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Resizing digi papers

I’ve had quite a few emails asking if printing digi papers uses loads of ink.  I think it’s down to your printer and how you print your papers.  I have an HP that recycles ink, but even so I don’t print to “Best” or photo quality, I use the “fast normal” option and still get amazing quality printed papers.  I also save ink by resizing the papers and printing exactly what I need and no more.  I use Crafters Companion Decoupage paper to print my digi papers on to, it’s a heavyweight paper and gives fabulous results.

 
So firstly, I decide on the layout/sketch I want to use then chose the papers I want to print.  For the card above I needed the plaid sheet to be 14.5 x 14.5 cm so resized the original down to these measurements in Photoshop.  Any photo-imaging program should do this.

The flower layer had to be smaller so again I resized this down to 14.5 x 14.5 then using the crop tool cropped the paper down to the size I needed.  By resizing your papers all to the same size you keep the uniformity of the patterns.  So even if you only need a 5 cm x 5 cm piece, resize down to 14.5 x 14.5 (or whatever size you work with) then CROP down to the size you require.

Then open up a new document (I work with A4) and set your resolution to 300. Copy and paste both the digi papers that you have resized and move around on the page to get them to fit.

The more layers you intend to use on your card the more you will have to move/rotate on the A4 page to get them to fit.

Hope this helps.

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Fabric Flowers

Today I am going to share how I make my fabric flowers.  On the card below I have used organza to make the flowers, in the little tutorial I have used cotton quilting fabric.  You can use any fabric, even thicker fabrics such as velvet.

I've added the notes on each photo to keep it simple.

 

 

I made two different sized flowers for this card.  The image and sentiment is from the new Whiff of Joy Store Stamp kit that is only available from stores that have elected to stock the kits.  The list of stores is on the Whiff of Joy website here 

I hope you will find this useful, looking forward to seeing lots of fabric flowers in blogland.

 

Bev x

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Are these papers just gorgeous!  The are Craft Creations, so pretty.  I have coloured Willow with Copics (on SU Whisper White – this card seems to really give a lovely soft effect with Copics).  The pearls were stuck down after marking out some scrolls using on of the Bazzill jewel templates.  The flowers are from Crafty Feeling (the new kit) and the flower centres are from The Hobby House (I can’t see them on the website so will add the link here when I find them).  The tear drop pearl pins are here

 

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