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Ways to organize using binder covers (plus a FREE printable monogram binder cover)
Binder covers are one of my favorite organizing tools! (apart from labels). Some of the ways you can use binder covers: Personalise school notebooksHome organization/household binders (separate binder for each section or as dividers within the one binder) including budgeting, important info, meal planning, cleaning,taxes, blog planning, health & fitness, travel, lists, teacher planner, craft projects, [...]
How to organize your taxes with a printable tax planner
Doing your taxes might not be fun but you can make it less painful, faster and be able to easily find exactly what you’re looking for without missing out on any tax deductions with these cute, functional and editable tax planner printables!These are not specific to a certain countries' tax laws so you can live [...]
Raster, vector, png, .TIFF, CMYK – what does it all mean?! (Graphic design terminology explained)
Here are some graphic design terminology you’ve probably come across (or will come across) when creating images for your blog, if you want to design patterns or are doing anything graphic design related! COLOR MODESCMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key i.e. Black) – the color system typically used by printers. You may have noticed that most [...]
25 Products You Can Create With Patterns
Have you heard the news? My new ecourse: How to make patterns in Photoshop and Monetize Your Designs is open for enrollment
How to make a monogram computer wallpaper for FREE using Canva (Video Tutorial)
Today’s blog post is a little different, I’ve put together a video tutorial (instead of just written instructions!) to show you how to make your own monogrammed desktop background/wallpaper/screensaver for your computer, laptop, iPad, tablet or iPhone!This is one of the first video tutorials I’ve filmed so please forgive me if I say ‘umm ‘a [...]
Which is Cheaper: DIY Printable Planners or Pre-Printed & Assembled Planners?
If you’re part of the planner community you’ve probably had this debate before: which is cheaper? Diy printable planners that you print at home versus pre-printed and assembled planners?Let’s do a cost comparison:Let’s say you want your planner to have: 104 weekly planning pages (2 page weekly spread so 52 pages with double sided printing for [...]
How to use shapes in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I show you how to: Download shapes to use in Photoshop (and share one of my favorite resource websites for Photoshop shapes)How to import shape files into PhotoshopHow to backup your shape filesHow to use shapes in PhotoshopI’m using Adobe Photoshop version CS6.This video tutorial is from my ecourse: How to make [...]
How to use Clipping Masks in Photoshop
If you’ve ever wondered what a clipping mask is in Photoshop, how it works and why you would use it, then this video tutorial is for you
How to make use of blank pages in your planner
So you’ve bought a planner or notebook and it has a bunch of blank notes pages – but what do you do with them?!I had the same problem but solved it by creating these cute notes page title stickers:Included are 4 different styles of flags:To use these stickers: Print onto full sheet label paper (it doesn’t [...]
My 5 Favourite Color Tools for Graphic Design
Do you have trouble coming up with color combinations for your products (or have trouble choosing color combinations when buying products)? Here are my 5 favorite color tools! DESIGN SEEDSDesign Seeds takes a photo and extracts 3 or 4 colors from the image. A lot of their photos are of nature e.g. flower or scenic landscapes [...]