Dirty Overlay

November 8, 2007 | Filed Under Freebies 

In the Sugarplum Paperie store there are two “neat and clean” cardboard paperie packs. They were created for those times when you just want to let your photos and elements do the talking. But if you’re anything like me, you just can’t resist dirtying up the edges, like so:

Observant

That’s why I created today’s freebie:

Dirty Overlay

DETAILS:
Contains one dirty overlay
12 x 12 at 300 dpi, saved as .png file
Drop shadow for illustration only

There are three main ways to use an overlay like this:

  • Copy and paste it over your paper, leaving the blending mode at “Normal.” This will look like black ink.
  • Change the blending mode to “Overlay” and play around with the opacity percentage. I used Overlay here, with the opacity set to 75%.
  • Change the blending mode to “Soft Light” and play around with the opacity percentage. Soft Light works just like Overlay, except that it is more subtle.

I hope you enjoy playing around with this freebie! As always, I love to see your creations, so feel free to leave me a link. You never know–YOU could be featured here on the blog!

Comments

20 Responses to “Dirty Overlay”

  2. Kari Nichols
    on November 8th, 2007 at 9:50 am

    LOVE LOVE LOVE this overlay!!! and thanks bunches for the little how-to. lol

  3. bl
    on November 8th, 2007 at 10:50 am

    Thanks for the fantastic overlay!

  4. Gina
    on November 8th, 2007 at 11:13 am

    Love the overlay! Thanks for sharing.

  5. SarahB
    on November 8th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    The simple background looks great! Very nice overlay!

  6. cindyrelly
    on November 8th, 2007 at 11:18 am

    Thank You for this and the instructions….I gotta try it ;)

  7. amy
    on November 8th, 2007 at 11:36 am

    great overlay!!! :)

  8. Jill
    on November 8th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    OHH Thanks for the overlay. It will come in LOTS of use~!

  9. scrappypat
    on November 8th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    Great overlay. Boy I shouldn’t have peeked here while at work, now I can’t wait to get home and play with this!

  10. Nikkie
    on November 22nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    Hi Nicole,

    Thank you so much for this wonderful overlay! I just used it for a LO, which you can see on my blog (www.nikkiescrap.blogspot.com).

    Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Rachel Stiverson
    on July 25th, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Thanks Nicole!!! This will be fun to play with!

  13. Jane
    on July 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Thanks for this Beautiful Overlay also tips for its use.

  14. Karen
    on July 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Thank you – your freebies are the best!

    Kx

  15. Susan
    on July 25th, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Thank you for the overlay.

  16. LoriLee
    on July 26th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    Thanks a bunch. Love overlays!

  17. Sheila (pianomama7)
    on August 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Thanks! This is a cool overlay. I will definitely play around with that mode!

  18. RealRach
    on August 11th, 2008 at 7:41 am

    Nicole, I just used this. It on a layout called First Kiss on my blog. THANK YOU again for this! It really made my paper pop it was just what I needed!

  19. Dagmar
    on October 5th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Very cool. Thanks!

  20. Anne
    on October 18th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    I love a dirty overlay
    Many thanks
    Anne

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