Fox in Flowers

 

Use digital papers and a digital stamp to create these beautiful fox and flowers cards

Last week I used a pre-coloured digital stamp, but this week I show you how you can use a black and white outline digital stamp to make a beautiful card. I have also bought and downloaded the papers to use for backing papers.

Digital stamps and backing papers are a great option if, like me, you do not have access to a local craft shop. It also allows you to easily store the images and only print what you need. Alot of the time you can re-size the images too, so they can fit your particular project. They do not need to be printed onto fancy papers either. I've used a canon printer and a lightweight card and just selected the standard print quality of the printer.

This week I've made two slightly different cards but using the same image.

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Born to shop

 

Make this super simple card by using an already coloured image by Lili of the Valley

Maybe you are new to crafting or you do not have alot of craft stash to hand, or maybe you just need a really quick card. Then pre coloured and downloadable images are the answer. They are normally fairly cheap and you can download it immediately and print, as and when you need them (saves on having to physically store them too!). For the card this week I have used an image I have downloaded from Lili of the Valley:

I have stamped a greeting on the top of the image or you could just add a peel off or write your greeting. It's then just a case of layering onto a base card with another colour of card.

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Zig Zag Bear Trio Greeting Card

 

Layer up small images into a greeting card to give them presence

Sometimes you have small images that would look lost on a card. This card shows you how just layering them up with several layers of patterned papers really makes them stand out and they no longer look lost on the card. Also using a zigzag card base breaks down a larger card into 3 smaller sections.

I've used an old rubber stamp that I found when sorting out my craft desk, but this card would work with any small round image. If the images you have are square, then just replace the circle dies with square ones.

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Circle Trio of Cats

 

Birthday card made with a trio of small circular cat images

Lili of the Valley sell digi stamps through Etsy and this is a great way of getting images for your cards. They sell coloured or black and white images that you can colour yourself. So for this card, I've used a trio of cats image that prints just black outlines and I can then colour to match or coordinate with backing papers. Once downloaded you can keep on your computer and print whenever required. I have made a card previously with one of their pre-coloured images - if you'd like to see it click here)

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Woof you anniversary

 

Use a Lili of the Valley downloaded digital image to make this circular anniversary card

I went to a craft fair this week and bought myself some stitched circle nesting dies. I needed to make an anniversary card so decided to use the circle dies to create frames for one central image. This is the card I came up with:

I've made some cards using Lili of the Valley digital downloads before and if you don't like colouring, you can purchase one of their full coloured images. This really makes it an easy card and after you have paid for the image and downloaded it, you can save it to your computer and use it many times.

I like digital images because it means I do not have to store paper decoupage sheets amongst my crafting supplies and can just print them as and when I need them - less storage and less creasing! Quite often you get several sizes or you can alter the size to make it suit what you need.

You can do the same frame idea with square, rectangle or heart nesting dies, just make sure the smaller one is used on the first layer that is glued to the image and the larger one on the second layer - just follow the steps below.

Some of my previous cards made using LOTV (Lili of the Valley) downloaded digital stamps can be found by clicking on these links - Fathers day easel card, Watch the Birdie card and Animal birthday cupcake card.

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Animal Birthday Cupcake Card

 

Use some digital stamps from Lili of the Valley to create these bright and cheerful birthday cards for children

If you love the effect of stamping but do not like the colouring in, then why not use some digital stamps. In todays blog, I will show you how to create a bright and colourful child's birthday card using some digital stamps by Lili of the Valley.

For a small cost you can download these images to your computer and use them time and time again. They come in different sizes and you just print out what you need. Lili of the Valley also do digital stamps that you can print and colour.

I show you how to make a tiger birthday card but if you go to the bottom of my blog page you will see how the same card can be done in different colours with a dog cupcake image instead.

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