Digital Stamp Guide

What are Digital Stamps?
Digital stamps, or digi stamps, are black and white digital image or illustration files, usually .jpg or .png format, that you buy, downloaded and print from your computer to use in crafting. One of the great things about digital stamps is that they can be resized, duplicated and manipulated to fit you needs. It saves a lot of time especially if you are constructing a card with multiple images. You can compose your design once, and then click to print as many copies as you need. Suddenly the thought of holiday card making or invitation making isn’t so daunting!

Printing and Coloring Digital Images:
Simply arrange you images on a sheet of paper, print and color them in the same way that you would color a rubber stamped image. You can color them with watercolors, pen, colored pencils, chalks, any medium you would use on stamped image.  Click Here to Read More

How to Make Tape From Wrapping Paper

Make Your Own Fancy Tape

I found this great idea for making pretty tape from your favorite wrapping paper. This idea could even be expanded to making fabric tape.

To make rolls of pretty tape, round up your favorite patterned wrapping paper, and purchase double-side mounting adhesive.  To read the complete tutorial click on Country Living

Valentine Clip Art Freebie

Are you new to digital stamps and digital clip art?

I would like to give you an opportunity to see the high quality of our digital products. This piece of clip art is a sweet little cluster of hearts and a ribbon measures 4 1/2"x1 1/2" at 300 ppi. It is the perfect size for embellishing a greeting card or envelope. 

Simply right click on the image and copy, save to your computer and start creating!

I am happy to provide you with this freebie for you to try.

Please be respectful of my generosity and DO NOT use this Freebie commercially or sell or give it away. If your friends would like this image, please send them here to get it. Check back often because the Freebie image will change periodically. Thanks!

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Changing the Line Color on a Digital Stamp

To stamp with a color other than black you may change the color of your digital stamp in MS Word. I am going to show you how to do it in this tutorial. I am using Microsoft Word 2010, if you have a different version it may look a little different than my screen shots, but it should work similarly.

1. Open a new blank Word document and “Insert” your picture as I instructed you to do in the tutorial entitled, “Using MS Word to Print Digital Stamps”.

2. Adjust the size of the art fit the article you are planning on using the digital stamp on. You may wish to change the margins to allow for a larger printing area if you are planning to use the digital stamp on something large like a tee shirt, tote bag or if you want to save a little paper by having the image printed near the top left side of the paper.

3. Click on the tab “Page Layout” and then “Margins”. You will see a drop down menu. At the bottom of the drop down menu is click on “Custom Margins”

Read more . . . Click Here

Using MS Word to Print Digital Stamps

No "special" computer program is necessary to use digital stamps.

Most computers have Microsoft Word, and it can easily be used to size and print digital images. This little tutorial will show you how!

You may want to create a special file folder called "Digital Stamps" on your computer, and download and save all of your Digital Stamps to that folder. After you have downloaded your Digital Stamps to your "Digital Stamps" folder you will need to uncompressed them (or unzipped them) so that they are ready for you to use. . . Read More Click Here . . .

The Valentine Animals Welcome a New Baby

This beautiful card was made by Hadar Berman:

Hadar created this lovely card with the "The Valentine Animals" Digital Stamp. This Digital Stamp is available from Spectacular Printable on Etsy: http://tinyurl.ms/3egp

Hadar first layered her cardstock with bright colorful papers. Then she printed the Digital Stamp and colored the image with Copic Markers adhering it to the card.

If you have never used Copic Markers then you might want to watch this video by Cindy Lawrence to learn more about how to use these amazing markers. 

Hadar made a card that would be a perfect card in honor of a new arrival, either boy or girl. Other possibilities for the use of this Digital Stamp are many.  Wouldn't it be cute as a framed picture in a baby or child's bedroom or the decoration on a tote bag. Yes, the original image is that large! The image is a large, high resolution 71/2"x71/2" image. Of course you can easily scale it uo or down to scrapbook or greeting card size.

You may purchase this card from Hadar's Etsy Shop at: http://tinyurl.ms/3egq

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Happy Crafting, Lyn

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