For our Christmas card this year, I followed my husband's taste by having one side of the card a non-photo holiday card with a polar bear. I call this the front of the card. (The back had a full-bleed photo. Oh sneaky me.) Before I made this, I agonized for ages over how I was going to make a card that represented him. Ages! Then it came to me! I had never seen this idea before, but it just made sense: an outline with words.
I absolutely love this polar bear and love how the cursive words look like fur. The secret to my bear? I traced the outline of a polar bear with cursive words, scanned it, and edited the color in illustrator. It was really that easy. To ensure people knew I did it myself, I included our names and the year at the belly of the bear. From what I have learned, very few people noticed this. Many people didn't even notice that within the outline were holiday words. Alas. I still love him.
Font: My own handwriting and Bebas Neue
I did in fact notice that the outline was made up of holiday greetings, and even noticed your names. I love this! And though I have resisted the practice of card-giving for years, I decided that next year is the year I start sending them out. We've received far too many wonderful cards from wonderful friends (like you) to not respond in kind. Thank you for the beautiful card! It is on our fridge where it will remain until you send us next year's!
ReplyDeletevery cool design. Love this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab idea! Love it very much. I have to try that some day.
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We have your Christmas card proudly displayed. As always, you're so talented. My friends love it, so I'll be sure to give them your info for next year!
ReplyDeleteSO AWESOME, Julie!! Just AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI really love the idea of having a dual side card! The polar bear design is very classic, and I really appreciate that! And a holiday photo is always needed :-)
ReplyDeleteSimply elegant!
ReplyDeleteOk, I liked this bear before I realized he was made up of cursive words--now I love him!!
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