Digital Card Making Freebies

Digital card making freebies from previous newsletters are all archived in this section of your free Craft Library.

Pastel Summer Background Papers Summer Pastel Tiles	Patterned summer pastel papers and teabag style sheets for your card making. I HIGHLY recommend the free Picasa software ... Change the colours! Picasa tells you the best size to print at. Re-size larger patterns to fit small cards better. Print only as much as you need AND cut or re-size easily. Picasa Videos Here
	This cross stitch pattern is only 2.5" x 2.9" - suitable for the smallest of greeting cards. Click the pic to open and print or save to your computer (or right click/save link as). You may be asked for your password again: iamavip If you sew it, I would LOVE to see it
Parchment Greeting Card Ideas If you make any cards with my freebies please send them to me and I will show them off on the site!!!	These images would translate nicely into parchment patterns - just pick out the bits you want and ignore the rest. Trace the bits you want with a black felt pen, then place vellum over the top and trace with white ink as normal. It's up to you to emboss/perforate or colour, as you think fit. Or you can always print and colour as you would a rubber stamped image Digitally re-colour and print off Print straight onto vellum or trace for glass painted cards

Masculine Labels Masculine Papers	Card making for men and boys - various colour co-ordinated labels and papers for your cards or scrapbooks. I HIGHLY recommend the free Picasa software ... Change the colours! (small selection of textured papers) Picasa tells you the best size to print at. Re-size labels to fit small cards better. Print only as much as you need AND cut or re-size easily. Picasa Videos Here
LazyTown Stephanie Papers	Making a LazyTown greeting card? This very pink collection of patterned papers were made to co-ordinate with Stephanie from LazyTown. Don't like pink? Re-colour using Picasa (see video below)
Fishing and Sea If you make any cards with my freebies please send them to me and I will show them off on the site!!!	More images suitable for men and boys - the cartoon fisherman will make a great card or scrapbook layout! Print and colour as you would a rubber stamped image Digitally re-colour and print off Print onto vellum or pick out elements in the patterns and trace to make parchment or glass painted cards

VIDEO: Change the colour of a digital background paper or printable!

Dora Printables

Make your own Dora the Explorer cards with these patterned and co-ordinated papers based on Dora. I HIGHLY recommend the free Picasa software ... Change the papers to non-Dora colours ! Picasa tells you the best size to print at. Make big patterns smaller to fit better. Print only as much as you need AND cut or re-size easily. Picasa Videos Here

Mother n Child Little Girls Little Boys

Heartwarming images of mothers and their children, as well as two separate albums of cute little girls and boys... Print and colour as you would a rubber stamped image Digitally re-colour and print off Print onto vellum or pick out elements in the patterns and trace to make parchment or glass painted cards Some images are bold and sparse enough to be used directly as glass painting outlines, or even templates. Look out for unusual shapes that could make interesting cards e.g. the narrow landscape images in the girls album. Picasa from Google is fantastic free software that, among many other fab things, gives you the optimal printing size for any given image - I highly recommend using this with these images to avoid disappointment and wasted paper. Download it here...

February:

February Juicy Stuff for Card Making & Paper Crafts	A selection of patterned papers and tags. I HIGHLY recommend downloading the free Picasa software ... Change the colours! Get best printing quality Make big patterns or tags smaller to fit better on cards Cut and re-size easily Picasa Videos Here
Ships and Boats	Masculine images for cards or craft projects can be hard to find but ships and boats are a popular favourite. Print and colour Digitally re-colour and print Trace for parchment craft
Toppers	These lovely old fashioned pictures are small enough to be used as toppers, or printed straight onto card. You could: Decoupage them De-saturate (make black and white) and trace Isolate small images and make clip art/picture tubes
Romantic Prints and Patterns	A mix of prints and patterns to get creative with! Re-colour the prints by hand Digitally re-colour Pick out elements in the patterns and trace to make parchment or glass painted cards

Free Software to use with Card Making ...

• Google Earth - not just for the massive WOW factor but there is a special 'layer' that you can apply to get antique maps of the world/where you live - makes lovely customised background paper! Make a card or scrapbook page with a antique, or up to date, map of where you live, travelled to etc
  
• Skype - free calls to others with Skype or cheap phone calls and SMS text messaging to those who don't. I use this for sending SMS text messages and am planning on a trying a 'card making' public chat or 'Skypecast' soon.
  
• Norton Anti-Virus - there's a free trial on there too (I think it's 6 months?)
  
• Google Desktop - this is a great little gadget that sits at the side of your screen. You can use it for all sorts of useful things but the best use I find is for getting RSS updates as and when they are published, jotting down quick notes, my online Calendar and a to do list.
  
  ... or, only choose to download Picasa - the choice is yours.

Announcing 'Explore Your Creativity' ...

Previous Freebies

Christmas Printables - Card Making World.com	Full Colour Christmas Images re-size and print them 'as is' glitter them 3d decoupage them trace them for parchment craft or glass painting put them through your image editor ...
Christmas Card Making - Frames - Card Making World	Festive Borders Use the whole frame, or just pick out elements, to create borders for your cards... particularly good for parchment craft digital editing/coloring and perhaps cross stitch designs as well
Christmas Greeting Cards - Landscapes - Card Making World.com	Snowy Winter Scenes print and colour as you would a rubber stamped image; digitally recolour using layers and image editor; make images 'sepia' instead of b/w; trace onto vellum for parchment craft or trace/sketch and use watercolours.
Christmas Pictures for Crafts - Card Making World.com	LOTS of christmas imagery here ... just play!!

...and...

Don't have any Christmas coloured digital papers? No problem ...

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