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I couldn't post last Friday because I was sick---we'd eaten chopped  taco salad the night before at a friend's, then by the next afternoon---I was feeling really ew.  Pretty confident it was the salad.  Today's creative moment is sharing a recent Grad Photo Magentic card I designed. I call it "Modern Circles." It's postcard size, so it can be easily inserted into the same envelope as the matching Graduation Invitation  pe rfect for friends and family to put on their frig as a date reminder! Modern Circles Grad Photo Magnetic Card. Other Exciting News I recently got an email from Zazzle that they will be featuring me and my Zazzle store on their official blog sometime in next few months.  (One has to meet certain criteria and fill out an application to be considered.) Zazzle is also having a Wedding Design Contest. I have the whole month of April to work on it.  Wedding designs (including all the paper goods and accessories) i...

I've been working on quite a few new design lately. I usually work when I have a flow of ideas and this weeks it's been new ideas for my Graduation Design Collection ! Colorful Thank You Photo Card This one came out cute! It's a small 5 x 5 size card. I made the Thank You multicolor cut the heart shape out of the "o" in You, then framed it with double lines. Just add a photo and personalize the back message. I made it with Graduation in mind, but it could actually be used for any Thank You occasion---like a wedding couple photo added or a nice Happy Birthday party picture for a gift thank you.  Graduation Thanks Black/White Photo Card I created this one to match a 5 x 5 square Graduation Invitation with the same photo, but it'd be great on it's own. Black & White is classy looking and trendy. The card has a full black/white photo with "Thanks" in a script style for a hand-written look. Just add a photo and personalize ...

I have ton's of beautiful flower pictures and I'm always trying to think of unique artistic ways to use them so they become more then just a bare "photo of a flower." This Happy Easter card is a new creation this week represents a style I'd like to explore more: It's a photo of a blue Hyacinth from my garden a couple years back that I altered in photo-shop and my graphic program to have a colored-pencil/watercolor art feel. Then I applied the lettering in Zazzle's design platform prior to publishing. The text on front and inside can be personalized by the customer to what they wish to say. Artistic Blue Hydrangea Religious Happy Easter Card

Today's creative moment is art. I often doodle and I save those doodles to turn into art images. This Flamingo cartoon started as one of those one paper doodles, which I later "drew" again using my graphic drawing program. (Which sounds easier then it is.) I had an idea that putting a fancy Flamingo standing in a bunch of chickens would make a cute little Valentine's card.  I added the hat, tie and sunglasses so it could be for a guy.  It's just silly fun really.  I also "sketched" the chickens with my graphic drawing program  "pencil" using a couple pictures for reference. I did two shapes: one upright and one pecking on the ground, then just copied and arranged them.  (You can see it larger if you visit the link ) Funny Hat & Tie Flamingo For Him Valentine This Kooky Brown Owl on this round sticker is another example of a doodle I made on paper brought to life my computer graphic program! Kooky Brown O...

I'm not doing a Mama Kat today. I didn't have any ideas for any of the listed prompts---but I had s omething more interesting happen--- I received an email from Warner Bros. Studio's Content Coordinator requesting permission to use one of my Zazzle card designs as a prop on the New Murphy Brown TV series airing on CBS, Thursday night s. They'd already purchased oneand included a scan of it along the permission form they needed me to sign and send back, so I'd know what they were asking about. It was this one: Bejeweled Dragonfly Thinking/Praying for You Postcard I was so astonished and also honored to have something I created selected for use on a TV show! Of course, I signed and returned the permission promptly. This postcard is an inspirational get-well, which seemed an odd choice for a secular TV show.  So, I read up on the show's synopsis : Murphy Brown is about an ethical and honest journalist trying to navigate through the chaotic and poli...

Today's Mama Kat blog prompt is, "10 Things I Love About My Job." Photo from Pixabay My office is my home.  I can get up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee in the kitchen, walk down to the den, sit at my computer and I'm "at work." What I do at is graphic design. I used to be a florist, but general changes in management and  being allergic to a new floor motivated me to get out of that. So I decided to put my graphic art degree to work and set up a free on-line "store" with a printing company called Zazzle. I create designs for various Zazzle products. They handle everything else. 10 Things I Love About My Job 1)  I don't have to go anywhere. 2)  I don't have to have special "work clothes." 3) I can set my own hours and work when I want. 4)  It fulfills my need for a creative outlet. 5)  I can choose what I create and just create what interests me. 6)    I have every Holiday off. At the flower s...