Cute Little Monster Valentine's!!

Hey everyone!! February seems to be flying by as Valentine's Day, this Thursday, quickly approaches!! Since I'm a Graphic Designer and Illustrator I feel it is practically my duty to create my very own custom Valentine's Cards FREE for you to print and put a smile on someone's face!!

Seeing that a lot of people find my blog by searching for illustrations of cute little monsters, this year, I decided to revisit the concept and bring you "Monster Valentine's Cards!!"

 
They're fluffy, slimy and even scaly and ready to express their love and admiration!!  Don't be scared!! These little guys won't bite. All you need is a printer and some scissors to and you're on your way to handing out some creepy fun to your friends, family, classmates and maybe even your secret crush on that special day, February the 14th!!

There are 8 total per sheet, download the PDF and start printing by clicking on this link: http://violet-ink.com/Printables/MonsterValentineCards.pdf

Don't forget to change your printer settings to "LANDSCAPE" so it prints correctly!! This is our third annual set of Valentine's cards. Itty bitty monsters not your thing?? Two years I also created Lady Gaga themed Valentine's card. Hungry for something else?? Last year's cards were all about Breakfast Time!!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!

Batman the Animated Series Gift Tags!

Hey everyone!! Hope everyone is having a merry AND safe Holiday this season! The Christmas season is a busy time for me creating gifts, cards and other printed goodies. Some things I even have to WAIT to post until after the Holidays since they are gifts for my friends and family and I can't ruin the surprise :)

For the past couple of years I have been creating free Holiday gift tags for all my friends and fans and posting them on my blog. This year's tags are finally done!! Since this was a GREAT year for Batman might as well have my favorite comic hero "wrap up" the Holiday season on his own gifttags! Last year I had Batman wrapping paper and this year I picked up some general DC wrapping paper and couldn't find any Batman gift tags to go with them :( So I drew my own interpretations of some of my six FAVORITE Batman characters from the Animated Series I and added some Holiday cheer to each of them!!

Here are just a few samples:

The full set is available to download from the Violet Ink Design website by clicking this link: http://violet-ink.com/Printables/BatmanHolidayGiftTags Be sure to make sure your printer is set on "Landscape" mode to print them. And be sure to share them with all your friends and family!! Although I did design the tags and create the illustrations I do not claim ownership of Batman the Animated Series, the characters, etc those are all © DC COMICS.

Not into Batman? We also have "Jersey Shore" Gift Tags and Cupcake Holiday Gift Tags from previous years. Hope everyone has a great Holiday and stay tuned for more blog updates :)

Breakfast Valentine's Cards!

Hey everyone!! Tomorrow is Valentine's day and that means today is a great day to unveil some newly made FREE Valentine's cards, just for you!! This is the second time that I have done something like this. Last year's Valentine's cards were Lady Gaga themed and to-date have over 360 page views, my 9TH most popular post of all time, woohoo!!

Well this year I decided to create cards of one of my OTHER favorite things; food!

More specifically breakfast food!

There's waffles, eggs, toast, oatmeal, OJ all your favorite breakfast item accompanied with sweet little Valentine's day themed sayings! Feel free to print these and hand them out to friends, family, classmates and maybe even your secret crush on that special day, February the 14th!!

There are seven total per sheet, download the PDF and start printing by clicking on this link:
http://violet-ink.com/Printables/BreakfastValentines.pdf

Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

Jersey Shore Chirstmas Gift Tags!!

Hello and hope everyone is having a good and safe Holiday this season! The posts have been few and far inbetween. I have been just so busy working on stuff for client's and friends as gifts! Some of the stuff I am just going to wait until after Christmas to post just because they ARE gifts :) don't want to ruin any surprises.

But I did finish something I want to share with everyone. My friend Ashley asked me if I could create for her Jersey Shore Gift Tags for all her Christmas presents. Of course I said yes!

Here are some samples of the tags I came up with:

First I sat down and thought of a list of phrases to put on the tags. Then I used the power of Google Images to search for "Large" size photos of cast members and Christmas themed items. I also downloaded tons of Photoshop brushes from Best Design Options. They have a post that specifically lists over 500+ Christmas Brushes all for free! Wow!

I have one for each cast member. You can download them all on two separate pages:

Page one can be found at http://www.violet-ink.com/Printables/VioletInkJerseyShoreTags1.pdf

Page two can be found at http://www.violet-ink.com/Printables/VioletInkJerseyShoreTags2.pdf

They're completely free to download. I do not claim ownership of the Jersey Shore show or any of it's characters etc etc. Hope everyone has a great Holiday!

Lady Gaga Printable Valentines

Hey everyone! I have been pretty much dead in the water in regards to keeping up with my online presence. I was really sick and had brontosaurus or bronchitis however you spell that! But I have returned, triumphantly with a lovely gift for you all!

Valentine's is coming up! You pick up a box of Valentine's at Wal-mart for 5.00 dollars or so or just print them from your computer (or your library's computer, or your mom's computer, etc) for free! My gift to you is a set of 8 printable Valentine's...

LADY GAGA THEMED!!

She just released a sneak peak of her newest song, Born this Way this week. If you haven't heard it yet, check it out below. And if you don't know me, I am a fan of the Lady Gaga. And this wasn't the first time drawing her either. So what more perfect way to celebrate the song and Valentine's day by combining both elements!!

Image from Starpulse

There are eight unique Valentine's in total. You can down the PDF version by clicking on this link:
http://violet-ink.com/Printables/GagaValentines_final.pdf



Click play to listen to the song if you haven't heard it yet, enjoy, print the valentines and have a great Valentine's day!

Holiday Gift Tags!

Hey everyone I have been so busy illustrating and shopping and crafting, etc I still had time for a project I had wanted to do both this year and last, create my own Holiday gift tags!! I could easily pick some up at the dollar stores (last year I bought Disney Princess ones) but then again I am an artist and create my own for free.

I wanted to make Holiday and Winter cupcakes. Cupcakes are of course, one my most favorite things on the planet, so why not??? I did a couple of sketches on a napkin at work:

Hey, I didn't say they would be pretty, they are just sketches :P My sketches are always super rough...

And I came up with this sheet of simple vector illustrations:

I just cut them out with a regular pair of scissors leaving a little bit of a white border around them so they can still POP against the colorful wrapping paper I was using.

Here are some photos of what they look like on my gifts:

This is on a gift for my brother, he loves the penguin one!!

And as a treat, I want to share them with you all!! Feel free to download and print the PDF by clicking here: http://violet-ink.com/VioletInkChristmasTag.pdf

Enjoy!!