Diamonds are a really fun shape. They may not be the easiest pattern to piece a quilt out of, but the visual uniqueness and strength is unparalleled. I’ve been toying around with the clone and tiled clone tools in Inkscape, there is just so much one can do! The outer layer of diamonds in this design was made using the reflection, 120 degree rotation, dense clone of two different colored diamonds.

Abstract Diamonds

I thought a fun graphic would be a depiction of my favorite kitchen accessory, my Hobart n50. My sister also just got one and loves hers. We sure are turning into crazy homemakers, she just made a batch of pretzels in hers and last night I whipped up a batch of cookies for my husband and a few guests. This awesome machine deserves its own stationary. I mean really who wouldn’t want to receive a nice note with a Hobart Hug on the front?

Hobart n50s

Circles are so versitle. I love pushing them around a piece and letting them find a home themselves. I think this card front is fun plus it could look great in so many colors.

Dots

How much fun is this alternating pattern? If I had to condense my feelings to one word it would have to be Ritzy.

Rounded Diamonds

I’m really on a note-card roll right now. Check out this fun design, patterns are very easy to do in Inkscape: make a shape and select it then press Alt+I, and bam you have a new pattern. I have not quite figured out how to save a pattern after you close the program but they are so easy to make it doesn’t even seem necessary. This is a simple star shape on top of a circle.

Golden Thank You

I’m so excited about the idea of making my own stationary, like cards, letters, and envelopes. Wouldn’t you just love to get a note on a card which had this as a front, or mail out notes with your own personalized stationary? I’ve been scouring etsy for fun stationary, but then I realized I should just be designing my own!

Pink Polka Dots

One thing I love about vectors is the representation of  people.  So I tried drawing a person by tracing one of my favorite photos of a friend with the pen tool.  I really like how it came out!

Oh Jessika...

The snow has subsided and it seems spring is here to stay, but I still loved the winter we had here in the ‘burg.  Jacob has attempted to harness my powers into a brand new project.  The project actually calls for vector images so Photoshop has taken a backseat to me learning a different program Inkscape.  I went through the programs tutorials and I really enjoy all the key stroke commands.  Annoying at first but they grow on you.  And you do not need to use layers to keep things separated like I’ve been doing in Photoshop.  But they each have a purpose, and I love adding tools to my tool-belt.

Coloring pages are really fun to make, and they look really sharp as vectors.  Here is my first attempt at one.

Winter Coloring Page

Happy Birthday

My husband is 25 years old today.  I know, old man right! I actually cannot be with him today, however we celebrated earlier with a date night to go see Avatar, and as a bonus I made him a card! I thought I would share the card I made him.

I still can’t believe I won free business cards. I absolutely love how they turned out. They came really fast and are beautifully glossy.

My first score off giveaway blogs:

Oooohh Shiny!

Thank you Ruth for your cool giveaways. I would of course read your blog anyway but free stuff is fun for both of us 😀