Guest Rocker @ 613 Avenue Create

At the beginning of the year I was thrilled to be offered a Guest Designer spot at 613 Avenue Create.  Yay!

This month optional twist for the challenge is "Black & White".  But then I, for some unknown reason, thought it was "Black & White with Gold or Silver Accents".  So, mine is a little more than just black & white.  

This is what I did...

Is it just me, or is the photo fuzzy on the left side?  Anyhoo, I made this for my sub-baby, Matt, as he graduated from high school this year.  (Sub-baby is the term I've coined for my kids SOs.)  He's already secured a full time job at a local electrician company, as he would like to go to college next year to become an electrician, and while he's worked two part time jobs for the past few years, as well as cutting grass for a few people, he wants to save up some more before going to school.  Plus, this gives him a good idea of whether he'd like to be an electrician before he goes through school for it.

The lil graduating head is a digi is from Melonheadz Illustrating.  In my Silhouette Designer program I added the letters for the sentiment.  I know this might be common knowledge but I'm gonna mention it anyway.....Did you know you can easily make digi sentiments in the Silhouette Designer program?  All you gotta do is type the letters you want and pick the font you want.  Next use the Fill option to fill the letters with colour, and then change the Cut Line to the same colour as your fill.  Then just print your design.  Easy-peasy!  And I just popped over to the Silhouette website, and it appears that you can still download a free version of the Silhouette software.  So, you don't even need a Silhouette machine to do this!  I'm guessing this same technique would probably work with Cricut software as well, but seeing as I've never used it, I can't be certain.

Now, a little about the sizing of this card.  I intended to do a standard slimline....but I did not make my image small enough in order to make that happen.  I even knew exactly what size it was (8.5"), and still thought it would work.  D'oh!  So, it's 3.5" tall, but it's 10.5" wide.  I'm calling it a supersize slimline.  (:

And, that about all I've got to say....except, you should join the challenge!  You can link up any papercraft for the Anything Goes theme, or play the Black & White twist.  Challenge is for the month of July, so no excuse not to enter.  Hope to see you there!

Also for:

Dream Valley:  all occasions

Sweet Stampin':  use numbers

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Simon Says:  anything goes

Paper Funday:  masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz:  summer theme - In Canada, the school year ends at the end of June and then it's summer break.

TTCRD:  anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations:  oh my stars