Hybrid Scrappers and Printables

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Hybrid Scrappers and Printables

I am curious how many of you do hybrid scrapping (meaning you print out digital scrapbook designs onto paper and use them to create paper layouts, cards, etc.), planner-decorating using printed-out digital supplies, and any other projects you might do that could involve printing out DigitalScrapbook.com designs on physical paper.

If you do these kinds of projects, or are planning to do them and are in the supplies-gathering phase, I'd love to ask you a few questions.

Question 1: For my recently released Cozy Day Journal Card Kits (also here and here) I included in the kit the primary versions of the cards which usually include some kind of digital texture as well as untextured versions of the individual cards and a printable PDF containing untextured versions of all the cards. It's time now to upload the individual cards themselves to the site.

I'd love to know if anyone feels they would benefit from the individual untextured cards (or other potentially-printable items in the future, like stickers, paper, etc.) being uploaded to the site? Or does it seem sufficient that when you download the entire kit you get the untextured versions and printable PDF? The potential reason not to do it is to not have six different copies of nearly the same card (textured 3x4, textured 4x4, textured 4x6, untextured 3x4, untextured 4x4, untextured 4x6) uploaded to the site, especially because visually it will be hard to tell when scrolling through the difference between textured and untextured, although of course they would be labeled and tagged that way.

Question 2: If you do print out digital design materials, do you prefer them to be "flat" and untextured? I've heard in the past from a few folks that digital textures print out "muddy" and just want to confirm that untextured for printables is the desire of the hybrid scrappers here on the site.

Question 3: What kinds of projects do you do with printables and hope to do in the future? What types of digital design resources are most helpful for that? This is your opportunity to make requests as I consider including more printables in my designs, and I'm guessing that the other DigitalScrapbook.com designers will be interested to know this as well.

Question 4: If you participate in forums or sites or read blogs that focus on printables, hybrid scrapping, planner-making usuing digital materials, etc, where people are discussing the types of things I'm asking about here, please point me towards them, because I'd love to also design with hybrid scrappers in mind who might not yet be part of DigitalScrapbook.com, perhaps because we don't focus on the types of material they are interested in, or they don't yet know what we do have available (Marisa has been rocking out on fantastic printable kits these days).

If there's anything I haven't asked about here that you'd like to let me know about the world of printables, hybrid, and planner scrapping, please do!

1: I'd lean towards having the digital versions be textured, while the printable PDF would be pretty much untextured (other than the texture from the blending of watercolors, etc.) I'm just starting to get back into having a planner after having gone to using my phone as my organizer for years.

2. Yes, digital textures trying to combine with the natural texture of whatever paper I choose to print on...while it ISN'T muddy, it ends up looking that way at some angles.

3. I primarily make greeting cards for my family with matching envelopes, and some small gift wrapping projects (small boxes from rectangular to round and hexagonal, Chinese-takeout boxes, pillow boxes, layered gift tags that can be hung on the tree once removed from the gift). Once in a while I'll make a banner or use a bunch of digital items to make a piece I can print as wall art. Oh, and I still send out invitations and thank you cards sometimes...so those are always good!

4. I can't think of any offhand right now, but I'll let you know if I do, or if I run across a fantastic new one!

Other things: Please, for printables, be sure you have two colorways--one for people who prefer light and pretty stuff and one for people who prefer darker colors. I know there have been quite a few times when I've loved a printable wall art piece except for the colors!

Thanks, Holly! That's really helpful info to have.

I hadn't thought about having multiple colorways for printable items, so that's a very helpful idea to keep in mind!

Most of the time I create the project digitally first to Xget an idea of how the project will look.
Next I create a new page and copy the objects to an 8X10 sheet to be printed.
I have printed objects on cardstock. Some of the objects are even printed in various sizes to layer them and give a shadowed effort.
I have a Brother ScanNCut. The printed sheets are scanned. Than I select the areas to cut and the machine proceeds to cut the objects.
Pictures are printed on photo paper. If cutting is needed I would use my paper cutter to cut straight lines or the machine to cut circles.
The background paper is chosen with the digital background in mind and all is put together.

Thank you, Judy, for sharing your experience!