Pig SVG Freebie

Pig SVG

Steampunk Birthday Card + Freebie!

Hello everyone! It's Thursday again! Amazing how fast it comes around each week. I am super excited to share with you this card that I made today. First of all, I'm excited because Lindsay has released a new set called Steampunk Stamps. At first I was thinking, what am I going to use these for? Then I started seeing endless possibilities behind these simple and totally cool vintage images. I can't wait to use a few more of them! If I'd had time today, I probably would have made 3 or 4 cards!

Another reason to get excited, Lindsay's birthday!! Everything in her store is 34% off to honor Lindsay's 34th birthday tomorrow through Saturday!

So I used the vintage typewriter image. I knew exactly who I was making my card for the minute I saw it. Our preacher at church has a facination with old typewriters. He even has a tie pin made from a 1932 typewriter (couldn't tell you the brand). His birthday will be coming up soon, so I made him this card.

I used the sketch at 2 Sketches 4 U this week. Another reason I was excited was because of the genius (ok I'm not conceited) sentiment that I came up to go along with it! I usually have to copy other people's sentiments, because I can't think of my own, but I love this one!

Don't forget to stop by Lindsay's blog to check out the DT's work and grab a freebie!

Now for your Thursday Freebie!

Cow SVG

Baby Shower & Birthday Cards + Freebie

Hello everyone! This is a long post today! First of all, I'll start off with the fun part! I created the little birdie that you see in the first card for today's freebie. Then I made 3 baby shower cards using him. They all looked identical, so I only photographed one. They will be for sale in a local gift shop. Since I wanted them to be gender neutral, I left off the little flower on the birdie's head.

This card qualifies for the challenge at All Sorts which was to create a scene. Also the "animal" challenge at The Crafty Pad and the "to die for" challenge at Creative Card Crew. The "up to you" challenge at Ellephantastic and the "animal" challenge at Pear Tree Designs. "Making a Scene" at Tuesday Taggers and "Free for all" at Wee Memories.

Birdie SVG

I also used my cute little deer svg (you can find it in an earlier post, here) to make 3 more baby shower cards! For this card I participated in the challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. The challenge was to choose your fav sketch from the past year. I chose the very first sketch, bc it was a fav of mine and bc it allowed me to use up some scraps!

This card also qualifies for the anything goes challenge at 2 Sisters and the "cute" challenge at Craftalicious. Also the "ribbon" challenge at Quirky Crafts and the "die cut" challenge at Mark's Finest Papers.

Here are some birthday cards that I made for sale in the same gift shop. All of the images are free digi stamps from Lost in Paper Scraps. 

A Couple of Requests - Dino & Monster (from tshirt design)

Here are a couple of svgs that I made as a request from a fellow blogger, Tammy. They were made from a design on her son's 1st birthday party t-shirts. The first one isn't as detailed as the picture, but I thought it would look better to "draw" the details in with a marker or pen or something rather than try to make the cut more detailed. Hope you enjoy them!

Little Dino SVG

Silly Monster SVG

LSS 30% off sale!

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ENTIRE STORE 30% OFF

ONE DAY ONLY..

JULY 4TH SUNDAY ,ends midnight

Hip Hip Hip Hippopotomas Freebie!

Hip Hip Hooray! It's a cute little hippo! This one's for you Karen! Thank you for all the sweet words! ~Momma (haha)

Hippo SVG

4th of July BBQ Invite + Digi Altering Tutorial + Freebie!

Every year one side of my family has a big barbeque on the Fourth of July and it is kind of a reunion for all of us who don't get to see each other that often. So I made this cute little digi invitation in honor of that. I used Lindsay's Patriotic Collection which is half off right now! Just $2.50 for a whole bunch of cute patriotic items!

The card was created in Paint.net (a free program found online) and if you'd like a tutorial on how to color your alter your digi's in paint.net scroll down. (But bare with me, this is my first tutorial, sorry it is so long.)

Tutorial for Altering Digital Stamps

1. Open your digi stamp in Paint.net

2. Use magic wand to select portions you want to delete in order to change color (see picture).

3. Open digi paper in Paint.net (don't worry your digi will still be open, see top right hand side of screen).


4. Go back to digi stamp by clicking on the window in the top right part of the screen, choose CTRL+A to select all and then CTRL + C to copy it.

5. Go back to digi paper (again by clicking little window), and choose Layers –Add Layer. (do not skip this step)

6. Now hit CTRL + V to paste digi stamp on top of paper.




7. Now choose Layers—Merge Layer Down. (Just the digi stamp should be selected during and after merging.


8. Now hit CTRL +C to copy digi stamp and click FILE—New to open new canvas.

9. Click CTRL + V to paste the altered digi stamp onto the new canvas. (At this point you may delete the original digi and the digi paper if you’re finished with it.

---At this point if you are finished with alterations, you can save it as a jpeg or png.

 If not, continue following directions.

Since Lindsay's stamps are all hand drawn, which is what makes them all so special, there may be a few places in the digi where the lines don't meet up perfectly (see picture below). This isn't a problem unless you're trying to highlight a particular portion of the digi with the magic wand. As you can see in the picture, it has highlighted everything that is left on hte digi (including the star, which also has a line that isn't connected.)In this case, we will need to connect the lines using the "paint brush" tool. Note: it is easier to do this if you zoom in and you may have to adjust your brush size accordingly.

In this picture you can see that the unconnected line has been corrected and I was able to select just the bottom portion with the magic wand.  

 10. Next use the magic wand to select another portion of digi stamp to alter and delete it. (the picture above shows it being selected, the picture below shows it after it is deleted.)

11. Now repeat steps 3-9.

   

Here I have opened my second patterened paper (which I pulled off of google).

This is after I have created a new layer on the paper, copied and pasted my digi in a new layer over the paper and then merged the layer down. Then I opened a new canvas and pasted my altered digi there.

This is after I have repeated the steps once more with a 3rd paper. Finally I have my digi finished.

12. When you’re finished altering your digi, you can delete the white space around it and in between the holes using the magic wand. (see picture above.

13. Now you can choose File—Save As and change it to a PNG so it can be layered without the white space around it.

Phew! That was a long tutorial. Lots of pictures. But I had several people mention that they'd like for me to do one, so please if you requested this, read over it for me and see if it makes sense. Since this is my first tutorial I am a little nervous about how well it was worded. Thank you!

As always, stop by Lindsay's blog to grab a freebie and check out the rest of the DT's work!

Now for the fun part! Your Thursday Freebie! I thought she looked somewhat festive for the 4th! Also, if you haven't been by my blog in a while, check out the previous posts for several freebies!

Ladybug Friend SVG