by Linda | Jul 23, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a cute pigeon drawing outline, for digital stamping, papercrafting and coloring? Here’s my interpretation for free download!
I’ve been experimenting with drawing birds lately and sketching out different variations. Chubby ones, regular ones, tiny ones – front view, side view or just the backside. It’s fun to experiment and learn about the slight shifts in line that can change the whole image so much.
I thought my pigeon drawing was so cute, I had to share with all of you. Just click on the image above to download the full size image to your computer.
Will you use it as a digital stampe or for stenciling? I have realized over time that color images might be nicer, but drawing outlines are helpful for other craft projects too… so it depends on what you are looking for!
I’ve also been thinking about how we see trends in the decor world and I think birds are a major motif. Maybe that is always the case, it’s just so common and relatable, I suppose?
I hope you enjoy my pigeon drawing and download it for your crafty projects. I love sharing and will be back soon with more. Enjoy!
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by Linda | Jul 20, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a cute monthly calendar printable? Check out this free printable with a cute owl theme that will cheer you onward all month long!
So, I find myself full of ideas and ready for a fresh start, so there’s nothing better than using a monthly calendar to make grand plans. Here’s my little owlie planner printable that has a Monday start, but otherwise blank for you to fill in with your own plans. I’m using my owlie illustration and I hope that it will keep you motivated and inspired to take action.
I’m excited to start posting my work in progress and share ideas to inspire or at least make you crack a smile… either way, I very much appreciate your visit to my humble blog.
We all need a bit of help at times and nothing like a cute owl proclaiming that “You can do it!” The fabulous weekend is grouped at the end, which is something great to look forward to each and every week. That’s why I love a Monday start calendar… it just makes so much more sense to me. I live in Italy, so it’s also pretty common for Europeans to have monthly calendars structured in this way.
Download this Cute Owl Monthly Calendar Printable
Fill in your dates in this perpetual calendar and plan out your month in style. You can do it!
Download Owl Calendar PDF (216 kb)
And I just want to let it out to the cosmos today: I’m so thankfully that the internet exists and I can share little things, like this printable, out into the world. A whole universe has been opened up for me…
I love digital printables because you can always make copies if you mess up and it’s such an easy way to get nice stationery to write on – instantly. Woohoo! Enjoy this free monthly calendar printable and stay tuned for more loveliness.
Do you like the cute owl drawing? You can download it here to color up yourself as well!
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by Linda | May 27, 2009 | DIY printables
A classic motif, how about this cute sun drawing as a free printable download? You can use it as a digital stamp or a stencil for other crafty projects.
As you can see I created a variation for this little digital drawing. Is it a happy sun or a flower? Maybe both!
More doodles to share with you and in playing around, it made me realize how simple little tweaks can make such a difference. Suddenly a sun because a flower. You can download the giant 300dpi line drawings above by just clicking and downloading to your computer.
I also played around coloring up the images and creating some more patterns. Just randomness and experimentation. It all looks very graphic and not what you normally see in patterns, but I am still learning!
The days are getting super hot here in Tuscany, Italy and we have a little family of geckos or some type of lizard living outside our house on the walls. They supposedly eat mosquitos, so I guess that’s a good thing?
Maybe it’s the heat getting to me or perhaps because I have a lot more time to actually ponder things these days, working alone at home. It always makes me ruminate about what I should be doing and what I should be accomplishing. I love my country life here in Italy, but I know I’ve got to do more as well. So many thoughts about my creative life!
I also wanted to give a shout out to Lindsay from The Frugal Crafter blog as she mentioned me in her latest post – what an honor! Thank you!
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by Linda | May 25, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a cute chicken drawing that you can download and print for free? Check out my little hen illustration, so you can start your DIY project!
Here’s another little digital doodle I created, a little cute chicken drawing. I was thinking of hens, so that is how this digital stamp came about. It’s funny how much I love to sleep and if the room is always dark, I might just brood all day long – haha, the hen in me!
After drawing this little chicken up, I played around with coloring and pattern making as well. Just some variations and wondering how patterns work and how to make them more interesting and less… repeating, I guess?
Obviously, patterns repeat… but to make it look more random I suppose. Still much to learn, but I do love digital drawing and how the simplest things can be the cutest as well.
I hope you will enjoy this cute little chicken drawing and might use it in your crafting projects. From making digital cards to color pages to other paper crafts. Thanks for stopping by! And of course, I hope to share more soon.
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by Linda | May 25, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a simple cute owl drawing for free download? Here’s my first little foray into illustrating digitally, transforming doodles into digital stamps.
Today I created a simple cute owl drawing… let’s call him owlie! I hope you’ll enjoy using him in your crafty projects. It’s obviously a great digital stamp image, but I have realized that outline drawings are just clipart that can be used for many different things. Or even just coloring pages for little kids! Just click on the image above to get the full 300dpi PNG to download for personal use.
I’m not sure where all of this random designing and illustrating will take me in the end, but I have so many ideas. I colored owlie up and made a desktop wallpaper to try out. It’s a great thing to have a motivating message every time you look at your computer, right? I’m definitely into positivity, trying to combat the overanalyzing and rumination in my thoughts.
Using the same owlie image, I created a little repeat pattern as well. Just testing things out and seeing what is possible. Obviously I have so much to learn still. But the possibility is there! I think a pattern would probably work better if there were more variations of owlie with other elements and not just a simple repeated image. Of course, I don’t know anything about this kind of design, so there’s room to grow and learn for sure.
I do love the idea of pattern design. It can be so mesmerizing to create and look at… the beauty of art and design, right?
I hope my digital explorations will take me somewhere, as I am still trying to find my place creatively in this big world. I’ve gone through some life changes and all this time to contemplate has left me a bit restless, I suppose.
Some days are lovely and others are frustrating, but I guess I have to listen to my own motivations, and as owlie says, just do it! Thanks for checking out my simple cute owl drawing and I hope to share more soon!
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by Linda | May 20, 2009 | DIY printables
Wondering how to use printables in your crafty projects? It’s definitely an amazing resource and I’m exploring cardmaking right now!
Using my own heart themed digital stamps and designs (check out the freebies) – I’ve made a bunch of handmade cards. It’s exciting to be able to create my own designs and using them to realize some type of project. But of course, you don’t have to make your own designs, because there are so many printables out there for free download (as well as paid ones)
All you need is a bit of time to explore the options and try out printables for yourself. Here’s what I created today…
Using Digital Printables
If you are wondering how to use printables, it’s really the most simple process. Digital printables are basically digital files you can download onto your computer. They might be PDFs or image files like JPGs. Either way, once you save them on your computer, you are free to print them at home or send them to a print shop. You can resize and adjust as you like, but the idea is that you can print your own designs to use crafting.
Digita papers are great for scrapbooking and cardmaking – or really any paper project you have in mind.
As for various designs and digital stamps, you can use the outlines and imagery as templates for stenciling or other home decor projects. The sky is really the limit… it’s up to your imagination.
And the great thing about printables is that you always have the digital file, so you can reuse and try things again and again. Digital supplies also take up much less space!
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by Linda | May 19, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for love clipart imagery for Valentine’s Day or loved themed handmade crafts? Check out these heart and love themed designs for free download!
Today I have been doodling a lot with the shape of the heart and came up with a few digital stamps to share with you. This sheet is a free printable download, so you can immediately download this and start crafting away!
I’m a huge fan of all things love-themed, so this love clipart set is perfect for Valentine’s Day crafts and any lovey dovey project. I printed my designs out on white paper to color them in, but consider printing on pink paper or something textured for a different effect!
FREE DOWNLOAD – love clipart designs
To get these love clipart designs, just click on the thumbnail below to download the PDF file for your personal use!
Download heartonthebrain PDF
There’s still so much to explore with digital design for me, but I have to say I love creating digital stamps and drawing… seeing all the wonderful creations that come out of this hobby is so satisfying and fun.
I have seen digital stamps that are very large images, but I have been making PDFs, just from my experience as a graphic designer. I’m assuming folks resize at home and print however small or large they would like. It’s interesting that some people have never heard of digital printables, yet there are whole communities dedicated to using them… so it’s just a matter of time!
Is there a standard, I wonder? I know there’s still much to learn on my end in regards to digital designs and offering digital stamps for download. From patterned paper designs to clipart… I don’t know if there is a “right” way to do things, but I hope you enjoy what I share here, either way. Thank you in advance for your support!
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by Linda | May 11, 2009 | DIY printables
I’m back with a few more digital drawings made in the clip art outline style for your DIY crafts. Download these freebies for your own projects!
So I’ve been exploring this aspect of making digital drawings and realized that I could create outlines of many of the designs, so they can be used as digital stamps. Clip art outlines are more useful for crafty DIY projects, so you can color them yourself and decorate as you please.
Check out the couple of designs below and just right-click on each image and download the PDF to print yourself for personal use. What will you make with these drawings?
I’m really loving this idea of creating something digitally and being able to share it with all of you, here through the internet. Amazing, right?
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by Linda | May 10, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a sunflower clipart outline to use in your DIY craft projects? Here’s a digital drawing of a sunflower I created for free download.
I’m still very excited about digital stamping and the fact that we can share drawings over the interwebs… it’s amazing! I’m actually about to get married this weekend and living here in Tuscany, Italy – sunflowers are definitely top of mind. Soon the fields will be blooming all over the hills here in Italy!
Sneaking in some computer time this morning, I went through my digital files and made some of my digital drawings into digital stamps. The sunflower outline is one of my favorites… so many possibilities in crafting once you have the template in hand, right?
Check out my sunflower clipart outline below as well as a couple more digital drawings I created. Just right-click and save the PDF files to your computer for your own personal use.
I’m having fun exploring this world of sharing digital printables and my hope is to create more sets for the future to share. Stay tuned for more…
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by Linda | May 8, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for free printable papers for papercrafting and cardmaking? Here’s a variety of freebies for you to download and craft with!
I’ve been playing around with digital design, digital stamps and cardmaking these days and found that I love creating my own designs as paper printables.
It’s pretty amazing to have an idea, create the design from scratch and be able to print it out for craft projects instantly!
Here are some of the printable paper designs I’ve created and I decided to put them here on the blog for free download. What will you make with these free printable papers?
Although I’m a newbie and still need have much to learn about digital stamping, digital designs and all… I’m definitely enthusiastic and ready to learn more!
This morning I was really into the frenzy and created a bunch of cards from these ready to print designs. Primarily I’ve been concentrating on creating more base materials and decorated papers as supplies for projects.
Download the free printable paper designs below: just right-clicking on each image and saving the PDF to your computer.
The first one with the various sizes of flowers is a giant file, so I had to make it a zip file (still 16mb). Haven’t figured out the logistics yet – also the larger flowers are meant to be cut out and the smaller ones as decorated paper. The rest are pretty light PDFs to download…
I hope these printables can be useful to those of us who lack some crafting inventory or just starting out with papercrafting. I’m still just scratching the surface with digital design, but hope to share more.
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