Did you know that SnapNCrop has quite a few free downloads perfectly sized to bring some creative accents to your mosaic pages? We all love stretching our scrappy bucks and getting something for FREE, am I right? And with the holidays coming up now’s the perfect time to cash in on a freebie or two. Let me share with you my ideas for ways to use a few of these great downloads.
The free Halloween download paired with bright Halloween photos are a perfect complement to the Cocoa Grid Paper. To make the most of my download, I printed it twice; once on white cardstock and then again on orange cardstock.
For my page, the tiled letters were cut from the white cardstock, each letter outlined with an orange pen, and then each block accented with orange ink. The scalloped-edge journaling square made the perfect block for my sticker embellishments, while the cute little pumpkin square cut from the orange cardstock completed the page.
Cocoa Grid Paper was once again the back drop for my turkey dinner page as the color really conveys a warm and cozy feel. Here, I used Tami’s latest free download – a versatile autumn theme that comes in three colors: grape, red and warm. I chose the warm color scheme and printed it out twice on white cardstock, once full size and once half size. I also printed a set of the free number tiles in half-size. The center was trimmed out of the cornerstones to frame my turkey photo and the half-size numbers were added to the other cornerstone for the date.
Printing the tags half-size made it easy to label each photo separately. To view more journaling blocks, flip open the main photo.
There are so many things you can do with these free downloads: color them, glitter them, print them in various sizes, mat them, pop dot them, or print them on colored cardstock (don’t forget to use the back of your grid papers for great color matching). The ideas are endless and I would love to see yours!
How to get your own free downloads:
Go to SnapNCrop.com and choose your favorite downloads, add them to your shopping cart and check out as if you were placing an order. You will not be charged anything if these are the only things you are ordering at the time. A confirmation email will be sent to you confirming your order. Open this email; click on the download and save it to your computer to use again and again.
When printing, be sure to check the box that says “paper scaling” and choose ‘none’ to have your downloads printed at 100%.
When printing in half-size check the box that says “paper scaling” and choose ‘multiple scaling per sheet’.
