Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Santa Digis!

Have you ever used digitals in your paper crafting?  It's an entirely different rabbit hole that you can get lost in.  :)  And by get lost, I mean - find some REALLY cool images and papers that you must have.  

I'm no expert, but I have been using a few digital images/stamps, even patterned papers, here and there for a few years now.  I've used some jpgs, but mostly PDFs.  PDFs are pretty easy - you print out the file, and you get what you get.  No resizing or moving things around.  I like this - no experience required!  Mostly, I print a sheet of patterned paper, or a sheet of images to color in and create a card front with.

I mostly get digitals on etsy, but I'm sure Mr. Google can point you to plenty of choices.  I got this file from Scrapbooking With ME.  Printed out 3 or 4 full sheets on 32 lb. printer paper with my Brother  Laser printer.

I had to hand-cut all the santa images, then I layered them onto some Crumb Cake cardstock.  Ink blended the edges.


I did a couple of different backgrounds.  Used two different embossing folders, then decided to try out some Distress Oxide spray on one of them....meh....I need more practice with sprays.  Mounted all the embossed backgrounds onto Crumb Cake card bases, and ink blended all the edges.

Stamped that greeting, punched it out and inked those edges.   Popped up the Santa panels and greetings.

Finished off with different gems and glittery bits.

Stamps:  Glimmering Greetings (Unity Stamp Co)
Ink:   Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Other:  Snowflake 3-D folder (Sizzix), Tufted embossing folder, 2" circle punch, gems/sequins, Crochet trim

I printed another file that I'll work on next - it's got colorful trees and a few snowmen!  Digitals are definitely different to work with, compared to stamping everything.  You can really get some beautifully detailed images - that I could personally never color that well.  

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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