Happy Birthday Card – Flags on a Line

Following yesterday’s card, I decided to make another one today. The flag principle is the same, only that I folded the paper first and was able to have them actually hanging on the string and they can move around a bit, like real flags would. The words are hand written, which should be easy enough to tell. Everything else is a standard size card (DIN A6) of recycled sketch paper. …

Happy Birthday Card – Punch some flags!

I was playing around with the punch that came with my scoring board and I learned some interesting things. The first thing I want to share is a really simple way of making tiny flags by using a punch that creates notches. If you have thin stripes of card stock or other paper, you can really easily create a whole lot of tiny flags to use in card making. I …

Day 22 with free gift card holder tutorial – 24 Days of Christmas

Welcome to the 22nd Day of Christmas! In case you only have time to get gift cards for people, here’s a little tutorial and template on how to make a stocking shaped gift card holder. Download the Gift Card Holder Template here This is a really quick way to create some nice gift card holders. You can either print the template directly onto colored card stock that fits your printer or …

Day 19 with free gift card holder printable – 24 Days of Christmas

Welcome to the 19th Day of Christmas! Have you sent you got all your presents yet? Maybe some are waiting in front of your door after deliver! In case you haven’t or you just don’t know what to gift a person, today’s freebie is a gift card holder template. Download the Gift Card Holder Template here The .PDF has many pages … obviously you do not need to print every single …

Day 13 – 24 Days of Christmas

Welcome to the 13th Day of Christmas! Have you hung up all your lights and decorations yet? This year I was quick and had it all set up in November! I didn’t have to wait for Thanksgiving to be over for it to be officially Christmas time, so I had it all up earlier than lots of people. As a celebration of the often colorful decorative lights that can be …

Day 10 – 24 Days of Christmas

Welcome to the 10th Day of Christmas! Today’s theme is the infamous mistletoe hanging from the ceiling and the freebie is a 5×7 in greeting card in color and outlines, to color it in yourself. Download the Greeting Card .PDF here I hope you enjoy this post and the freebie and I am wishing you a happy holiday season! Follow my blog or twitter to stay up to date with the …

Pica’s Proper Hand – Free Font

It was a long time coming. Earlier this year I decided to create my first font, based on my hand writing. It was created entirely digital with a tablet and in Adobe Illustrator. It does not contain all glyphs, but more than I had planned to begin with anyway. As of now it has already over 16K downloads on dafont, which is quite a bit surprise. I assume not many …

To Lorem ipsum or not to.

Published first on medium.com, July 7th 2015. A little excourse on the use of placeholders in design and why content is so important for the design process. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in …