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

DESTASH Giveaway Artists Box selection of art, vintage, materials and ephemera

Artists Box - HUGE selection of vintage and new materials & ephemera. A large variety!

Use as embellishments for:
Altered Books, Assemblage
ATC's (Artist Trading Cards)
Collage & Mixed Media Art
Decoupage
Scrapbooking, Paper Piecing
Tag Art
4 X 4
Handmade Cards & More!!

Contains scrapping paper and embellishments, collage papers, vintage photos and postcards, free collage pages, some vintage reprints, and more wonderful treasures! The pictures are a sampling of items.

Box is STUFFED with STUFF!

To enter:

To enter:

Explore my blog (you are here) and leave a comment with your e-mail address and what you might do with the destash!

For two extra entries:

Follow me on Twitter  http://twitter.com/urbandebris. Come back here and post with your  @twitterid and e-mail address.

Sign up for my blog updates in the"Subscribe Me" box in the left column.

Giveaway will happen first week of February.

 

Winner! Winner! Winner! and Another Giveaway...

And the winner of the

Happy to be Home Giveaway

giveaway is.....................

Heather of
InfiKnity

Announcement

I am going to be having a huge destash art and craft giveaway next month.
BIG destash!! Sign up starts next week.

Artella's Double-Dipped Holiday SuperSale! and Giveaway

Holiday Special

Artella's Double-Dipped Holiday SuperSale! Click here for the sale:

http://www.artellaland.com/affiliates/jrox.php?id=1251_1_tlid_41

In this new SuperSale, you can take 40% off ALL eProducts and Receive an eGift Card of $15-$75!   It’s good through December 31, 2010, so it’s a great opportunity to share with your creative circle. 

"Artella’s Step-by-Step Vintage Holiday Cards" free eBook! Click here for the giveaway.

Morning Sentiment

Beautiful Moth image

Business Card Giveaway from UPrinting!

To give the New Year a fresh start, UPrinting is offering you 1 set of 250 Business Cards! These cards are just the perfect match to start a good year for your business.  

Giveaway Prize: 250 Business Cards for one (1) lucky winner

Size: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (skinny card)

Paper:  14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock             

Shipping: Winners have to pay for shipping

Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs.  

Giveaway Directions:  Enter the giveaway by leaving a comment on this giveaway post.  Be creative and tell me how you will use the business cards.

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.

Awesome giveaways at Alphastamps! Through Jan 3!

Leslie at Alphastamps is doing a series of New Years giveaways. The content of the giveaways is amazing as is the rest of her shop. See it here: recap of the Giveaway Rules

"Starting on Saturday, December 26, 2009 (through Sunday, January 3rd, 2010), I’ll post a Giveaway on the blog every morning, and you’ll have until 11:59pm PST to enter.

To enter all you’ll have to do is leave a comment on that day’s blog post (don’t forget to leave your email address, too, so I can contact the winners!)"

After midnight I’ll randomly pick the previous day’s winner.

To get entered twice — daily — post about the Giveaways on your blog and include this badge. Then come back and link to your post in a comment.

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.

Great gift for a good cause - Art Bra Calendar

A Way to Women's Wellness ArtBra Exhibition will be at the 2010 Houston International Quilt Festival! To order calendars please visit www.artbra.org Proceeds from the calendars will be donated to Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA for the mobile mammography van. Sign up for a Blog Give-away and have a chance to win an ArtBra Calendar! Winners announced November 29th! http://www.itsonlyribbon.blogspot.com/

Giveaway alert for Thanksgiving

Scrapbooking from the Inside Out has launched their November kit: "Generosity." And to show their generosity, they are giving one to a lucky reader! Visit the Scrapbook Trends blog for all the details. To enter to win one of these great kits, repost this post on your blog and link it back to Scrapbook Trends, then give us a link to your blog post in the comment section of this post, and you could be exploring what GENEROSITY means to you!

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.

Valentine Printable Vintage Cuties

Pattern in PDF for printing & handcutting.

 

Click here for PDF file: Download Vintage_vals

Birds of Change Giveaway!

Blog-wide Birds of Change Giveaway started by Createive Kismet. I giving this handmade bird away, and many other bloggers have offered to giveaway a bird as well.  Here they are:

Sewing Magpie
Life in the Lyon’s Den
Affectioknit
Lexi Art & Design
Montessori Mama
Joyously Living Life
Mariek Uniek
Sistermama
Red or Gray
Calicodaisy
Tales at Wayne Manor
Sweetina
Wagging Tales
Olivethebeach
Girlville
Ashlee and Nathanael
Patchwork Pottery
Spinster Handmade
Heidi Stitches When She Can
Moreart, Less Housework
Crafty oz girl
Norico
A New Path
Cultivating Magic
Deborah’s Journal
Mary Jo
Build~Make~Craft~Bake
And Another Thing
Hopfaldera
Kleas
Ledanna

Please leave a comment on this post by Sunday at 5pm (US Central Time) and the winner will be announced Monday night. Visit the other great blogs for more birdy fun.

Here is the bird I am giving away:

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

Generous Blogging - A Few Holiday Giveaways

Check out hese lovely ladies blogs who are generously giving away all kinds of wonderful handmade things for the holidays.

Catherine's Vintage Style - authentic vintage homemade, machine sewn red gingham bib apron lovingly lavished with chicken scratch embroidery.
http://cateslinens.blogspot.com/2008/12/vintage-gingham-chicken-scratch-bib.html

Bits of Wool - beautiful full length vintage apron, two mustard candles in prim black candle holders, a candle/tart melter, soy vanilla wax beads (for the melter), a vintage black embroidered sewing kit (I think that you can peek inside if you make this picture bigger by clicking on it), a fridge magnet that says Happiness, two prim wooden hearts with a rusty bell on each, an angel 'blessed' stitchery in a grubby prim black frame, two prim candy canes, and finally, three prim eggs in their nests on a glass plate.
http://bitsofwool.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-giveaway.html

Prims on a Whim -  a few original creations made by Lynda of Whimsical Prims. http://whimsicalprims.blogspot.com/2008/11/great-christmas-giveaway.html

Big Christmasy savings going on at Artella

Over at one of my fave shops, Artella. You can find all kinds of creative supplies, gifts, e-books, classes, inspiration and more!

 

 

There are also freebies and ideas to download.

29 Days of Giveaway

Free 29 Gifts Printable Cards & Calendar

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.

 

Click to enlarge>

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.

Cheery Cherries

Roxycraft has a free pattern for these cute crochet cherry earrings, perfect for the upcoming cherry blossom season!

More cherries
Cherry pie http://www.pieknits.com/pattern.html

Cherry Blossom Bag http://henriettashandbags.com/cherry_blossom_bag_pattern.html

Knit cherries http://i-like-lemons.blogspot.com/2008/02/cherries-are-bomb-knit-cherries.html

Cherry dishcloth http://dishclothcorner.blogspot.com/2007/03/one-cherry-cloth-created-by-judith.html

Felt cherries - click to view

Cherry tag

Freebie

Pink good day stationary! Download Rectangle_01.jpg

Button Bracelet Giveaway - ZNE members only!

I have this button bracelet I made but I have never word it, and keep forgetting about it. Most of the buttons are vintage (one or two are not). All you have to do is go to my blog and post a comment with your name and why you liKe buttons on the Button Bracelet Giveaway (this post). I will draw a name on Wednesday of next week(or two, I might have another bracelet I have not worn!)

You must be a ZNE member http://zneiscrafty.ning.com/

   

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.

Embroidery Thread cards and flickr group

Look what Amy made

http://craftchi.com/blog/?p=610

and then check out the Doodle stitching group on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/doodlestitching/pool/

Crafty patterns round up!

http://www.snapandscrap.net/blog/?p=500 Make a banner

http://www.curbly.com/DIY-Maven/posts/3105-Make-a-Wreath-Out-of-Recycled-Sweaters Recycled sweater wreath

http://crafts.kaboose.com/pincushion.html  Easy pin cushions
http://www.purlbee.com/very-easy-pincushions/

http://reprodepot.blogspot.com/2007/12/holiday-ornaments.html Holiday ornament

http://thelongestyear.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/02/the_tote_former.html Sweater tote

http://blog.betzwhite.com/2007/12/peas-please.html Felted peas in a pod

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=caf32e912b11f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default Sweater stocking

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 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

Free fun online classes and how-to~

Altered Tin http://www.artchixstudio.com/create/classroom/class_alteredtins.htm and more from ArtChix.

Creating the Vintage Look with Photo Stamps at The Stampsmith  http://stampsmith.net/projects2.htm

Carving 101 http://www.designedlykristi.com/tutorials/carving101/index.html

Amazing Altered Books http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Linda-books.htm

How To Print On Fabric Using Freezer Paper and Your Inkjet Printer http://twodancingcrows.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-print-on-fabric-using-freezer.html

Not free but look how CUTE! http://www.ecraftclasses.com/class/10081/Donut%20Ornies%20with%20Mice%20&%20Bowl%20Fillers/

Witches

Some image freebies

Have tou seen these?

Art-e-cats http://art-e-cats.typepad.com/photos/_freebies_/index.html

Above the Mark http://www.abovethemark.com/collagegallery/index.htm

Averyl Hill's free Victorian clip images

Interesting Com's Vintage Postcard / ECard collection

Retro Lounge

Anatomy

Friday Freebies

Dragonfly Cross Stich Pattern - Birdbrain Designs http://www.birdbraindesigns.net/FreeDesigns/2007_05/ElegantSpringtimeDragonfly.pdf
Public Domain (copyright free) image links - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
Vintage photos and ephemera - Sassyarts http://flickr.com/photos/sassyartz/
Scrapfinder - links to free digital scrapbook images http://www.digidebz.com/blog/
Mother's day coupons - Scrap Smart http://www.scrapsmart.com/Graphics/FreeDownload/ScrapSMART_2007_04_1.jpg

Free image - Handful of Eggs

Full size image here: http://urbandebris.typepad.com/photos/images/egghand2.jpg