June Color Challenge

My kids finished up school this week and as of today it is HOT at our house.  My DH just ordered a load of mulch (and then some) for the house and the office, so I think I'll be spending most of the day manning -- um, er -- womaning?  a shovel.  Eeeeeps!  I'm sure by tomorrow I'll be moaning and groaning about my achy breaky back.  And yes, I *know* I'm supposed to shovel with my legs, but I also know from experience that my back will be stiff and sore by tomorrow.

Anywho, its been a few months since I was able to make something for Kim's color challenge that was not a page, but this month I managed to get one done.  Yay me!  Another interesting thing to note is that it was last June that I made my first every freebie for the challenge and boy, have I come a long was in that time.

I like to use the color challenge to try something new to me, to break out of my usual box a little bit.  the color challenge is great for that, because I only need to design a few things, so I can get a taste of something new without having to work it into a whole kit.  This month I bought Illustrator and I'm battling with the learning curve on it.  So of course I had to use Illustrator to make something for the June challenge.  I decided to tackle a 3D alpha.  No templates here baby, this one was all me!  Now it may not be the greatest alpha ever, but I certainly think its a fair first try.  You get the caps only, but maybe someday I'll make the lowercase and the numbers so that there is a complete set.  And, because the alpha looked so lonely, I made a few papers as well.

Here's the preview:

The preview is linked to a 4shared download, otherwise you can download from box.net HERE.

That's all for today.  So long!