by Linda | Mar 9, 2010 | DIY printables
Hi folks! This week, I decided to go through the process of making a card from scratch using digital and real elements. I suppose you would call it hybrid and since I’m really looking forward to Spring weather, I decided to use the Tuscany landscape I live in for inspiration. Although I feel like all cardmaking is hybrid, given that someone printed pattern papers or those embellishments you are using…I guess you can say that it is all mixed media. You do and use whatever needed to achieve the look you want, right? Here’s the finish card and I also incorporated a bit of paper piercing given the current digital tuesday challenge.
I started by sketching out a design for my card with simple pencil and paper. Once I decided roughly what I wanted, I went onto the computer and drew the hills and printed on watercolor paper, then drew the sunflower and clouds and printed them on cardstock. I actually wanted to print everything out in color, but I ran out of yellow ink…so I had to improvise. The hills were actually watercolored in but the clouds already had blue when printed. I also added some sparkle via heat embossing to the clouds. The rest is regular cardstock, stamping and embellishing. Although I also spent a whole lot of time cutting a slice of cork and gluing the string to it! I could have added some faux stitching with a pen, but this time around added the paper piercing for the border to add a different look. I think it’s pretty cool to be able to create a card from scratch and that enables you to really match up the colors and elements. I love digital cardmaking, whether all digital or hybrid, because it gives me to the power to create what I need. A digital stamp image, a background or some embellishments maybe? I can print things out in color to match perfectly as well…the possiblities are endless. I hope you will try hybrid card making as well. If you want to use my images, feel free to download below…although that sunflower is pretty tedious to cut out, I must admit!
by Linda | Nov 12, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a cute cookie pattern paper printable? Here’s a free download from a little illustration I created for a card challenge.
I got a note in my inbox announcing a Digi Day Cookie Exchange Party & Challenge in the SNR Card Universe Ning Group, so I had to participate with the free digital stamp they offered up. How cute is that gingerbread cookie? I believe it was created by Digital Delights by LoubyLoo! Talk about talent…woohoo! I used the image in the digital card layout below after coloring it in Photoshop, but decided to design my own digital elements to go with the whole layout.
I really like how my cookie pattern paper turned out, so I wanted to share it here for you to download.
download the PDF of cookie pattern paper
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by Linda | Nov 12, 2009 | DIY printables
Print your own supplies with this Christmas paper printable free download, cute repeat tree patterned paper and stocking illustration!
Hello folks! Just wanted to say thank you to all who visit my blog and check out my designs. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that I started out cardmaking traditionally but switched to all digital, so that I could use my own designs and print the card when I actually would send them out. I am a bit sad today, because I found out that a group I was part of online removed all my photos in the ning group because they were digital and not real cards. They only want real handmade cards and photos of them. Sigh…sort of sad. I understand groups have their own rules and such…but it’s sad to think that somehow my digital designs are just not worthy enough. I can make anything on the computer since it’s accessible to me, but I can’t buy everything I want from all the great scrapbooking and cardmaking stores out there. Boo hoo.
I’m definitely a bit down today, but I can’t let it stop me from doing what I want to do and enjoy the process of creating. The latest Digital Tuesday challenge is themed for holiday wishes, so I decided to participate with a digital card design.
I created all the imagery used so you can download for your personal use as well!
Christmas Paper Printable Free Downloads
Download the xmas stocking drawing – digital stamp
Download PDF of the xmas tree pattern paper
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by Linda | Nov 9, 2009 | DIY printables
Here’s a set of freebie printable striped paper in the tan brown coffee colored theme and matching whimsical swirl pattern. Free download for personal use!
I’ve been playing around with digital design and creating patterned papers for digital cards… so though I would share the downloads with you for some fun papercrafting time.
For coffee lovers, here’s a cozy, stay indoors themed digital card design. The layout is from a Stamp TV sketch and I simply used a coffee brown color palette and created all the design elements. From a printable striped paper to a coffee swirls paper and little elements here and there.
Since I already have the pattern paper designs done, I thought it would be fun to share them with you here on the blog. Feel free to download the PDFs below by clicking on the thumbnail previews to get the full-size PDF downloads. They are totally free downloads for your personal use. I hope you have some fun with papercrafting!
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by Linda | Oct 29, 2009 | DIY printables
Another week and another card for the current color challenge at digital tuesday. We have to use kraft, orange and another color, so I decided to go for the Halloween theme. Here’s my little cat doodle with a witch hat accessory, a little startled from the ghostie! Simple and quick card design…check it out!
Here is a digital stamp of the cute cat image, if you would like to use for your personal projects. Enjoy!
