How to make sublimation backgrounds in Inkscape

[@deanassewcrafty1]

Your tutorials are so easy to understand! Thank you for sharing your talents! :)

[@nicolelynn2251]

Thank you SO SO SO much. I am in the process of trying to learn how to make my own sublimation designs and this tutorial was absolutely perfect and easy to follow. I do hope I see more videos like this!

[@dinacasanova9074]

I'm glad I ran across one of your videos. I went to your page and I ran across so many videos that are great tutorials. I just got into sublimation not too long ago and have been wanting to make my own designs. Your video was so easy to follow especially for a beginner. You've got a new subscriber now 😁. Thank you!

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Awesome, thank you!

[@samiiikpy]

OMGOSH!!! Thank you so much to showing each step by step! Now I have tons of things I'm going to be making all weekend lol Very Helpful!

[@ashleyhull4801]

Thank you for this! I feel like I've hit a creative block and this helps me start with something new! 😍

[@cindywatts3029]

Your videos are so informative and can be followed by this dummy without a problem. Please please make more Inkscape videos.

[@blancam.5665]

You make it look so easy, thank you!

[@bonniebritton3438]

You did an amazing job on this video...thank you so much.

[@CrystalsCrafties]

You are so welcome!

[@shandaburrowes4729]

Awesome and can not wait to try this method. New to inkscape. Thanks

[@milolaclover]

amazing and I loved how you explained every step thank you!!!

[@CrystalsCrafties]

You're so welcome!

[@rachealtownsend1645]

So ready for your next video !!!

[@karencole6670]

This was a great video. Have not seen you before. Started sublimating about mo or so ago. I subscribed & looking forward to binging your videos & watching for new ones. What a fun Maker craft. You really explain things well & lol not to fast not too slow. Thank you.☺

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Awesome, thank you!

[@andreaturtle]

PERFECT tutorial!! So helpful and I really learned from this. :)

[@tammyp347]

Ty for the detailed video love it !!!! Please do more

[@tawannayoung333]

How did you get them into different folders so there easier to find in your files? Yours is so organized. Can this be done in any other programs such as affinity designer or Affinity photo?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

I do all the folders on my PC. When I download files I create a new folder for them or sort them into folders I've already created on my desktop. Then when I need to insert something into a design I can just go right to the folder I need.

[@dlf928]

I like the distressed digital wood paper you picked none of the ones I picked have that swishy look they are all just backgrounds I went to digital distressed paper

[@ambercox6273]

Thank you so much for these Inkscape tutorials! Do you find free digital papers online too?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

I get all of my papers from Creative Fabrica. Here's a link where you can try it out for just $1. www.creativefabrica.com/promo/3017/EFGHIJKLMNO/ref/235589/

[@traceybartlettart]

Wow, thanks so much for all this information. You have helped me heaps. Loved 🥰 your tutorial and will be checking your other ones. Cheers TraceyBartlettArt

[@CrystalsCrafties]

You are so welcome!

[@valeriehofmann2615]

I created my own designs and even printed others files. They are all to dark. How can I adjust that? I tried CF purple agate and its darker then what my computer shows

[@bonniebritton3438]

So another question...In creating this type of file can this (for Example) be uploaded to like Etsy and ready for purchase by someone for sublimation?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Yes! Just make sure you're saving in a high resolution and that you're saving the "selection" only and not the whole page.

[@caroltrimble2738]

Thank you

[@lynnkennon3162]

Will you please share a link so that we can purchase the svg brush strokes that you used in the video?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Sure, I've put the link below. www.creativefabrica.com/product/watercolor-brush-stroke-set/ref/235589/

[@tinashepard1176]

If they say the files are $5.00 are they still free with membership

[@tinashepard1176]

If I get the membership for creative fabrica if it shows say $10 is it still free for people who have memberships

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Hi Tina, sorry I'm just now responding to this! Depending on the membership you get some things will be free and some won't. If you get the all access membership everything is included. You won't be charged for anything you download with the all access membership.

[@MilitarySpouseChow]

What subscription do you recommend?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

I have the all access subscription but it really just depends on what you use the most as to which one is best for you.

[@mandmplainorpeanut]

I love your tutorial and I am following everything you have done up to where you go to object/cut/set and mine turns white, I can see the lines but no pattern=(

[@nh1451]

Did you figure out what was causing this? I am having the same problem! I cannot figure out how to fix it.

[@amandamitchell9557]

Me too 😭

[@anneliesewilliams630]

if you want to put a txt on it would you do that in inkscape as well?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Yes, you can also use the text feature in Inkscape to add text.

[@anneliesewilliams630]

@@CrystalsCrafties when I do clip and set my work disappears

[@taskfamily]

when on click on your links everything downloaded as a jpg, how do you get the svg

[@CrystalsCrafties]

The links for this are all PNG since this design is meant for sublimation.

[@michelleburgess1613]

When I search svg file on creative fabrica they often are not svg. Is there another secret? I went to what looks like your same bleached look brushstroke and when I download it it is a png. Not sure what I’m doing wrong

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Yeah, there is so much stuff on Creative Fabrica sometimes you'll get png listings mixed in with SVG. There is a simple way to convert the png to svg in inkscape. I'll make a tutorial on how to do it. If the png has a lot of detail it gets more complicated but for those brush strokes it's really easy and will work perfectly for what you're trying to do.

[@brandieputnam2544]

Where did you find all your distressed backrgounds?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Here's a link to the backgrounds. www.creativefabrica.com/product/watercolor-brush-stroke-set/ref/235589/

[@brandieputnam2544]

@@CrystalsCrafties I can't find the thick ones like you used all the brushstrokes i see are thin and dont have the distressed look like the ones you used

[@jaymartin95]

How do I remove the white backround from the flower?

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Make sure you're using a .png file and not a .jpg file. If you can't find one that's .png you can remove it but it's a bit more complicated. I don't have any specific videos showing how but I'm sure you can search and find some. Maybe I need to make one... :)

[@camilaacamilaa1103]

I am doing everything you are and my design turns all white once I clip set

[@prestogamer1280]

same and i cant figure out why

[@Aprilmama6535]

Mine is doing the same

[@pearlaudelo1366]

HELP PLEASE i dont know what im doing wrong this didnt work for me i followed and watched this 100xs and as soon as i go to object clip set , The pictures disappear and turns BLANK. darn its

[@CrystalsCrafties]

This will only work if the object you're wanting to fill with the pattern is a path (it has to have nodes) and the pattern is an image.

[@heatherbrack1927]

@@CrystalsCrafties Same for me. So I went and paid for the digital paper on the website above, downloaded some and tried that way...still the same thing. I now have the same files you used, and i am importing a PNG file on top of that. I also tried the same image as an SVG, and JPG....still goes all white. :(

[@CrystalsCrafties]

Some things to check: First make sure your SVG file is on top of the digital paper. Make sure you are selecting both the digital paper and the SVG file together and then clicking "object, clip, set". If it is still not working it it because your SVG file is in separate parts. This gets a little more complicated but you can fix it by clicking your SVG file and then going to "object, ungroup". This should break the SVG file into multiple parts. Once it is ungrouped you will then select all the parts and go to "Path, unite" or "path, combine". This should turn your SVG file into one part and then you can fill it with the digital paper.