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Free Printables

(Plus some paper bead news and the free printable coming next – read on!)

News flash – I have now created a special page where will find all my free printables in one place. You no longer need passwords to access them and I have also put in the YouTube tutorial links showing you how to use most of the free printables. Click here to go to the page.

As promised, here are four more free Christmas printables for you.

You can get the previous set of free Christmas printables by clicking here.

Free clip art is always welcomed by crafters, so I have been busy creating some nice cosy Christmas images for you to download and use.

You can use them on cards, tags, gift wrap, scrapbooking, journaling – the choice is yours.

Free Christmas Printables
Click here to download the full res image
Free Christmas Printables
Click here to download the full res image
Free Christmas Printables
Click here to download the full res image
Free Christmas Printables
Click here to download the full res image

All I ask is that you abide by the Terms & Conditions of using my images – there aren’t many but I would appreciate it if you would respect the ones I do have😍.

The image of Santa giving out presents is actually an old 1911 pic that I have altered and added snow to give it a real wintry feel.

There are more free Christmas printables in the pipeline…

I will be giving away the design for making these beads very soon.

If you are a paper bead maker you may enjoy using the free design I am giving away in my next post.

free Christmas printables
One of the free printables coming next time – see previous pic for the beads you can make with it.

I’m not sure which day I will be publishing, so if you want to make sure you get notified, just subscribe to this blog and you will be notified of new posts as soon as they come out.

My next post will be about how to use the design and I will be showing you exactly how I made the beads in the picture.

And if anyone is interested in making pillow paper beads, you will love my latest discovery!

It’s been more decades than I want to admit since I discovered the joy of paper beading and in all that time, I have managed to never make pillow beads.

So I was really excited when I discovered a crafter with a channel called Wokos Crafts on YouTube

Woko has some beautiful videos on paper beading, especially the one showing how to make pillow beads.

free Christmas printables
My first attempt at making pillow beads – I’m sure I’ll get better with practice! Watch Woko’s tutorial if you want to learn.

If you want to learn how to make pillow beads, click the link above for Wokos Crafts and you will see how it is done.

It is a very simple technique and you don’t need a bead tool. Woko is very softly spoken and relaxing to watch.

And if you want to use the same colors that I used, you can download and print my designs onto glossy paper, by clicking the links under the pictures.

You can download the full res image by clicking here.
You can download the full res image by clicking here.

And in case you are wondering, there are stringing holes in pillow beads beads but they are in the corners.

If you liked my free Christmas printables, keep coming back because there will be many more free printables in the coming months.

And if there is anything in particular that you would like, maybe a certain colour scheme or pattern, let me know.

A typical paper bead design – suggestions for colors are welcome.

I do have an etsy shop where I sell paper bead templates but as life is way more than just about money, I love being able to give away some designs on this website too.

I also sell paper bead making tools in my shop for making small hole beads (3mm) and large hole European style beads (5mm).

But coming up very soon, I am going to show you how I make beautiful European Style paper beads without using my bead tools.

I will be demonstrating how I get the core holes to the perfect size for the bead cores to fit.

I will be showing you how to make these beads using my template very soon.

Enjoy your crafting projects and please consider subscribing here so you don’t miss any free printables.

And enjoy the free Christmas printables – ’tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la, la la la la!

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News flash – I have now created a special page where will find all my free printables in one place. You no longer need passwords to access them and I have also put in the YouTube tutorial links showing you how to use most of the free printables. Click here to go to the page.

You can make this with my free download printable – details below.

DIY BoHo bracelet – A lovely bright cuff bracelet for you to make using my free printable design.

I’m back this week with another craft tutorial on my YouTube channel and this week, I’ve brought you a chunky cuff design in warm colors with a Mexican influence.

Paper beads made with my free designer template in warm colors with a Mexican feel.

This DIY BoHo bracelet is a stark contrast from the delicate blue and white ceramic look of last week’s project.

Click here to see that post.

DIY BoHo bracelet
Faux china beads made using last weeks free download.

The full tutorial showing how to make this week’s bracelet is over on my YouTube channel where you can get the password to unlock your free DIY BoHo bracelet printable design.

Get this free printable
To make this beautiful bracelet

Why am I giving away a free printable design each week at the moment?

Well, so many people are stranded at home without access to craft supplies right now and so I began my Crafting In a Crisis series of videos that I am uploading each week.

See the video for this bracelet here.

See the video for this bracelet here.

See the video for this bracelet here.

This week is Crafting In a Crisis No 5 and as with the other free downloads, you need to watch the video over on YouTube using the links further up this page and get the password from the video.

In the video I show you yet another way to easily make paper beads without a proper bead tool.

Once you have watched the video and you can go to this link, which is my free downloadables page, and find the design below.

Free Printables

What can you do in return?

All I ask is that you subscribe to this blog. And that is optional. You don’t have to and you can still get any free downloads that I have previously offered to non-subscribers in the past but it would make me very happy to have you here.

Also, at some point soon, I am going to start making my future free printables available to subscribers only.

So subscribe today by clicking on the subscribe button in the menu on the left – see video below. You may have to click the gear icon on the left to get the menu to appear if you are reading this on a held-held device.

It would be lovely to have you subscribe to my YouTube channel as well when you go over to watch the tutorial that goes with this blog post.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope see you next week with a tutorial on how to make faux wooden beads with another free printable I will be uploading.

And for those who don’t have access to the 1mm elastic like I use in my videos for stringing the beads…

…I have a special tip in next week’s tutorial for how you can still make your stretchy bracelet without elastic. Yes really! I’ve been racking my brains for how it couild be done while people can’t get out to buy craft supplies and I have cracked it!

You won’t believe how easy it is!

Hope you enjoy using your DIY Boho bracelet template – see you next week.

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Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love? 😍

Free Halloween printables as png files may be just what you need to add the finishing touches to a Halloween project.

Whether you are a teacher needing free Halloween printables for your class to use or a crafter wanting very simple designs depicting Halloween, these designs may be what you need.

There are 12 very simple, basic designs in this Halloween printables set.

You can either print them out or drag them onto another image in Photoshop. The backgrounds are transparent, although they show as white on here.

They will print out as white but if you drag the design onto another image in Photoshop, you will only get the black part.

You will find your free, full size free Halloween images by clicking the links under the pictures.

https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Bats.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Cat.png

https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Cauldron.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Ghost.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Grave-Stone.png

https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Happy-Pumpkin.png

https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-RIP-Grave.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Skull.png

https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Spider-Web.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Tree.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Witches-Hat.png
https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Halloween-Zombie-Hands.png

We hope you enjoy using your free Halloween printables.

We will be adding more free printables soon so if you want to make sure you get access to them all, please subscribe to this blog and you will find out as soon as new designs are available to download.

Coming up next is a sheet of beautiful 1 inch circular designs in rich autumn colors.

I have designed these to be in intense, warm colors to match the season that September brings to the northern hemisphere.

You will be able to print the 6×4 inch sheet of designs off and cut them out with a 1 inch circular punch to make handbag dangles, bottle cap pendants, key chains or to use in scrap booking.

You can see in the pic below right what I have done with some of the designs.

I will also be giving you step by step instructions on how to use these free printable designs next time so you can make these charms too.

My newest free designs coming up in my next post.
Examples of what you can make with my free designs.

Meanwhile sign up to my blog so you don’t miss any freebies…

…And have fun with your free Halloween printables!

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Digital Freebies

Who doesn’t like free stuff? Especially when they are digital free stuff for your crafts.

You may have noticed in my last post, I included a link to a digital freebie of small circle designs.

I created them to use in various crafts including scrapbooking, card making or for making pendants – basically, any creative activity where you can use small, colourful circular designs.

This time, I am building on my digital freebies.

I have added another 6×4 inch sheet of 1 inch circular designs that could be used in any creative craft you want, including bottle cap pendants, or 1 inch bezel pendants.

Free Printables

This design can be used with a 1 inch circle punch or cut  by hand.

Just print out onto 6×4 glossy photo paper and punch/cut the designs out.

If you want to access my digital freebies – all I ask is that you watch my latest YouTube Video showing how I used these designs.

The video is less than 10 minutes long and it reveals the password you will need to get into https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/free-printable-designs where I am now posting the links to my digital freebies

This is the page on this website where you can access the free designs once you have the password.

Get the password from the YouTube video and come back here to unlock your free designs.

And while you are over at my YouTube channel, I would love it if you also subscribed and hit the bell icon to get regular updates which will include more free designs for your crafts.

This is what I used my designs for…

What will you use yours for?

There will be more and more of these free designs coming up in the future – if you have any requests for colours or shapes of designs you would like to – let me know.

I can’t promise to be able to supply what you have in mind but it’s worth asking me.

You can do that by scrolling down to the comments section below and leaving your ideas there or by leaving a comment over on my YouTube channel under one of my videos.

If you aren’t sure where to source the craft supplies I use in my videos, you can visit my Amazon stores and browse through to find what you need.

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