Die Cut Templates Kit

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Check out my blog for some matching freebie die cut journal cards, made especially to celebrate May 5th, International Scrapbooking Day!

Recently I’ve been coming across some gorgeous paper layouts online featuring elaborate die cut backgrounds, often combined with a “paper pieced” look using patterned papers behind the die cut shape. I love this bold, geometric look, and thought it would be fun for us digital scrappers to get in on the action! Creating these geometric patterns requires math and plenty of attention to detail - luckily that part is fun for me, and now you get to skip straight to the really fun part: using these die cuts in your layouts!

These four 12x12 templates are perfect for creating gorgeous layouts and bold backgrounds, and can even be used to make cool geometric paper patterns. Don’t be intimidated by the number of paper-piece sections; in three of these templates (Heart, Lattice, & Kaleidoscope) all the same-color bits are merged together so you can just clip a single paper and have your pattern show up in all of those spots.

Clipping papers to the Scales template can be a bit more of a process (it looks so great when it’s done, it’s worth it, I promise!) so I’ve included a bonus Photoshop action to help streamline the process. The action is a bonus included for convenience - the template still works perfectly well without it - and has not been tested in Photoshop Elements, though it may work in Elements as well.

This template pack includes each template in layered TIF and PSD formats, PNG format for software that does not support layered files, and PAGE format for SBC & Artisan users. I suggest using the layered TIFs if your program supports them because the file size is smallest; whatever you choose, you can delete the versions you won't be using. Save that hard drive space!

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