Digital Die-cuts

One of the options in CM's StoryBook Creator Plus is the ability to "cut" shapes out of digital paper. In this layout using pictures of flowers taken at my brother and sister-in-law's home, I used a background from the Mod paper pack. I used a flower from the nature shapes for the daisy and a shape from the geometric shapes for the center of the flower.

August Roses

August is a great time for roses and despite the hot, dry weather a few of mine have been putting on quite a show. Here a couple of my favorites this week.

This page is in the 12 x 12 size and uses the green paper from the CM Primary Pack. I slightly recolored it to a bit more of a yellow tint and reduced the opacity to highlight the photos. I added a small black mat to the photos. The leaves at the bottom of the page are from the CM Hannah Montana set and the black photo corners are from the CM Office Supplies Embellishments.

I often reduce the opacity of backgrounds or sections of the page. It is like creating digital vellum only without the need to worry about adhesive showing. Since I print most of my pages at home, an added bonus to this technique is the amount of ink my printer consumes is greatly reduced. To reduce the opacity of any element on a page, open the tools tab. Opacity is on the right side of the screen in the effects section.