My EKDuncan "Old World Charm" digital collection of scrapbooking supplies

Part 1 - The Background Pages for the "Old World Charm" digital collection


I've previously posted 4 digital scrapbooking pages that were made using a variety of digital elements I created in Photoshop.  I call this collection of background papers, embellishments, word art and more... my "Old World Charm" digital collection.

My Mom comes from the "Old Country" as those of a certain age like to say.  She's from Spain and I was born there; so I have fond memories of visiting family there and of living a European lifestyle.  It never ceases to amaze me how old Europe is compared to the good old USA.  I've been to caves to see the primitive drawings done by early man, I've visited Medieval churches, monasteries and castles, I've roamed the old cobble stone streets and crossed Roman bridges just to name a few.   Creating a collection of digital scrapbooking supplies with an Old World feel just came naturally to me.  I've had a blast in Photoshop, developing a multitude of items that work together with that theme in mind. 

EKD Journey of Discovery - digital scrapbook page using elements from my "Old World Charm " digital collection

This digital scrapbook page shows me in Madrid, Spain when I was 16 and visiting relatives.

The Background page is part of and old world map I've added textures and color 

blending modes to give it more interest.  

The map represents my crossing the ocean to get to the "Old World".

The frame is another from my collection of antique picture frames.  

The Spanish stamps are from my Mom's collection of saved stamps from letters 

her family mailed her over the years.

These stamps stand for my family ties to Spain as well as showing some of the amazing architecture and the various cities of interest I either had the chance to stay in or have seen via car, bus or train.

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I created the entire collection in Photoshop;

using objects from my personal collection of cool stuff as well 

as a variety of digital images, textures and color blending modes.  

I probably have over 100 hours of work in compiling and producing 

the items and word art that comprise my 

"Old World Charm" digital collection of scrapbooking supplies.

There are many items in the collection and it continues to grow;

so for this post I will only be showing the digital background pages 

I've created to date.  I will post other items in subsequent posts

 - so keep checking back to see them all.

"Old World Charm" 
digital paper collection by EKDuncan

These are some of the papers I've created... so far

A Sampling of 13 EKDuncan "Old World Charm" digital papers from my collection

Here are the individual papers
and a few more bonus papers just for the grins and giggles of it.

EKD Old World Map - Left Side "The Americas"

EKD Old World Map - Right Side "Europe"

EKD Antique Parchment - digital scrapbook paper

EKD Antique Rainbow Marbling - digital scrapbook paper

EKD Antique Mosaic Swirl "Silver" Version - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Mosaic Swirl "Gold" Version - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Multi Mix - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique 3 - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique 6 - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Rainbow "Cracked" - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Rainbow 7 - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Multi-Mix - digital scrapbook paper

EKD Antique Blue - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Pink Dazzle - digital scrapbooking paper

EKD Antique Green - digital scrapbooking paper

Some of these pages look similar to one and other since I wanted a variety of backgrounds that would "play" together nicely for multi-page layouts and then others are totally different but still coordinate well with the others.  Since I kept the original Photoshop psd files, I can easily make color adjustments as I need to and keep growing the collection.  

 I will continue to post items from this collection for the next little 

bit and as I add to it I will continue to share my progress.

Thanks for checking in and drop back in to see the next installment of 

my "Old World Charm" digital collection.

Enjoy!