Digital Freebie: Musical Snowflakes

Posted by on 18/12/2011 Leave a Comment

As a teacher for descant and treble recorder, I’ve taught my students numerous Christmas carols. It’s cute to listen to their first “real songs” when they are beginners, and their families can’t wait to hear them play on Christmas Eve. I had the idea to make some snowflakes merely from musical symbols, and I really like the results. So here you’ll get some glittery snowflakes as freebies, they come with and without shadows.

Here’s a sample layout with the snowflakes scaled to various sizes (click to enlarge). The text reads: “As peaceful and nice the carols may be, as a recorder teacher I’m about to get a Jingle Bell ringing in my ears”. Credits:
Snowflakes by me, the paper is by Michelle Coleman from the “Retro Christmas” set, the photo frame is by Andrea Rascaglia, freedigitalscrapbooking.com, the font is “Janda Swirlygirl” by Kimberly Geswein.

Download (13.6MB)

Have fun and let it snow! Show me your layouts ;)

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Krystal & Hole-Hearted

Posted by on 30/11/2011 Leave a Comment

These two old fonts are both based on Gill Sans Ultra Bold [Condensed], I made them for header images. Krystal is great for any winter themed project, and you can save Hole-Hearted for Valentine’s Day ;)




Licence Info ~ Freeware

Personal use: Completely free! If you want me to put a link to your project using my font(s), drop me a line at anke.arnold *at* googlemail *dot* com.

Commercial use: Completely free! If you’d like to send me a sample of your product which features my font, I’d be very grateful!
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Winterish wreath made of old CDs

Posted by on 25/11/2011 2 Comments

As you might guess from my projects, I love recycling and repurposing, making everyday-stuff into something new.

I have a gazillion old CDs which I saved for “the light-bulb moment”, and it came last week. Why not make a cool wreath?

I guess this wreath would look great on any office door or at your entrance if you love music.

You need:

  • 12 CDs
  • white matte spray paint
  • double-sided tape
  • nice ribbon to hang the wreath
  • deco snowflake stickers and/or ornaments
  • foil to protect your working space ;)



Step 1: Arrange your CDs
Put one CD on a flat surface. Then group 6 CDs around it. To state the obvious: the shiny side of the CDs should be on top ;)

Step 2: Glue the outer CDs together
Rip strips of your double-sided tape and connect the six outer CDs as shown in the picture.


Step 3: Add the second layer
Now remove the protective foil from the tape strips and, centering the CDs directly between two of the first layer, attach the second batch of 6 CDs (the final CD will be the one from the center).


Here’s an example of some ornaments I used. Remove the ribbons if you use ornaments… Get something with a nice shape, you’ll need it for the next step:

Step 4: Now comes the fun part – spraying!
Be careful to cover your working space with foil. Place the wreath in the middle and put your snowflake ornaments or stickers (upside down and without removing the stickers’ foil) nicely on top of your cds. Arrange the items carefully, you won’t be able to change it later. Now spray an even coat of matte white spray on top of your wreath. You might have to repeat this step one or two times until the color is opaque.

Step 5: Let dry…
… be patient! Let the paint dry completely, then remove the ornaments and/or stickers. You’ll see the shapes of your ornaments sparkle in a nice contrast to your white paint. Now turn the stickers or ornaments around and attach them to the wreath. I chose to only attach the mirrored snowflakes, the others looked too intricate for my taste. I found some cute felt stars in my stash which I attached instead.

Step 6: Now hang and enjoy!
Thread a nice organza ribbon through one of the CDs’ holes and hang your creation to greet any guests.
Have fun!

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