by Linda | Jul 27, 2016 | DIY printables
I’m pretty sure you have witnessed the adult coloring book trend. It’s no surprise, since art therapists have been using similar techniques to help patients deal with anxiety and stress.
I think crafty folks like you and me have been doing this kind of therapy all along! Scrapbooking, cardmaking, playing with pretty paper – like coloring – can be another form of meditation, right?
However, I was surprised to learn learn that coloring allows us to switch off our brains from other thoughts and focus on a simple activity whereas doodling and other forms of creation might not.
Apparently, when there are options and too many decisions to be made, it can be overwhelming. Coloring is much more simple with repetitive movement and simply filling in of areas.
Okay, maybe there are some people that do such fancy coloring, it might still be stress inducing for me – hah! But I thought Kathy Rac’s 30 Day coloring challenge over at TheDailyMarker.com would be a nice way to color your stress away! I’ve totally missed a huge part of it, but better late than never, right?
I also realized that I used to make so many black and white line drawing illustrations as digital stamps. It’s like a free library of printables that are great for coloring, so feel free to print and color along – link to a whole bunch of free printable designs below. It’ll be fun to join in on the challenge and super easy to color a little bit every day with these images…
I hope you are inspired to color away your stress with just a few minutes a day. Let me know what you think!? If you enjoy printables, sign up for my weekly newsletter to get the latest updates and freebies!
by Linda | Jul 25, 2016 | DIY printables
Sometimes good things happen – yay! But inevitably, bad things happen as well. Whatever the facts may be, I’ve realized that how we feel about a situation is ultimately a choice. We must mourn and do what we have to do, but we always have the power to be happy in the end.
We always have the choice to find the good, turn towards the light and make our own happiness.
Especially during this time when there is even more terror in the world, I immediately thought of creating a “Let Us Be Happy” art printable. Super simple and direct… because that’s how it can be. It’s not complicated to understand.
Let it remind you of small, simple moments and the power you have to choose how you want to feel. I often think of my children in these times of fear and remember that I don’t want to raise them in fear. I want them to know love, possibility and the happiness we can create for ourselves.
Download Let Us Be Happy Art Printable LETTER
Download Let Us Be Happy Art Printable A4
I know there’s also more that we can do, to take action and make change in this world, but I also believe it all starts with having love in your heart and soul… so that you can be happy yourself… in order to spread it. I hope this printable will remind you of that. First, let us be happy!
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by Linda | Jul 11, 2016 | DIY printables
This month on the Petit a Petit blog I shared a post with sunny side up printables and wanted to let you know! It was inspired by Celina’s sunny side up pinterest board and the happy egg motif is just too darn cute. I immediately printed out the papers to craft with.
I used the patterned papers to make a set of pocket notebooks and they are so cute and happy – it just makes me smile.
What will you create with the printables? Download the sunny side up printables here and tag photos of your creations with #pinandcreate on social media. Enjoy!
by Linda | Jul 4, 2016 | DIY printables
A happy independence day to my fellow Americans and happy 4th to everyone, because each new day is a new opportunity to do good, right?
I’ve been blogging for quite some time, but never stuck to a schedule as it’s always been a side hustle (even now) – but in after combining my blogs I’m know a lot of cleanup is required to clear out old links and old useless content. I’m taking the opportunity to do so with a super old post that I am rewriting here and including an old design I have as a FREE printable.
A while back, I fell in love with printable graphics, because little mini embellishments were perfect for me to print at home and use in my papercrafting. I didn’t need a huge kit of supplies, just a little something. I made a lot of scrapbook pages with printable supplies back in the day.
For this 4th of July holiday I wanted to share a page of printable designs called Let Freedom Ring. It’s a mix of printable designs from journaling cards to little embellishments that is great for scrapbooking, art journaling, decoration of your planner and paper crafting projects. You can certainly include a little tidbit in your snail mail packages and letters, too!
LetFreedomRing-LETTER
LetFreedomRing-A4
Download your paper size and print away. I hope you enjoy for your personal use only use.
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by Linda | Jul 4, 2016 | DIY printables
Need some pretty snail mail stationery for your next correspondence? Be sure to take advantage of this free printable snail mail stationery set download!
To promote the fine art of letter writing, I wanted to create a set of printable stationery for my fellow Letter Writers Alliance members (and all stationery lovers out there) to use in their letterwriting hobby.
There’s something amazing about taking the time to sit down and handwrite a letter. Whether you are sending it across town or across the globe, your chosen envelope, paper and decorations with your handwritten words will be transported into the hands of another person. It’s magical! These letters create connection that no email, text message or even video message can do. It’s just not the same, right?
I have always written to my friends and family, but only just recently started various other pen pal related experiments and realizing there’s a real need for more stationery. I’ve created a stationery set for LWA last year, but thought it was definitely time to share again.
This time around I created a full-color and designed a cute little birdie snail mail illustration with matching envelope as printable stationery set. You can download and print as many copies as you need – that’s why I love printable stationery! There’s the option of Letter and A4 paper size PDFs to download as well, so good for everyone across the globe.
The stationery paper design is two on each sheet and if you can print up to the edge of paper with your printer that is great, if not just select “Autofit” in your printer, so it’ll automatically size the PDF to fit in your printing area. Then you can trim away the excess white if that bothers you. The envelope template is on the second page of the PDF download.
Download Snail Mail Stationery Set LETTER
Download Snail Mail Stationery Set A4
I hope you enjoy this snail mail stationery printable for personal use only. I’m always happy to hear that snail mailers enjoy using my designs and it feels great to do my little bit, since my thing is design. This is how I can contribute a little bit of good in the world.
These days it’s easy enough to print your own stationery at home. However, you can also send these files to your local print/copy shop if you want professional services or lots of copy to stock up on your favorite design. Your stationery cubby will be full of goodness 🙂
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