One of the beauties of digi-scrapping, is once you buy a digital element or paper you will never “run out” of it. Much like a rubber stamp, you can use the digital element over and over again – in various colors and on various papers. Unlike a rubber stamp, you can easily change the size and shape of your digital image. You can even cut-up your digital element and use them in ways not originally intended.

Take for example, this all-digital layout “3 of us”. Notice the stitching that I used as stems for the flowers (from the tin flowers kit by kR) and as stitching on the blue mat for my photo (from junk drawer v. 1 by kR). Then notice the subtle floral pattern on the kraft paper. Each of these elements were cut apart from one of the  12 x 12 overlays included in kR’s Honeychurch digi kit.

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Here’s how I did it.

To “cut out” the stitched lines, I used my RECTANGULAR MARQUEE tool (looks like a rectangle of dotted lines on your Tool palette), to select a portion of the overlay I wanted.

Then I hit CTRL + C to copy and CTRL + V to paste on my layout. You can now use this portion of the stitching again and again on your layout. In the layers palette, select the layer with the stitching on it and RIGHT-CLICK. Select DUPLICATE LAYER. A copy of the stitching will be created on a brand-new layer. (OR you could go back and select another portion of the stitching on the original overlay.)

To cut out the floral pattern on the overlay, I  used a different approach. I went back to the original overlay. Hit CTRL + D, to get rid of the marching ants that you used to copy the stitching. Using my ERASER Tool I simply erased the stitching. It was easier for me to do it this way rather than try to select the floral pattern. Then I dragged the floral pattern on to my layout. To make the floral pattern more subtle and blend it into the background paper, I lowered the opacity of the layer to about 30%.

You can also play with the color of the element by selecting IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > HUE/SATURATION (or CTRL + U) and playing with all three sliders to get a look you like. For my layout, i wanted the flowers a bit more on the purple side so I played with the HUE slider, moving it slightly to the left.

NOTE: Just remember when you go back to your original file, in this example, the 12 x12 overlay, DO NOT SAVE CHANGES. You want to keep your original intact. Better yet, you can DUPLICATE your image before you start playing and leave the original alone.

Hope this gives you a few ideas on how to make your digital elements a bit more versatile for you! Please let me know if you have any questions!

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LAYOUT CREDITS:

white fence, blue file:  kenner road’s odds & ends -  junk drawer v.1

stitched overlay: kenner road’s honeychurch kit

flowers: kenner road’s tin flowers kit

title alphas: kenner road’s schoolbox alphas

I saw this tutorial for bookends and I immediately thought of scrapbook paper. The colors in this kit were so gorgeous, so I decided to give it a try. This project is so simple you won’t believe it.

Supplies:
2 Concrete Bricks (Home Depot has these for 35 cents.)
Kraft Wrapping Paper
Patterned Paper
Sewing Machine (optional)
Adhesive

1. Wrap the bricks with the kraft much like you would a present. Make sharp creases on all of the edges. See…

2. Cut 14 1 inch x 12 inch strips or enough to cover the height of the brick with a little room left over. I then sewed mine together with a zig zag stitch on my machine – that’s optional.

3. Adhere strips around wrapped brick (they will most likely not meet in the back.) Make sharp creases at the corners.

4. At this point you could embellish the front with words, alphabets or other embellishments. I’m a simple gal so I left them plain.

Install on a shelf – beautiful! If you make them, please link me up I’d love to see!

and we wanted to share a special promotion we have for may. purchase any add-on during the may reveal and you will receive this sweet mini kit add-on {shown above} with your purchase. and i should note, that 7gypsies victoria book cover is one of my favorites ever! one mini kit per person while supplies last {although i’m pretty sure we have enough for everyone}.

consider this our sweet vintage way of saying thank you for all of your support over the last 9 months. we feel very blessed here at kenner road to have so many amazing customers {from 16 different countries!!} and so many amazing admirers.

and speaking of admiring… how about a few more sneaks from the design team to get your heart beating until our reveal newsletter goes out tonight. and if you don’t get the newsletter i highly suggest you sign up here. we have more promotions in the works for future releases and some of them will only be available to newsletter subscribers.

see ya tomorrow ;)

xo

happy new year everyone!

i am so excited to announce that we are adding another member to our creative team this month, jessi lute! her artwork is beautiful and her commitment to living a green lifestyle is so inspiring. her beautiful face and artwork will be added to our gallery with the kit reveal on the 14th but you can get to know her better by visiting her blog too!

welcome jessi!! i’m so happy you’ve joined our team!!

xo – kl