New sets of cards now in stock!

Sets of white cards with Kraft envelopes are probably the most popular sets of cards in my shop, but I love to receive a stack of coloured cards too!  I’ve just had a new order of card and paper so have plenty of different colours in stock.  A couple of the colours I used to sell are no longer available from my supplier so I’ve had to change some of the colour schemes a little, I’ve also introduced some new colour schemes (like the pearly mermaid collection).  I can make custom sets too – so if you are looking for different quantities or colour combinations not already listed in my shop please contact me.

These are the colours of card I currently stock (numbers 22-30 are new)…

Free printable gift tags!

I’ve been playing around with patterns making new printable papers and today I have a freebie for you!  These printable gift tags…

The sheet comes as a high resolution 300dpi file and measures 8.5 x 11 inches, each tag measures 3.3 x 1.9 inches.  There are 12 tags on the sheet, in 4 designs – you can download the sheet here… http://sdrv.ms/12ip7j2

Please note that these tags are for personal use only!

I’ve also been trying out some gift wrap ideas with patterned paper to match the tags.  The two packages here were wrapped in brown paper first, then a band of patterned paper added around the middle.  On the larger parcel I also used tracing paper to give a nice translucent effect over the patterned paper, all tied up with string.

The smaller parcel has some braid yarn tied around it.  I love this yarn and bought it from the bargain bin in my local craft shop years ago.  Fancy yarn is great for embellishing gifts and often works out cheaper than buying ribbon (especially when it is on sale!!)

The patterned papers I used on these gifts are from this printable paper set, which is available to buy from my Etsy shop…

Colour Inspiration #16 - White Heather

We have several different colours of heather in our garden and they’re good at attracting the bees and butterflies.  This photo was taken before our neighbour’s cat (who I call Kitty) sat on the heather while pouncing on a butterfly.  Kitty can be quite naughty!  She’s also very sweet and often comes bounding over to say hello when she sees us across the road. :)

Budgie printables and gift wrap idea

The sun is shining and it feels like spring is finally here!  It’s a good day for taking photographs, so here are some pictures of my new budgie designs printed out...

This printable party invitation is available in two sizes – 3.9 x 5.1 inches as shown here, or 5x7 inches.  The invitations feature my illustration of a colourful row of budgies and come personalised with your own choice of text.

I also have some new printable scrapbooking paper designs and gift tags featuring budgies.  Printable patterned papers are great for scrapbooking or cardmaking projects but they can also be used as gift wrap for small gifts.  You need never run out of interesting gift wrap again if you print your own!

For this gift wrap idea I printed the blue budgie design onto A4 paper - if you’re lucky enough to have an A3 printer you can print the full 12x12 inch paper to wrap slightly larger presents! The present was then wrapped in two colours of yarn and a gift tag added, which I had printed onto card.

This is the full set of printable papers – 8 designs with different budgie patterns in colour and monochrome as well as coordinating spots and stripes.
All of these printables are available to buy from my Etsy supplies shop.

6 Free Fonts

Something new I have been trying is downloading fonts to use in my designs.  Here are 6 free fonts I have recently been using…
1. Selfish   2. Mossy   3. Parisienne   4. Nautik   5. Calamity Jane   6. Mathlete
Have you tried downloading fonts before?  It’s much easier than I thought it would be.  If you want to use any of the fonts I’ve shown here, click on the links above and download from the sites I’ve linked to.  Open the compressed file and double click on the font file to open it.  You should then see a button to install the font.  (I use Windows 7 so it might be different for other operating systems.)

Lots of Budgies!

If you follow me on facebook you will already know that my latest designs include lots of budgies!

I experimented with sketching in pencil, pen and colouring digitally before deciding on how to draw the finished row of budgies above (which is in pen and coloured digitally).  There are so many different colour combinations to choose from – the blue one in the middle is a bit like my budgie Charlie.

I’m using the finished illustration to make a range of products from patterned papers to greeting cards, like the ones below…

The birthday card is printed on white popset card which has a very slightly rough surface - I can print this design with other messages too.  The square card is printed on lovely linen textured card.  These cards and other greeting cards are available to buy from my Folksy shop and Etsy shop.

I’ll be sharing more photos of the other budgie themed items I am designing soon!