Hi folks! This week, I decided to go through the process of making a card from scratch using digital and real elements. I suppose you would call it hybrid and since I’m really looking forward to Spring weather, I decided to use the Tuscany landscape I live in for inspiration. Although I feel like all cardmaking is hybrid, given that someone printed pattern papers or those embellishments you are using…I guess you can say that it is all mixed media. You do and use whatever needed to achieve the look you want, right? Here’s the finish card and I also incorporated a bit of paper piercing given the current digital tuesday challenge.
I started by sketching out a design for my card with simple pencil and paper. Once I decided roughly what I wanted, I went onto the computer and drew the hills and printed on watercolor paper, then drew the sunflower and clouds and printed them on cardstock. I actually wanted to print everything out in color, but I ran out of yellow ink…so I had to improvise. The hills were actually watercolored in but the clouds already had blue when printed. I also added some sparkle via heat embossing to the clouds. The rest is regular cardstock, stamping and embellishing. Although I also spent a whole lot of time cutting a slice of cork and gluing the string to it! I could have added some faux stitching with a pen, but this time around added the paper piercing for the border to add a different look. I think it’s pretty cool to be able to create a card from scratch and that enables you to really match up the colors and elements. I love digital cardmaking, whether all digital or hybrid, because it gives me to the power to create what I need. A digital stamp image, a background or some embellishments maybe? I can print things out in color to match perfectly as well…the possiblities are endless. I hope you will try hybrid card making as well. If you want to use my images, feel free to download below…although that sunflower is pretty tedious to cut out, I must admit!
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This turned out great. The piercing is a wonderful addition to your card. Thanks for the joining us at DTC and for the free digi’s.
Beautiful!
I colored a copy of your sunflower before, from the png you posted last year, but haven’t actually used it. I cheated and cut an oval mat around it, instead of cutting all the details.
That’s a good idea! I really should design something simpler, huh?
Thanks for stopping by!
oh I love it. Flowers and landscapes are perfect for watercolors…. but seriously, your card is too cute.
What a lovely card! And thank you for the sunflower – I’ll be sure to link it to your blog when I use it
TFS
Helen — Firenze Cards
Wonderful card! I love that sunflower. Thank you!
beautiful Linda!
Cute, cute card. Thanks for sharing the sunflower with us too.
Wow! You sure are talented! Your the first blog I visited where you designed your own digital stamp! Great job! I love your creativity. Thanks so much for playing the DTC this week!
Thanks everyone!
this is beautiful Linda!
I love the scene you’ve created!!
Thank you so much for playing with us at
Digital Tuesday!
Blessings, Maria
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