It’s a girl just born a few hours ago! Our 5th grandchild! This little announcement gave me instant gratification! Anyone can go out and purchase a gift for a newborn however I opted to personalize my gift with a custom birth announcement that Emily can hang on her bedroom wall! I used the fabulous Duetica DT Mandolyn font styles to create the message and created the boarder from some of my original artwork! I think my Daughter-in-Law will be pleased!

SUPPLIES:
Card stock
Graphic pattern design: Kathy Peterson
Duetica Font: DT Mandolyn font

Duetica.com, which offers a new way to work with fonts for all forms of home decor and paper-crafting, is excited to introduce the 2012 Duetica Design Team, which has the creative energy to truly make fonts and lettering a bold new art form for crafters the world over. The team is comprised of ten of the most talented scrapbookers, card makers, and decorators that we have ever seen, including:

Ann Butler, Becky Conley, Candice Windham, Christy Monge, Eileen Hull, Jaclyn Keys, Keri Lee Sereika, Lori Servies, Niki Meiners and Suzanne Sergi

In the months ahead, we are sure to be dazzled by the inspiration the 2012 team brings to paper and craft design as we discover new concepts, directions, and techniques for artful lettering!

Please join us in welcoming the 2012 Duetica Design Team!

Mark and Adrienne

Ann Butler (http://www.creativitystirsthesoul.com/)
Ann is a Mixed Media Artist, Designer and Instructor for the creative industries with a passion for teaching others to craft. She has her designs published in Multi Authored Books, Magazines, Project Sheets and has a craft column in a local paper.

Becky Conley (http://www.beckyconley.blogspot.com/)
Becky is a retired USMC, mom of 2, nana to one. She love mixed media art, paper crafting, home decor, recycled crafting, actually: just about anything crafting.

Candice Windham (http://www.candicewindhamdesigns.blogspot.com)
Candice loves to paint, play with her pups, sing with her hubby (who makes everyone sound good), read, play with her camera and create interesting art out of nothing much. She is currently a designer with the CHA (Craft and Hobby Association).

Christy Monge (http://sewscrappy.blogspot.com/)
Christy is a former “Catholic school girl” who loves to scrapbook, sew, cook and basically be creative. She went to college in Australia and earned a BA in Media Studies and began her design career in the video industry. Her favorite things are mini books, paper, any cool tool, and digital scrapbooking.

Eileen Hull (http://www.eileenhull.blogspot.com/)
Eileen besides being a free lance designer, author and licensed artist, was the very first Duetica Lettering Arts Studio designer. Her “Best Wishes Brenda” bridal layout is the key feature on the Duetica website home page.

Jaclyn Keys (http://www.etsy.com/shop/StartFreshDesign)
Jaclyn is an accomplished designer, and has always had a passion for paper crafting of all types. Her favorites include scrapbooking, making custom hard-bound journals, photography, and markets crafts on Etsy.

Keri Lee Sereika (http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com/)
Keri Lee has been a designer for 10+ years, and has authored two books as well as many articles in a variety of craft magazines and online media.

Lori Servies (http://www.cardsbylori.wordpress.com/)
Lori loves to design cards, scrapbooks and other paper crafts. She lives in Tennessee and is a stay at home mom and wife of almost 30 years. Lori was one of the top winners of the 2011 Duetica Fall Contest.

Niki Meiners (http://nikimeiners.wordpress.com/)
Niki is a freelance designer, and writer, known for her bold choice of color combinations and diverse mix of styles. Her favorite mediums are Paper Crafting, Rubber Stamping, Scrapbooking, Card Making, Altered Art, Needle Felting, Needle Punch, Beads and Jewelry, Metalsmithing and Home Decor.

Suzanne Sergi (http://www.scrappinthedetails.typepad.com/)
Suzzane loves scrapbooking for many reasons. It is her creative outlet, and she loves getting lost with paper, and glue. She loves pajama days with her family, and takes advantage of them, by spending time in her studio. Scrapbooking is the perfect combination for her love of paper and photography.

I created an 8×8 companion page (to the page I did for my mom) as a tribute to my grandmother and great-grandmother. Never a day goes by that I don’t think of my grandmother and my great-grandmother. I still miss them after all these years. I used stitching on this layout to represent how my grandmothers knitted our family together with all their traditions. The swirls and vines of the Duetica DT Woodwynds font that I used for “Grandmother” really matched the flower design. I liked how the gentle, yet formal flair of the Duetica DT Mandolyn font added a touch of grace to my personalized sentiment, “forever in my heart.”

SUPPLIES:
Digital Kit: “Clementine” from Shabby Princess
Duetica Fonts: DT Woodwinds and DT Mandolyn fonts

I see or talk to my mom almost every day, and she has been my rock through some pretty tough times. I hope that I am half the mom that she is. I created this 8×8 layout as a tribute to my mom. I loved the vintage colors and all the stitching in this kit from Shabby Princess called Clementine. And since moms are the ones who hold it all together, it felt appropriate to use a lot of stitching in the layout. The swirls and curls of the Duetica DT Woodwynds font add that free-flowing, feminine touch to “Mom,” and the gentle, yet formal flair of the Duetica DT Mandolyn font adds a touch of grace to my personalized sentiment, “thank you for being there for me.”

SUPPLIES:
Digital Kit: “Clementine” from Shabby Princess
Duetica Fonts: DT Woodwinds and DT Mandolyn fonts

I created this beautiful Mother’s Day card for my Mom. This card uses the Duetica font, Woodwynds! A favorite of mine, and a perfect fit for the new collection, Sweet Afternoon by Teresa Collins. I love anything pink, and it looks so soft with the touches of gray. Since this is a font and not a stamp, I was able to size my simple sentiment: Happy Mother’s Day to perfectly fit my design. I think this helps to get my message across to my fabulous mom. I miss her so much, and wish I lived closer to her.

SUPPLIES:
Card stock
Patterned Paper, Sweet Afternoon – Teresa Collins
Jewels
Vintage button
Duetica Font: DT Woodwynds font

A Mother’s Day Card needs a pretty bag to house a gift certificate, and maybe a chocolate or two. This bag uses the Duetica Woodwynd’s font for a single letter to create a monogram. My mom’s name is Mary, and thought this gave it a more formal touch. I also typed the sentiment using Duetica DT Woodwynds font. I love all the curls, and twist. Perfect to enhance the fun party garland along the bottom of the bag. What I love most about Duetica, is that they give you so many different options for each letter than the traditional font!

SUPPLIES:
Paper Bag – small white
Pattern Paper
Paper Garland
Jewels
Duetica Font: DT Woodwynds font

We are hosting our first Free Font Friday promotion, today 5/4/2012. Today only, one font at Duetica.com/boutique is priced at $0.00. Find that font, and it is yours absolutely free! Tell all your friends. Have fun hunting.

I created this invitation with every intention of printing it. However, my daughter pointed out it could just be posted on Facebook- so we went “green” this year. Everyone still loved it and the digital kit from Elizabeth Weaver was perfect. The Duetica DT Floot font really said “ice cream” to me, you could almost feel it dripping as it melted. I am glad that my 18 year old still appreciates a good old fashioned ice cream party!!

SUPPLIES:
Card created in Photoshop Elements
Digital Kit: “Ice Cream Dream” by Elizabeth Weaver for The Digital Scrapbook Place
Duetica Font: DT Floot and DT Woodwynds font

Need a quick idea to spice up your table this Easter? No matter if you’re serving breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner, this idea will spread a happy message to your guests. I’m serving breakfast this Easter and thought it would be fun to “doll up” my egg holders with the Duetica DT Tin Whistle font So I got on my computer and over-layed two layers of fonts to give it a little more depth. Once you print it out and cut it to size, secure it to the egg holder. This same idea could be used for napkin rings, coasters and more.

SUPPLIES:
Paper
Egg or napkin rings
Duetica Font: DT Tin Whistle font