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...that'll be going to my sister's family on the day. Perversely, I don't have the money to buy cards made by other people right now, but I've got the hardware, software, ink and paper to make my own from scratch in the house. For now, at least.
So, I think I've found a vector clip-art silhouette or three that could populate the landscape on the front of the card. I can make the footprints in the snow, the stars in the night sky...but trees were a problem.
Now to see how to add curves to the snowbank without turning the snow from white-to-pale-blue to solid black. I know there's a way to do it in Illustrator CS4...and I just have to rediscover it.
Update 1: my colour printer is throwing up this message:
"There is a problem with the printer or ink system. Turn printer off, then on. If problem persists, contact HP."
"Cyan - cartridge has failed". The others, I've been defying HP re: where I get refills from for a couple of years now.
Update 2: Some cartridge-swapping, and a few shutdowns later, the card I designed was finally printed. Victory is mine, Hewlett-Packard!
So, I think I've found a vector clip-art silhouette or three that could populate the landscape on the front of the card. I can make the footprints in the snow, the stars in the night sky...but trees were a problem.
Now to see how to add curves to the snowbank without turning the snow from white-to-pale-blue to solid black. I know there's a way to do it in Illustrator CS4...and I just have to rediscover it.
Update 1: my colour printer is throwing up this message:
"There is a problem with the printer or ink system. Turn printer off, then on. If problem persists, contact HP."
"Cyan - cartridge has failed". The others, I've been defying HP re: where I get refills from for a couple of years now.
Update 2: Some cartridge-swapping, and a few shutdowns later, the card I designed was finally printed. Victory is mine, Hewlett-Packard!
