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My Holiday Cards: 6th Design

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DESIGN 6: FRONT

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DESIGN 6: INSIDE
Message: “Peace. Hope. Happiness. Health,” signed in the empty space on the right side.

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DESIGN 6: BACK
Specs: Horizontal wide format 5×7 card on archival linen, folded in the middle. The card opens on the short end resulting in a unique wide format card that opens to a full 5×14 spread.

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What I love about this design — the bright colors and patina texture remind me of the ocean and sand, where we took the pictures. I especially love the inside spread with the natural smiles of the boys as they play on the beach. The “film scratches” were added in Photoshop simply because something about these photos reminds me of an age gone by, and that reminds all of us to save and cherish our childhood memories. And who can resist smiling back at those beautiful eyes and bright smiles on the front of the card? I love it! Love the back, too, with the shot of the boys running off to play.

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6 Responses to “My Holiday Cards: 6th Design”

  1. vanessa spagnuola says:

    I love that the inside shows how much my 2 awesome nephews like to play together. This was a fun card.

  2. bob says:

    the front the card makes you want to WALK IN and be part of those boys. open the card and you’re IN, close it and you can say goodbye knowing you’ve met great kids.

    bob

  3. Steve G. says:

    Reminds me of going to the beach with my family decades ago. My brother and I always had so much fun hanging out together. Thanks for the memories.

  4. michelle says:

    Love how you did the blue and beige colors on the front and back, like water and sand. Julie, I love how you make holiday cards that families can display all year. Just LOVE that. :)

  5. Dawn says:

    Really looks like a beach card. The bright light blue on the front representing the sky and the sandy color inside the natural enviornment of the beach itself. The close ups with the captions transfer itself to a holiday card. Love it.

  6. Stacey says:

    I LOVE the inside of this card. It looks like the boys are playing with each other in the pictures on the outside of the spread and then I like the alternating photos to the middle, mixing it up with each boy. I love the shot on the back too. Great colors and textures. A really fun card communicated with fun photos.

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