About New Year's resolutions and printables

I've been avoiding my blog for days because I don't like what I'm about to write. But it's either stop blogging or get it out and go on with life. WOW - this sounds really dramatic, but in reality it isn't a big deal. It's just that I don't feel proud of myself when I say I will do something and then I don't go through with it. I said that I would be more ambitious this year and create digital kits every month and my ambition lasted exactly one month.

I also thought that I will be posting a free collage sheet every month. But I can't...  I thought that I will have much more time for art than I actually have and that it would be easy, but as we know - life doesn't work that way. It turned out that I have very little time for art, and making collage sheets out of nothing is pretty difficult.

 Although my free printables have been downloaded over 1000 times, only several creative souls wrote to me to say that they used them, so I'm guessing that it really is not important that I won't be making them anymore.

As the service I was using for immediate download is not free, I decided to cancel it, so the printables will be available for the next week or so, after which I will have to delete them. Here is the selection, in case you are new to the blog and missed them:

If you click on the picture it will bring you to the page where you can download them. Or - you can just click on the tab that is on top of the page that says "Printables".

So why do I have "New Year's resolutions" in the tittle? Just because for me they don't work and I don't make them. It usually follows this same scenario - I think of something I want to do, it doesn't work out and then I feel miserable. It is so silly, the pressure we put on ourselves for no reason at all...

Now that I have this of my chest, maybe I can start creating and posting regularly again.

February Free Collage Sheet

 I'm a bit late, but better late than never. Here is my collage sheet for February - free for you to download from the Printables tab (on the top of the blog). Just last month I said that I will try to create a collage kit each month... and I already didn't do it. At least I am keeping with the free sheet :)

The way I chose to use the image from this collage sheet is as a transfer in my journal. 

 I added some collage bits and paint, and now the page is ready for me to write. 

When will that happen, nobody knows as I feel more in the mood to play than write most of the time.

Let me know if you use it how it turned out. xo

January Free Collage Sheet

Hello! How are you? Is the new year good to you so far? I hope that you are well and smiling today!

I feel like I have been away for a long time. Right now it seems that I'm typing into a empty, silent spot.  I want to reconnect to my online life and friends. 

I can't think of a better way to reconnect and thank you for your support in 2012 than to offer another free collage sheet! I really, really hope that you will enjoy it - it is made from a painting I did for my new 2013 journal. The image and words that I will look at every day, as I write in my journal, are on this collage sheet. 

To access it, simply click on the "PRINTABLES", add it to the cart (there will be no charge) and you will receive a link for an immediate download.

I thought I would be a little bit more ambitious this year, and try to create a collage kit every month. My wish is to fill the pages with images that make me happy and that I will want use in my journals. So, I present to you the first collage kit for 2013: 

There are three pages filled with high resolution images that correspond well with the free collage sheet.  This collage kit can also be found on the "Printables" tab, but please notice that it is not free.

I spent some time cutting up the images and placed them in a box (that housed yummy sweets I received for my birthday). Now they will be ready for me to simply reach in and add to my pages.
Love that!

Happy January!

December Free Collage Sheet

Are you one of those organized people that are prepared for the Holiday season?

Cards, gifts, decorations and all?

I am not, but I want to be. 

I made a collage sheet with simple images that can be combined in many ways and can't wait to play with them.

If you think you might enjoy them too, you can download the hi-quality file when you look at the top of my blog page and click on the button that says "Printables". The price is $0.00 so don't worry about adding it to the cart.

Both of our children and my father have birthdays in December.

Add Christmas to the list and it is a full month of celebration :-)

HAPPY DECEMBER!

Cyber Monday Inspiration

This is the first day in two weeks that I have as much time as I want to create, and - would you believe it - I spent the good part of the morning not knowing what to do. I pulled out a big canvas, decided I don't have the energy for it, then I cut up some ATC sized cards and opened my watercolors... but it didn't really feel right, so I opened my collage drawer and smiled at the the images that I saw in.

Playing with collage sheets in journals is easy and fun. I looked at all the faces and they seemed to be waiting to be placed on colorful backgrounds.

Birds brighten any page and always make me happy, so I knew it will be fun to use them.

I thought that someone else might be inspired to play with collage sheets, so I'm joining Cyber Monday and putting them on SALE.

If you are a reader of my blog, you will get a collage sheet of your choice free for every $10 spent in my Etsy store. That means that for every two purchased collage sheets you get additional free one.

Even better - for a purchased digital kit I will send two collage sheets for free (not to mention the workshop - 5 free sheets!!!). I never had a sale like this, so if you ever wanted to play with my images - this is the perfect time to stock up.

My Cyber Monday will extend to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Just let me know that you are my blog reader in the etsy convo and pick your free collage sheets.

Happy Creating!

November News and a Free Collage Sheet

I spent some time rearranging things on my blog. I added new pages on the top, labeled tons of posts and did a little clean up. 

Starting today, I am testing a new way of offering digital collage sheets. Instead of waiting for me to send the files, this should enable anyone to download the file instantly. If it works...

And to test if it works I am offering a free collage sheet. If you go to the tab that says "Printables" on top of my page, you should be able to get a link to download a full resolution file of these images:

It will say - Add to Cart - but the amount will be zero, so no need to worry.

I said that I will try to create and post every day in November. Using collage sheets helps accomplish that goal even when there is not enough time to do too much.