A New, and Free Christmas Tree Baubles Design

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"Merry Christmas Baubles in Purple and Pink"

Hello there

I'm sending this early, because amidst all the online sale clamour,  it just feels right to buck the trend a little bit, and kick off the pre-Christmas period here by *giving* you something.

 So, please tap, click or double click here, depending upon your device, if you'd like to be able to download and use this Christmas bauble graphic (my full and generous-as-I-can-make-it angel usage policy for all BoundingSquirrel.com downloads is here, if you need it).

(I've given up saying exactly how big anyone's download will be on the blog, as it seems to vary here beyond my control at times. But it was created at 7 inches square and 300dpi, so something in some way printable should emerge if you need to print it).

Full disclosure: This "Merry Christmas with tree baubles," graphic is an alternative colourway to the more traditional one available to buy in my Craftsuprint shop.

But personally,  I'm loving this purple colourway more, and so wanted to make this the one to give you (at any time, depending upon when you're reading this) if that makes sense.

Finally

Everyone's busy at this time of year, so that's enough waffle from me. Thank you, as ever, for reading this, and may this time be bringing you all you need, whether that's sales galore, celebrations for some  people in the US, or just peace and quiet :-) .

More soon.
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Christmas in July and August...

I'm up to my old seasonally-inappropriate tricks again. Yes, in the warm and welcome heat of this July (and now August) in London,  I've given in to the gentle nags in Zazzle's newsletter...and have been producing Christmas designs!

Digital watercolour and glitter "Merry Christmas," bauble and fir branch (painted in Artrage 4)

So, I thought I'd post them as some work-in-process (not all are finished or uploaded yet).

All were made in Artrage 4 first.

This "Noel" repeating pattern started in ArtRage 4.

I used the "stencil" tool to create a "Noel" in "Brock Script" font, and then added red digital glitter to one of them. (I'm still getting over how wonderful even the idea of mess-free digital glitter can be).

Then, in Patternshop, having rotated the images, I first of all thought the glitter edges looked too messy. So I got rid of them. And then, they looked too "neat".

So the glitter edges, that make it look that bit more hand-printed have stayed in this version of the pattern...so far. (Update: This design will stay as it is. It was my first Christmas 2014 sale on Zazzle-in August :-) Many thanks to the buyer!)


Portable mistletoe

At the moment, the idea I've had most fun with is portable mistletoe. By adding a watercolour sprig of it to various items, there'll always be mistletoe around when you need it this Christmas, on designs like this one...

"Kiss Me, It's Christmas" Mistletoe Tees by BoundingSquirrel
Find other Christmas T-Shirts at zazzle.com

Don't know about you, but that's enough Christmassy stuff for now. I'm off to enjoy some sunshine!