CU Freebies

Denim n Rose ~ part 4 (fabric bows)

2011-05-21T16:17:00.000+10:00

Some more of the Denim n Rose kit for you to use.

This time, some pretty fabric bows!

download:

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Denim n Rose ~ part 3 (photo corners)

2011-05-04T16:29:00.001+10:00

It's taken me a long time to get back into this again, but I do have quite a lot of stuff for you in the next few week.

So stay tuned...

For today, three sets of photo corners are being added to the Denim n Rose kit.

As always, images are 300ppi png files.

Enjoy!

download:

4shared or mediafire

Denim n Rose ~ part 2 (brads)

2010-12-19T19:55:00.007+11:00

Here's the second part of Denim n Rose - 13 brads for you.

I made the top eight from fabrics I scanned and a great free photoshop action from Josy Carson (it also works in pse8), and the ceramic brads were made using Atomic Cupcake's ceramic action.

download:

4shared or mediafire

Denim n Rose ~ part 1 (paper flowers)

2010-12-11T18:53:00.000+11:00

Finally got back into designing & have made a new kit for you, which I named Denim n Rose (for obvious reasons).

Here's part one, some paper flowers made using one of Atomic Cupcakes' actions and fabrics which I scanned the other week.

As usual, all images are transparent pngs and saved at 300ppi.

I'll be posting other parts of the kit in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

download:

4shared or mediafire

Stripey Office!

2010-11-05T22:47:00.000+11:00

Sergeant Kathery reporting for duty (AWOL for 3 months), Sir!

While I was awolling, I found this great stripey pattern and decided to have a play and came up with this cute set of office accessories.

Hope you can use it!

Download from 4shared or mediafire

Lolly Dispensers

2010-10-27T21:30:00.000+11:00

Found these little lolly toys and couldn't resist playing with them.

Hope you can use them!

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Wire Flowers

2010-10-21T21:22:00.002+11:00

More flowers for you from my garden (not).

Santa is bringing us a good camera this year, so in the New Year I will be sharing my garden's flowers with you.

Enjoy!

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Ceramic Flower Buttons

2010-10-13T21:15:00.001+11:00

Since it's Spring here, I've made some cute little ceramic buttons for you to scatter around.

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Puffy Felt Shapes

2010-10-03T14:18:00.000+11:00

It's been a while since either of us posted - over two months - I've had a rough time over Winter with my CFS & Kathy hurt her arm crocheting (trust her to be different).

But I'm back anyway - although I won't be posting as often as I was earlier in the year, I'll try to have at least a couple of goodies for you to download each month.

Here's some puffy felt shapes for you - recolour them, use them as overlays, whatever your imagination can dream up!

Download

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Clear Acrylic Shapes

2010-07-19T22:27:00.004+10:00

Now you can make your own brads using programs like paint.NET.

8 clear acrylic shapes; circle, oval, heart, hexagon, 2 stars & 2 flowers.

Download:

mediafire

~~(for some reason 4shared isn't letting me upload)~~
4shared

Garden Party Blog Train!

2010-07-15T09:04:00.001+10:00

Well, it's time to hop on board the Garden Party Blog Train and see the sites...

Badgirlz Stuff

Best Kept Memories

Kez Creates

Designs By: Kelly

Crazy-4-Monograms

CU Freebies (here, of course)

Karen's Scraps & Graphics

And now, here's the second part of our little kit.
(check out part 1 of our Garden Party kit here)

Part 2 includes:

~ 8 papers (12x12in)
~ 3 journal blocks
~ 2 stitched frames
~ 8 pennant flags in printed torn cardboard
~ 2 different ropes to hang pennants from
~ 10 flowers
~ 10 brads
~ 4 hearts in printed torn cardboard
~ 2 birdhouses in printed torn cardboard

Download

Papers: 4shared or mediafire

Flowers & Brads: 4shared or mediafire

Pennants, Hearts & Journal Blocks: 4shared or mediafire

Beads Alpha

2010-07-12T09:07:00.004+10:00

After I made those little bead letters for the Summer Solstice blog train, I kept on fiddling and made a whole bead alphabet.

The colours I used aren't the same as those of the blog train, but use the palette I'm using for a new freebie mini kit that you should be seeing here sometime before the end of July.

This is the palette I'm working with:

And here's the free beads alphabet:

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Update:

I'm so sorry about the mixup!

I've now added the A and the blank bead to the zip file.

And here's those images by themselves, so you don't have to download the whole lot again...

Hugs,

Kathy :)

Garden Party mini kit ~ part 1

2010-07-09T09:10:00.010+10:00

Well, the Garden Party blog train will be leaving the station in a week's time, and we've made so much again that we've decided to separate the kit into a number of parts.

(not sure if it's going to be in 2 or 3 parts at the moment)

This first part contains 27 felt & puffy felt elements:
8 tulips, 6 stems, 2 four leaf clovers, 2 bushes (in small and large, which means there's actually 4), and a sun in three different sizes.

Why are there large and small sizes in some files?
Because with the puffy felt effect, size matters. Smaller images end up more "puffy" looking, but obviously won't scale to larger sizes too well.
So we thought we'd give you more options.

Please let us know what you think!
We love comments & feedback :)

Download

4shared or mediafire,

Watercolour Flowers

2010-07-07T10:04:00.003+10:00

Some whimsical, multicoloured daisies that I painted with my watercolours the other day, then scanned and extracted them and they turned out pretty good.

I didn't include pngs with shadows because they look best flat on a background, as if you've just painted them onto your paper yourself - you might even try setting their transparency to 80% for more effect.

Hope they're bright and cheerful enough for you!

5 transparent pngs at 300ppi (no shadows)

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Pastel Buttons

2010-07-05T08:58:00.003+10:00

We used some of the same papers in last week's pink torn flowers to make these lovely pastel buttons.

10 transparent pngs (with & without dropshadows) at 300ppi.

Download:
4shared or mediafire

Cross Stitch Fruits

2010-07-03T11:13:00.002+10:00

I cross-stitched this little apple and watermelon last Summer (here in the southern hemisphere it's from December to February), and mounted them on little wooden embroidery hoops.

They looked so cute, I scanned them to see how they'd turn out, and I think the reason they came out so clear is that they're held so tightly by the hoops.

Anyway, enjoy!

2 transparent pngs 300ppi (without shadows).

Download:
4shared or mediafire

Paper Edger Templates

2010-07-01T08:48:00.005+10:00

Here's some paper edge templates that I doodled up the other day.

Hope you can use them!

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Summer Fuzz Frames

2010-06-29T13:53:00.003+10:00

I just can't stop playing with those colours from the Summer Fuzz mini kit (here's part one & part two)

So here are three puffy felt frames to coordinate with the elements and papers we've already released.
There's an oval, a square and a heart-shaped frame for you to download.

3 transparent pngs without shadows, created at 300ppi.

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Pink Torn Flowers

2010-06-27T09:15:00.004+10:00

Three gorgeous flowers made from 'torn' paper, and stitched together.

We hope you enjoy them!

Includes 6 transparent png files (with and without shadows) at 300ppi.

Download:
4shared or mediafire

Summer Solstice blog train

2010-06-25T09:07:00.032+10:00

As promised, the Summer Solstice blog train has finally left the station and it's time to make our stops at all the stations.

Badgirlz Stuff

Candy's Treasures

Purple Dragonfly Creations

Designs By: Kelly

The Siggieteers

CU Freebies - that's us, of course, and our freebie is below.

Karen's Scraps & Graphics

Before I show you our contribution, I'd like to show you something else.

This is my son Mr Bump, looking very shocked about who-knows-what. - but the photo itself isn't very interesting.

Now, I've used the blue-ring octopus "face frame" in our Summer Solstice freebie below, and isn't he extra cute?

I just wanted to give you an idea of how you could use this and the anemone face frame in your layouts. Hope you like the idea!

And now, on with the freebies...

Download:
4shared or mediafire

You can also check out
my pre-freebie for this blog train!

Garden Party blog train details

2010-06-24T13:34:00.016+10:00

The Garden Party blog train departs the station on July 15th!

Designers can join up here.

Scrappers can climb on board here,

or check back at CU Freebies on July 15.

Summer Fuzz Mushie

2010-06-23T09:09:00.001+10:00

Just one more little bit for the Summer Fuzz minni kit that I'd forgotten about until now.

Hope you like!

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Summer Solstice extras

2010-06-22T09:46:00.005+10:00

Since there was a mix-up about the date for the Summer Solstice blog train (it was supposed to be today, but got changed to the 25th), we've decided to release these extra bits and bobs before the blog train rides instead of after.

These are the bits we made that didn't quite fit with the main parts of our contribution, but we still think they're kind of good.

There are patterned metallic buttons and a matching bookplate, and coloured glass beads.

As always, all images are 300ppi and there are two copies of each, with & without shadows.
Enjoy!

Download:

4shared or mediafire

Help, please! Our header sucks!

2010-06-20T23:03:00.001+10:00

After sitting here for well over four hours, trying to design the new header for CU Freebies, I've finally come to the conclusion again that my layout skills suck.

I never end up using the digiscrap stuff I find or make, because my efforts look... well, kind of lame (to quote my daughter).

Since Jane's now on board, the header has to go, but she's sick right now and my layout skills suck.

Seriously.

All we need is something cute that says CU Freebies & has some of our elements scattered or clustered together around it.

If there is anyone out there who is looking for a challenge, we'd really, really appreciate your help with this...

Please.

Dotty-Blue felt frames

2010-06-20T10:35:00.003+10:00

So, I've been making more frames, and they're scalloped ones this time.

Blue is my favourite colour, and I love the look of this dotty felt fabric.
As you can see, there's three shapes (round, oval and square), and I've included shadowed copies, too.

I'm going to make some more elements with this style this week, so if you like these stay tuned...

6 transparent pngs at 300ppi, with & without shadows.

Download:
4shared or mediafire

Summer Fuzz mini kit - part two

2010-06-18T09:34:00.002+10:00

As promised, here's the second part of our first mini kit, Summer Fuzz.

I've created some really cute cupcakes, a teapot and a cloud for you, all in puffy felt.
Plus there's six new papers to coordinate with those in the first part of the kit.

All the papers are 3600 x 3600 sized, and all files were created at 300ppi.
There's two copies of each element, one with a shadow and one without.

Download:
4shared or mediafire

Summer Fuzz mini kit - part one

2010-06-16T09:00:00.012+10:00

We were really inspired to create by the deviantArt ScrapbookHub June Challenge, and have been having a fantastic time playing with my new PSE8 & actions from Atomic Cupcake.

Here's the colours we had to play with. Bright, huh?

We'll be putting up the second part on Friday, so make sure you call in then to pick up the rest of our Summer Fuzz mini kit.

In the first part, there's puffy felt flowers & leaves, glossy brads and papers.

All images were created at 300ppi, and the file contains 20 transparent pngs (with and without shadows) and five papers (3600 x 3600).

It's a bit of a biggie, this file, and that's why we split it like this.

Download:
4shared or mediafire

Note: The link is now really fixed!
Sorry about the mixup :)

Puffy Felt Flower Frames

2010-06-13T09:45:00.004+10:00

Hi, this is Jane here, today.

From now on I'll be working with Kathy, designing freebies for you & generally having fun, so here's little about me.

I'm a stay at home mum of two lovelies (Wren, 9 & Mr Bump, 6), married for 11yrs to Mr Blogs (aka Wonderhubby).

I've had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for over 20yrs (since I was 16), so I've had to find non-physical, non-stressful things to do with my time (no, I wasn't silly enough to think being a mum would be non-stressful).

Playing with photoshop elements is the most fun I've had on the computer in a long time!

So, on with the freebie...
Today I've created some little puffy felt frames in red, green and blue for you.

Download from 4shared

Denim Brads

2010-06-11T11:36:00.002+10:00

I am sooooo loving using Photoshop Elements!

The best thing about it, is that some Photoshop actions will also run in PSE.

So if you see a free photoshop action that you like the look of, give it a try to see how it goes.

Like this free cu brad action by Josy Carson, for CS2 & 3.
It also runs in PSE8, and here are my results after an hour's playing around...

I've even designed a whole new look for my previews. Enjoy!

Download from 4shared

Summer Solstice Blog Train

2010-06-10T13:04:00.004+10:00

Leaves the station on June 22!

Designers can sign up here

These are the colours you'll have to work with:

Aren't they pretty? I have a feeling I'm going to go overboard with this one...

Think of all the things that Summer evokes thoughts of;

Flowers, grass, sunshine, picnics, beach trips, swimming, sunburn (ok, not sunburn).

I'm just finishing up on my Mini Kit for the deviantArt ScrapbookHub June colour challenge (more pretty colours), which you'll get to see pretty soon.

And then I'm setting to work on this lovely theme...

Metallic Swirls

2010-06-06T19:57:00.001+10:00

I loved this texture, by Enchantedgal-Stock, and just had to use it...

4 transparent pngs.

Download from 4shared

Photoshop Elements is on it's way to my house!

2010-06-05T10:31:00.027+10:00

I've finally saved up enough to buy PSE8 & it should be arriving in the post sometime next week.

I can't wait!

Up until now, I've been using a free program, paint.NET, which does quite a lot.
For anyone starting out digiscrapping, it's a great tool to learn with.
It has layers (you can make them transparent for overlays), a magic wand selection tool, lasso's, etc.

But I've been drooling over PSE for simply ages...

So of course I had to go and buy some gorgeous actions to play with (I've played with the trial version of PSE already & need more toys).

I bought five actions from Atomic Cupcake, because they were really good, and also if you buy 4, you get 1 free... and I'm a tight bee. ;)

I figured the five actions I'd most use would be puffy felt, stitching, heavy crumpler (for paper), chipboard and of course everyone needs a paper tearing action.

I lingered over the scallop actions, but am going to make do for now with my own hand-drawn scalloped edges. - Twenty dollars was enough of my hard-earned paypal account to splurge right now.

If you want to try out the quality, Atomic Cupcake has a different freebie action to download each month, and for June it's a pencil sketch edge action.

Hopefully, we'll see a *huge* improvement in the quality of my creations from now on.

- I'm sure you'll see more of them, at any rate, as I spend 18hrs a day playing with my new toys!

DSO June Challenge - Papers

2010-06-03T13:07:00.002+10:00

I'm taking part in the DSO design challenge for the first time ever, and have created some papers to match three of the swatch colours.

They're not really my type of colours (I hate peach), but you have to start somewhere, don't you?

In fact, this is my first time taking part in any design challenge, so I hope I'm doing it right...

Includes 9 papers in peach, taupe and teal.

Download from 4shared

Thank you to Patrick Hoesly, dog ma and anthonyesau for the use of their textures.

Watercolour Hearts

2010-05-29T11:26:00.005+10:00

Jane has been experimenting with watercolours and I thought these little hearts would look very cute in a scrapbooking layout.

Look out for more of her little bits in my freebies in the future.

2 transparent pngs, 300ppi.

Download from 4shared

Pastel Paisley Doodles

2010-05-22T16:02:00.003+10:00

Here's some little pastel doodles my friend Jane drew the other week.

I scanned them and gave them transparent backgrounds for her & she said I could share them here, so enjoy!

2 transparent pngs.

Download from 4shared

Toile Gift Tags

2010-05-16T23:27:00.003+10:00

After I finished the basic gift tags the other week, I just kept playing around with them, and came up with these tags in three different lovely toile fabrics in red, blue and green.

Hope you enjoy them!

Download from 4shared

Bacon, Eggs and Toast

2010-05-09T14:03:00.002+10:00

Smiling felt food for a perfect pretend breakfast in the kid's cubby. Guaranteed fat-free!

Includes 4 transparent png's: Bacon, fried egg, plain toast and toast with jam (not shown).

Download from 4shared

Crafty Felt Circles

2010-05-02T14:03:00.002+10:00

I love these little sewn felt circle shapes.

They were actually the tops of felt cupcakes, until I decided that they would make cute pieces for digital scrapbooking.

8 transparent png images.

Download from 4shared

Felted Softie Cat

2010-04-25T14:08:00.005+10:00

Cute little pink felted toy.

Transparent png file.

Download from 4shared

Set of 3 Cardboard Gift Tags

2010-04-18T14:07:00.013+10:00

Includes one rectangle, one square and one round gift tag.

Download from 4shared

Crochet Amigurumi Trees

2010-04-11T14:02:00.005+10:00

Lovely crochet trees with light green and dark green foliage.

Png's with transparent background.

Download from 4shared

Scrummy Fabric Cupcake

2010-04-02T10:43:00.003+11:00

This scrumptious cupcake has pink and white spotted linen icing decorated with velvet flowers and vintage buttons.

Perched in a grey velvet patty pan, ringed with matching pink and white flowers.

I'm very proud of this piece, it took quite a while to complete.
I hope you love it as much as I do!

Download from 4shared

Amigurumi Chick in Egg

2010-03-27T09:11:00.001+11:00

Our family is heading off early on Sunday morning for our first holiday in over two years, so I'm posting this today instead of tomorrow.

We'll only be gone for four nights, but I expect to pick up a very sooky cat from the vet's when we get home on Thursday afternoon!

In the meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this little crochet amigurumi chick, just hatching from it's egg.

Transparent png image.

Download from 4shared

Fabric Easter Eggs

2010-03-24T15:20:00.004+11:00

Some gorgeous fabric eggs for you to play with!

Download from 4shared

Bunny Peeps

2010-03-21T14:11:00.016+11:00

One yellow and one pink rabbit peep. Someone has had a little nibble on the pink one already!

Apparently, peeps are made of marshmallow rolled in coloured sugar. Sweeeet...

We don't have them here in Australia, and I doubt I could manage to eat one if they did.

Download from 4shared

Pansies

2010-03-14T15:05:00.003+11:00

Two blue-toned pansies with yellow centres.

Png's with transparent background.

Download from 4shared

Red Chinese Lantern

2010-03-01T13:31:00.010+11:00

Cute little hand-sewn felt lantern with transparent background, of course.

Download from 4shared

Transparent Clouds - original shapes

2009-12-09T14:25:00.005+11:00

I hand-drew these shapes earlier today, so that I could have a play with the layer effects in PSE.

I downloaded the 30-day trial, but my savings still aren't up to purchasing it, alas!

Personally, I'm pretty pleased with the way the swirly clouds turned out, and am looking forward to using them in some new blog designs I've got in mind.

Hope you find the results useful!

Download from 4shared

Foil Mushies

2009-12-03T21:21:00.004+11:00

Just having a play today with some foil paper that I scanned, and some mushroom shapes I drew.

Not so happy with the paper, but I still like the shapes, so I might use them for something else another time...

Download from 4shared

CU Glitter Flower Shapes

2009-11-28T22:06:00.002+11:00

As I'm a bit of a design dabbler, I've decided to have a bit of a play with paint.NET (a free program), and share my results here for others to use.

I'm saving up for PhotoShop Elements, so hopefully I'll reach my saving target fairly soon and will be able to create some top quality images for you.

Here's my first cu freebie, some simple flower shape elements:

Download from 4shared