I wasn’t entirely happy with the last one.  I like this one better.  It’s meant to be the cover on a greeting card.  Next up:  The interior spread!  🙂

I certainly hope the CS6 version of Illustrator is much better with fonts than the old version I got a hold of.  As it is, I’m using Photoshop CS5 for the text, and Illustrator CS2 for the vector graphics.  It IS better with vectors than the quasi-vector tool (paths) that Photoshop has, though.  So, that’s something.  I’m also learning how best to use each for different parts of the image.  I may break down and buy the new version of Illustrator, but only if I start doing enough vector work for it to be worthwhile.  In the meantime, I’m just using it as a learning experience.