The project that I wanted to share involves an alteration of an intended design from Life's a Party, and how I took this....
To this....
First, it involves Cricut Craft Room (CCR) - if you haven't started playing with this new and FABULOUS and FREE tool from Provo Craft, you are seriously missing out (that is if you aren't already addicted to your DS or Gypsy *wink*). It allows you to design, redesign, alter, and combine cartridge images to get JUST the look you are going after. I wanted to make a door sign to match the other party decor I had created (more to share later)l, and when I saw the map I knew that it was my pefect "backdrop".
Using CCR I altered the size of the map to make sure I gave myself the maximum amount of space to include my writing. I didn't want to alter too much and mmake it unrelative or things would begin to distor a bit on the edges I thought, so I kept it simple and adjusted it to an overall 11" height which maximized my paper space.
The top layer of the map is the one with all of the map-like cut outs. They needed to go. Simple! I clicked the "Hide Contour" button and when you move your mouse over the images they turn red. whatever is red, if you click on it, that is what will be removed.
Then I used George to write up the sign. I wanted to make it easy on myself, so instead of cutting out the letters and gluing each to the sign, I cut them OUT of the top layer.
So, in the end you have the finished project shown at the top. I finished it off with some Walnut ink to age it and accented it with the matching image from the cupcake toppers and banners.
As always - thanks for stopping by - I'll be back soon!
