Dottie and George Creations

**craftymama** · 27-04-2008, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by kevie192

Forgive me for being simple but I don't see the point in having transparent images... Printers don't have white ink anyway so the white bits would always end up "transparent" when you print them. Is there any other reason for this?

Kevin x

Hi Kevin, if you look at my bathtime Dottie card in the post above yours I was able to resize and then print Dottie on to my patterned paper to give me a different background, which I believe if I had not got the transparent set I would not have been able to acheive (I may be wrong though but that was my understanding which is why I went for them also so that I could colour and fill with texture too) HTH

**kevie192** · 27-04-2008, 09:58 AM

But that's what I mean... It would have printed the same if you had the white image. The printer doesn't contain white ink so it would not have printed anything but the outline - the same as the transparent set. And you can add effects to the white ones too.

Maybe I'm missing something

Just wondered, thats all... Perhaps it's "cleaner" with the transparent background but I can't see how :S

Kevin x

**Louly** · 27-04-2008, 11:48 AM

I totally agree Kevin, that's what I thought at first too. But like Caroline said, the idea about patterned paper is for when you add a patterned bckground layer on the computer before you print. Does that make more sense? If you layered the jpeg image onto a patterned background on the computer you'd have a white square blocking it. Of course if your quite good on painting programmes you can still get around that even if you purchase the jpeg image.

**kevie192** · 27-04-2008, 11:59 AM

Ohhhh, I see now! What I was thinking is that it would be easy to just delete the white or fill it with the pattern. I guess sometimes I forget that not everyone is as au fait with the graphics programs as us techies are!!!

Kevin x

**craftingkaren** · 27-04-2008, 04:45 PM

My Geoerge cards are on my blog, but i will be doing more tonight to share and will put them here too. Thanks for starting the thread Lou

**Louly** · 27-04-2008, 06:46 PM

Fab! I'll look forward to seeing them. I've been working all weekend on the Dottie at work collection, I'm just adding the finishing touches so watch this space. I'm quite excited about it, we have teacher and Lollipop Lady Dottie for those end of term thank yous there are eight other occupations too, including a vet and a nurse.

**craftymama** · 27-04-2008, 06:52 PM

OOOH Louly now I'm getting all excited, great idea for teacher cards and the vet one will be fantastic as DD so wants to be a vet and she loves George and Dottie, she has pinched my sakura pens and is on a colouring in marathon!

**Nellyphant** · 27-04-2008, 06:53 PM

Jac I love your card. I love how you printed Dottie onto patterned paper. I might have to borrow your idea!

**craftymama** · 27-04-2008, 06:55 PM

Thanks Nic, its one of the many things that appealed to me with Dottie & George they really are very versatile and borrow away glad I could inspire.

**craftingkaren** · 27-04-2008, 07:44 PM

cant wait to see your new creations Lou.
Jac love your cards.

**Louly** · 27-04-2008, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by craftymama

Here is my latest Dottie card, made it for the bedazzled cc class. The beads dont show up that well though. Also been and bought fun time and dress up dottie so only zodiac left hopefully will be able to get that next month!

Jac I'm so sorry, I don't know how I missed this. What a brilliant idea to use her in the backing paper!

Well, Dottie at work is now finished and sent off so we just need to wait for Karen to put them on site.