.

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This is a .png file, 5x12", 300 dpi, shadows only on the clothespin.
I hope it's useful!
Patricia.

Two Flower Borders

These two turned out great. I was working on patterns and this flower just jumped at me, so I made three different size patterns with it (sm, med, lg). When I was filling a 12x12 size page I realized I could erase the inside and turn it into a frame or border. After that, I just added two different styles, and voila! you have these.

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They're in two files, each a .png file, 12x12", 300 dpi, no shadows.
Have a great weekend!
Patricia.

Irish Sampler

Since I didn't post anything over the weekend, and the Easter season will be short this year, I'm hurrying getting out some Irish stuff before moving on.
This one is, maybe, something more popular. I put together the clover paper with a clip art I had, set it as a pattern and then use it to make the border, frame (action by Delicious Scraps) and brad (action by Atomic Cupcake).

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This is a freebie for personal use, .png file, 300 dpi, no shadows.
Have fun!
Patricia.

Felt Irish Border

This was a cool idea. I like the end result, done in felt.
Nothing strange about how I made it, just had two different clip art that I lined up next to each other and doubled each one until I had a line about 12" long. I added a ribbon, which was originally red. To change it to rainbow I added a layer above the ribbon, put a rainbow gradient on it and then masked (Ctrl + G) it over the ribbon. After I applied an action from Atomic Cupcake (puffy felt) I added a coin on top of everything.
However, if you don't like the way the felt border looks you can have the original.

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

February Border

Hi!
This one has a bunch of stuff in it.
I first made the swirl out of a shape. It was more involved than what you see, I took out some swirls that were in the way. Then I typed February in Chunky Times font. I put every single letter in its own layer, then arranged them to follow the swirl. When I liked what I saw I merged the word layers together. Each one got their own style. I think they're from Shelby Kate Schmitz at About.com. I used one of her Pink or Valentine's styles.
I added the hearts from a template by Delicious Scraps. I put the hearts on the background, but I wanted the letters to be surrounded by hearts, so I put the same hearts on top (above) all layers. I gave each layer of hearts a different style. The ones you see have a soft, pink style. You don't see much the ones on top, because they have like a glossy, almost transparent look that you only see if you look at the word 'February.' I added the lips (shape) and put on a plastic red style on them, placed it inside the heart. I could've gone and added more stuff to it, but I thought that maybe you'd want to add tags 'hanging' from the loops, or other things, so I left room for that.
I added the black only for display. It comes with a blank background. Since this is a border, it's about 4.5" x 11". 300 dpi, .png file, some shadows.

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I hope you can use it!
Patricia.

Snowflake Border

With the freezing temps we're having here in Utah (we just got a whooping 8" or more in some places), snowflakes is all I can think of right now.
I used different sets of snowflake brushes to make the border. I put every single snowflake in their own layer. When I was done with the bigger ones and had them where I wanted them, I meshed the layers together into one (ctrl + E). Then I went into the next size, repeated the same process until I got the snowflakes the way I wanted them. I looked for  a brush that would have small snowflakes to make a sweep as a background, but didn't find any, so I added a spatter background and reduced the opacity to 65%.
When I was done, the original is dark, but you can do Ctrl + U and change the color by playing with the levers. I also went to Filter, Adjustments, Invert and turned it white. If you do this, you have to play with the adjustment levers to make the snowflakes go lighter and lighter. Here's the result.
The file you get is the original black/grey. 300 dpi, no shadows.

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Any questions? e-mail me at luvdscraps [at] gmail [dot] com
Enjoy!
Patricia.

Fall Border

Here you have a freebie to use as a horizontal or vertical border. It's got all the beautiful colors of the season. You can add a plaid ribbon or paper to complement it.

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Play with it and find different uses.
Enjoy!
Patricia.