Making cards - Ideas (part 5)

dawnteabag

Oh Marg - that's just the kind of thing I would do ;-)

Does anyone know how you would work out how to print in a colour to match a stamped ink. I've stamped ' Order of Service' in stazon Blazing Red but now need to print something on the printer to match. I'm guessing I'd need the numbers for RGB but how do you find them out?

Achey head this morning (oopsy it's afternoon already) as I haven't had enough sleep. Went to a wedding reception and got back relatively late - was nearly 2 before I dropped off and then I couldn't sleep as I had a couple of friends stopping over, one of which needed to leave pretty early and I didn't want to wake up after them iykwim.

viclspence

dawnteabag wrote: »

Oh Marg - that's just the kind of thing I would do ;-)

Does anyone know how you would work out how to print in a colour to match a stamped ink. I've stamped ' Order of Service' in stazon Blazing Red but now need to print something on the printer to match. I'm guessing I'd need the numbers for RGB but how do you find them out?

Achey head this morning (oopsy it's afternoon already) as I haven't had enough sleep. Went to a wedding reception and got back relatively late - was nearly 2 before I dropped off and then I couldn't sleep as I had a couple of friends stopping over, one of which needed to leave pretty early and I didn't want to wake up after them iykwim.

I suppose one (probably unhelpful) option would be to print out the different reds you have on a sheet of paper and see which is closest. I've just had a quick search on google but nothing springs out at me about what kind of colour it is. Sorry!

dawnteabag

thanks Vici - that was my plan b. The other alternative would be to not stamp the 'Order of Service ' bit - print that too - but then I'd be cross with myself for buying the stamp & ink pad and not using them.

Addams

Ali - Belated birthday wishes for yesterday. Hope the card arrived on time though!

Wifey - Glad the op went well.

Dragonllew - Love your promarker storage idea, may have to sort mine like that!

Thanks to all who posted links for the lovely freebies

Trying to get a card done for my neice for her 21st. Part way there, just need to add the extras!
Hugs to all xx

Georgiegirl2012

Addams wrote: »

Ali - Belated birthday wishes for yesterday. Hope the card arrived on time though!

Wifey - Glad the op went well.

Dragonllew - Love your promarker storage idea, may have to sort mine like that!

Thanks to all who posted links for the lovely freebies

Trying to get a card done for my neice for her 21st. Part way there, just need to add the extras!
Hugs to all xx

I don't normally put "hugs to all" at the bottom of my posts, but I did the last time - I must be channelling Addams xxx

ali.b.123

Dragonllew/Marg - thanks for the help re embossing with nesties.
Rainmac/Georgiegirl Thanks for the freebie links.
Soma - hope you are ok.
Addams /Artydoll - yes thank you your cards came will hopefully get them blogged tonight .

twinkledust

Georgiegirl & rainac - thanks for the links!

Marg - that made me laugh out loud! exactly the kinda thing I would do! lol

I have the docs first thing in the morning which I am hoping I can get downstairs for! I think I will as my back seems to have eased slightly I haven't been over the door since Thursday afternoon Don't think I will be at work this week either which I'm not happy about as I have too much to do! :eek:

My OH was fed up listening to me last night when I told him my plans for my crafty space in the spare room :rotfl:one day he will come home and it will be done and I don't think he will be very happy but tough! lol nothing he can do when its done mwahahahahahahahahahaha!

*cackles and flies off*

Twinkle x

Marg

DTB - can you scan in what you've stamped? and open it in paint and play with the reds there until you get a close match on screen the check the 'numbers' from there? Sorry, that's not a very good explanation. I'm happy to go into more detail if you think it will help. I haven't got Stazon red or I'd have a play for you. If you want to email me a little piece I'm willing to try but it might not come 'true'

THE-WIFE_3

That would have been my suggestion too, DTB.

Also,something else you could do is to type up a few lines in Word and try changing the font colour, the basic red will be a good starting point and gradually increase the colour ratios until it's the colour you want. Don't forget to try this out on a piece of the card/paper you'll be using as different papers may absorb more of the ink or be a different shade of white.

Can anyone recommend a good selection of digi wordart, I'm looking for something in the greeting line that I can increase the size of to fit some of the bigger nesties I've got.

viclspence

My god i'm so stupid at times. After trying and trying to get my martha stewarts punches to work properly I just couldn't fathem out why the corner punch didn't punch at the same level as the the border punch. I almost threw the thing across the room at one stage, then realised that the corner punch has 'wings' to line it up! D'oh!

I am trying to put some cards in cyber space, but my internet is very slow. yesterday I bought some pretty flowers instead of the usual ones I use so have combined them and the punch and am rather pleased with what it came out with. Plus the water colours from last night so i've had quite a successful 24 hours!