We are going to be looking at how to use digital images in our hands-on crafting. Hybrid might be an intimidating concept, but all we are doing is taking all of the beautiful images from inside of our computer and using our printer to get them out. There are so many types of products that you can run through your printer, but for this technique we are going to be using the #5 cloth tag, the #5 white tag and the #8 manila tag.
I started my project by opening a new 8" x 8" scrapbook page at Scrap HD. I put three Jenni Bowlin journaling houses on the page and clicked the "print from home" option that is available to the premium members.
When the file was sent to me I opened it up with Photoshop which is the image editor that I prefer. I could also have opened it in Word and achieved the same results.
I printed the image out onto 8.5" x 11" sheet of plain printer paper.
Then I got out the tags that I mentioned earlier and made sure that there was enough room for them on the paper. After I had that figured out, I used a re-positionable adhesive on the back side and placed them over the top of the houses.
I placed the #5 cloth over the aqua colored house, the #5 white over the red and the #8 manila over the brown, put the sheet of paper back into the feed tray and hit print again. This is where it gets fun to play! I didn't have the expected result and thought it would be good to show you that we have learning opportunities too! It is my belief that I learn more from my failures than from my successes. The first tag printed out perfectly, but the other two tags shifted.
So I got out my adhesive remover and cleaned the backsides of the tags. I then used the same re-positionable adhesive and adhered the clean side up and tried again.
This is the result that I got the with the second try. The #8 tag shifted again but the #5 stayed put. What I think is happening (or what I learned) is that the tags seem to be stiffer and not as good as bending to go through the printer on the side. When I was planning my page at Scrap HD, I was trying to squeeze more images onto the page to maximize my printing, so had rotated the images in the document there to be more efficient. What I would do next time is three different documents that had the image upright and unchanged. This would allow any size tag to be put through my printer with a higher likelihood of success (I think). So the #8 tag hit the round file and the other two were put to work!
On the #5 white tag stitch some Prima "Regia" lace onto the bottom and then stamp "Black Soot" Distress ink with a sentiment from the Hero Arts "Mi Casa" set.
Tie some twine through a couple of Jenni Bowling "Reader" chipboard buttons.
And then adhere them to the tag.
This is what it looks like when it is finished, super easy and fun! I think this tag would be darling as the tag on a house warming gift or on a basket of goodies for a neighbor that might need a pick me up.
Next we are going to add some fun to the cloth tag. I stamped a sentiment and image from the "Sew Special" Rummage Bin set with "Coffee" Archival ink.
I then fussy cut out the cute vine and a few flowers from the Cosmo Cricket "Material Girl" paper and adhered it all using a Quickie Glue Pen.
The finishing touches are some "White Silk" ribbon and a darling little "Crystal" straight pink from Maya Road.
I love the depth and dimension that all of these layers provide, and it all started with running a few tags through my printer. Easy Peasy!
Now that you know a little more about hybrid, hopefully it isn't as intimidating. And think of all the fun things there are to run through your printer, with all of the amazing art that can be found through your computer, oh the possibilities are limitless!!
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