Today I want to share with you one of my favorite ways to use digital stamps on a hybrid or paper layout using paper punches from your stash.
It is much more likely that I will use my digital stamps on a hybrid layout when they are already printed and ready to use. Yes, with pre-printed items you lose a bit of flexibility, but do you know the good news about digital stamps? You can always print them again if you need a different size to fit your project! Of course it rarely ever happens that I actually have to print it again, even though it is always good to know that I COULD.
This time I want to show you how not only to get your digital stamps printed, but I also want to encourage you to use you paper punches. For this I add all stamps I like from one set on one A4 (or letter size) page and shrink down all elements at once to either two or one inch, because I know this is the size that will fit most of my punches. I could go ahead and measure them correctly. This takes more time than I want to spent on preparing my prints, so I just see how far I get with this first try. Don’t worry too much about which stamp will fit to which punch and which sizes are needed. If you really have a stamp that’s not fitting like you want, remember that you can always print it again. And most often you will be able to make it work without reprinting.
I like to print in black & grey or if I have a special layout or kit in mind, I might also print some in matching colors. The black ones will be printed twice – one is left black and the other one is to add foil to later on.
Now comes the fun part: matching your punches to your stamps. There are no rules – just see what looks best for you. If you print multiple times you can also experiment with using different punches with the same stamp.
I would love to see your creations as well, please share yours in our gallery and take part in the corresponding challenge in the forum!
About the Author: Anika is part of the hybrid team here at thedigitalpress.com. She loves to travel and use the photos her boyfriend takes (thanks for that!) to scrapbook. Digital, paper and hybrid. When she is not scrapping, she is most likely playing a computer game or in a city searching for a geocache.