Sunday, May 30

For the Workman

Old Boots
Inspired by my Boy...
My little son, like most small boys, loves to play in the dirt. The only thing better than dirt is mud, and if that mud is sticky and smelly, well, all the better! Fortunately we live on acreage and have plenty of verandah space where he can take off his dirty shoes and socks before he makes his way to the bathroom (that's the theory anyway). But he tends to leave them where they fall so that you could basically backtrack his movements by this trail of dirty socks!



Old Boots



Originally Designed: May 2010
Remastered: January 2018
Original artwork by Beccy Muir, all rights reserved. Images are for personal use and must not be copied, swapped, shared, resold or mass produced without the express written permission of the artist.

For the Gardener

Gardening Items
Inspired by my Uncle...
My uncle is absolutely crazy about his garden - and other people's gardens for that matter! He loves to get out and dig and shovel and plant and cultivate, and he's not averse to ripping, cutting and destroying either! He was always the first to arrive at someone's house when we were having a family "working bee" and would generally be the last to leave. The coffee and bickies in the design were inspired by those of us (not mentioning any names), who take up that all important task of standing on the sidelines cheering on our wonderful gardeners. We are the ones who get to hold stakes, lift fences, fetch tools and open bags. Phew... just writing all that makes me want to go and have coffee!

Gardening Items

Free Printable #25

Designed: 24.05.10
copyright Beccy Muir

Saturday, May 29

For the Handy Man

Building Tools
Inspired by my Brothers...


Building Tools

Free Printable #24

Designed: 25.05.10
copyright Beccy Muir

For the Technofile

Computer Mouse and Jelly Beans
Inspired by my Hubby...
I have to admit that my husband rarely snacks when he's using the computer. I, on the other hand, like to embrace my ability to multi-task with an assortment of tasty treats... sometimes it can be quite an exercise in agility, but I am committed! Using jelly beans in the design also provides the opportunity to add an assortment of colours so it's easier to co-ordinate patterned papers or to set up a particular colour scheme.

Computer Mouse


Originally designed May 2010.
Digitally remastered October 2019.
Original artwork by Beccy Muir, all rights reserved. Images are for personal use and must not be copied, swapped, shared, resold or mass produced without the express written permission of the artist.

Friday, May 28

Downloading the Printables

A few people have commented that they are having some difficulties opening up the printable images on my blog, so I thought I would do a quick post on how to use them... it's really easy!

Right click with your mouse on the image you want to use and a drop down menu should appear. Select save picture as to save it somewhere on your machine for use in another program, select print to print it immediately or select copy to copy and paste it into a different program on your computer.

There's no need to "open" the image in another window, you can do any of these things with the image you see in the blog.

I hope that helps!

Thursday, May 27

For the Vintage Gent

Pocket Watch and Handkerchief
Inspired by my Dad...


I coloured two of these images, this one using gold pen and the other using shades of grey to simulate silver metal. Both looked quite good but in the end I decided to go with the gold as I could set it off against some metallic card that I had in my stash.

P.S. Please don't tell my Dad I referred to him as a "Vintage Gent", it would not go down well!

Pocket Watch and Handkerchief


Originally Designed: May 2010
Remastered: June 2020
Original artwork by Beccy Muir, all rights reserved. Images are for personal use and must not be copied, swapped, shared, resold or mass produced without the express written permission of the artist.

Saturday, May 22

Tips & Techniques

A collection of useful tips, tricks, ideas, facts
and inspiration for paper crafters everywhere!

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Friday, May 21

Holly Blossom Cards

Christmas Challenge
Every year it's the same for me... I get to the end of October and think how nice it would be to send out handmade Christmas cards, but of course I've left it much too late and have far too many preparations to make without adding half a hundred cards to the list! Well, the good news is that I've rediscovered a challenge blog called Christmas Cards All Year 'Round that challenges participants to make 5 Christmas cards a month. By the end of the year you have a good stash of cards without all the fuss and bother.

Here are the cards I made for the May challenge. I used my latest printable image coloured with my brand spanking new Copic markers (yes, I've finally joined the ranks... never to look back again!)