My daughter is truly my best friend. We have been through so much. For many years we only had each other and we were so close. Now that she is in college I am proud to say that I not only love her, but like and admire her as a person. She is always there for me and this layout is for her. The chic pattern really capture her sense of style, and the Duetica DT Mandolyn font is such a pretty script. I love the way that the letters flow, and how you have so many choices of flares to choose from for each and every letter.

SUPPLIES:
Card created in Photoshop Elements
Digital Kit: “Urban Kiwi” by Shabby Princess
Duetica Font: DT Mandolyn font

I love the Beatles, but more than just the Fab Four, I love Lennon/McCartney lyrics. That’s why the first thing that came to mind when I set out to create a project using the Duetica Lettering Arts software, was All you need is love. This door hanger says it all. We usually don’t think of brown and beige as the colors of love, but then again, love is all you need, no matter what color it is.

The Duetica Lettering Arts Studio makes it easy to get the letters to behave just the way you want. I used one DT Mandolyn font option for the L and set the additional letters (OVE) in the DT Mandolyn font as well, but with different letter options. I also moved the L closer to the o using the letter spacing button in the software. This makes the perfect wall hanging because it weighs very little. That wood-look base is really Smoothfoam®. Any weight comes from the hardware.

Note: This is actually a recycled piece of Smoothfoam. I made several clocks for the Craft and Hobby Tradeshow and Convention. One was a fatality in the shipment home, so I used it for the heart shape.

SUPPLIES:
Duetica Lettering Arts Studio
Smoothfoam disc, 8” x 1”, Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)
3D Stamping Paint , Moss Green and Copper (Viva Décor)
Copper Pearl Pen (Viva Décor)
Round sponge daubers
Colorbox Cat’s Eye ink, Brown,(Clearsnap)
Chains, Copper and Black, assorted styles (Blue Moon)
Copper wire
Prima Flowers
Beads (Blue Moon)
3/8″ circle punch
Black card stock scraps
Foam Cutter (Marvy)
White Tacky Glue (Aleene’s)
Clock hands
Valentine charms
Dew Drops (Robin’s Nest)
Swirl stamp
Black Stazon Ink Pad
Duetica Font: DT Mandolyn font

It’s finally starting to feel like spring here in Pennsylvania.  After a snowy start to April and wearing winter jackets to Easter dinner, the grass is finally green and the trees are no longer bare.  The only problem with the nice weather is that we are all suffering from a mild case of spring fever! To capture this sentiment for a future project, I used the Duetica DT Woodwynds font. This font, with its swirling vines adds that budding sense of life to my lettering. I love how you can use the Duetica Lettering Arts Studio to adjust just how many vines each letter has, and how close the letters are to each other. It really brings this project to life, and after all that is what spring is all about.

SUPPLIES:
Adobe Photoshop
Duetica Lettering Arts Studio
Duetica Font: DT Woodwynds font

My granddaughter “Tenley Carpi” was born last month and I thought I would create a keepsake using the Duetica Lettering Arts System to capture this special moment. I love the swirls of the DT Woodwynd font and the beauty of the DT Mandolyn font and the Duetica Lettering System make it is so easy to personalize whatever you want to create. I created the “T” in the DT Woodwynd font and placed it on the left side of an 8 1/2″ x 11″ landscape document. I created the name in the DT Mandolyn font and placed it in a text box centered on the bottom right of the document; creating and placing the date ( which was also done in DT Mandolyn and the numbers were done in the DT Woodwynd font) directly below the name. I printed this out on a tone on tone yellow decorative cardstock with pink ink. I then used my laser square to layer and line everything up, gluing in place. Then used gem tac to adhere the crystals to highlight the “T”. I love how it turned out plus it was quick and easy to create.

SUPPLIES:
Beacon Adhesives – Zip Dry
Beacon Adhesives – Gem Tac
Cardstock: Pink
Decorative Cardstock: Yellow, Pink
Get-It-Straight Laser Square (www.kellycraftinnovations.com)
Flat Back Crystals
Photo, Scissor, Ruler, Paper Trimmer
Duetica Font: DT Woodwynd and DT Mandolyn fonts

When I think of Spring, Easter immediately comes to mind! My niece and nephew had a great time decorating Easter Eggs and finding them the next day. This page was so easy to create using some digital elements I had from another project, and a spring green background. The Duetica DT Woodwynds font with all its pretty vines adds a spring has sprung energy to my final design.

SUPPLIES:
Photoshop Elements
Duetica Font: DT Woodwynds font

My niece has the best laugh! I love the way she throws her head back in pure joy when she cracks herself up. Once again I created my own background paper using Duetica fonts. I created a line of LOL’s in the program and copy and pasted them into the background paper. Creating your own unique word background papers has never been easier with Duetica. For this project I incorporated the playfulness of the Duetica DT Riley and DT Piper fonts.

SUPPLIES:
Layout created in Photoshop Elements
Digital Kit: Carousel for The Shabby Princess
Duetica Font: DT Riley and DT Piper fonts

Slainte – Good health to you for St. Patrick’s Day. What a better way to say that than with a clean and simple card. Creating cards for whimsical holidays is fun and does not have to be complicated. Print out a quick saying to go along with the holiday. Cut it out and ink the edges. Place a few 3d dots underneath. Place ribbon on the card and the saying over top and add a printed image. For this card I used, kraft cardstock, black and white ribbon, a cut out of a shamrock from JGoodies designs, and the whimsical Duetica DT Piper font. VOILA- a fun and creative card made quickly.

SUPPLIES:
Natural Kraft cardstock
Sour apple ink
Black and White Polka Dot ribbon
Beacon Adhesive – Fabri-Tac 3-d Dots
Crystal heart
JGoodie Designs- Shamrock Art Printable
Duetica Font: DT Piper font

Blessings are around us everywhere. We just need to look for them. There could be a person that lifts your spirits, or just a person you offers you a hand. This Blessings card is just my reminder of what to make of life, to not think about the bad things, but keep my head up high. The Duetica DT Piper font looks very casual, but captures the essence of all the glorious things.

SUPPLIES:
Card Base: K&Company Ivory Card Base
My Mind’s Eye “Lost & Found Two Breeze “Fun Day” Today Paper
American Crafts ‘Ivory” Damask Specialty Paper
Sage Green Cardstock
Offray Ribbon Sheer White with scalloped edge
Offray Ribbon Simply Sheer White Organza
The Paper Studio “Brown” Self-Adhesive Vinyl
Silhouette SD
Sihouette Studio “Trista Tree” Die-Cutting File
Glamour Glitz “Sage” 5mm Hotfix Rhinestones
Glamour Glitz “Ivory” 5mm Glamour Glitz Pearls
Walnut Hollow Creative Jewel Tool
Duetica Font: DT Piper font

This card was created using the Duetica Lettering Arts Studio software and Viva Décor Pearl Pens. Duetica makes custom type so easy to create and there are hundreds of variations. I used the Duetica DT-Mandolyn font, which is my favorite, mostly because I can add beautiful swirls to the letters and make them wrap around themselves. You could set this up on your computer and leave it as is, printed in black, white and red and it would be fine, but let’s add some layers and bling it up a little to take it to the next level! After I thought I was finished with my card, I left this on my work table for a while and then realized it needed some Ice White Pearl Pen. That made all the difference in the world.

SUPPLIES:
Duetica Lettering Arts Studio
Adobe Illustrator Software- Optional (or Word)
White card stock
Black cardstock, 12” x 6” (folded to 6” x 6”)and scrap 3” x 6”
Tattered Angels Misatbilities Card Stock, 5 ¾”x 5 ¾”
Colorbox Pigment Inks: Rose, Black, Scarlet
Viva Décor Pearl Pen, Ice White
Glue Dots
Kool Tac Premium Extreme Double side tape, ¼” wide
Offray 1 ¼” Black Organdy Ribbon, 24”
Duetica Font: DT Manolyn font

This is what I love about Duetica Fonts! I can use the different lettering styles of each font to make an elaborate statement or one that is very simple. With this art, composing my own phrases in the Duetica DT Piper font is a snap while still producing a beautiful and simple sentiment. I am not constrained to stamping generic words from wood blocks! For this card, I printed the word “Amour” which means “love.” I also used the character spacing in the Duetica Design Studio to weld my letters together. Except for the letter “A,” each letter actually touches the one preceding it. This element gives us another tool in our box to design these finishing touches to our cards, layout pages, etc.

SUPPLIES:
Duetica Lettering Arts Studio
Cardstock: Generic Kraft for card base and the sentiment banner
Kaisercraft Chanteuse Collection for both the background pink and the floral pattern
Flower: Die cut from generic white cardstock using Silhouette machine, snowflake doily
Goosebumps Clear Texturing Spray
Tattered Angel’s Glimmer Mist in Pearl and S.W.A.K
Pink Gemstones from Recollections
Pearl Gemstones from Recollections
Duetica Font: DT Piper font