Printable Christmas Church

Tomorrow is 1st December and Christmas is approaching fast (I'm sure time starts to speed up towards the end of the year!). It also means that it's time to get your Advent calendars out - do you have one? My Advent calendar village will be displayed in my home again this year and filled with sweets!  It has been lovely to hear how much fun my customers have had colouring and making up their own villages too.  I know one customer is also using the little houses as gift boxes rather than as an Advent calendar.  If you don't have one of your own, you can still buy one from my Etsy shop - they're available as Instant Download, so you can start downloading and printing the sheets as soon as your payment clears.

Find the printable Advent Calendar Christmas Village in my Etsy shop here

Free Printables for Sticky Notes: Elephant Reminder Notes

I've been working on some new planner printables for my Etsy shop and wanted to create some coordinating free printables to share with you here.  I thought some sticky note printables would be fun and picked an elephant theme for my reminder notes - as elephants never forget!! (See below for the free download link!)

This free printable sheet is designed for use with 3x3 inch sticky notes, but you can also just print the sheet on normal copy paper (or coloured paper) and cut out the notes.  It's really easy to print onto sticky notes if you follow these steps and tips...

How to Print on Sticky Notes

You will need:

• a sheet of copy paper
• My free printable notes sheet (see below to download it!)
• 3x3 inch (76 x 76 mm) square sticky notes
  

First, print the sheet of notes onto a normal piece of copy paper.  Print the sheet at full size (don't select the option 'print to fit' in your printer's options).


Then take your sticky notes and carefully stick one down over each square on your copy paper print out.

Now print on this sheet of paper, with the sticky notes, again. Make sure you load your paper in exactly the same way round as you did before (if you don't the paper may get jammed).  Press print and this time the printer should print on your sticky notes!

You can repeat this and print out several notes, ready for when you need to use them!

The printable sheet I designed, with 6 different note designs on it, is Letter sized (8.5 x 11 inches) and can be printed on Letter or A4 sized paper. 

If you are printing on darker coloured sticky notes you may want to choose the darker version of the design. The light grey version works best on pastel coloured sticky notes.

<< Download your Free printable Elephant reminder notes here >>

** Please note: this free printable is for personal use only! You can print it as many times as you like for your own personal use, but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed) or modify it or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share these printable notes on your blog/ Pinterest etc. please include a link back to this page (not the download link). Thank you!
I have also designed another sheet of sticky note printables with other safari animals on - a lion, giraffe, rhino and zebra.  It is available exclusively to my email newsletter subscribers! If you would like to have access to this sheet just subscribe to my newsletter - you'll also get to hear about my new designs, receive exclusive offers and other free printables!

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If you liked the free printables I created for this blog post, you may also like the new printable planner set I designed with an Elephant theme.  The full set includes 17 planner pages:

• 1x 2017 page with the year at the top and a box for each month
• 12x monthly pages, undated so you can use year after year
• 1x weekly planner page
• 1x daily planner page
• 1x To do / Shopping list page
• 1x Notes page

You can find this set in my Etsy shop here: Elephant Printable Planner Set

Celebrating My Etsy Shop Anniversary - Guinea Pigs and a Special Offer!

Today is my Etsy shop anniversary and my guinea pigs are joining in the celebrations wearing some mini versions of my new printable party hats.  Keep reading to find out about a special offer too!

My shop, hfcSupplies, has changed quite a bit since I opened it back it 2010.  It was my second Etsy shop and I started it to sell craft supplies separately from my artwork.  At first I sold vintage buttons, clock hands and craft kits made from new, vintage and handmade items.  I introduced other craft supplies like card blanks, envelopes, baker's twine and washi tape. At the same time, I gradually started to try out printable products - starting with scrapbooking papers and collage sheets.  Now my shop is completely dedicated to printables, ranging from paper sets and digital stamps to invitations and party decorations.  I have learnt so much along the way!  I love drawing and coming up with new design themes, then applying these to different products - there are so many possibilities with printables!  The best part though is working with my customers - it's lovely to hear that my designs bring pleasure to other people.  Thank you to all my customers for supporting my business, you inspire me to keep making new designs.  I have lots of ideas for new designs and growing my shop and business, I hope that you will continue to enjoy the things I share!

My guinea pigs, Lily and Rosie, are modelling some of my newest products - printable party hats.  I've printed them guinea pig size - the ones in my shop are much larger (6 inches tall)!  So far you will find Safari Animal themed hats in my shop, but I plan to add more designs soon.  Lily (above) is also modelling a Wheels on the Bus hat - a sneak peek at a new party collection I am creating.

Special Offer!

To celebrate my shop anniversary use this code hfcAN10 to get 10% off your next order from hfcSupplies.etsy.com - the voucher applies to everything in my shop and will be valid until 30th June.

New Printables for April - Safari Animals, thank you cards and more!

My Etsy shop, hfcSupplies, has been filling out nicely with new printable designs this month - I've been filling in gaps in some of my existing themes and have lots of ideas for new ranges I hope to introduce soon!

I've been making up some samples too, like this Safari Animal themed box.  The printable templates for this design also include a cupcake holder insert - so it's perfect for cupcakes, but can also be used as a favor box for parties, or for giving little gifts.  See full details for this box on Etsy here.

If you would like to see more samples made up from my printables, I am sharing other photos over on my Facebook and Instagram pages.  If you have made something using my printable designs don't forget to let me know about any photos you share - I would love to see what you make!

Other printable designs newly listed in my Etsy shop include these thank you cards, which are also part of my Safari Animals range...

Here are some other new printable thank you cards; part of my 'Abigail' range which features a hand drawn flower and leaf design on a kraft paper background...

I also added a few new Hot Air Balloon designs, including this large printable party package to accompany the smaller package which was already in my shop...

And finally, this set of digital stamps is also new this month.  Too late for Mother's Day in the UK this year, but I thought I would still release it this month for anyone celebrating Mother's Day in May.  Also, the elements in this set are all individual stamps so the flowers and leaf can be used for other projects - not just for Mother's Day!

Rainbow Colours and Free Printable Planner Page!

I can't get enough of bright, rainbow colours at the moment!  They are such happy colours, especially good to see on a dull winter's day.  I've been having fun experimenting with colour this week, working on some new designs which I can't share with you yet.  However, I have also been using bright colours on some printable planner pages which I can show you!

I started off designing some printable planner pages to use myself and decided to make some to list in my Etsy shop too.  I have added printable monthly, weekly and daily pages as well as a 'things to do' list and notes page.  They all feature a rainbow watercolour spots design and come as A4 sized sheets.  I am using them for both my own personal goals / reminders of things to do as well as for my business.  I wanted to keep the designs quite simple and undated so that they can be used year after year and for a range of purposes - such as home management, meal planning, small business, fitness planning and more.
This is what the monthly planner pages look like...

And these are the weekly, daily, 'things to do' and notes pages...

All of my printable planner pages can be found in my Etsy shop here.

As a special offer to my blog readers I am making the year planner page for 2016 (which is also in my printable planner set) available as a FREE printable!

The year planner has a box for each month (no dates included) - which you can use to write important dates, goals etc.  You could print it to go in your planner or pin it on the wall.
It comes as an A4 sized page (29.7 x 21cm / 11.7 x 8.3 inches) - and can be printed on other sized papers, such as Letter, by using the print size 'to fit' setting on your printer.
You can download the PDF file here - you can view and print the planner page with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
I hope that you like it!

*** Please note: this free printable is for personal use only! You can print it as many times as you like for your own use, but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed) or modify or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the planner page on your blog, Pinterest etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link). Thank you!

Printable Colour In Advent Calendar Village

Today I wanted to share some pictures of my new printable advent calendar along with a little tutorial on how to make it up.

The advent calendar is a printable, colour in village with mini house boxes which you could fill with sweets or other little gifts.  It could be used in different ways - make it with or for your children and either colour and make up the whole village before the start of advent, or colour one house a day until the whole scene is complete for Christmas day!  I think the houses would look lovely along a shelf, windowsill or mantelpiece.  Alternatively you could have a treasure hunt - hide them around your room / house and find a new one each day.

About the kit...

The kit is available to buy from my Etsy shop - it is an Instant Download, so you can download and print the sheets as soon as your payment clears.  As it is a printable you can print the sheets as many times as you like (for your own personal use only) - so you could have one for each child, or print a new one to make up year after year.

There are 13 sheets included, to make 24 houses plus 2 tree backgrounds to complete your village scene.  Instructions are included on the sheets and it is simple to make up the house boxes...

The houses and trees comes as black and white templates... I coloured mine with felt tip pens and coloured pencils.  You can have fun choosing colours for your houses - will they be pastel, traditional or rainbow coloured?!

Once the colouring is finished, cut around the outsides of the house templates. (For a neat finish with straight lines, I used a craft knife and ruler but scissors would be easier - and safer! - for children).

Then score along the dashed lines (I used a bone folder and ruler with craft foam laid under the house).

Fold along the dashed lines, then start gluing the tabs marked glue.  I suggest gluing tabs A and B first, then C and D to the insides of the house.

Then glue tabs E and F to the inside of the roof.

Fold over the remaining tabs on the roof and tuck inside the house.

It is now ready to fill with sweets or a small gift!

I will be sharing more photos of my advent calendar village through December over on my Facebook and Instagram pages.  I would also love to see what your houses look like - what colours have you used and how are you displaying them?  If you share your photos on social media tag your pictures #myhfcmakes

New Design Release - Halloween

Today I'm excited to be releasing a new collection of printable Halloween designs in my shop on Etsy! If you follow me on Facebook you will already have seen the sneak peeks I shared for some new designs I have been working on... digital stamps, scrapbook papers and an invitation design.  I will be sharing some ideas for using them over the next few weeks - I would love to see what other people make with them too, so if you buy and use any of these please feel free to share your photos by emailing me, including a link in the comments below this post or on my Facebook page! 

I had great fun coming up with ideas for this set of digital stamps!  The set includes 3 children dressed up; as a witch, mummy and ghost, with 3 smaller images; a cat, bat and pumpkin and 3 messages; 'Boo!', 'Happy Halloween' and 'Trick or Treat?'.

Each image comes as a separate jpg file (with a white background) and as a png file (with a transparent background).  The transparent backgrounds of the png versions mean that they can be grouped and layered to create different combinations of images...

I designed a set of Halloween scrapbooking papers which could be used with the stamps - there are 8 papers in the set which includes a starry sky with moons and bats, spider web designs, chevron, striped, star and quatrefoil patterns...

I also designed this invitation with my witch and cat drawings on a spiderweb background - it could be used for Halloween parties or birthday parties.  As with all my invitation designs, it comes with personalised text and is sent as a digital file which you can either print at home, or take to your local printers...

You can find these designs and more of my other Halloween themed printables in my hfcSupplies Etsy shop.

My Etsy shop now has Instant Downloads!

When I last wrote about EU VAT, in January I was still waiting to see exactly what Etsy would be doing before I made any changes to the digital items listed in my shop.  In February, Etsy posted this update on their blog, stating that they would be responsible for collecting and remitting VAT on Instant Downloads for all sellers.  The new system for collecting VAT from buyers is still not up and running as I write this, but Etsy have said that they will be paying VAT due on sales until their new collection process has been set up.  Therefore, I have decided to go ahead with making the changes to my shop!

Since 1st January, I limited the number of countries which my non-customised printables (including scrapbooking paper sets) were sold to, so that I could exclude sales to EU countries (except UK).  I am in the process of changing these listings to Instant Download which has several benefits;

• Etsy will handle the VAT, so I don't have to
• The digital items will be available to buy from all European countries again (yay!)
• The download will be instantly available; no more delays in me sending emails caused by global time differences.  So, hopefully, more happy customers!  As soon as payment has been confirmed, customers will be sent an automatic email with a link to download the files from Etsy.

Although it is quite a time consuming process for me uploading all the files to Etsy now, it should save me time in the long run.  I'm still working my way through my listings, but aim to have all non-customised digital items available for instant download soon.  That will include; scrapbooking papers, collage sheets, digital stamp sets, labels, tent cards, name place cards, bunting and straw flags.  All items with customisable options will remain as they are; I will continue to send emails with a download link for these.

If you are unfamiliar with how Etsy’s Instant Downloads work, you can see this article from their help section here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/help/article/3949?ref=help_search_result

Shop update – What’s new?

I recently had an enquiry in my shop about party printables from someone who said they used water bottle labels and welcome signs, so I thought I would start adding these to my shop.  The first theme to have these new products is ‘Ball Games’ – both the bottle labels and sign are available in a choice of two colour schemes (orange and green or blue and red).

The welcome signs come ready personalised with a message of the customer’s choice.  As well as the Ball Games welcome sign I have also designed one to match with my Rule Britannia party set.

I have also started added printable cupcake wrappers to my shop – so far I have added a Strawberry themed set and a Rule Britannia themed set.

The cupcake wrappers are simple to make - just print, cut out and wrap around your cupcakes, securing the ends with double sided tape.  Each listing is for 4 wrappers - 2 with scalloped tops and 2 with plain tops (which you could cut with ordinary scissors or fancy edged scissors).

The last two new items which I am sharing today are these woodland themed printables…

There is a set of cute woodland printable labels featuring owls, deer, toadstools and more – which can be used as gift tags, in cardmaking or scrapbooking.  I have also designed a set of woodland themed printable journal cards.  The sheet contains 6 designs – 4 different 3x4 inch cards, a 4x6 inch card and a 4x1.6 inch card.  I used one of these in my recent scrapbook page layout.

I can easily make these products for the other themes in my shop too – so if you’re looking for something you can’t find in my shop please let me know.  I’d also love to hear from you if you have any suggestions for new printable products / themes you would like to see in my shop!

Summer Strawberries

We’ve picked a bumper crop of strawberries from our garden this summer.  There were lots of little ones and some huge ones too – I don’t think that I’ve ever grown any so big before!  Some of the biggest weighed over 1oz each!

I was inspired to add some more strawberry themed printables to my shop; like this birthday bunting banner…

It comes as 5 sheets, each with 3 pennants on, which can be printed and strung up to spell out ‘Happy Birthday’.

I’ve also designed these printable journal cards for scrapbooking projects…

The sheet contains 6 designs – 4 different 3x4 inch cards, a 4x6 inch card and a 4x1.6 inch card.  Printable journal cards are a new addition to my shop and I’ll be working on adding more themes soon.  As I’ve just got back into making scrapbook pages for my own album I’ll be using them for my own craft projects too (and will post photos of my layouts here)!

Another new product I’m working on is cupcake wrappers – this strawberry wrapper with a scalloped top is one of my first prototypes…

The finished printable cupcake wrappers should be appearing in my shop very soon!

What’s new in my shop? – Update on lots of new printable designs!

I have been designing so many new things recently that I thought it was time for an update, so here are some of the new things I have been adding to my shop…

There are several new sets of printable gift boxes.  Each of the box designs comes as high resolution 300dpi file on a ready to print sheet measuring 8.5 x 11 inches (A4). The completed boxes measure approximately 2.5 x 3.5 x 2 inches (6.5 x 9 x 5cm).  New designs include nautical patterns, London soldiers and buses, aqua chevrons and pink flowers…

I have also been drawing new digital stamps which can be printed and coloured in to use in craft projects like card making and scrapbooking.  The new digital stamps sets include different hand drawn frames, cupcakes, London motifs and woodland animals…

I have been adding to the Nautical themed party printables with some new birthday bunting and an invitation…

Recently, I worked on a design for a photo birth announcement with a London theme for a customer.  It was a pleasure to do, so I decided to create some more designs for photo birth announcements.  Similar to the invitations already in my shop, they come ready personalised with the customer’s choice of text and are sent as digital files for printing as many times as required.  They are also personalised with a photo which I can edit as needed, I can also alter the photo to be sepia or black and white.  The circles pattern design below is shown in ‘Olive’ colour scheme but can be made in other colour schemes too.  The woodland design with the owl is available with a choice 4 different coloured owls.

To see all the my printable designs, past and new, please visit my shop… www.hfcSupplies.etsy.com