The Freebie Jubilee (and a lil' crafting)- Free Summer Crush Collection!!

 Helllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! 

Well, introducing this cute, free (as usual) summery collection of free printable papers to you makes me THAT^ happy! It has lots of bright patterns of florals and pretty shapes! 
                                                  Bring on the sunshine!!

Do you think I have just 8 luscious papers? Heck no! I have one more totally pretty one hidden in  the download and 4 coordinating envelopes, great for party invitations and the likes!
You can use these in so many places, scrapbooking, giftwraps, even as strips to add a touch of color, as web-page backgrounds, favor boxes, pretty much on any project that looks like it needs a lil' bit of razzle dazzle!
Since I had fallen in love with the two-tone trend, I ended up using these for the while for making a two-toned cup for organizing moi hair clips/ bands and a few accessories (cuz' you can never have enough of glittery accessories!) *winks*

                                   
You can download the awesomeness right here,here n' here!(the files were too hi-res to be uploaded as a solo folder, sorry!)

Or just right click and sive the images below :) (if you're having trouble downloading anything.)

Which one of these digi papers is your fav?

How are you gonna use 'em??

Do let me know dahlins!

You see how I stuffed my headbands in, boy-oh-boy does it looks killer cute sitting with the rest of my decor!

 PS: Find these freebies yum? Wanna get your hands on my previous ones? Grab the irresistible bunch here!

Seen my latest freebie yet?

Click to head over there!^

Have a wonderfulicious summer guys!
(and don't forget to pin if you loved this!)

xoxo.NASH

The Freebie Jubilee // Incredibly Pretty Organizing Labels You'll Definitely Love!

 I'm here to make organizing fun, heck yeah!           

It's time to gather your stores and play dress-me-up, with them of course!

I've made eight super-cute labels for you ranging from makeup to snacks and a whole lot more to get you organized this spring!

You can download them below!

The Freebie Jubilee-Free Springlove Deco Papers/Notes!

This set of four note-themed papers are perfect for decorating big boxes and using the *notes* on the papers to label the contents, creating stylish binder covers, sending a big box of cookies to a special someone whose name you can include on the notes, framing them to add a vibrant color punch to your sad walls and just in case you're still wondering what I'm talking about, I show you how to use one of these as a binder cover at the end of this post!

Inspiration Nation // All about Gorgeous GiftWrapping and Pretty Storage!

Hola!

I'm so excited to start this new series called Inspiration Nation! I figured I needed a space where I could share DIY's which weren't exactly DIY's...erm, more like a vast colorful ocean of DIY tips and techniques, and also a whole lotta on trend how-tos. This first post will be all about glitzing and glamming up discarded cardboard and bringing it to new life *and* using the same technique to whip up some crazy fun and pretty storage for your lil n' loved collections!

For starters. let's begin with this cute n' chic way to dress up your gifts! You'll need anything cute you can find for this, don't just stick to ribbons, add cute vintagey or bright colorful buttons to your stash, maybe tiny doilies if those are available (I dunno about tiny doilies, I made mine in Photoshop!), even sparkle and glitter, and don't forget the renowned one solution to all: washi tape!
Let's start this eenie meenie adventure shall we?

Here are a few of the supplies I used, striped Washi Tape, a collection of assorted ribbons in Gold,green and white, ruler to map the edges, little color coordinated doilies with your giftwrap, sharpies, Gold and Silver Markers, wet and stick glue!

All I did was recycle junk cardboard (using Granola Bar Boxes, Cereal Boxes etc!) and cut it according to my template.Before you cut out the cardboard onto the template, paste your giftwrap on the other side and cut out the template.Now fold along the creases and keep the fold in position with some tacky glue.

Now to jazz up the lids, cut out a lil washi tape to fit length-wise on one side of the lid!

If you boxes are bigger than mine, you can write the initial of the person you're gifting it to in the doily's center and loop it using a ribbon to the box or stick it on with a lil bit of extra Washi!
I think it would be a fab idea to use a tower of these boxes in threes or fours to gift to each person of a small family! It would look so cute with the letters monogrammed on the doilies!
You can download these same giftwrap papers from my free Garden Mists collection!

I used different sized boxes to house earrings, tops(studs),necklaces and bracelets!

You can use the ribbons as is with a bow or make some ribbon roses as toppers.If you're not sure how to go about that watch this very easy video tut here.
Or loop multi colored beads and gems into a ribbon or some yarn and wind it through cute tags or labels! (also in my Garden Mists collection for free!)

 

Other ways to freshen up your gifts:

• Using newspapers! They bring an antique feel to your gifts.Don't worry that they'd look cheap, just add a that much needed color burst with some scrap fabric ribbons/bows/flowers/toppers!Also, I've seen tuts on the web teaching you how to make flowers outta discarded book pages! Ta-da! Perfect match!
• Using satin/velvet scrap fabric and sewing them into lil pouches makes such a dazzling cute gift for small accessories! Tie them round with gold/silver ribbon! Metallics go amazing with velvet and satin.
• Using colorful magazine pages to make fun envelopes for gifting coupons is also a net idea!
• When you are short of time, use plain cardboard boxes or discarded boxes of other items and do a quick  coat with metallic/glitter spray paint! This makes sure you have enough time left to choose your gift/DIYing without fussing over wrapping/packaging it and still making it look lovely!
• At most times, all you need is a pretty oversized gift tag to zap some new life onto plain single color wraps!
• If you have scrap lace available at hand, it makes for a super addition to any plain jane cardboard boxes making it go from blah to shabby chic!
• There's no need to stick to just one bow, gather multiple bows in an ombre style to wound round your box!
• It's always interesting to bring a change to the norm so there's no need to stick to regular boxes, star shaped or any unique shaped ones also add a cute touch!
• To create a beautiful vintage feel, combine lace, net and snip off a rose/flower from atificial stemmed flowers and glue it on to the lid!
• Masking tape comes to rescue in so many situations! Place a little masking tape at random angles on your box and spray paint in one or a million hues, remove the tape and voila! Instant update!
• To give your gifts an extra kick, print out one of the memorable pictures you had from spending time with that person and and paste it on the inside/backside of your gift tag or even on toppa the lid! (Instagram pics look fantastic!)
• If you have any not-in-use-anymore ear rings or lost one from a pair you had, secure it to a plain gift tag to up the oomph a notch higher!

For more cheap and chic tips feel free to contact me!

All that was about  the art of giftwrapping, now let's see an infographic on the science behind it!

I hope this first post in this serious kickstarted some inspiration! Do let me know in the comments!

To download the doily patterns I used click 1,2,3
To download the gift box template I used, click here!

Credit for some elements used in the infographic were freebies from this wonderful Facebook Page!

See you with another fantastic post on the table!
And oh yes, don't forget to pin this post if you liked it!
Nash :) :) :)

The Freebie Jubilee-Fun and Funky Digi Papers!

Bring an outrageous pop of color to your creations with these six chevron, Hawaii and doodle themed digi papers!

Click here to download!

 Here are the .jpg files as well, just right-click and save!

To view my other collections, click the links below:
Free Deco and Giftwrap Sheets!
Free Vintage Trance Collection Digi Papers!

The Freebie Jubilee-Put your Vintage on!

You loved my last collection and...*drumroll*, I'm ready with another one!Absolutely-free!Don't you just love how the word "free" sounds?
Check it out!

You're gonna loooooooooooouuurve this if you have an OCD like me with vintage florals,stamps n antique jazz! Features ten charming cottage style digi papers for an instant pick-me-up and a floral fusion twist to your next big, awesome project just waitin' to be prettied up!

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Download 'em here!

If I'd screen print that^ image, I'd make a fabulous makeup pouch outta it!

Plus, free tag labels!

 

Click to download!

Many thanks to Karen from Free Pretty Things For you for the floral pattern for the labels! (Check out her page, it's amazing!)

Now go download this pillowbox template from here, print it out on the digi papers up there,make a lil package, fill it up with mini goodies and gift it to someone special!

PS:If you're havin' trouble downloading 'em, I've uploaded the .jpg images, so just right-click, save and design away!

If you've featured these papers in any of your designs, put a link down below in the comments and I'd love to check it out!

Temme which one's your favorite!

PS:To view my other two fab collections, click on the links below:

Free Deco and giftwrap sheets collection!

Free fun and funky digi papers collection!

XOXO,Nash

The Freebie Jubilee-Mobile Wallpapers!

I got two different wallpapers you can download for your Iphone today, and they work pretty well with Android too! :)

Download this one here!

Download second one here!

Hope you like 'em!
See you then!
XOXO!

The Freebie Jubilee + The Decorista Diaries: Poster and DIY colorblock frame!!

Vibrant new freebie poster to download here, and a tutorial to display it just below!!

Download this poster here!
Frame it, hang it on a blank wall, or put it on your crafty clipboard for some added hobbying fun!
And now, check this out!

Bring a hint of the ongoing color block trend in your home with this fun, colourful diy and add a burst of colour to your workspace.

Here's what you need..

1.Foam board/ About an inch wider and longer than the picture that you want to frame.
2.Transparent plastic sheet.The size of your foam board.
3.Your picture
4.Readjustable adhesive glue pads/double sided tape. (actually make that an and)
5.A pair of scissors
6.Balsa wood, thin wood perfect for modelling and cutting, found most at crafts stores.
7.Cardstock in colour of your choice. I chose a nice, vibrant pink. (such a girl that I am!)
8.Paper cutter knife

Here's how:

1.Begin by cutting your foamboard like I mentioned above at least an inch wider and longer on all sides.

                           
2.My balsa is an inch wide. Cut it down to the length of the longer side of the foamboard.In my frame I used balsa on the longer side and used colour on the shorter ones.

I trimmed out the white bordering my picture  too.
Now cut the second balsa piece which goes on the other longer side the same length as the first piece

3. Now take your first balsa piece again, and from one end,mark an inch less using the second balsa pieace's width as reference. Or just take a ruler, and mark an inch less from the end if what I just said confused you.
The point is, you want the length of the balsa you cut in the previous step to be in inch lesser

4.Do the same for your second piece of balsa. I'll show you why we chopped off an inch from both the pieces in a sec.
Here, see this, we want the balsa to frame the picture like this.

5.Now cut the width of the cardstock one inch too using a paper cutter knife. That would be the same width as the balsa wouldn't it. So I use the balsa to trace the line on cardstock with pencil instead of using a ruler

6.Here's how it should look.Are you getting the gist of it yet?

7.Cut the second strip of cardstock now exactly like the first one. and here's how it's gonna look.
(Remember we haven't glued anything down yet!)

8.Now that we have our frame parts, we take the transparent sheet and place the picture underneath it and on top of the transparent sheet we glue over the parts using double-sided tape. Then remove the picture from underneath the transparent sheet and you would have the something that looks like this. (remember that we only glued the balsa and cardstock over the plastic sheet and glued nothing to picture itself.We just used it as a reference to place our parts)

9.Now using the readjustable gluepads fix the picture to the frame and then to the foamboard. You can also do this with double sided tape, the difference being that you cannot later replace the picture inside the frame.

10.Trim off any protuding edges or simply readjust until nothing of the foamboard or anything sneaky is peeking out.

And we're done!

Catchya all soon!
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