Creating your own punches!
Ok, I'm about as un-computer-savvy as they come, but I follow directions well! We just got back from a trip to St. John and I've always loved Leah's Nova Scotia page with the pictures in the title. Problem is, I don't like to "piece together" the letters around the pictures like she did. I wanted this look for a title page for my vacation album and was really excited about the new letter punches this week. Then I started playing and realized I NEEDED capital and "fatter" letters. Long story short, I did a google search to see if I could change a stamp (png file) into a punch (svg file)... and we can! I used the Letters stamp set in MDS and copied a file of each letter I needed to my desktop. Then I followed the awesome directions on this blog: http://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/convert-a-png-to-a...
At the end, instead of importing anything into the program she talks about, I just made a new folder in my MDS punches section and dragged the new svg files into that folder. The result is this:-) and the really cool thing is this will work with any solid stamp! A whole new world just opened up to me:-)!!!
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Permalink Reply by Tami Shadler on -
Trina, this is FABULOUS!!! That's what I love about this place... some small spark starts a fire and the creativity starts flying! Gotta figure out a way to incorporate this into my St. John album too;-). I sometimes wonder if I should print off an MDS book of just templates. I have so many samples tagged and favorited that I think it would be easier to have a paper copy that I could flip through. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Permalink Reply by Alana Jean-Louis on -
shortly after this post was made, s.u. gave us big letter punches! so if you don't want to go to all the extra effort - just search the mds pdf for alphabet and see all the kinds that have come out since! i cased that italy page using the s.u. punches.
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Permalink Reply by Ramie on -
AMAZING!!!!! I was soooo excited about the new punch alphabet last week. Now I am thinking of ALLLLLL the stamps I want to convert. This is the best idea EVERRRRRR!!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
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Permalink Reply by Marsha Ragan on -
I converted all mine last night and was playing around but the edges of mine seem pixelated and yours seem so crisp. Any idea what I did wrong? Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by Alesha Walls on -
Tami! You made my day! Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Permalink Reply by Lynn Pratt on -
That's great! Do you know how to trim a stamp so you only have part of it?
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Permalink Reply by Alana Jean-Louis on
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there is a video on this website showing how to color, then export jpg, then use like a paper or photo in a punch.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on -
I tried this with the Medallion stamp. I filled the 'Medallion punch" with DSP and added a drop-shadow. Pretty cool effect. I'm glad I came across this 'tip'. Thanks for sharing!
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Permalink Reply by Lynn Pratt on
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But there is no easy way to say, use the owl punch, but make his body and feet different colors?
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Permalink Reply by Susan M Erickson on -
Here you go Lynn:
1 add owl punch and fill with an orange color.
2 copy and paste the owl and fill with a brown dsp with minimal design. I used Christmas Cocoa II pattern 8.
3 double click on this image and drag the dsp up until the feet are not filled.
4 drag the brown image over the orange one and align it so the orange body doesn't show. Voila....brown body and orange feet! The only problem with this is that I haven't figured out a way to group them since the 'handles' for the punches are right on top of each other. I have attached my sample.
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Permalink Reply by Lynn Pratt on
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You are my hero! Thank you!
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