New design and a story behind it

Just in time for Father's day: a new card has been created that can also be ideal for Dad's birthday. I was trying to create something simple but unique and that idea with the photo letters came into my mind.

As I mentioned before, I basically take pictures of everything (which annoys most of my family and friends - sorry, I can't help it), but even if something looks 'random' to someone, I can always find a use for it. I have a collection of cloud pictures, wall cracks, floor and ground textures and etc... I don't always have something specific in mind when taking those pictures, but most of the time I end up using them for something (I have blended in my designs a lot of these photos ).

So lately I got into taking pictures of things that resembles letters and how fun is that! I find myself not  looking at the object itself, but its shape and dimensions. You kind of have to look beyond what's actually there in front of you.

Let me tell you how I came to photograph the letter 'A' for my latest Dad design greeting card:

It was a hot day and it was my sister's graduation as a fellow in Oncology. They were going to present her with a diploma in a very nice country club but when getting there, we had no idea where to go as there were no signs anywhere.

So picture me, my sister and my dad, all dressed up and in high heels, walking around this huge place trying to figure out where the party was being held. Did I mention we were in super high heels walking outside in that heat? LOL

Well, I saw this sidewalk with a few 'cut' details on it that I thought to be very neat. And then it
hit me: I also saw several letters, specially the letter 'A' and it was there jumping at me.

I HAD to stop and take a picture... or several because that was just too perfect. It didn't end up being very fun running in heels trying to catch up with my dad and sister who had kept going and had no idea why I was taking pictures of the ground, but now I think they know. And I think the picure turned out great and I have the most perfect random letter A for my collection and my designs!

The new design is available at LuCintra as well as my store at Etsy. 

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Since I get my inspirations and ideas for my designs from a lot of different sources, I thought about sharing them here so I can tell the stories behind some of my creations.


Besides being passionate about photography, I love to to play and mix photos, graphics and colors together to end up with (depending on the theme) a lot of cool, elegant, cute or simply fun digital images.

I use a lot of my photos on my designs. I'm that type of person who won't leave the house without a camera and the kind that sometimes annoys family and friends because I have to take pictures of  everything.

Well... let me just say that although people don't understand why I photograph certain things,  I have used a lot of my close up ground and wall pictures for different texture background looks for my designs, other images that I turned into vector graphics and some that were just pure inspiration or a reminder later for a design idea that came to me while seeing something.

I also like to write about what motivates me and little things I notice on my day to day life that sometimes makes me think about the bigger picture...

So please enjoy and I hope to see you here often!