Information for paper crafters. This section includes Card Making and Scrap Booking.
Mar 30
Over on Free Craft Downloads we make loads of Word Card Templates. Some of the say things such as Happy Easter, Merry Christmas etc whilst others contain peoples names. These templates are actually quite easy to make as long as you have the correct graphics programme. In our video we have used PaintShop Pro be …
Mar 21
Quite often you find two separate images which you would like to combine into one. Very occasionally this can be as simple as feeding the paper through the printer twice. This is something I do fairly often with patterns e.g. the first time I put the paper through the printer I may get it to …
Dec 24
This tutorial with show you how to make your own inserts for card making. Using the same technique you can make a wide variety of sheets. This is a very simple method which you should pick up in no time at all. First of all you need to find a suitable backing paper and if …
Dec 21
(remember most images in the tutorial can be clicked on to make them larger) For most of the functions that you can access from the menu in Gimp there are usually Hot-key short-cuts to the same function which are shown in the menu and which, when you get used to remembering them, can save you …
Dec 09
As with many of the techniques on this site this may seem a little complicated at first. However by working through it carefully or better still following the steps and doing it at the same time all will soon make sense with some wonderful results. First we need to open the image we wish …
Dec 08
This is simple and fun, once you have the hang of it you will be able to make square, round, oval and rectangular pyramid papers from almost any image you like. Again we will be using Paintshop Pro 8 (newer version is Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3) to make these but it should be possible …
Dec 08
To make a gradient backing paper we are going to use Paintshop Pro. Other programmes such as GIMP and Photoshop will work in a very similar way although particular controls may be in different places. First of all we have to make a blank sheet. Go to File and then New. A box will pop …
Dec 03
The Screen Shots here are from IrfanView but as we have said before, the basic process would be the same in many graphics programmes. Firstly we need to make the blank page. Go to Image / Create new and a dialogue box will open. To make an A4 sheet in 150 dpi (suitable for printing …