Colour and Ink: Merry & Bright

Made this card with a wonderful freebie digital image by Wendy - available here. Just love the row of light bulbs - coloured them with copics (refrained from using glossy accents - which is unusual for me!!) LOL!.

I then added the sentiment to the inside matching the font on the front - AmerType Medium BT.

Edited to add - Annika asked some questions in her comment about how I created this card. I set up an A6 template in Word (very easy) get the measurements of the card blank from the packet! and create a "Custom" page setup. Then I change the layout to horizontal (rather than portrait), then go to "insert picture" - "from file" - open the image and plonk it into the Word document and then move it around until you are happy. Do a test print, do any adjustments (this is what my screen looked like when I was adding the inside text).

Then hit print! I then coloured directly onto the card - quick and easy! Hope this answers some of the questions you might have. Lucy Abrams does a great tutorial here if you want to check it out.

Just a fun, quick and easy card. Hope you get a chance to pop over to Wendy's blog and leave her some love!. Tell her I sent you! Have a great day.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: This is so cute! I love the sentiment :); November 28, 2010 at 12:48 PM
CinnamonSally said...: Really like this CAS card Deirdre, great sentiment too, will check out Wendy's Blog!!
Sallyx; November 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Barb said...: I love this fun card, Deirdre! That sentiment is so cute! My hubby can TOTALLY relate to this! Putting up the Christmas lights is his LEAST favorite thing to do! :); November 28, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Sassy Cheryl said...: This is really cute! I Love the sentiment on the inside! Perfect.; November 28, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Isha Gupta said...: Love the cheerful lights Deirdre:); November 28, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Anne said...: Just a perfect card Deirdre- love the funny sentiment inside! Thanks for the link to the frere image as well :); November 28, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Anita Rex said...: Oh I love this card, really made me smile!; November 28, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Dawn T said...: what a cute card - love the words you put inside, Just perfect.; November 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Annika said...: HOW do you print images and sentiments straight on card base??? Do you have a template of some sort? What settings do you use on your printer???
Oh well, I actually just wanted to say that I am utterly in love with that card!!! if I wasn't knee deep in cards, that's the sort of one I'd buy myself!!
Hugs
Annika; November 28, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Brilliant Deirdre! xx; November 30, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Alice said...: love the simple design and the sentiment is fab, too!; November 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Nancy in Iowa said...: Great tutorial - ran across your card along with mine on Wendy's blog. I love the bright white along with the 'bright' sentiment.
The inside greeting is hilarious and perfect! Now if they also came tangle free....
Thanks so much for sharing the how-to!; December 1, 2010 at 12:19 AM