Gruffalo party time

I made a Gruffalo invitation for my friend's little boys second birthday party recently and she asked if I could create a menu to give to the children so they could select the food they wanted in their little lunch bag.

So I set to work and instead of painting this one I decided to really try and get to grips with Photoshop. Over the years I have used it but I really do have a limited knowledge. Fortunately Jim doesn't and after installing a Wacom pen tablet on my laptop (which I have had for 2 years but never used), I decided to use it and have some fun. Again with help from Jim we got it up and running and then I just played about.

Here's the menu as it is right now. Not sure I will change anything else as my friend loves it....it just depends on how well it prints as I hope the background won't be too 'busy' once printed.

Hope you are having a great Sunday. Today has been lovely and relaxing so far with the family. Perfect!

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It's Charlie & Lola time!

This week I need to complete a 5 year old girl’s pyjama party invite which may sound easy, but I am toying between painting it or using photoshop to create one. Painting it is fine as I have created a prototype and it works really well, (and the little girl is pleased with it) but I am worried how well it will look when scanned. The photoshop one will work better when printed but I will need to learn a few photoshop techniques from my lovely Jim in order to create it....and I don’t really have the time for that! Hmnnn decisions.....

The little girl in question is my best friend’s daughter and she is adorable so I really want to make her something she is chuffed with.

I will post an update when it’s finished but in the meantime, here’s a glimpse at the ideas so far.

Have a great day x