Urban Debris Artlog

Free Valentine's Day printables

Get a head start on your valentine's day art. Here are two vintage-y printable collage sheets for non-commercial, personal use.

Click below for full size.

Sepia Tone Collage Sheet

Vintage Valentines

 

Fun and free for you! Dog collage sheet

View this photo for the full size collage sgeet

Valentine's Day Printables

Here are some super Valentine's printables!

mmmcrafts shares these adorable would you be mine Valentines.

Valentine Card Envelope from Natalie Jost.

Sweetheart Cards from Bunny Cakes.

Zebra Cards from Bunny Cakes.

Je t’aime Cards from inside a black apple.

Cute Kids’ Valentines from Style Crush.

Here is a Download Valentine bees.

Free Valentine's Collage Sheet! Frtom the Vintage Moth

The Vintage Moth has a free vintage collage sheet courtesy Michelle over at DigitalCollageSheets.com to share with you today! Via the Vintage Month

Flowers for mom

Still not made it to the florist for Mother's Day ? Here you go!

Morning Sentiment

Beautiful Moth image

Red for the new year! Free image collage sheets.

I am thinking red today. Here are some free images for you in the new year. Have fun.

Download Redcs

Click on the link for the full size version.

Santa Dogs say Happy Holidays!

Merry Crowsmas!

 

Artella Giveaway - Vintage Holiday Cards download and membership sale

WHAT IS ARTELLA? Artella was founded in October 2002. It began as a "zine" (independent magazine) that published the unique collaborations among writers and artists. Four and a half years later, Artella has grown into a playland and paradise for writers, artists, and creative spirits!

MEMBERSHIPS - Save 55% off a six-month or full-year Luxury Artella Membership! 

Marnie at Artlella created just the thing for everyone on your gift list: a six-month or full-year Luxury Gift Membership to one of the new Luxury Cabin Memberships aboard the Artella Member Ship Creativity Cruise! And right now you can get all Gift Memberships at 55% off!, with 6-month Luxury Memberships starting as low as just $27.00!

GIVEAWAY - A beautiful new eBook, "Artella’s Step-by-Step Vintage Holiday Cards". It includes new projects and has a whole new look! Click here to get your free eBook.

Free printables Halloween costumes - vintage kiddies

Please click here to Download Costume kids

 

Batty!

Use the batty image below for an invitation, or just for a message to "someone special" on Halloween. Click on the image to see full size. Please do not sell or redistribute this image in any way.

Grave rubbing Happy Halloween

Freebie Printables - not slimy snails and zombies

21 Free Kitchen, Household & Crafty Printables

Mini File Folder

Paper Cone

Not Slimy Snails

and since I just watched zombieland (awesome!) here are Zombies and such.

Halloween printables - free!

Click on the image to see the full size.

Coutdown to Halloween - graphic from Graphics Fairy

via The Graphics Fairy

Dancing Vegtables

http://claudiamarchan.blogspot.com/2009/05/lets-dance.html

 

 

 

 THE LITTLE BIG BOOK OF COMFORT FOOD,
     by Katrina Fried, Natasha Tabori Fried, and Lena Tabori,
     (Welcome Books, 2006), 352 pp.

The Easter Owls are here. Warning - do not take their eggs!

I am not sure why...just tired of bunnies already! Click to see full size. The like to keep there eggs, so habds off Easter kids.

 

St. Patrick's Day download - shamrock notepaper

 

St. Patrick's Day note paper - Download Doc1 .

You can and pretty pictures

 

Check out 50 Wonderful, Inspiring Photoblogs from Smashing Magazine:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/14/50-wonderful-inspiring-photoblogs/

Valentine Printable Vintage Cuties

Pattern in PDF for printing & handcutting.

 

Click here for PDF file: Download Vintage_vals

Merry, Happy, Joyous, Abundant New Year!

Start the new year off by sending out some new year greetings. Print the image out and embellish to make one of a kind cards. Or send out and e-mail with one of the images to conserve paper.

 

Download Newyear to get the full size image.

Start off the year with some giving. A worthy and crafty project I just came across is The Toy Society www.thetoysociety.blogspot.com . The Toy Society is a small project spreading the love throughout the streets. Nothing to it really just a bunch of handmade toys looking for a nice home.

There are two ways you can go about joining in on the fun. Firstly, If you'd like to send in a toy to be dropped somewhere in Australia or even elsewhere in the world (London, Madrid and NYC are coming up) then send it to:

The Toy Society
PO Box 1046
Balgowlah NSW

Australia 2094

Secondly you can do a toy drop in your own city. Email The Toy Society [thetoysociety@gmail.com] to find out he details.

Start the new year off by de-clutter and de-stashing.

 
source http://flickr.com/photos/52895107@N00/2249456996

Clean out your closets and donate old clothes and unused possessions to charity. Many malls have drop boxes for old clothes. Join a free or swap group like freecycle http://www.freecycle.org/. Create your own supply swap on swapbot http://www.swap-bot.com/. Join a swap group like packratcrafters or artistcrafterstradingsupplies http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtistsCraftersTradingSupplies/join

Fawn all over this calendar...free downloads

Well, it is almost time for 2009. Are you ready? Start off your new year in a crafty way and get stylishly organized . Here is a free, undated set of calendar and to-do lists for you to print featuring fawns (baby deer!) There are 6 pdf files in this bundle for you.

 

Click here to download: Download 2009-fawn-organizer
You will need to have Adobe Reader the view the files and some kind of unzip tool (such as winzip) to open the package. Happy Boxing Day!

Oh, deer! Peace on earth ...

   

A message to you. And here is a little printable list for those of you who have to much to do right now. A PDF file, each page has two on it - print and cut in half. Here: Download Oh_deer

Tree Garland - Free pattern

1. Print the template below and resize to your desired size for your garland.

2. Then cut out the template.

3. Pin it to fabric and cut out the tree pattern.

4. You will need about 20 trees from the fabric.

5. Cut 20 trees from thin cardboard.

6. Glue or fuse cardboard trees to back the fabric trees.together.

7. Punch holes in each tree.

8. Tie small lengths of ribbon into loops on each tree through the hole you just punched.

9. Thread the ribbon to a long length of ribbon, cord, or a tinsel garland to make your garland.

 

Garland inspiration from flickr

 
http://flickr.com/photos/81937313@N00/1761065426/

Reindeer and Green Tree with many uses even tea towels

Click here to see a free download of a reindeer and tree.
 

You can use these for many things. Here is one idea for rea towels:
 

Suggested stich to use:

Happy Turkeys...I mean Thanksgiving and last minute placecard download

Did you forget in all your Thanksgiving preparations that Uncle Jimmy cannot sit next to your sister or else the cranberry sauce bowl will get thrown across the room again? Well, here you go! Click on the image to see full size. Print out these placecards and fill them out for your table to avoid and food and relative mishaps.

Free Halloween download - To Boo! List

 

Click to open full size. Enjoy (but respect copyright.)

Free Download - Birdy Witch

Just for happy Halloween. Use in your art. (But please respect copyright).

Halloween Fonts

"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble." Here is a brew of spooky style fonts that are frighteningly perfect for Halloween. 

Wild Wood http://www.dafont.com/wild-wood.font

Pumpkin http://www.dafont.com/pumpkin.font

Lolita scorned http://www.fontspace.com/angeliq/a-lolita-scorned

Try this - type something into free fonts and save the image - Halloween style!

http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/halloween.htm

Halloween images and things

Here  are some web places to locate Halloweenie images and patterns to use in artwork, party decorations, cards, or ?

 

 

Tell me you can resist this mini knitted witch hat from bittersweet for your gourd? (No not your head - your gourd!) http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/bewitching-gourds/

 

WoW! Batty crochet curtains by living dead girl http://nightofthelivingdeadgirl.blogspot.com/2008/08/finished-my-curtains.html The pattern is from Debbie Stoller's "Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet, The Happy Hooker"

and dont forget the flickr vintage Halloween pool http://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagehalloween/pool/

Carrotty Fun - vintage pincushion and more

  Kwoozy has a cute rabbit and carrot tute here:

http://kwoozy.blogspot.com/2006/06/tutorial-for-rabbit-and-carrot.html

Here is a vintage carrot printable - click to enlarge.

and here is a vintage carrot pincushion pattern to make.

 

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A Strawberry Vintage Pincushion

After seeing ther cute hedgie pincushion KimsKozyKitchen made from the vintage pattern, I decided to see what other vintage pincushion patterns I could come up with. Here are some really old strawberry pincushions.

So, here is a pattern to try. You can try it with beads sewn on as seeds, or use your pins as seeds like the cushion on the right! Click on it to see a larger version:

My hedgie pattern on Craft Magazine

Check out this hedgie made by KimsCozyKitchen� and shown on Craftster http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=261262.0�This Hedgie named Sprinkles is made from my Vintage Hedgehog pincushion pattern here: http://urbandebris.typepad.com/urban_debris_journal/2006/08/free_hedgie_pin.html�on this blog. Kim's hegie and link back here are also featured on Craft Magazine Daily: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2008/08/hedgehog_pincushion.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954

Freebie Bird shapes collage sheet

Click here Download cs659.jpg to get the full size. Print and cut out. Mix and match mushroom caps and stems. Want 700+ collage sheets at a bargain price? Go to my etsy sho here - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11633422

Freebie - Mushroom pieces collage sheet

beacuse everyone needs fungus. Click the image to get the full size. Print and cut out. Mix and match mushroom caps and stems.

Free Mother's Dasy Clloage Sheet Images

Here:

click for large size, jpg format.

Freebie

Pink good day stationary! Download Rectangle_01.jpg

Things are getting Valen-tiny

So here are a couple of vintage valentine images for you:

 

If you make something, do post a comment and show us!

You spin me right round....altered spinner with free collage sheet

I just love old game boards and pieces. Dominoes, Mah Jong, Scrabble tiles, and other game pieces have become extremely popular for art use. There are lots of old pieces to be had on etsy or other auction sites. Look at these wooden houses from an old "Monopoly" game.

There are also cool old game spinners already assembled that can be used in your art and assemblages.

There are some interesting and amazing artists who use old games in their artwork, like Wendy Cook, Lou McCulloch

Want to try an Altered spinner?

Materials List

Free collage sheet (if desired) Download spinners3.jpg

Large brad

Ring bead

Pony bead

Cardstock base

Spinner pointer, heavy cardstock or thin plastic (note - if you puchase a spinner uou do not need the two beads. The spinner comes with gromments to assemble it.

papers, assemblage items, odd letters, and decorative materials, as desired

Create!

1. Use desired decorative materials to create wonderful design on the cardstock base. If you use the attached free collage sheet, cut out, glue to cardstock. I like to cover these with beeswax to give it a rich look.

2. Place the ring bead over the center of the spinner fields.

3. Place a pony bead on the ring bead. (Note: The pony bead will rest in the center of the ring bead, but not go into the ring bead hole all the way.)

4. Place the pointer over the pony bead so that it rests on the ring bead.

5. Secure the spinner assembly to the cardstock base with a brass brad. Push the brad through the bead holes, then through the cardstock base. Open the brad tabs under the base to secure spinner into position.

Click image for larger view.

Free Holiday Gift Tags!! - Update

crazy gift tags from angry chicken http://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/

elf tags from liquid paper http://liquidpaper.typepad.com/liquid_paper/2007/12/elf-tags-for-yo.html

elf and santa from something to say http://littlesomethings.blogspot.com/2007/12/free-gift-tags.html

camillaengman sheepy piggy tags http://camillaengman.blogspot.com/2007/12/id-like-to-wish-you-early-merry.html

Sew Mama Sew offers these http://www.sewmamasew.com/media/blog/gift_tags.pdf

gingerbread and snowman from luc lstulippe http://www.luclatulippe.com/2007/12/10/free-gift-tags/

from martha stewart http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/1204_gifttags.pdf

Funny elf tag from Rosemary Travale's Super Blog http://piratecore.livejournal.com/75418.html

tech santa from sate of things http://yuxilonofilo.blogspot.com/2007/12/free-christmas-tags.html

mixture from lucky crow http://www.luckycrow.com/free_tags.php

christmas carol tags from embody http://www.embody.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/embodytags.pdf

pattern tags from the blog studio http://www.theblogstudio.com/images/Holiday-Tags-from-TBS.jpg

See the posting on Bella Dia for more: http://belladia.typepad.com/bella_dia/2007/12/gift-tags.html

Free Old Fashioned Santa Letter

Oh, I am feeling the holiday spirit. so hre is a printable Santa letter for your well loved ones. Click on the lionk to open, print, and fill in. Put in a decorated envie and leaver out on Christmas morning!

Download santaletter.pdf

Free Retro Fonts and Dingbats from Andy Nortik

I have been a fan of Andy's clip art for awhile. Right now you can click over to his website, http://www.andynortnik.com/index.htm and check out the clip arts sets. The sets are fun and very reasonably priced. Sets are retro christmas, the west, pinups, cartoons and more all in a retro style. Nicer yet, the free fonts and dingbats are here: http://www.andynortnik.com/free-retro-fonts.htm

Free Images - new sources!

Here are some sources for images, free and othwewise. These are a few that i had not seen before, so maybe there is something new for you, too.

Shabby Cottage Studio Friday Images

1940-50 ads from flickr

Ad Access

Flickr fashionspast

Shorpy Vintage Photo

Calendars - some free, some fun, some inspire!

Cookie Sheet Calendar

Printable from Miss Mary http://www.missmary.com/downloads/calendars/07november.pdf

Altered Cutting Board: Supplies Used: Scraps of patterned papers for the date squares; On the main cutting board, I used Crate Paper patterned paper, EK Success polka dot patterned paper, Heidi Swapp number chipboard, 7 Gypsies ribbon with words, Bazzill and Prima flowers and small white hooks.

Free Advent Class from Artchix http://www.artchixstudio.com/create/classroom/class_adventcalendar.htm

Do you like art? Vintage draw for art image

Freebie - Pink Scottie

Witches