Mermaids have more fun!

Hi there!

Today's tutorial is on how to make a “one layer” card with your Oddball Stamps digital images.

Lately I have shown you several card designs with backgrounds drawn and colored by me, freehand. But if you do not feel safe and do not dare to try it on your own, you can make use of some digital stamps that would form a very simple background, but it turned out.

In the case of this card I have used the images #320 Mermaid Nixie Spirit of the Sea, #505 Creepy Cute Coconut and #507 Palm Trees, Flag & Sentiment Pirate Coves to create an island where to put the mermaid having a coconut soda while rests lying on the sand.

Doing it does not require much knowledge, just have a photo editing program installed and use the .png files that come in the .rar folders that you get when you buy the stamps.

I always use GIMP, a very easy-to-use free software with many utilities (very similar to Photoshop).

When you open your program, you can load the images or create a new document with the dimensions you want. I chose the size of a card. Then you simply upload your stamps, resize them and place them to the size and position in which you want them in your scene. To superimpose one on top of the other (as in the case of the coconut that is above the mermaid) or when loading the images, you do it in order from the furthest to the closest, or you reorder the layers of your file. When you have the basic scene (no horizon lines or any other details, just the stamps in the correct position and size), save your file in .png format

Then it is to follow the steps we normally take to print our digital stamps. Open a .doc, you don't need to resize since you saved it to the size of your card, and you print.

Once in paper format, you just have to color it with your favorite medium and you will get a finished panel ready to stick on your card base.

Super simple and quick to do.

I hope you like it and inspire and encourage you to make your own creations.

I remind you that you have the discount code DTIRENE10 for your purchases in the Oddball Stamps store and the hashtag #creepycutechronicles to share your work on the networks.

See you!