Digital Paper Piecing with Crate Paper’s Fourteen Collection & a Unity Stamp

Did you know that you could paper piece a rubber stamp digitally?  Well you can.  The proof is in the above picture. 

In the above card, I used my Silhouette Portrait’s Print-and-Cut feature to make these digital (and rubber) elements come to life. I scanned in one of my favorite Unity Stamps (Rain or Shine), filled it with prints from Crate Paper’s Fourteen Collection in Photoshop Elements, and saved it as a png file. Then I retrieved it in the Silhouette software, resized it to approximately 4-inches (the original is only 2-1/2-inches), and used the Print-and-Cut feature. Voila! Digital paper piecing with rubber stamps! Don’t be afraid to do this. It will bring more versatility to your rubber stamp collection. Many times I’ve colored in and/or paper-pieced rubber stamps, wishing that the images were just a little bit bigger or that the process was a bit easier, don’t you agree? We can all appreciate this look, right? With a scanner, printer, and a digital die cutter as powerful as a Silhouette, this is SO possible!

Who wouldn’t be inspired to do this when full collections from Crate Paper are available, just a mouse click away?

Crate Paper’s Fourteen Full Collection is now available at acdigitals.com.  Click on the above collection image to be taken directly to the product pages at AC Digitals.

Here’s the description from AC Digitals:

The Fourteen Collection is sweeter than candy and is a feast of vintage delights. Valentine’s Day icons — like hearts, flowers, lace and love notes — are doused in pinks, reds, creams and perfect touches of blue. Let the gorgeous Fourteen Collection capture your heart and your memories.

Buy the full collection and save 20%! The Fourteen Full Collection includes the following individual kits:

• Fourteen Element Pack #1 - includes 56 elements in PNG format
• Fourteen Element Pack #2 - includes 46 journaling cards & tags and 12 borders and border bits all in PNG format
• Fourteen Paper Pack #1 - includes 11 12x12 papers in JPEG format
• Fourteen Paper Pack #2 - includes 11 12x12 papers in JPEG format