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My Dad and I both celebrate our birthdays this week, and this card is for him (since I wouldn't be making it for myself-LOL!). The owl, the banner and the phrase come from the Give A Hoot Cricut cartridge which I bought months ago and have never used. I grabbed a square from Plantin Schoolbook and a scalloped square from Mini Monograms. For the last two years (about as long as I've been making cards) I made my father a card using the Paper Pups cartridge and the Cuttlebug embossing folders with the similar puppy images. This year I thought it would be nice to change it up a bit. It's always hard for me to figure what to make for my Dad. The girlie stuff is so easy, but I find the stuff for men to be a challenge. I don't even know if he likes owls! He's not aware that in the crafting world they're all the rage-LOL! Any hoo, I planned this card out on my Gypsy, which made it easy to figure out sizes. The only thing I don't like about the Gypsy is the lack of a color preview. I wonder if that will be in a future update? Sometimes I'll just create the file in Design Studio (DS) and load it on my Gypsy, that way I can look at the preview while I'm picking out paper and cutting. I have to say, however, if I wasn't using the cartridge images I would be using Make The Cut (MTC) instead. It is a much easier program to use, and not only can you use colors for a preview, but patterned paper as well. I show this in my post Be Mine Valentine with Make The Cut. You can also print directly from MTC, as I did on this card and shown in the picture below.
I used a font from Lettering Delights called Old Typeset. I simply typed it in and created a shadow layer (another convenience of MTC!)for the background. I chose my colors for each layer and printed it out. You can't get much easier than that!! So as much as I enjoy the Gypsy and DS, they are both limited in their abilities. Perhaps Provocraft will do some serious upgrades to catch up! So what do you think of my Give A Hoot card? Why don't you give me a hoot and let me know? I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to comment! Come back again sometime!
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