Useless Trinkets new freebie release

Today is the release of new images at Useless Trinkets.

FREE, new images. Along with all of the other adorable and FREE

images already there. If you haven't checked them out yet, you should. 

And if you already have, then you need the new images and matching sentiments.

Did I mention that they're FREE? Don't even get me started. I have no idea

why the heck Jessa isn't charging for these images, but hurry up and grab 'em 

before she comes to  her senses and realizes she has a goldmine on her hands.

First up is "Harriet".

She is unassumingly psychotic. I like that in a girly image.

Gives her a nice edge. 

Kinda sharp and rusty, like old garden shears...

I found a fitting sentiment and a cool charm to go with it.

I paired it all up with some super old dp I have had for years. I loved it

so much I bought a shit ton of it, and still have at least a half a

shit ton of it left.

So, I kinda adore little miss "Harriet".

She's fun and great for all ages and occasions. 

My new favorite image from the imaginative and adorable mind of 

Jessa is, "Fluffy Gustav". 

He is adorable, no?

I am relatively new to coloring fur, but I don't hate how this came out. 

It's fun fur!

Since "Fluffy Gustav" is so much fun to play with, I thought I'd use

him in another card you can never make too many of, a 'get well' card. 

I went with a dot technique for this version of Gustav.

Much faster and easier to color fur this way. 

Plus, it's more whimsical.

Jessa came up with some super cute and sweet Valentine sentiments

for this fluffy monster, so I was inspired to make a couple VD cards.  

Who can resist a cotton candy monster?

Bearing gifts, no less?

I went for a more classic color scheme here. 

Tryin' to class up the joint, I guess.

It's gonna take more than a fancy color scheme to class

up this chick and my ridiculousness. 

I broke out the big doily and a smaller black doily with some

pearl spray on it. I am so happy to be using these things. I have quite

a few of them, but can stand to use up a few. 

So, Gustav is super cute. You need him in your stash of awesome FREE

images. He comes in various versions with different accessories and don't

for get the cool sentiments and Harriet, too!

Here's the hop order in case you get lost along the way.

Thanks for dropping by!

 Jessa - https://uselesstrinkets.wordpress.com/

                                     Birka - http://www.mitherzundschere.blogspot.de/

Gloria -  http://creepyglowbugg.blogspot.de/ - you are here

Julia -  http://just-one-more-card.com/

Katrin and Lisa from Projekt Cupcake -

 http://projekt-cupcake.blogspot.de/  

RSD Freebies and a WW reminder

Looks as though I am a day (or two) late on this post,

but better late than never.

As is his usual, generous style, Rick is offering two freebies

for the next two weeks. A fairy image is available on the

Sparkle and Glitter blog, and the Grumpy Dragon 

is available on the Airless Chambers blog.

The challenges are both Anything Goes, so why

not play along for a chance to win more free images?

Here is how I colored and used the Grumpy Dragon freebie.

I chose to color him in red and black with Copics.

I used some contrasting colors for his eyes and his tongue,

hoping they'd stand out a bit against the red and black. 

I used some ancient dp from Costco that has silver thread stitched into it.

I used a new (to me) ATC and corners die from TH for the corners.

I worked in a (crooked) swirly die cut from a Memorybox die, jazzed

up with red Stickles.

I also managed to add this cool charm I have had for a

couple of years. I affixed it really shabbily, and will be fixing it soon.

It's a little too "rustic". It's crap. I gotta change it.

So, drop by the Sparkle and Glitter blog, and the Airless Chambers blog

to claim your freebies. It would be great if you'd share your makes using the new 

images and enter the corresponding challenges. The EDT really looks forward

to seeing what you create with Rick's awesome images.    

I also wanted to remind you that there is still time to play along

at WW ATC for the current Red, White, and Blue challenge.

We're sponsored by 2CuteInk.

They should be called, "2Stinkin'CuteInk"!

I was trying for a "summer bbq at the lake" feel for this ATC.

Not sure why the right corner went wonky, but that's

handmade for ya!

Drop by WW and play along to win images from 2CuteInk. 

First Birthday Freebies

Teri, at Delicious Doodles is having a  first birthday bash

to celebrate her DD digital image store.

Every day from August  15th thru the 21st she will be giving away a free image on her site.

She has some beautiful flower images and some really cute animals too.

I even found (via Lynx) a killer gargoyle and headstone that she drew!

Check out her site and grab a free image while you are there.