Hi! Okay, so I cheated on my stamp diet. I know, I'm so weak especially when there are so many cute stamps on my wish list. I bought my first Wryn and actually my first ever Tiddly Inks stamp. Wryn is so adorable that even though I'm not such a big fan of digis, I had to get at least one. So I decided to get Spring Bling cause I thought she would be a very versatile image great for any special occasion. I have to also thank Christy because she was so quick and friendly when I had problems getting my links to the digis. Great customer service!
I decided to use the sketch over at Ribbon Carousel Challenge cause sometimes, well, most of the time, I think I'm design challenged. I really admire folks that can crank out those sketches and create pretty cards.
I think this Wryn is so adorable! I'll be entering this also in Tiddly Inks Challenge 80--Sparkle it Up! so I added some rhinestones in the corner and stickles on the flowers. I bought a whole bunch of these rhinestones in different colors from Walmart. I think they were only a dollar for 60 in a package. But now I never see them in stock when I check. Glad I bought a whole bunch then.
Maybe this is a better view of the stickles on the flowers.
So the difficult thing I have with digis is just getting them to dry well so the lines don't smear. I think I had to use my hair dryer on this for about 2 minutes and there was still a tiny smear by her cheek. (Now everyone's gonna look for it). I tried to avoid coloring over her eyes cause that I'm sure would've smeared. And the other thing is, what size do you print your digis out at? I think I reduced this one to 3x3 inches but I'm never really sure what is a good average size that would work well on a regular card.
Now I'm gonna color some other digis I bought. Yes, more diet cheating but I promise I didn't go overboard. Thanks for reading!
So the difficult thing I have with digis is just getting them to dry well so the lines don't smear. I think I had to use my hair dryer on this for about 2 minutes and there was still a tiny smear by her cheek. (Now everyone's gonna look for it). I tried to avoid coloring over her eyes cause that I'm sure would've smeared. And the other thing is, what size do you print your digis out at? I think I reduced this one to 3x3 inches but I'm never really sure what is a good average size that would work well on a regular card.
Now I'm gonna color some other digis I bought. Yes, more diet cheating but I promise I didn't go overboard. Thanks for reading!
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Quick question - what type of paper are you using.... I couldn't fiqure out why your images smear after printing. I never ever had this problem and have been using digis for a while now.....
It sounds like you have an inkjet printer. What I do is once I print it I use my heat embosser to dry the image, then let it set for 30 mins. That seems to help the ink to not smear, but it's not full proof. Especially if you are saturating the paper with ink. This is when you learn how to do light strokes. You could invest in a laser printer. As for size, that's pretty much by experimenting. There are lots of tutorials on the TI site since they are a digi company. Check it out.
BTW, buying digis aren't as high in calories as rubber. lol!
;)
Thanks for joining the Tiddly Inks Challenge and good luck!
I usually size my digi's at a height of 3.5"-4". I don't know why, I just like that size for colouring in!!
Thank you for popping in and sharing it with the Tiddly Inkers
hugs Lou xxx
Love, love, love.
Thanks for joining us over at Tiddly Inks for our 'Sparkle' challenge. Good luck.
xo, Lou Mac.
Angie x
-Kindra
Thanks so much for joining us for the Sparkle challenge at Tiddly Inks!
Arabella
PS I think the inkjet smearing is to do with the type of ink. I use a Brother printer and it doesn't smear, but I know when I used my Mum's Canon that ink did smear. I think heat setting it should help.
I usually use Word to put my digis in (change the text wrapping to Tight so the images can be moved around) and fit as many as I can to a page (usually around 6)... just eyeballing for size.
Hugs,
Larissa