by Linda | Jun 9, 2010 | DIY printables
Happy Wednesday to everyone! Today I was playing around with drawing a sun for the cover of a mini scrapbook project and ended up with a bunch of versions.
I think that it’s always a good creative exercise to do multiple versions of something. It’s my way of experimenting with multiple options and seeing how little changes effect the end result.
Either way it’s just fun! I always end up with something quite different from my original idea as well. It’s a great way to play-storm… like brainstorm you know? Of course, now I really can’t decide which one I like the best. Perhaps I can combine them in some way? It seems I am never bored of the drawing suns. I’ve noticed that I morph it into a flower oftentimes. Are they suns or flowers?
Download Suns or Flowers Printable PDF
Whether they be suns or flowers or suns dressed up as flowers or vice versa – I hope you can use them in your personal crafting projects. Feel free to download the PDF above with all the variations and let me know what you think. Hopefully I can share my little book project with you as well… ciao ciao for now.
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by Linda | Jun 7, 2010 | DIY printables
Hello everyone! I’ve been wrapped up in a lot of scrapbooking projects lately, but thought I’d take a little break from all the photos for a bit of digital work. I went through my digital files, adding a whole bunch of digital stamps to the store and decided to offer up these birds as free stamps. They’ve just been sitting around, so I hope you can make use of them. You might have seen me use them in the past as well.
Download the ZIP file of bird digital stamps
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by Linda | May 31, 2010 | DIY printables
Happy Monday to everyone! Here in Italy we actually have a holiday on June 2nd, Festival of the Republic. My husband and I will be on a little getaway, thus I will be taking a break from blogging this whole week. In the meantime, let me leave with a bit of inspiration and sneak peeks to keep your creative minds buzzing. First, I would like to share some of my mixed media artwork as printable collage tiles. You can incorporate them into your art, journaling and crafts…
Download Fortuna Collage Tiles PDF
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I’ve posted about these mixed media works before and I actually played around with them digitally… but in the end went straight on with black marker. I’ve had them sitting around for a while and finally scanned them in to print as papers. I’m hoping they will provide inspiration for your own creative endeavors. Let me know if you find creative uses for them! I also wanted to share some views of ongoing projects…
Finally, I just wanted to let Mr. Little Turtle say hello to you all. Hope you have enjoyed the photos with a peek of what’s crowding my desk now. When I get back, I’ll be sure to share the details and hopefully a little tutorial of my process. Until next time…ciao ciao!
by Linda | May 26, 2010 | DIY printables
Happy hump day to all! I have a busy week working on pattern designs and of course doing my art journaling as always. I really wanted a clock image today, so decided to just whip up a few versions and see how I could incorporate them into my pages. I thought it would be lovely to share, in case you need a clock image yourself! So here are two versions, feel free to download the PDF and use for your personal projects.
Download the Printable Clock Graphics PDF
Let me know if you find the graphics useful…I would love to see how you use it as well. Enjoy! Ciao ciao!
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by Linda | May 19, 2010 | DIY printables
Today I needed a quick shape template as a guide for cutting out some tag embellishments, so I opened up Illustrator to mock up a shape for printing. What began as a quick and easy shape suddenly turned into a discovery of all the preset brushes and decorative patterns in Illustrator. I was able to whip out a bunch of cool shapes in no time at all! Now my only problem is decided which one to use…hehe! I thought it would be cool to share with all of you, so here’s a PDF with all 3 pages of tags, blank and lined versions.
Download the Journaling Tags Frames to Cut PDF
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Feel free to use in any of your personal projects and let me know if it’s useful to you. Journaling tags are often included in scrapbook pages, but you can also make altered decorative tags for gifts, use them in your art journal and add them to altered books. It’s always nice to have a slightly fancy shape to use rather than just a plain rectangle or circle. I don’t have a die-cut machine so I have to cut shapes out by hand. I find having a guide helps a lot, so that’s why I create them digitally to print out and cut or sometimes I use the print-out as a cutting guide on top of patterned paper.
Hope you enjoy…ciao ciao!
