You and Me

This one was done with a heart shape that I used for the frame. I applied a chrome style on it. Same thing with the couple shape, first a stroke style to get just the silhouette, then a metal style.
The You is done with font Bernhard Modern. I applied a stroke style in cobalt blue.
The ampersand (&) I liked was in the Anglican font but took out the dot. It has the same chrome style as the frame.
The Me was done in font Carlotta, with an orange stroke style applied to it.
I put a soft gradient background. I added a heart shape inside the 'o' and applied a multicolor style.
I wanted to show a difference between the fonts: a strong one and a soft and rounded one. I also wanted to have an 'M' that would hook onto the ampersand.

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I hope it's useful for any of your love layouts!
Patricia.

I Love U Forever

Happy Valentine's Day!
I've been so into Valentine's that I forgot about Mardi Gras, so I will post something right after this one.
This is the sweetest design I've made. It has a shape from Delicious Scraps to which I added a soft, gorgeous pink style from Shelby Kate Schmitz. The I and U are done in font Conchoid, and FOREVER is in font DeRoos. I added a soft bevel to that word, so you'll need a colored background to see it best. That's why I added the blue background, which is just for display. The design comes without a background.

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This is about 6.5" x 11", 300 dpi, no shadows.
Have a great day!
Patricia.

Stamp Frame

Hey!
This freebie I made thinking it could be used as a frame, so I added a heart shape that has xoxo on it. I also added another heart with just swirls. And a couple shape.
I made the frame out of a stamp shape and cut out the inside. I added a white bevel to it, so it doesn't look just like a cut out.
I duplicated the original stamp shape and put it in another layer. Turned it black and used Gaussian blur (11.5) to make it look like a shadow. I moved it around until it was visible only on the right side and bottom. I stretched a little bit the lower right corner on the shadow layer, and pushed it in a bit on the stamp layer.
Then I added the chartreuse layer so you could see the couple shape, otherwise it's invisible with the shadow background. I applied a stroke style to the couple, so you only see the thin line around it. If you do Ctrl + U on the shape, hit colorize and start playing with the levels you can change its color. Try it!
The two hearts can be used as seals on the frame, or anyway you'd like to used them in your layout. They have a white puffy style on them.
Since all of them are in their own separate layer, you can hide the elements you don't like in your frame.

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I hope they're useful!
Patricia
PS: everything is 300 dpi, and the shadow is in its own layer. :)

Happy Valentine's Day

This is a cute freebie that I made over a year ago. It can be used as a topper or border. It comes with no shadows.
I'm sorry I don't remember all the fonts I used. The word 'day' seems to have been done with Honey Script (back in those days I didn't save my files with all the names and info that I'd have needed for later use-I've learned in process of time to do better). The word 'valentine's' looks like a type of Counselor script. And Happy, I'm not sure. It's a bit embarrassing, but I wanted to share this so much that I'll accept ridicule.
I played with the word 'valentine's' and the heart shape. I added a freebie from Delicious Scraps and this is what you get today.

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I hope you can use it!
Patricia.

Go Team USA

I've been slow to do anything. Here. Anywhere. The Olympics are taking my time. I love watching them!
In any case, today's freebie is an offering to this summer's games.
The ribbon and bow were just grey, so I masked an American flag paper I had over them.
The heart I made from a shape. Doubled up the shape, used different styles in each portion. Cool, right?
The phrase is done with Goudy Stout font. Then I applied a glassy style on it.

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Have a fun week!
I'll try to post something else. Maybe.
Patricia.

About Home

I'm back. Being gone and far away was an interesting experience.
Visiting with my mom and siblings was very refreshing.
Reminiscing with family and friends was cathartic.
But I'm back and ready to move on.
I wrote the letters H-M-E in Ecuyere and applied a style. Added the house and applied a cute style.
I wrote the phrase 'is where your' and 'is' in the same font (Embassy), matched the color of the other letters, added a stroke matching the house, that gorgeous orange and then added the heart shape and matched the orange style to it. It looks great, don't you think?

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I decided to add the same design in black and white, just in case you want to cut it with your digital cutter. It's a .png file, so you'll have to convert it to .ai.

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Let me know what you think of the design. It's always eye opening to read what people's opinions are.
Thanks!
Patricia.