Granny's Cottage Freebie

I tend to think about strange things at times, like last night as I was laying in bed, I wondered if girls still wore Slips.  You know under dresses and skirts to stop the cling.. rofl.  I haven't worn a dress or skirt since I was at school, many moons ago, and it was just something I was pondering before going to sleep.  I know I am odd!!!

Anyway, enough of my oddness, and here as promised on both Facebook (it'll never catch on), and Twitter (no one reads my tweets ~sigh~), here is the brand new freebie, tee hee!!!  I decided to call it Granny's Cottage, mainly because it looks a little like the bungalow my Nan used to live in.  I prefer the word cottage to bungalow, which is a really strange word when you come to think of it.  Will have to look up the origins, and see why they decided to call a house without an upstairs a bungalow.  Oh know, am pondering again!!!  Sorry.

Anyways, if you would like today's Freebie, just click on the picture above, and you will be able to download the folder.  In said folder you will find, a jpg and png version of the coloured image of Granny's Cottage, and also included is a jpg Digi Stamp image.  I know that one of my other 'home' images is one of the most downloaded images I have on my blog, so hopefully you will find this one just as fun to use.

Happy Crafting...

hugs Janie xxx

My Street Freebie

Good Morning all, as I write this the heating is being fixed, which is good as the weather seems to of taken a turn for the worse here.  Thank you all for the good wishes regarding our leaking gas probblems, it has been very kind of you all to comment, in fact, all the comments I have received lately regarding my freebies have been wonderful to read, it really does cheer me up, especially when things are not going to plan at home.

To show how cheered up I am I give you today a rather colourful freebie, called My Street, I would first like to point out that my street doesn't quite look like the image above, but it would be nice to live there wouldn't it.  The art work is slightly different for me, I was trying to get a younger persons perspective and I hope I managed it and I hope also that you like it.

To grab the freebie just click on the image above.  In the download you will receive...

• 3 Different Coloured House in both jpg and png formats.
• 3 Different House jpg Digi Stamp Images.
• 1 Coloured Fence in both jpg and png format.
• 1 jpg Fence Digi Stamp.
• 1 Coloured Tree Image in both jpg and png format.
• 1 jpg Tree Digi Stamp.
• 1 Coloured Flowers Image in jpg and png formats
• 1 jpg Flowers Digi Stamp

I hope I have listed everything, the image above doesn't show all the Digi Stamps in the download as I couldn't fit any more on and not make the image look to crowded...

Anyway, enjoy your crafting...

hugs Janie xxx

Finally it has arrived - The Nativity Stable Freebie

Well lots of you have been asking for this, and this morning I woke up and thought today was the day I would give it a go...  you know how you always put off those hard things...  Strangely it didn't take me to long once I got going, and I hope you like the finished result.

You can put as many or as few of my Nativity images in and around the stable, remember if you are adding the images in a graphics program to use the png versions of my images.  I did a quick try to make sure it looked okay and it worked fine.

In the download which you get by clicking on the top most image, you will receive, a coloured image in both jpg and png, and a digi stamp image in both formats as well.  I hope this doesn't come to late for all you Christmas crafting needs, but if so I guess there is always next year...

Right I'm off to make a few more cards now, and just maybe one or two might have a Nativity scene... who knows...

Happy Crafting,

hugs Janie xxx

Castle Crafty Freebie

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night (Delete as appropriate) boys and girls, are we sitting comfortably?  Then I shall begin...

Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so very different from our own, there was a mighty King, who lived in a fabulous castle on top of a hill.  This castle was called Crafty, because the King loved to play with paper, card, glue and all things sticky.  In fact, the King loved crafting so much, he actually built his lovely home from card and paper, and now you can to.  

In the download of Castle Crafty, you will receive, a coloured image in jpg and png formats, and a Digi Stamp Image which you can colour in whatever style you wish.  Check back next week, as their are a couple of characters waiting in the wings which will fit perfectly with this image...

Have a great weekend...

hugs Janie xxx

Church Freebie

So here we are again, another Freebie for you to download, this time my version of a Church, which might be useful to some of you, I certainly hope so.  In the download you will get a coloured jpg and png Church image and a jpg digi stamp image.

The windows have a scene I made up from various of  my freebie images, but I thought you could put whatever image you want in the 3 windows. and make it really personal.

Happy Crafting,

hugs Janie xxx

In the Dog House Freebie

So this is a bit of a surprise for me as well as you, not very often do I post at the weekend, and yet I find myself doing so today.  Stuart's Mum commented that the Bird House, a couple of blogs ago would make a nice little Dog Kennel if altered a little...  so...  I decided to make a Dog House just so she can use this one instead, and of course you can all use it as well.

The download, which as usual you get just by clicking on the image above, has two coloured dog house images, one with a sign saying 'Dog House' and the other blank for you own words.  You get both these images in jpg and png formats.  You also get both images as digi stamps in jpg format.

I hope you are all having a great weekend, doing what you all love to do.

See you soon, happy crafting,

hugs Janie xxx

In the Bird House Freebie

Morning all, or afternoon, evening or night depending when you read this... to me it is morning, and quite a chilly one, it is really beginning to feel Autumnal outside some days now.  So I decided to give you a nice bright freebie today, my own interpretation of a bird house, so it has to be a little different didn't it.  lol.

In the download, which you can access by clicking on the image above, you will receive a coloured image in both jpg and png formats, and of course a sweet little, or big depending what size you want it, jpg digi stamp image.  There is lots to colour in on the digi stamp which I quite liked, you can even do a little decoupage on it if you so fancy.  I really hope you have fun using this freebie.

Happy Crafting,

hugs Janie xxx

Crafty Boutique Freebie

Hello again, I had a great week last week, my husband Stuart had a week off work and we had a great time together, even entered the craft room and did some crafting.  Which was really great, it seems ages since I have actually made a card.  I know we all go through it at times, when we lose our crafty mojo's... and I am glad my time seems to be over.

Today's freebie is a shop front for you to use, just click on the image above to download file.  In it you will get a coloured version in jpeg and png format, and a jpeg digi stamp.  The digi stamp is really nice as you can make it any sort of shop you want, name it and place different images in the window.  I hope you enjoy playing with this one.

Thanks by the way for all the lovely comments about the snap freebie, you are really kind...  8)

hugs Janie xxx

Log Cabin Freebie

What a sporty weekend I have just had...  with hubby Stuart watching the Grand Prix Qualifying on Saturday, the British Grand Prix on Sunday, and then the World Cup Final !!!  Funny that for a man who doesn't do a lot of sporty activities, if you don't count the WII, he has an awful lot of advice for all these sporting people on the tv...  lol.

I finally did some crafting, coloured in a digi stamp with my promarkers... had fun as well... which is the best bit about crafting.

Today's freebie is something I knocked up.. with a few nails and a rusty old hammer I found in the shed.  Okay, I used my laptop, you caught me out yet again, can't get nothing past you guys can I?  As you can see it's a log cabin, with a lovely crooked chimney, you could even if you wanted put a photo of someone in the window looking out...  The download includes, 1 coloured image in both jpeg and png format.... and of course the usual Digi Stamp image for you to enjoy.

Hope you enjoy this one, take care all and happy crafting...

hugs Janie xxx

Fantasy Floral Fence Freebie

Hi all, sometimes it's nice to do something a little bit different isn't it, so whilst doodling one day it eventually turned into this image.  This one is quite pretty, and is a joy to colour in using the Digi Stamp Image and pens/pencils/paints of your choice, my pen of choice is of course Promarkers.

In the download you will get the main coloured image in both jpeg and png formats, and a jpeg Digi Stamp.

I must admit I have not done a lot of crafting lately, probably since last weekend, is that naughty?  Surely it's not normal...  I did draw another freebie yesterday, whilst watching the England World Cup match, and no... it's not anything to do with football...  lol. 

My finger is better, thank you very much for all the concern, not sure why such a small cut would hurt so much, but paper cuts always do don't they.  Well wishes to Betty, who did one better than me and admitted to having a broken finger, hopefully that will get better just as quickly.

See you all soon...

hugs Janie xxxx

The Wise Owl Inn Freebie

Hi all, how's it going?  Well if you want to relax and take your mind off things for a while why not take a trip to the Wise Owl Inn, a place where Crafters are always welcome to visit and enjoy their favourite soft drink, whilst indulging in the craft of their choice.

To visit all you have to do is click on the image above and you will be able to download this fine old English public house.  I know, I know, isn't that so exciting!!!!   I bet you never thought you would have a pub for your very own.  Not only do you get a coloured in version of the Wise Owl Inn in both png and jpeg formats, but you also got not one but two digi stamps of the Inn.  You get the original Wise Owl Inn jpeg digi stamp plus a unnamed version of the same image, so you have the chance to name the Inn what ever you wish. I thought that might be nice for personal crafty items you wish to make.  Have fun!!!

I'd also like to say a big howdy, to my latest three followers, so nice to meet you...  hope you are enjoying what you find on my blog. ~waves~

I hope you all like this image, took me a while to sort out...  getting to ambitious... lol

Happy Crafting,

hugs Janie xxxx

Look Back on 20K

Hey there, yes I have finally reached the 20,000 downloaded file mark, and that's a very large number.  I am actually over 20,000 but as I test each link to make sure it works before my freebies go live, then I needed to go slightly over to be sure.  Thank you all for enjoying my work so much you have decided to download, thank you again for all the lovely comments about my work, they are very much appreciated, and finally a big thank you to all those crafters who have used something I designed in your crafting.

To celebrate reaching the big 20K, I thought I would list the top 5 downloads, in reverse order, which for whatever reason have been saved onto you computer by you.

Number 5 :-  GTC Freebie 1 

This was the very first freebie I put up, my first try at Digi Stamp drawing.  I am always surprised to to see it in the top 5, hanging in there with a total of 365 downloads as of today.  It took time to do this one, and there are several mistakes that today I would propably never of allowed, and I never did give the download a proper name.  I have learnt a lot about drawing, and am still learning, but Freebie 1 is still a favourite, of you it seems as well as myself.

Number 4:-  GTC Peanut Pony Freebie 

I really enjoyed making Peanut, he is so cute, I have used his basic body design for several different characters, but Peanut holds a special place in my heart and yours too it seems, after being downloaded 374 times in total as of today.  Any card I have made with Peanut has been received with a smile, which I think sums up this Digi Stamps personality.  The paper I designed to go with him is an added bonus, and I am really happy that this one is in the top 5.

Number 3 :-  GTC George Freebie 

What can I say about George the Owl, he has been a firm favourite with you all ever since I posted him.  He was my Number 1 download for a very long time, and I even gave him pride of place in my banner at the top of my blog.  I have received a huge number of comments about George, all good, and now with 382 downloads, as of today, under his wing, he richly deserves his number 3 spot in the top 5.  I have used this design on cards, ATC's and scrapbook pages.  He is such a versatile image, and with the added bonus of a backing paper I think he will stay in my top 5 for a long time to come.

Number 2 :-  GTC Lucy Sheep Freebies

This one did surprise me, not that I don't like Lucy, she is baa-tiful!!!  But to rise so quickly to the coverted number 2 spot was a surprise, Lucy along with her pals have had 393 downloads as of today.  She was very easy to draw and really fun to make.  The hardest part was the Word Art I included with her download.

To get everthing just right took a lot of time, but I am glad you like her so much.  

Number 1 :-  GTC Home Freebie 

From first posting these Digi Stamps, they romped into first place, and have remained there ever since, with a huge total of 450 downloads as of today, they are far and away my most downloaded image.  Drawn at my mum-in-laws whilst staying over for 2009 christmas holidays, these took ages to tweak just right. You all loved these images, even though I managed to cut off one of the cottages sides in the image above (they are ALL whole in the download).  I think everyone got really tired of me saying, what do you think of this, and does this work?  But the end result was not displeasing, and thank you for downloading this one into the number 1 spot, and for enjoying so many of my other free downloads.

Okay, that's the top 5 downloads as they stand today, but with so many downloads both old and new nipping at their heels, I wonder if they will still be the top 5 when I reach 40k downloads.  Keep watching this space to find out...  LOL.

Hugs and much love to all my blogging and crafting friends, lots of whom I have never met in person, but who have kept me going in this blog and have really helped me and encouraged me with words of much kindness.

Happy Crafting...

Janie..xx

Close the Gate Freebie

Hello there, hope you all had a wonderful weekend, I know I did.  Went to see my niece Emily on Sunday, it was her 12th birthday, or it is today I should say.  Had a great time, my husband Stuart's birthday is next weekend so Emily baked him a birthday cake as she wouldn't see him on the actual day.  It was brilliant, such a talented chef in the making...  Hope you have a wonderful birthday Emily, sorry you had to go school on it... bah humbug!!!!!

Today's freebie is, as you can see, a lovely stone wall with a gate in the middle.  The nice thing about the png version is the you will be able to see through the gate into the picture beyond... so you can create a scene.  Of course you can also cut it out, and take out the spaces between the gate slates (??) to do the same thing and 3d it on a crafty creation.

In the file you will get a coloured wall and gate in jpeg and png format, and as usual you also get a jpeg Digi Stamp image.  I thought after so many weird and wonderful creations I would bring you something more down to earth today.  I hope you like it.

hugs Greebs..xx

The Shed Door Freebie

 

Hi all...  Just a short and sweet freebie for you...  er... it's a shed door.  I know it's slightly odd... but hey... so am I.  The download includes two different coloured doors in both jpeg and png formats, and 2 digi images in jpeg format.

I hope you find something fun to do with them... lol.

On a more serious note, I just thought I would remind you not to post my images on your blogs that others can download.  I prefer it if you would just link to my blog so they can download my graphics from here.  At least that way people get a  TOU with them and know what they can and can't use them for.  I  don't mean to come over all heavy or anything... and I hope you all understand why I would prefer this.  Thanks.

Happy Crafting,
Greebs..xx

There's No Place Like Home Freebie

'Baby, it's cold outside' - I don't care who is singing it, I just have to agree with them.  Here I am, mostly the warmest bunny in the warren and even I have to keep turning the heating on for a boost of warmth.  I hope all my U.K. readers are keeping warm, and of course anyone else who lives in not so sunny parts of the World.

I decided to post another freebie as I was supposed to be ringing my sister to get an address from her for a card I want to send for my nephews birthday, but she seems to be braving the cold weather and gone out, or she is ignoring my phone calls..  lol.  So having had done my chores around the house (well some of them at least), I decided enough was enough and sat down to do a spot of blogging.

Todays Freebie is a first for me, it is actually 3 digi stamps and no coloured image, so if you like colouring in you will love this one.  Each cottage is slightly different in the foliage department, and looking at the lovely blooms they were definately drawn in a more temperate frame of mind.

In the download you will get 3 jpg cottage digi stamps, which I hope you will enjoy colouring in for your card making or scrapbooking, or indeed and crafty endeavour. I did notice one of the cottages in the above image seems to have one of its bushes chopped off, I am not sure how that happened (well I do and am feeling to lazy to fix it), but the images you receive in the download will be complete I promise.

Keep yourselves happy and warm,

hugs Greebs..xx

A Sign of the Times Freebie

Hi again, well here's something different for you, and it's nothing to do with Christmas.  I had a thought about saying thank you after Christmas, and I came up with this sign, which can be added to a card and then you can use that actual sign board to print your message onto.  Using whatever form of writing you wish.  Scrapbookers can also, I am sure, find a good use for this freebie.

'A Sign of the Times', has two coloured sign images in jpeg and png format, and a digi stamp image included. Just click on the above image to go to the download site.

Happy Crafting,

Greebs..xx