Free Etsy & Blog Banners, part 2

December 10th, 2008 I posted on this blog a collection of Free Etsy / Blog Banners that I had found across the world wide web, looking for something to spruce up my online shop and blog.
 Little did I know just how popular my post would be!
As of  today, 4,760 people have viewed that post!

Since then, I've been approached by others designers out there with their own freebies to share.
So I what better way to share them, than with a part 2 post including links for you to visit and freebies for you to enjoy!

Sweetly Scrapped
If you LOVE that vintage look, like I do, you'll love Sweetly Scrapped!
She has everything you need for your blog, etsy shop, free digi's, tags, printable's and plenty of tutorials!

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The Graphics Fairy
Every day is a new Vintage Clip Art freebie! To be used in your mixed media art, paper crafting, and anything else you can dream up!
She also has a sister site called, The Background Fairy, where you can find plenty of free blog backgrounds! Both sites have craft projects to try with her free images, to get your creative juices flowing. :)

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Designers Crafts Blog Hop- Journaling*

Journaling is this months theme over at The Designers Crafts site. So instead of the traditional Scrapbook journaling, I thought I'd show you a page inside my personal journal, it's one I draw, doodle, paint or just write about the things that frustrate me. In my case this page is about having to cope with having a food allergy.

I covered this entire paper in shades of blue &   green watercolor pencils, then painted till I had my back ground. I cut a cluster of fishes to represent how I feel society reacts to food allergens and in the lower corner is Me and (at times) how I just feel.

This page is not meant to depress you in any way, just to show you how I like to journal.
Journaling does not have to limited to just scrapbooking. You can journal in a book, on fabric, on your wall and even on cookies with edible markers.
Thanks for coming by and please visit the rest of the designers by hopping forward or back.

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Rusty, old and Beautiful

Just something I found while I wandering the colorful streets in Cabot San Lucas this last December.
~ Michelle Frae Cummings

The best of The Robins Nest from all of 2011. Scrapbooking and Paper Craft goodness!

Happy 2012! Here's to another year of working with The Robins Nest amazing paper line! As some of you know by now, I blog for The Robins Nest every Friday on their blog. I absolutely love their "glittered" paper and Dew Drops. So fun to play with! My first post of the year is a little tribute to 2011 and all the wonderful creations made by myself, the owners and design team. Please visit their blog here to join the fun!

Bumper cars at the Fair, comic book style

I was clearing some photos off my iPad when I found this piece I did earlier this year using a app called "comic book". Playing around with it back then, I was not satisfied with the result and forgot about it until now.
Now I like it. What do you think?

~ Michelle Frae Cummings