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In this post I'm sharing how I created this hybrid page, inspired by this quilt pattern, featuring the digital papers from the black & white scrapbook kit. This kit has fourteen incredible classic & modern paper designs that are perfect for accents, backgrounds, and pairing with pops of color. This is definitely going to be a kit I continue to pull from a lot.  Quote card from the Pieces Kit, Ali Edwards Design Inc.  First...let's talk a little color theory. According to Adobe, some consider white to be a color, because white light comprises all hues on the visible light spectrum. And many do consider black to be a color, because you combine other pigments to create it on paper. But in a technical sense, black and white are not colors, they're shades. Did you know that black has a grounding effect that gives the eye a place to rest? Interior designers use black accents for dramatic results. It enhances the colors that surround it and highlights the negative space surrounding pieces with hints of black. Have you ever wondered why colors pop when used with black? Not only does black have depth, it's also versatile and complementary with pretty much every color in the spectrum. Using white, as a contrast provides a soothing effect, making other colors stand out, particularly brighter ones. It's no surprise that when we think of colors that go with everything, most think of the neutral trio: black, white, and gray. Making my digital quilt. In planning out my page, I decided I wanted this to be a page that would live outside of a page protector. I created a new design in Canva sized at 7 x 8.25 inches. And then just started playing with triangle "frames" to see how they would fit together to recreate the quilt pattern. This did take a bit of time to get the sizing correct. Once I was happy with how it looked on my page, I played around with dropping the digital pattern papers into the design. If I didn't like the placement, I simply dragged & dropped in another paper. I also added two of the digital prints from the July Stories by the Month kit and loved how they pop with the black & white. Next I added a second page to my design, then used one of the digital flowers in the kit to make a template for my stitching that would go on top of my quilt. Important tip: remember to allow for space to punch the holes. I wished I had checked this before I started my stitching. But good thing that I caught it, as I was able to make some adjustments on the flower closest to the bottom set of holes, otherwise I would have punched right through where my stitch would have been.  Once I was happy with the design, I downloaded it from Canva as a .pdf and printed the page on my HP7155 printer then trimmed the pages to size. Want to try this template? Find the design here. Stitching on Paper Here's a photo tutorial of how I punched the holes for the flower design stitches.
Important tip: use a sharp point needle. The needle I first picked (shown in photo) was too large and had a blunt point. I quickly discovered that it was making the hole too big when I stitched through the page. I switched to a thinner, and sharper needle and that worked great.
If you'd like to incorporate more stitching into your scrapbooks, you should check out this fun class called Playing with Paper, by Pam Baldwin. It's awesome!  I finished off my page by adding one little chipboard circle from the "Pieces" kit. I just love how this turned out, and just might become the opening page in a Pieces of Life album I've been wanting to start.
This page was designed as part of a social hop on Instagram. You can discover more ideas for the Black & White kit by visiting the links below and showing all my friends a little ❤️. A playlist of process videos can be found here
@aliedwards @chouxpuffcreations @nehlan.has.a.plan @denine2 @adawson816 @peacock.pigments @kh_papercrush @elizabethalvite @kimdocumentslife @scrapsandsnacks @rukristin @jeannemwill @poshplans @neelanalam @kirstenh @jenny_theriault @yin_dgs @mrsscrapandplan @lindalovescreating @littlethingsbigdays @virginiegoujon @circleplusarrow
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 It's a new year, with new word, ideas + inspiration. Since 2016 I have purchased a class by Ali Edwards that focuses on the concept of choosing "one little word". The monthly prompts are a way for me to connect with my word and look for ways that it shows up for me.
For some time now I've been subscribing to monthly Story Kits & Story Stamps from Ali Edwards and I really do love her kits! But did you know when you purchase both the physical kit & the matching stamp set, you also receive the digital Story Class files for that theme for free? Now that I'm using Canva more and more to create hybrid layouts for my memory keeping, I'm so happy I have these digital files!  Paper & Digital Elements | Ali Edwards // HOME Digital Story Stamp In this post I'm going to show you how to use the digital .png files from Ali's kits in Canva. This tutorial took me a few tries to figure out, so I'm going to save you all the time and frustration that I went through to get these files to working like a charm in Canva.com. (I use Canva Pro for my designs, not all features shown may be available in the free version)
The first thing you need to know is that you can upload a .png file into Canva and use it on your design as is. But what you won't be able to do is immediately change the colors of that .png file once it's in Canva. My first try at this came when I wanted to use one of Ali's .png files on a project, but I wanted it to be white, not black. |
I'm Kim.
A memory keeper embracing a hybrid approach to scrapbooking exclusively using Canva design software. Better Scrapbooks. Less Effort! 
An easy to follow class for memory keeping using Canva.
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