You read it in many designers commercial-use (CU) product descriptions: “Perfect for the personal-use scrapper too!”
Sure, there are some CU products that might not be of interest to a personal scrapper; but there are also a lot of CU products that can be absolutely perfect for them!
For the next week, we are having a 3-2-1 CU Sale. That means: 3 products, $2 each, from 1 designer. If you, as a personal-use scrapper have avoided CU products, now is the time to experiment, with little financial risk. It is also a great time to try out a new-to-you designer to see how you like their products.
In addition to the 3-2-1 CU Sale, we are also having a CU Facebook Hop! I will put the list of the designers Facebook pages at the bottom of this post for your convenience.
With both of these events in mind, I put together a list of some of our past tutorials that will be helpful for you, as you consider which CU products you might like to experiment with. I’ve added just a very brief description of what you can expect to learn in each tutorial.
Stretching your Digi-Stash with Overlays: Using overlays can add interest to your kit paper, elements, or text.
How to Create a Clipping Mask: Clip papers to templates
How to Use Photo Masks: Learn how to utilize those beautiful photo masks in our CU store!
Coloring Digital Stamps: Learn how to create unique designs with digital stamps
Coloring Textured Grayscale Overlays: One fun, easy, creative way to color grayscale overlays.
4 Ways to use Overlays and Textures using Blend Modes: Blend Modes are easy to use and can give you a multitude of looks!
Blending a Photo into a Background: Our CU Papers will look even more beautiful with your photos blended into them.
PNG vs ABRfiles: Which should you use?: We have some lovely Brushes in our CU store. Have you wondered what to do with them?
I hope you will find these tutorials helpful and spark your interest in using CU products in your own personal scrapping! There are a lot more tutorials on our blog. If you have a question, type it in the Search box to see if you find a match with a past tutorial. If not, leave us a note in the Comments Box, and we will do our best to address your questions as soon as possible. We want to know what YOU want to learn!
Click on the image below to go to the 3-2-1 Sale!
Follow the CU Facebook Hop along this path:
The Urban Fairy
SnickerdoodleDesigns
Across the Pond – Boo
Across the Pond – Julie
ADB Designs
Vero – The French Touch
Angel Hartline Designs
Carin Grobe Design
butterflyDsign
WendyP Designs
Manu Scraps
Zesty Designs
Bekah E Designs
Fancy Bird Designs
Flower Scraps
Heartstrings Scrap Art
Prairie Song Scraps
Jilbert’s Bits of Bytes
I use CU stuff quite a bit in my own scrapping. Thank you for the CU Hop and the sale! A few stops aren’t working yet, but I will check back.
The link to “Coloring Digital Stamps” is going to the tutorial for Photo Masks. Just wanted to let you know. I’ll just do a search for the other tutorial though. 🙂
Also… the “blending photo into background” link takes you to a word press login page. 🙁
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