Wednesday 31 January 2024

Creating digital art- a simple tutorial!







Hi lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing  a simple tutorial on how I design my digital artwork. I am by no means a professional at this! But I thought I would share my process with you if you are just starting out with digital design. It was all a bit trial and error to start with, but now I am more confident in creating my own designs!







Here is my YouTube video and below is a simple step by step guide. I use Canva free to create, but you can upgrade if you wish to. 



































Thank you so much for stopping by the Den, I really appreciate your visit and kind comments! 






Zowie Dixon

Eastern scrapbook layout and a mini guide on how to create simple digital art!








Hi lovelies, hope you are well! It's really early in the morning here (almost 2am) where I live in the UK. Insomnia is just awful; I am a long-time sufferer! Unfortunately it has plagued me since my teenage years and now my sleep medication seems  to not be working very well. I am most definitely what is called a 'night owl'! 











I came across this beautiful free Eastern image from Gecko Galz which inspired me to create this layout. (you'll find the image at the bottom of the GG blog page, just scroll on down!) 



 



I have used these lovely white wood grain and floral papers from my stash. I have digitally created this one using Canva. I find this online site really easy to use when creating digital items, such as layouts, posters, images and photos. There is a free option which I always use. It's also a great app as you are not limited to a certain amount of designs you may create. I get free Png's and images from various free online sites. I also use remove.bg to allow me to turn non-tansparent images into png format. It really is quiet simple once you know how!
I may decide to create a quick and easy video tutorial on my YouTube channel for those wanting to learn more about digital artwork. I am by no means a pro at digital art, but I just want to share what I have learned myself. I had to start somewhere and it really is just trial and error until you are happy with your digital art. Please keep an eye out for my video tutorial in the next coming week or so! 

Another quick tip! I also use the Capcut video editing app to create my YouTube videos. 

















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Thank you so much for stopping by the Den, I really appreciate your visit and kind comments! 






Zowie Dixon

Monday 29 January 2024

Shakespearean mini journal

 






Hello lovelies, hope you are keeping well! Today I am sharing a Shakespearean theme mini journal that I have created. 















To start, I took three brown self seal envelopes and cut them down to 4.5 inches in width and 4 and one quarter inches in height. But, you can easily adjust to whatever size that you'd like. I did put some extra glue on the self seal strip using just a standard glue stick. 

Next, using vintage photo distress ink I distressed all edges of these beautiful papers that I have used. 













I have also used these stunning free images from Gecko Galz. A fussy cut butterfly and a Shakespeare  journal quote.





















For this page I have used: 

sepia papers
Fussy cut butterfly 
vintage image from Gecko Galz. 
























For these pages I have used: 








































To finish my mini journal I used a cropodile to punch two holes into the side panel. I threaded through some vintage lace, then tied with a bow to secure the pages together. 

I really hope that I have inspired you to create your own vintage mini journal! 


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Thank you so much for stopping by the Den, I really appreciate your visit and kind comments! 

Thursday 18 January 2024

Faux vintage ID cards






Hello lovelies, hope you are keeping well! Tonight I am sharing some faux vintage ID cards inspired by Monica Taylor. Thank you to Monica for the wonderful inspiration!


















I created these by using plain Kraft card stock, then I rounded the corners with my Xcut corner punch. Next, I distressed the edges of the card using vintage photo distress ink. 











Here I have used these wonderful freebie photo booth photographs from Monica Taylor. Which I matted on to plain black card stock. I also distressed the photo with Vintage photo ink. 

I have used these lovely clear stamps: 

Cathe Holden sign here stamps
Tim Holtz holiday postmarks rubber stamps

I have stamped them using:

Ground espresso distress ink
Vintage photo distress ink
Tuxedo black memento ink. 
















I have used the same technique for this ID card, but have used another rubber stamp:

Tim Holtz correspondence rubber stamp set.


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I really hope that I have inspired you to create your own faux vintage ID cards!








Thank you so much for stopping by the Den, I really appreciate your visit and kind comments! 






Zowie Dixon


I would like to enter my creation into the following challenges: 




Cardz 4 guys -338      I have used new stamps!


Vintage wallet and faux ID card

 













Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing a vintage wallet and faux ID card that I have created. There will be a list of ingredients that I have used at the bottom of this post... 



















































List of ingredients used
















Fussy cut butterfly ephemera

Kraft cardstock

Black cardstock



I really hope that I have inspired you to create your own vintage theme wallet and Faux ID card!




Thank you so much for stopping by the Den, I really appreciate your visit and kind comments! 






Zowie Dixon