A Happy New Year Image/Ecard

Tap or click/right-click here to download and use this ecard.

Hello there, and I hope that this season has been exactly as you needed it to be.

This is a scheduled post (I'm writing it in mid-December), because I'll be taking a break until early in 2026. At that point, the plan is that the old pattern of posts nearer the end of the working week will return.

Until then, I wanted to wish you all the very best for 2026, with another ecard that you're welcome to use and share as you wish. (It probably would also print OK at a small rectangular size if you need it to do so, but I can't promise that. But a definitely printable version of this design is available for sale here).

As ever, thank you for being here, and there'll be...

More soon.

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More Winter/Festive Florals

Free Christmas Anemones Background
Tap or click here to download and use

Hello there

Hope your week has been going well. 

And yes, if you were also here last week, your eyes do not deceive you. Those winter/Christmas anemones have now officially escaped their vase as well, to become this free download.

As ever, if you have any questions about how to use this, the answers should be in my "angel policy"

And though I uploaded it at a printable size, I can't vouch for download quality here on Blogger. As ever, if you need to print this at high quality, consider buying the file at full-resolution, over at Craftsuprint.

The ongoing and huge loyalty of so many crafters, cardmakers, and other people making lovely creative things (thanks *so much* especially if you're one of them and reading this) Update on Nov 17th  deletes previous text with the strikethrough symbol.  has also helped me make a rather big decision. Read on for details...

Site News

Long story short, for the last several months, I've been feeling too much like the proverbial mouse on a wheel, instead of a happy artist. I've been guilty of spreading myself too thinly, uploading to too many places...and not having nearly enough time left to create joyful art.

Don't get me wrong. I still love art, and everyone who has been kind enough to follow and buy all my items in so many different places over the years. Thank you so much.

But the time has come, for the sake of sanity, keeping my art high-quality and fun, and therefore making sure my products continue to be of that same quality...to focus my efforts much more carefully, on...

Designing original art downloads and supplies for people who use them to create their own crafts and projects.

 I've chosen this route, (initially as an experiment), for several reasons.

♥ Firstly, I specially love to design items knowing that someone else will be able to build upon them even further, and make them their own.

♥ This could well be because of the love and support (and yes, purchases...thank you so much) I've already received from crafters from all sorts of places. A nicer bunch of people would be hard to find anywhere.

♥ It could also be because my whimsical style seems naturally to fit in this area. It wasn't something I planned at all...It just happened...

As you may already be able to tell from the change in logo, tagline and some other site details, I've already altered BoundingSquirrel.Com to help support this change.

Calling all cardmakers, crafters, journallers and other people who create things...

All of this is despite the fact that I personally am much less good at crafting than I am at art and design. That was a major factor in my taking so long to go down the craft supplies path...If I had fabulous fine-motor skills myself, I'd have gone down this path some time ago.

 So, if you're the opposite (ie you love to craft, but not so much to draw, paint and design) and would like free printable craft supplies in exchange for providing pictures of your makes, please get in touch).

 If you have any thoughts about these downloads, or any ideas about future printables (or any other kind of art you'd like to see, there is now a contact form at the bottom of every blog page, and also and updated contact page here.

And if you're not a crafter...

But if you're not a crafter, you're still so very welcome to keep reading BoundingSquirrel and enjoying the images. Most links to previous products will also remain in place, and I really appreciate your support too. It's just that my focus is changing/emerging for the first time. Thank you for your understanding.

Phew...

That was a long one. Apologies for all the text. I'll leave you to your week, with huge thanks for you being you, (and a pic of the "Robins and Berries" collection, that's also available to buy now as printable papers ;-).

Click or tap here
to see and buy the collection
at Craftsuprint.com

Have a great week.

More soon.
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A New Snowdrop Illustration

Click, tap or right-click here
to download this "Snowdrops" image.

Hello there, and I hope you're doing amazingly well this week, with plenty of art and whimsy, come what may.

My intention with these ink and watercolour snowdrops (started on paper, and finished digitally-a truly hybrid project) is to boost the world's whimsy quotient just a bit more.

So, if you feel just a splash more whimsical after reading this post, it's done its main job.

So, if you'd like to download and use this image (maybe for upcoming posts with a "February," theme?) please do. If you do, please keep the BoundingSquirrel signature in view. If you'd like to link back, that would be lovely, but there's no obligation. See my "angel policy" for details if you need them.

With that said, I'll leave you to your day. Thanks so much for being here, and for reading down this far.

More soon.

P.S. Update on Feb 4th 2025: This design is also now available as part of a printable sympathy card in my Craftsuprint shop.

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Free "Hello" Floral Gif Ecard Freebie

Hello there (quite literally, as it turns out).

Today is a pit-stop, just to let you know that this ecard gif is new, and free for you to download as is, and use or send to anyone you wish.

It's for those times when what you most want to do is just send someone a cheery "Hello"-just like an ordinary still image or photo.

Free Hello Yellow Floral Gif
Tap, right-click or click to download 

Just tap, right click, or click (depending on your device) and download it to use as you wish. Just please don't sell it, or claim it as your own in any way.

As ever, links back are *always* appreciated, but never required.

Hope this is useful and fun for both you and the recipients.

And as ever, thank you for being here.

More soon.

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A Whimsical Christmas Ecard...

Click, tap or right click here
(depending on your device) to download this
Christmas Ecard

Hello there, and hope life is treating you well.

It's a busy season for many, so will keep this brief, and announce that, in what has become a tradition here, this year's ecard is ready for you, with grateful thanks for your being here and reading these posts.

You're also welcome to download and send this to anyone else should you wish to do so. All I ask is that you don't sell it, and that the copyright stays with me.

How to download your ecard

To download, just click, tap or right-click (depending on your device) on the image above, and save to your own device before sending it on.

Hope this helps you (or someone you know) this season, and thanks again for taking the time to be here.

More soon.

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A September Grapes Freebie Illustration

Click, tap or double-click here to download
and use this September graphic if you wish.

And just like that, the holidays are over. Hope you had a good one. We did, and I'll share if you'd like. But somehow, you think you leave everything organised, and yet there's still so much mysterious *stuff* to sort out on returning :-).

Which is a roundabout way of saying that all the plans I had to have all my ducks in a row by now are *laughably* behind, but am still too "holiday-relaxed" to be too stressed about it.

A free September illustration/graphic for you

In the meantime, if you have any use for a new, free "September" graphic like the watercolour grapes above, then please feel free to download and use said grapes. (They are harvested in Europe at this time of year-can't vouch for elsewhere, but hope this helps in some way...And yes, I know we're into September already...).

And as ever, credit is very much appreciated, but not required, and terms of use are here.

And with that said, I'll go back to trying to get at least some of those ducks in a row for next week instead.

Thanks so much for being here, and have a lovely weekend when it comes.

More soon.

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Free Bouncing Bunny Animated Gif for Spring

Tap (or right or left click,
depending on your device)
and save this image to
 download it.

Hello there

As ever, I hope life is treating you well.

Today, as promised (and now that it finally actually feels like spring here) am back with a gift for you.

 In celebration of all things spring-like, happy and fun (including any flavour of festival into which you might be at this time of year), this bouncing bunny animated gif is yours to download if you wish. (The image is already deliberately small and optimised for phone screens/the web).

Just right-click and save (or tap and save, or left-click and save, depending upon your device).

As ever, credit is *always* appreciated, but never required.

And if you'd like more rabbity goodness...

And if one rabbit simply isn't enough for you, you might also like:

The new easy-to-make rabbit-shaped card in my Craftsuprint shop...

Or this  lovely rabbit-patterned background (also at Craftsuprint).

Rabbit-Patterned Background,
 available at Craftsuprint

Or if you just want to grab something funny and go, my Easter-Rabbits funny cartoon card is ever-popular on Zazzle (and downloadable for the first time, this year, so it's not too late to grab it).

Funny Cartoon Rabbits Printable Card

*More* freebies...

If that's still not enough (and/or you'd like more freebies), you can also check out some springtime gifts from previous years, such as:

This Happy Easter Chick Animated Gif

or this Easter daffodils image/ecard

That's all for now, and I'm going to wish you a happy few days, whatever you're up to. I'm taking a short break from the blog for a week or so. But, as ever, there will be...

More soon.

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It's Groundhog Day All Over Again: Free Marmot / Groundhog Background

Free Groundhog/Marmot Background
Click, right click  or tap to download

Hello there

Hope you're thriving and ready for today's free download: Cute groundhogs, in a printable that you can use in lots of different ways.

The sheet prints out well (300 dpi) at ordinary A4 size in a home printer, and is based around a pattern that's also on lots of cute stuff in the shop...

A confession...

I would have got this to you before today ('cos as I type, it as already Groundhog Day, Feb 2nd).

But for reasons best known to myself, I only realised this morning that marmots and groundhogs are the same animal...

Anyway, you have them now (and let's face it, cute marmots/groundhogs help to make life happier at any time of year, don't they?). (Here's the download link again, if you need it).

Hope you have loads of fun with this. 

More soon.


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Free 2023 Watercolour Graphic

Tap, right-click or click this image to download.

Hello there, and hope life is treating you well.

To coin a cliché, it's really hard to believe that it's almost 2023.

(For full disclosure, this is being typed and scheduled in advance in mid-December as am having a break from the online world until January).

But it's become something of a tradition for me to "paint out how next year feels" each December.

And this year, this is how 2023 feels from here.

And, as ever, you're welcome to use this graphic if you wish, in any way that fits my (ever-so-generous...promise) angel policy. Links back are always lovely, but never required.

May you have a wonderful new year. And, as ever from here, there'll be...

More soon.
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A Christmas Cartoon Ecard

Hello there

And now it really *is" that time of year again, and this year's Christmas ecard is below. As with them every year, feel free to use and share it if you wish (though am not sure if its topic will resonate in other places as much as the UK-do you have strikes at the moment too, where you are?).

Click, right-click or tap here to download this ecard.

In any event, enjoy the festive season, wherever and however it is for you.

I'll be taking a break from blogging now until the New Year, but have some posts already scheduled for you for after Christmas too.

Most of all, thank you for reading all these posts, and for being here.

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Christmas Foliage Graphics...and a Quiz

Picture 1-Right-click, click or tap here to download if you wish.

Hello there

Hope you're well and thriving, and ready for some fun, as well as a not one, not two, but three freebies to download, as befits the approaching festive season.

You're welcome to use any of the set of three graphics in this post, in any way at all that matches my angel policy. Just right-click, tap or click (depending upon your device) on the graphic(s) you'd like to use, and the graphic should download.

And if you're not in need of freebies right now...as well as if you are, this post is also a quiz.

Picture 2: Right-click, tap or click here to download

Each of the pics in this post was created in a different way. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to decide which method (A, B or C) matches which Picture 1, Picture 2 and Picture 3.

Picture 3: Right-click, tap or click here to download.

Painting and Drawing Methods Used

Which of these methods do you think matches which picture? (You may have to scroll up  from here to see the pictures again).

Method A One of the pictures in this post was created using 100% digital watercolour painting and digital ink sketching,  in the wonderful Rebelle 5 app, (not an affiliate link, I just enjoy using it).

Method B One of the pictures was created by wetting hot-pressed, (ie smooth) 300g Bockingford Watercolour paper, splashing colours into wet areas, and then, when the areas were dry, inking in details with a black waterproof pen.

Method C One of the pictures in this post was created by sketching onto 300g cold-pressed Bockingford Watercolour Paper first, and then painting in details wet-on-dry (though white highlights were still added later).

Your answers

When you think you have your answers, check the PS at the bottom of this post, to see if you're right.

Please note, this quiz is just for fun, there are no prizes, and the answers are at the very bottom of this post, in the P.S. section.

Whilst I'm in the business of making sure that there's enough text here to obscure the answers, this is probably a great point to remind you that my Redbubble shop is still a great place to look for gifts (most still in time for Christmas, or of course, any other time of year), and that  the printable designs in my Craftsuprint shop can be downloaded 365 days a year.

With that said, I hope you had fun with this post today, and/or found something you wanted in one way or another. It's only left for me to wish you a happy week, and promise that there will be more from me soon as well as...

A P.S with the quiz answers...

And the answers are:

Picture 1 was painted using method B. The surface is smooth (ie hot pressed) and the end result has a pretty sploshy wet-in-wet look.

Picture 2 was painted using method A, and is therefore, 100% digitally painted, (even though the digital paper behind it has a really convincing rougher/"cold-pressed paper" look).

Which means that Picture 3 used method C, with its rougher paper and penwork that am feeling now might have been a little over-the-top :-) .

Whatever your answers, hope you had fun, and see you next week.

More soon.
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Free Gratitude Animated Gif

Gratitude animated gif-click, tap or double-click here to download

Well hello there. I know that many people who visit BoundingSquirrel are from the USA, so if that's you, and you celebrate it, hope you are enjoying that.

If you are, then you probably have lots else going on, so I'll be brief. This "Gratitude" animated gif is a freebie, there's nothing to buy. Please just download, use it as much as you want, for Thanksgiving and *any other time* you want to thank someone or be grateful. (For those who like this kind of thing, my terms of use are generous, and located here).

For the rest of us (and I know that also includes some people in the States, it's just that this isn't a political blog) then it still can't harm to spread and feel some gratitude in the world, can it? 

For what are you grateful, happy and thankful? And if that includes a person or group and you'd like to use this gratitude gif to say so, please do. 

(Or this image from a previous year, if you prefer...I'm British, but love the chance to express gratitude so overtly every year...and am aiming to be less bashful about it the rest of the time too).

Thank you so very much for being here, and for being you.

Have a lovely weekend, and more soon.

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Free Happy Halloween Gif (and a Sale...)

Hello there.

Now, before I go any further with this post, if you are scared of spiders, please know that, I am as well.

Which made it both bizarre even to have *had* the idea for the Halloween gif below, and essential that the spider therein be the cutest and most smiley, goggley-eyed creature I could muster.

Click, right, click or tap here to download and use this gif if you wish

I hope therefore, that everyone can enjoy this gif, however they feel about spiders (please do download and use this image if you'd like, ready for 31st.). Alternatively, there is also a Halloween, "Friendly Ghost," gif from a previous year here. (Terms of use for all my freebies are here).

Nothing spooky about this sale, though...

In other news, I just wanted to let you know that *all* the printables in my Craftsuprint shop (over 450 of them, now) are on sale from today 28th October to the 31st October 2022. This is the last full sale of these that I plan to run before Christmas, so it's a great time to stock up on any printable sheets you've had your eye on.

Here's the link to the shop again: https://www.craftsuprint.com/clare-walker/

Equally, if you're reading this after Oct 31at 2022, the sale will be over. The link will still point to shop goodies though :-).

And with all of that said, it's time just to wish you a lovely weekend (or day, if you're reading this later).

More soon.

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Free September Illustration/ Clip Art Graphic To Download

Hello there.

I know this is a little early for the week, but wanted you to have it promptly, so that you can actually use it in September projects, newsletters and whatever else. 

Free "September" Illustration by Clare Walker
Right click, click or tap here to download.

As with all my freebies, it's my own illustration (in Krita 5 digital watercolour in this case) and you're free to download and use this in any way you like as long as you don't sell it as is or claim it as your own (copyright stays with me). Right-click on the image and save (or tap and save, depending on your device) to download it.

Have fun with this-more soon.

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Cute and Sleepy Dog Animated Gif

Tap or right-click to download and share if you wish

Hello there

If you're feeling in need of a "sleeping dog" animation, (and who wouldn't be, really?) this is for you. Whether (like me today) you're feeling hot and sleepy, or a need to be cosy, or just love dozing pups and pooches...You're welcome to download and share this image.

More soon (and if you're in a heat-affected area, stay cool, too)
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Free July Clip Art Illustration, and New Strawberry Card Sheets

Free "July Strawberry," Illustration. Right-click
and save here to download.

Hello there

Hoping you're well and thriving today. And as you can see above, it's time again for a "month illustration" freebie (in this case, the warmth and strawberries of July). Southern hemisphere people, I hear you, and know it isn't summer everywhere. I'm British, and it often isn't summer in July here either :-) . But seriously, if you have a different perception of months and their symbols, please let me know what they are, and I'll see if I can illustrate them for you.

Anyway, how about grabbing this freebie graphic?

So if you'd like to use the "July Strawberry," graphic above  in a project, video or newsletter, go ahead and right-click and save (or click, or tap, depending upon your device) the image above. Links back and credit are always appreciated, but never required.

And if you'd like to let me know how you use it, please do, 'cos 1) I'm curious, and 2) I might be able to feature *your* project in a future blog post.

Even more strawberry-ishness

Featuring is also what I'm doing with Marion Kimberley-Scott's lovely make of the new "Strawberry Mouse" printable card sheets (20% launch discount off in my shop for the next few days).

Strawberry Mouse Card,
made by Mario-Kimberley-Scott from a design by
Clare Walker at Craftsuprint

And on that cute and fragrant note, will leave you for this week. Thanks for dropping by, and have a great weekend.

More soon.

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Cheery, Good Luck or St Patrick's Day Animated Gif Ecard

 Hello there

If you're feeling in need of some cheering up, I may have just the thing today. As I'm writing this, we're just a week from St Patrick's Day. But you can get there instantly,  by sending this ecard...

To download, just right-click, tap or click here 
depending on your device and save.

Hope this helps. Be safe, well, and ...lucky...

More soon.

PS. Since this post went live, the background shamrock pattern that you see in the gif is for sale for instant download in my Craftsuprint shop if it takes your fancy too.

Happy Easter Chick Animated Gif by Clare Walker,
 BoundingSquirrel.Com. Click here to download
 and use or share it.

Yes, Easter would appear to have snuck up on us again, and so before taking a break for it, I just wanted to send you my very best wishes, whatever your way of celebrating  this time of year (or not).

For me, nature and the arrival of new life and hope is always key in spring, hence this image.

If you'd like to share this gif/send it as an online Easter card, please do (right-click, click or tap on the image to download and use it). I don't insist on credit, but it's always lovely if you're able to do so, or link back in some way.

Hope all is peaceful well and happy wherever you are. Have a lovely weekend (or more) and I'll see you in a few days.

Thanks so much for being here, and more soon.

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Free Illustration Download: March Daffodils

 

Click, tap or right-click depending  on your
device to download this free illustration

Can you believe that tomorrow it's March already? So, definitely time for your free March illustration download. The daffodils really are coming into full bloom here now, so this slice of bright and breezy days in the park is as real  and fresh-from-nature as it gets.

As ever, you're welcome to use this jpg illustration freebie however you like within the pretty broad limits of the BoundingSquirrel angel policy.

Have fun with this, and if you're enjoying it, please feel free to leave a comment and link below to show off how you're using it (if you'd like, there's no obligation).

That's it for today, but hope you're well, and take care.

More soon.

P.S. Update on March 25th. If you like this design, you may also like the Easter daffodil ecard here.

Freebie Friday: Come on Over...

 Hello (again!)

Two posts in one day...eek. It's just that I've been sharing this graphic in social media land. And, well, it seemed really unfair not to offer it here as a freebie to you, as one of the people who's probably already subscribed.

So, if you'd like it, please click, right-click or tap and download and use it as you wish. And please do check out all the news on the blog here, including the new feature of leaving a comment.

Now, I promise that's it from me for the weekend-have a good one.

More soon.

Cute Chocolates Illustration Download and More...

Tap, right-click or click here to download and use this image

Hello there, and hope you're doing well and thriving.

And an extra- special welcome if you're one of the many new people who've found out about BoundingSquirrel recently-I really appreciate your having taken the time to subscribe, and to read this.

In what's becoming a bit of a tradition, this fine Friday brings another free illustration for you to use in your projects, in the shape of the cute choccies featured above. Most ways you might want to use it as an individual,  crafter or small-business person are fine (take a peek at the my angel policy for details). 

Yes, they're obviously great for anything with an upcoming Valentine's or romantic theme. But what self-respecting chocolate-love wouldn't enjoy this illustration year round?

A Matching "Chocolates" Background...

This background is available to buy
as a download at Craftsuprint.Com.
Click or tap here for details.

If the illustration has got your creative juices flowing, then you might also like the matching printable background that's for sale in my Craftsuprint shop. (Update on Feb 7th: You can now order this on fabric too, at Zazzle).

Plus...

There's also a matching physical sticker with all sorts of uses (cards, presents, adding to a letter or card to cheer someone up, personalising your laptop, using it in your chocolate emporium (!)...the list goes on...)

This sticker is available to buy on Redbubble
Click or tap here for details...

Finally...

Finally, as am writing this in the run-up to Valentine's Day, if that happens to be the event that's brought you here, then my previous posts about this free teddy and hearts background, and Valentine Ecard, might also be useful.

Hope all this helps you in some day-brightening way in any event.

Have a lovely weekend, and more soon.