Motivation Monday Try Approving of Yourself

Happy Motivation Monday!

 

The quote today is:  "You've been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." - by Louise Hay

For me this quote is saying, give yourself a break.  So today, I am telling you that you are special! Give yourself a break and find everything that is good about YOU!!!! I know there are a million things that you do that should be applauded. Know that you are appreciated!

I am so very sorry.... I completely forgot to finish my post. So, as a special surprise you do not need to wait until Friday for this free printable!  Click on the image below to get your free printable, oh and there are two sizes of each, the smaller could be printed and used as a Project Life card!

Click here to download this free pdf printable

As always, I am happy to share my tutorials, freebies / printables and cut files with you, I only ask that you do the following:

• Please leave a comment if you download a  freebie / printable / digi, etc, because I would love to hear from you

• If you enjoy the things I share with you, please become a follower so that you will see all the new stuff when it is posted (no pressure, join only if you want)

• I hope you love PINTEREST as much as I do, would love it if you would PIN this project!
• Please do not share any of my digital images, printables, or tutorials directly with others, but please do send them on over to me so that they can peruse and collect the images themselves.

• I would be thrilled and honored if you would send me links to any images or posts that you've done using something that I have shared with you.  If you say it is ok, I will even feature your work here!

• If you want to recolor the images, feel free! 

• If you have a special request, please let me know and I will see what I can do.

Most importantly be Fantastically Creative You!

 Check out my Link Parties to see the badges of all the lovely places where I am linking to.
I hope you have a wonderful day!

Freebie Friday The Quieter You Become Printable

Click here to download this free printabls

I do not remember who told me or where I heard this, but it made me laugh and reminded me of th3 freebie posted here today....  "The more I seek silence, the more I see that I cannot find it"

Hopefully that isn't true, and you can find that little bit of silence that you need today!

The freebie includes a 4x6 size print as well as a smaller Project Life size print that could also be used on a card or laminated and added to your Inspirational Quotes key chain :-)  

Click here to download this free printabls

How do you use your quotes and printables? Do you frame them and rotate the quotes, create cards, use them as your screen saver, or do you hoard them and keep them on your computer?



As always, I am happy to share my tutorials, freebies / printables (and now cut files) with you, I only ask that you do the following:

• Please leave a comment if you download a  freebie / printable / digi, etc, because I would love to hear from you

• If you enjoy the things I share with you, please become a follower so that you will see all the new stuff when it is posted (no pressure, join only if you want)

• I hope you love PINTEREST as much as I do, would love it if you would PIN this project!
• Please do not share any of my digital images, printables, or tutorials directly with others, but please do send them on over to me so that they can peruse and collect the images themselves.

• I would be thrilled and honored if you would send me links to any images or posts that you've done using something that I have shared with you.  If you say it is ok, I will even feature your work here!

• If you want to recolor the images, feel free! 

• If you have a special request, please let me know and I will see what I can do.

Most importantly be Fantastically Creative You!

 Check out my Link Parties to see the badges of all the lovely places where I am linking to.



 I hope you have a wonderful day!

Motivation Monday The Quieter You Become Quote

Welcome back for another Motivation Monday!

"The quieter you become the more you can hear" 

This is one of those quotes that causes you to stop and listen. It could be the go-to saying for all those "Active listening" courses and articles, don't you agree? 

Click here for my Freebie Friday where I have shared this fun printable with you so that you too can create one... As always, would love to hear how you plan to use it.....

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Freebie Friday Everybody Is A Genius Einstein Quote Printable

It is Freebie Friday - my favorite day of the week!!! Welcome! I am so very happy to see you  stopped by today! This is the quote that I am sharing with you today, I hope you like it and it inspires you in some way.

Click here to download the PDF of this free printable

As I mentioned in my Motivational Monday post, I think this is a great reminder to find what is special in everyone!

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Click here to open the FREE PDF with this printable!

As always, I am happy to share my tutorials, freebies / printables (and now cut files) with you, I only ask that you do the following:

• Please leave a comment if you download a  freebie / printable / digi, etc, because I would love to hear from you

• If you enjoy the things I share with you, please become a follower so that you will see all the new stuff when it is posted (no pressure, join only if you want)

• I hope you love PINTEREST as much as I do, would love it if you would PIN this project!
• Please do not share any of my digital images, printables, or tutorials directly with others, but please do send them on over to me so that they can peruse and collect the images themselves.

• I would be thrilled and honored if you would send me links to any images or posts that you've done using something that I have shared with you.  If you say it is ok, I will even feature your work here!

• If you want to recolor the images, feel free! 

• If you have a special request, please let me know and I will see what I can do.

Most importantly be Fantastically Creative You!

 Check out my Link Parties to see the badges of all the lovely places where I am linking to.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Motivation Monday Everybody Is A Genius Einstein Quote

Motivation Monday... I hope you are enjoying them as much as I am...

Here is a great quote by Albert Einstein:

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

I think this is a great reminder to me as a parent that I need to remember to find what each child is good at and help them to see it so that they can bloom and prosper.  This is a perfect quote for inspiring your child as well.

I would love to know if this quote inspires you in some way!


Click here for my Freebie Friday where I have shared this printable with you so that you too can create one....

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Motivation Monday Thankful for Every Moment

Happy Fall! The weather is getting a bit cooler here and some of the trees started changing into their fall colors. I do love fall!

(sorry for the mixup, this was meant to be posted on Monday (yeah, you guessed that from the post title)... my fault, in order to schedule it, you have to "publish it" - sheepish grin)

I created this in two different colors, I chose the turquoise blue for myself because I love that color, and I like the way it pops off the brown, don't you? I recently made a quilled wedding invitation using browns and blues and that is what inspired these colors (I will share a picture of that project with you over the next few weeks).

The quote reads:

Thankful for every single moment that has passed and those yet to come!

So, after a long hiatus I return with this quote that I love. I framed it and it is now sitting on my mantle that is screaming for more fall and Halloween items... What does your mantle look like these days? Are you super on top of things and are already setup like my friend who started in August? Or are you like me, a bit overwhelmed with the new school year and thinking, hmmmm, I really need to do something about that? I'd love to hear your mantle story!

Click here to check out my Freebie Friday post where you can grab the free printable!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sympathy Card

Sympathy Card

Unfortunately, I have had several occasions to create Sympathy Cards lately.

I generally keep my Sympathy cards clean and neat.  I like the simple elegance of a black and white card and that was the approach I took on this card.

I paired a photograph I had taken with several alternating layers of black and white card stock. I used one of my Martha Stewart border punches and then carried it to the inside of the card, where, in addition to the border punch I also used my butterfly punch.

The sentiment I used for the inside is

In the picture of eternity there is no death, only change. May you endure these days of loss and find a place of peace and understanding. 

Sympathy Card

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Every Falling Leaf Card and Autumn Frame

Every Leaf Speaks Bliss to Me

Good Morning! The wonderful Autumn weather is holding firm, it is beautiful. The leaves are turning all those wonderful golden yellows and reds and you are comfortable when enjoying the outdoors!

You can thank the lovely weather and this fantastic quote from Emily Bronte:

"Every Leaf Speaks Bliss to Me, Fluttering from the Autumn Tree"

Isn't this just the most perfect quote for this time of year? I absolutely love it!!!  I went searching for a tree image to couple with the quote and went about playing designing.  I created the Autumn Polaroid cut file first, I knew I wanted to do something for the fall, and as you know, I do love those Polaroid frames, so Project Life!  I cut it out of green and backed the letters with purple (I love that color combination).  Here's a close up of the gorgeous font (this font is a keeper for future projects - it cuts really well and is so pretty! Updated - the cut file for the Autumn Polaroid frame is here!)

Autumn Polaroid - closeup

I then worked on the quote, and how to break it apart... and then of course there is the too many fonts for one person to use in their lifetime search for the perfect font and ended up with what you see here.  As I started working with it, I decided that I wanted the tree to extend beyond the frame (I think next time I will go with a smooth semi-circle, or just cut the tree off instead?).

...Falling from the Autumn Tree

I currently have it as a card, but I don't know? I am thinking of maybe adding a fall photo of one of our nature walks and keeping it on my desk at work? Or perhaps simply framing this?

Free Tree Clipart

Oh, I grabbed the tree from http://bestclipartblog.com/25-tree-clip-art.html/tree-clip-art-14
Isn't it a great tree? Will definitely have to stop in and check out all their clipart!

Do you second guess yourself and your projects? Do you ever get to the end and then start over? Shhh, don't tell anyone, but I do, or I store the picture in a folder called - "Someday Do Overs"... I don't hate the projects, but there is something that you know you can do better next time...

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Free Easter Printable

Hello Everyone,

I hope that everyone had a beautiful and quiet Easter!

I love quotes, always have... I suppose it is one of the many addictions I have, right up there with paper :-) I know you understand!

So, my gift to you is this free Easter printable.  It includes 3 quotes that can be found in the attached PDF document.  The quotes can be found on 2 pages and are in black and blue font color.  You can print these quotes out and use them on one of your projects.

I would love to see how you use them, please let me know if you download the printable.  If you use them you can post a link with your comment.

I know, this is very late.  Sorry about that, but we were out of town this weekend and well I forgot to schedule the post.  We are home for spring break and I am only now getting access to the computer for this post.  Funny, isn't it... I have to share everything, including my computer.

Here is a list of the fun fonts that I used:

• Centaur
• Freestyle Script
• Vivaldi (this is one of my favorites!)
• Book Antiqua
• Constantia
• Harrington
• Algerian
• Harlow Solid Italics
• Informal Roman
• Magneto

Have a Great Day!!!

Enjoy! Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco