Saturday Special 7/18 – Paper Punching
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
For today’s Saturday Special Challenge we are going to borrow a technique from paper scrapping – paper punching. There are many ways to digitally punch shapes in your papers. I’ll show you one way using Photoshop Elements 5.0. Feel free to use this way or any other way that works for you.
Select the area you would like to punch. I used the magic wand to select the inside of the circles. You can also you the marquis selection tool, lasso tool or even select an element or shape layer.
Choose the paper layer that you would like to punch. Hit delete.
That’s it!
There are endless possibilities with digital punching. You can punch as many shapes as you can create (or find in your stash). You can even use the “discarded” punch shape as an element on your LO too. I’m a stickler for not having any waste (hehe!). You can place elements in/on/around your punch or use your punch as a frame. Maybe you can even use your punch in your title. Oh the possibilities!
Here Monique punched the 07 from the paper and photo and then reused the 07 on the top of her LO.
Products: Jingle All The Way by GG Digital Designs, Dynamic Duo Set 4 template by Sya’s Blueprints, Messy Christmas Wordart by Plum Dumpling Designs
Here’s one from Cristina. She punched the flowers from the frame and then used the punches for her cluster on the bottom.
Products: Enjoy the Moment, Striped Candy Alpha and Worn Cardboard Strips Alpha by Sahlin Studio, Font: Pea Olson
From emileem. She punched some hearts out of a red piece of paper and scattered them throughout her LO.
Products: Gingerbread by Chelle’s Creations, Word Art by Andilynn Designs
Here’s my completed LO where I cut out the inside of those circles from the template.
Products: Template from MEGA Template Pack by SM CT and DT, Let’s Camp S’more by Chelle’s Creations
Your challenge this month is to create a LO where you digitally “punch” your paper. Have fun and be creative!
This challenge will end on July 31, 2009.
For a refresher on the Matter of Scrap Challenge system, please visit this thread.
