digital heart print
Last weekend we spent the weekend packing up & putting away our Christmas decor & Lydia was not so happy about this :) I told her we'd make up some Valentine's Day decorations to put up around the house, so I thought I'd show you a little of what I'd done. I started with this print...
you could do one up like this too if you have a program like photoshop or photoshop elements. All I did was open up a new file 8.5x11 inches & I had a heart shape from one of my kits that I used for a clipping mask. Basically I kept duplicating the heart layer & placed them how I wanted them until I filled the area I wanted to use {I did mine so it would fit in a 8x10 frame with extra room around}. Then I picked my papers... I used Jen Allyson's Vintage Findings Pink Paris & Antique Prints Digital Papers. I clipped a the papers sort of in a random order in each heart until I got the "look" I wanted. Next I added the stitching over them. For this I used my In Stitches Neutral Basics kit {this one's the tan straight stitch}. For the background I used the lined paper from my Feels Like Home September kit & then added the Plain paper from Jen's Antique Prints kit over top as an overlay. With a little drop shadow on the hearts, it looks just like you cut them all from "real" paper with no mess! I just love how it turned out & it looks so sweet in my chunky distressed black frame that I revolve my seasonal prints in. I hope you'll try one for yourself!
{robyn}
01.15.2011
Reader Comments (2)
Thanks for sharing! I'm fairly a newbie to digital so I will not attempt BUT you have inspired me to do it with my punch and papers! Thanks. lOve your blog.
I really thought this was real, made of actual pieces of cut out paper hearts and stitching! Looks so good! I really want to try this but need to learn how to use or make clipping masks first. I have lots of homework to do. Hopefully I can do the research and have it down before Valentines....of 2011 (^•^) ha!