Quick tip and Project Life Hello December digital download

Well I am sorry that I have not been keeping up with posting I will try harder/

1st you may have seen or heard of Chameleon pens. That change tone from pale to dark in one pen. Well you can do exactly the same with both your Stamp and Write ,markers and your Blendabilities pens.

So
Take a Stamp and Write marker and your stamp and write blender pen
or
The darkest or medium shade of any of the blendabilities sets and the blendability colour lifter pen

Remove the lids from both

Hold the coloured pen straight up with the tip up. Position the blender pen or colour lifter pen tip down onto the coloured pen tip count to 5. Start colouring with your pen. You will notice that the colour changes fro almost no colour to full colour strength. If you want a shorter colour change count to 3 or longer count to 7 etc.

The above was coloured with Darkest Cherry Cobbler and darkest Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities with the above technique.

This week I have also been catching up on Scrapping some of my old pics and I just had to use the Stampin' Up! project life Hello December Download.

I also used the Basic Rhinestones from The Basic Rhinestone and pearls download.

So thats it for today

Hopefully catch up with posting soon

Finnibair style digital canvas inspired by Angel Holt

Well I quite often trawl through you tube for ideas and inspiration. anyway I found a lady called Angela Holt and this amazing video

You tube Finnibair inspired canvas by Angel Holt

So anyway my Mum is an avid non crafter,although she is actually a very good artist, but when I sat her down to watch this she was inspired to start doing a version of this. As was my sister and myself. As I was printing of some vintage images for my Mum, I thought could I do something similar digitally with Stampin' Up! downloads.  I did not use My Digital Studio I used another digital editing program . as you can use Stampin' Up!s digital downloads with your favorite softwear


So heres is my 1st one all items used are Stampin' Up! downloads. A list of all downloads will be at the bottom.

First Edition Designer Series Paper - Digital Download 124408
Bright Blooms - Digital Download 130876
Autumn Elements Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download 127172
Delicate Doilies Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download 124226
Delicate Adornments - Digital Download 132265
Basic Pearls And Rhinestones - Digital Download 124330
Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper - Digital Download 122169
Happy Watercolor Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download 137078

Then thinking of a photo of my Daughter and Niece I wondered if I could do something similar  with that

Whilst playing I started to develop an Indian goddess theme and went with it . this time I used 


Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper - Digital Download 134735
Bright Blooms - Digital Download 130876
Autumn Elements Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download 127172
Delicate Doilies Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download 124226
Serene Silhouettes - Digital Download 133015
Basic Pearls And Rhinestones - Digital Download 124330
Everyday Adventure Digital Project Life Cards - Digital Download 137345

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Just click on the image to be taken straight to the item in my shop.
Anyway thats if tor now . hope to catch up with you later in the week.

Why I buy both the real stamp or paper and the digital stamp or paper

A customer recently asked why I buy both the real stamps and paper and the same digital stamps and paper.

Now unfortunatly I am not at home and could not do real hybrid crafting as I only have my computer available.

That is reason one.
When I only have my computer to play with  I can plan with my digital kits. Try out lots of options before finalising design without wasting a scrap of paper. Then create the  actual card with my real supplies.
Plus when the real papers are no longer available I still have them to print.

I have created a card front  and matching wrapping paper to show why having both the real supplies and the digital supplies enables you to be even more creative

So starting with the planning  I tried out loads of colourways, papers , border depths , before finalising my design. I plan to print off all the background layers . Then stamp and watercolour the top layer. The The papers I used were the Watercolor wonder papers , which I adore but are now retired , but as I have the digital ones I can still use them.  The middle paper was in the real "Watercolor wonder" DSP pack  although I decided to rescale (just because I could) but then I used another piece and altered the transparency for the back piece.  Which I think goes very well.

Now you may ask why do we need the real stamps and paper.  Well in relation to the stamps its really easy, there are loads of techniques that you can do with the real stamps that you can't do with digital stamps. Stamping and embossing . you can get special paper that you can do this with , but then you are limited to that paper, and there are techniques you can't do with that paper.

As yet I have not heard of anyone using angelina fibers with a digital stamp, or pressing it into uTEE etc. So I always have to have the real stamp. But then why have the digital.

If you have the digital stamp you have options to change the image. make it smaller , larger , thinner, fatter. So you can create your own matching backgrounds, wrapping paper , tags. I even make my own tissue tape to match the stamps.   All you need is a printer (inkjet) a peice of freezer paper, or the backing sheet from a sheet of labels , tissue paper and some different widths of old fashioned double sided tape.

1st you decide what size your tissue tape will be . You need to have doublesided tape the same width.
then you design your tissue tape. You can make tissue tape as long as your tissue paper. You will need to have more freezer paper sheets. Using doublesided tape you put them together to make a sheet as long as you need, making sure that you get tape right up to the edges. You will also need a clear space by your printer the same size.

You will have to create a custom file that length in your design softwear but, you can print lots of different tapes side by side to the width of your paper.

If any of your tape designs have words in them you will need to mirror that design.

Then you lay out your sheet of tissue on a flat surface near your computer. Print onto the shiny side of the freezer paper and then lay this on top of your tissue , hold steady with one hand while pressing all over with the other. Remove freezer paper. Turn tissue over apply doublesided tape in line with your printed tape. Trim along the edges of the tape.

So thats why I have the digital and the real stamps and papers.

Products used

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

So bye for now
Tracey