Sunday, May 31, 2020

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Arthur Rackham Illustrations Free Reversible Mixed Media, Collage & Scrapbook E-Printable Sheets


My previous posts contained colorized and black/white illustrations from "The Tenniel Illustrations for Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by Sir John Tenniel" that I had made into reversible mixed media, collage & scrapbook printable sheets for.  

This post contains e-printable collage sheets from the original Artrhur Rackham color illustrations I had captured from the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll free e-book. They're reversible as well.  



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There are so many uses for the illustrations.  If you want to create a stand-able character that you can use in a diorama or mixed media 3D type creation you can cut out the two images and paste them back to back or paste to heavy paper or chipboard.

Just click on the images above for the full image size.  Then save to your computer and print out a full size image on an 8 1/2" by 11" sheet.  If the image isn't sized for a 8 1/2 " by 11" sheet when you open it in your computer viewer zoom in and re-size it until it fits on a full size sheet and then print it out.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Free Reversible Black/White Mixed Media, Collage & Scrapbook E-Printable Sheets #2




My previous post contained black/white illustrations from "The Tenniel Illustrations for Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by Sir John Tenniel" that I removed the backgrounds from and had made into reversible mixed media, collage & scrapbook printable sheets.



This post contains e-printable collage sheets from the original black/white Tenniel illustrations I had captured from the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll free e-book. They're reversible as well.  



Copyright © 2020 - 2023 Linda Walsh Originals - All Rights Reserved. For personal use only.

There are so many uses for the illustrations.  If you want to create a stand-able character or background that you can use in a diorama or mixed media 3D type creation you can cut out the two images and paste them back to back or paste to heavy paper or chipboard.

Just click on the images above for the full image size.  Then save to your computer and print out a full size image on an 8 1/2" by 11" sheet.  If the image isn't sized for a 8 1/2 " by 11" sheet when you open it in your computer viewer zoom in and re-size it until it fits on a full size sheet and then print it out.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Friday, May 29, 2020

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Free Reversible Black/White Mixed Media, Collage & Scrapbook E-Printable Sheets #1


My previous post contained colorized illustrations from "The Tenniel Illustrations for Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by Sir John Tenniel" that I had made into reversible mixed media, collage & scrapbook e-printable sheets for.

As you know, like many of you I can remember my grandmother and mother reading "Alice In Wonderland" to me and reading it myself when I learned how.  I always loved the story and the beautiful illustrations.




Weeks ago I found a copy of some of the old "Alice in Wonderland" books  on Project Gutenberg which freely displays books that are in the public domain as e-books.  To my delight there were several.

I found Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.  After finding that e-book I then looked at The Tenniel Illustrations for Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by John Tenniel e-book and decided to post them as well as they are all so wonderful and inspiring.

As I started looking through the pages and looking at the beautiful illustrations I felt inspired by the beautiful illustrations in both books and thought they'd make for some adorable mixed media creations and maybe even inspire me to create a few mixed media collage and decoupage crafts.




I took all the black/white Tenniel illustrations I had captured from the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll free e-book and created illustrations I could use for crafting purposes.  

First I colorized a few of the original black/white illustrations and then created e-printable collage sheets and reversible e-printable collage sheets for them as well so you could use them for your crafting needs.  

After that I decided to create e-printable collage and reversible e-printable collage sheets for the black and white versions of some of the illustrations I had removed backgrounds from so you could use them as well.  


Copyright © 2020 - 2023 Linda Walsh Originals - All Rights Reserved. For personal use only.


There are so many uses for the illustrations.  If you want to create a stand-able character that you can use in a diorama or mixed media 3D type creation you can cut out the two images and paste them back to back or paste to heavy paper or chipboard.

Just click on the images above for the full image size.  Then save to your computer and print out a full size image on an 8 1/2" by 11" sheet.  If the image isn't sized for a 8 1/2 " by 11" sheet when you open it in your computer viewer zoom in and re-size it until it fits on a full size sheet and then print it out.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Free Reversible Colorized Mixed Media, Collage & Scrapbook E-Printable Sheets



I don't know about the rest of you, but when I find something I like I tend to get a lot of crafting ideas for what I can make with it. 


 "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" is such a charming book and I have been having such a wonderful time with the illustrations I decided to create "freebie" e-printable sheets for the all the "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" crafters who dabble in mixed media, collage, scrapbook and paper crafts.

I took all the Arthur Rackham's and John Tenniel's illustrations I had captured from the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll free e-books, colorized a few, and created reversible E-printable sheets could use for your crafting needs.


There are so many uses for the illustrations.  If you want to create a stand-able character that you can use in a diorama or mixed media 3D type creation you can cut out the two images and paste them back to back or paste to heavy paper or chipboard.


Copyright © 2020 -  2023 Linda Walsh Originals - All Rights Reserved. For personal use only.

Just click on the images above for the full image size.  Then save to your computer and print out a full size image on an 8 1/2" by 11" sheet.  If the image isn't sized for a 8 1/2 " by 11" sheet when you open it in your computer viewer zoom in and re-size it until it fits on a full size sheet and then print it out.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.


Monday, May 25, 2020

Mixed Media Man In the Moon Shelf Sitter Art Doll Free E-Book Tutorial - Morris


Back in September of 2014 I decided to make a bunch of mixed media shelf sitter art dolls.  Some were Victorian and some were just plain whimsical.

Three of the mixed media Victorian collage and paper-clay shelf sitter art dolls I made were a whimsical trio of Man In the Moon wood dolls with paper-clay faces. They were a trio of brothers that I named Martin, Manfred, and Morris.


Martin, Manfred, and Morris were a trio of brothers that had the weight of the world on their shoulders.  They're job was to protect the world and ensure peace and harmony in the universe.  A heavy responsibility indeed.

Martin and Manfred found wonderful new homes and, from what I'm told, are very happy there.  Morris is still with me and occupies his spot on my dining room fireplace mantle.


Morris - 4" x 5" x 3/4" Handmade Mixed Media Collage Man In The Moon Shelf Sitter Art Doll With Paper-clay Face

Morris is a 4" x 5" x 3/4" mixed media shelf sitter Man In The Moon wood doll with a yellow painted paper-clay face with black pupils, sponge painted wood body, paper collage and embellished suit and tie. His sides and back are sponge painted and his outfit is an embellished paper collage shirt, vest with pockets, and tie. White paper rays adorned with yellow ribbon trim is wrapped around his head.

I loved making this trio of brothers and thought you might like to know how I made my Morris so I created a free E-Book to show you how.


To view and download my free e-pattern please CLICK HERE.  You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view my free e-book. It's a big file filled with lots of graphic illustrations so please be patient while it loads on Google Drive.  Then just download my free .pdf e-pattern.

Once my e-product is downloaded to your computer you can save it and print it. I hope you enjoy my free e-products.

For more information on all my free e-patterns, e-printables and e-books please CLICK HERE.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.



Saturday, May 23, 2020

Twenty Years Without You - Kim


Today is May 23, 2020 and it's been twenty years since we lost you  - our beloved Kim.

Twenty years without seeing you, without hearing your voice, without participating in your infectious laugh, without seeing that "little twinkle" of impishness in your eyes - especially when you were plotting something, without seeing your adorable dimples, without seeing your beautiful face and experiencing your beautiful soul every day, and without talking endlessly with you.

Twenty years without shopping, shopping, and shopping with you, without watching you mothering our amazing grandchildren and seeing them grow into the extraordinary adults they have become, and without helping you with whatever you needed done.

Twenty years without planning and attending events with you, without discussing everything from a good recipe to world events, without cooking, cleaning and crafting with you.

Twenty years without the quietness of just being with you and doing absolutely nothing (which wasn't very often given you had four children).

Most of all, twenty years of missing you.  Our beloved daughter, step-daughter, sister, wife, mother, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, cousin, aunt, granddaughter, niece, and to so many - a friend.

Twenty years without living life with you - our beautiful Kim.

I promised you we would never forget you and we haven't and never will.  How could we possibly ever forget the imprint you left on our hearts and souls.

How could we ever forget the love you shared with all of us during the precious thirty-four years we had with you.

How could we ever forget you, Kim.  That would be impossible and something none of us would ever be capable of doing.



Thursday, May 21, 2020

I've Got To Try Custom On Demand Paint By Numbers Kits



It's definitely not time for Christmas decorations crafting yet, so why am I showing the Christmas ornaments in the collage above?

Well, something I saw the other day brought me back to over fifty-five years ago and something I used to love to do.  It was called "paint by number" and I think I created my first masterpiece, if you can call it that, when I was 8 or so.  I think it was a kit from Craft Works.

I don't remember what the picture was - probably an animal or landscape.  What I do remember was I loved it even though I wasn't very good at it.  Of course, my parents thought it was great or so they said.

I'm sure, like all parents, they were trying to encourage me to continue trying.  "If at first you don't succeed, try try again! Right?"

So, what did I see that stirred this memory?  Well, it was an ad for a paint by number website that sells paint by number kits.

But, what really intrigued me was they offered an on demand paint by number kit.  Basically, you upload or send them one of your favorite pictures and they create a kit for you which includes the acrylic paints, numbered linen canvas, and brushes to create your paint by number picture.  How fun would that be?

If I can remember correctly, which for a senior citizen is questionable at best, I can remember attempting many, many paint by numbers kits over the years.   Some were on canvas, some on black velvet, and some on wood like the Christmas ornaments shown in the picture at the beginning of this post.  I think I completed those in the late 1960's or early 1970's.  As you can see I still wasn't very good at it, but I kept trying.

Some kits were easy and some were very difficult.  To be honest I'd have to admit I gave up on some of them.  They were definitely way beyond my skill level but, at least I tried them.  I didn't think I could do some of the them, but, you never know, I could have pleasantly surprised myself.

Well, given by love of history and research, of course, I had to find out more about the origins of paint by number and recent resurgence.  Here's what I found out:

I went to Wikipedia first - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_by_number

According to Wikipedia.com: Paint by number or painting by numbers are kits having a board on which light markings to indicate areas to paint, and each area has a number and a corresponding numbered paint to use. The kits come with little compartmentalized boxes where the numbered color pigments are stored. The users are encouraged to wash the paintbrush every time a new numbered color is being used. The kits were invented, developed and marketed in 1950 by Max S. Klein, an engineer and owner of the Palmer Paint Company of Detroit, Michigan, and Dan Robbins, a commercial artist.

Also, according to Wikipedia:

The first patent for the paint by number technique was filed in 1923 and in 1951 the Palmer Show Card Paint Company asked Dan Robbins to help them create the CraftMaster paint by number kits.  They subsequently sold 12 million kits.

In the 1960's the first paint by number images of Mars came out and in 1993 Jacquelyn Schiffman, following the death of her father, Max Klein, donated the Palmer Paint Co. paint by number archives to the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

Paint By Numbers Museum

In 2008 a private collector decided to create a museum of the largest archive of paint by number works called, the Paint By Numbers Museum.

Also, according to Wikipedia:  In May 2011, Dan Robbins and Palmer Paint Products, Inc., together developed and brought to market a new 60th-anniversary paint by number set.[7] This collectors' set was created in memory of the survivors and those who had lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and depicts the Twin Towers standing in spirit across the Manhattan skyline.

Since then it seems paint by number has become quite the rage for reducing stress and relaxation therapy.  There are classes everywhere, arts & crafts websites and museums selling historic art paint by numbers kits, and clubs on social media dedicated to this.

YouTube currently has hundreds of paint by number video's from how-to's to just watching someone complete their paint by number.  I haven't watched any of them yet.  I might find the how-to's interesting if they offered any tips for mixed media techniques but I'm not sure I could just watch someone complete a typical paint by number for hours.

I always find it amusing that the past always seems to become the present and something from decades ago is all the rage now.  I often wonder what our ancestors would think of all of this.  Hopefully, they'd be amused, too.

As far as I'm concerned the more the merrier.  I'd like to try a paint by number of a Monet landscape some time but am really intrigued by the print on demand paint by number kit as I can use a favorite photograph of my own or design of my own.

So, of course, I also had to do a little research to see where on demand paint by number kits were being created and sold.  And, to my surprise there were quite a few websites, which are as follows:

Artsool.com - https://www.artsool.com/products/personality-photo-customized-diy-painting-by-numbers

Canvasbynumbers.com - https://canvasbynumbers.com/products/custom-paint-by-numbers-kit

Canvastly.com - https://www.canvastly.com/products/custom-print-paint-by-numbers

Craft-ease.com - https://www.craft-ease.com/products/craft-ease-custom-paint-by-numbers

Masterpiecebynumbers.com - https://usa.masterpiecebynumbers.com/collections/custom-painting

Mypaintbynumbers.com - https://mypaintbynumbers.com/products/custom-paint-by-number-kit

Mypaintlab - https://www.paint-by-numbers.store/customization

Paintillo - https://paintillio.com/

Paintnumbers.shop - https://paintnumbers.shop/products/custom-paint-by-number-kits-for-adults?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5Nvrp5HF6QIV4oNaBR07ngZYEAMYAiAAEgL-x_D_BwE

Paintingscart.com - https://paintingscart.com/products/custom-diy-paint-by-number-with-your-own-photo/

Uniquepaintbynumbers.com - https://uniquepaintbynumbers.com/products/paint-your-own-photo?variant=31921547346008


There is even something that is similar to paint by number but a combination of painting and coloring by number.   Canvasondemand.com - https://www.canvasondemand.com/collections/coloring-canvas/

The good thing about paint by number, which I think is why it appeals to so many people, is you don't have to be an artist to try it.  After all, like my parents told me - if at first you don't succeed try try again.  With all the paint by number kits available now you'll be honing your skills for a very long time.


Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Coloring Pages Art & Printables For Adults Pinterest Board



I absolutely loved coloring as a child.   After all who doesn't remember coloring as a child and how relaxing it was. I could spend hours on end just coloring away.


So, of course, it should come as no surprise that I would create some free coloring pages for kids.  Plenty of pages with coloring activities for you and your children to enjoy coloring together or to keep them occupied for days on end.

But, coloring pages aren't just for kids anymore.  Adult coloring pages became all the rage back in 2016 as a way for adults to relax and relieve stress.  Well, like any rage, the availability of free and paid coloring books just grew and grew.   Everyone was creating coloring pages from artists to museums to publishers and coloring supply companies.


And, like any rage creativity took over when coloring someone else's pages became coloring your own designs and the creations of your own beautiful art journals.

I love to color and would love to learn how to create my own art journals.  I'm not that confident in my own artistic drawing capabilities but hope to take an online e-class at some point.


In the meantime I decided to create to Pinterest boards to house all the free coloring pages I found and all the free art journal tutorials, video's, patterns and how-to's I would like to try.

I hope you like some of my favorite examples of coloring page art and some of the free adult coloring printable pages I've found.


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Enjoy!


I also love seeing beautiful art journals and would love to create one, or two, or three....... It's on my bucket list. When I do I'm hoping some of the tutorials, video's and how-to's on my Pinterest board will be helpful.


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Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Primitive Scarecrow Ornaments Free E-Patterns 3 in 1 Combo Free E-Pattern


Fall is one of my favorite seasons for decorating as I love making all sorts of items to decorate my home.  If you love the Fall and love decorating then you're going to love our “Scare Me Dazed!, Scare Me Happy! and Scare Me Melancholy” primitive scarecrow ornaments 3 in 1 combo e-pattern.

Three adorable Fall scarecrows in one pattern.  How much fun is that?

Our trio of scarecrows are three brothers: "Scare Me Happy!", "Scare Me Dazed!", and "Scare Me Melancholy!"

"Scare Me Happy!" is the youngest of the 3 "Scarecrow" brothers and he is happy, indeed! Being the baby of the family might account for his being so happy! One of his older brothers is "Scare Me Dazed!" and he's always in a fog and the other brother is "Scare Me Melancholy!" and he's always - well, melancholy!

I hope you enjoy making your scarecrow brothers.

To view and download my free e-pattern please CLICK HERE You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view my free e-pattern. Then just download my free .pdf e-pattern  by clicking on the down arrow in the top center.

Once my e-product is downloaded to your computer you can save it and print it. I hope you enjoy my free e-products.

For more information on all my free e-patterns, e-printables and e-books please CLICK HERE.
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Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Saturday, May 02, 2020

Victorian Books Collage Sheets For Crafts Free E-Book



As you know from my previous posts in thinking about some of the crafts projects I wanted to do this summer and fall I thought about all the Victorian images I had created and thought it would be nice to offer two free e-books with printable collage sheets that could be used for scrapbook, mixed media, collage, decoupage and other paper crafts.

There were a LOT of images to choose from so I decided to start with the Victorian book related images and separated these into two categories for two e-books: 1) Harper's Young People Books Illustrations and Sayings For Crafts Free E-Book, and 2) Victorian Books Collage Sheets For Scrapbook Free E-Book.  

In the first e-book the images are the actual Harper's Young People Books illustrations with the backgrounds removed.  In the second e-book the images are several on my Victorian books toile designs in the blue, burgundy, brown, and black/white colorized versions.

My previous post contained links to the first e-book.  My second e-book contains contains eleven individual 8 1/2" by 11" Victorian toile book collage sheets.



Copyright © 2020 - 2023 Linda Walsh Originals - All Rights Reserved. For personal use only.

To view and download my free e-book please CLICK HERE. You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view our free e-book. Then just download our free .pdf e-book by clicking on the down arrow in the top center.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

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Friday, May 01, 2020

Harper's Young People Books Illustrations and Sayings For Crafts Free E-Book

Some of the mixed media projects I created this past summer required quite a bit of old book papers for collage purposes.  So much so I ran out of the book pages.  Truth be told it wasn't the projects themselves that used up the paper it was the number of projects I was creating..... lol

Mixed media, collage and decoupage crafts use a LOT of paper containing pictures, illustrations, graphics, words, ephemera, etc.  and I am always on the lookout for papers of this nature.  In thinking about some of the crafts projects I wanted to do this summer and fall I decided that some of the Harper's Young People Illustrations from the old book I had would be perfect.



To give you a little background - Last spring when looking around my house for some old papers I found an old Harper's Young People Illustrations Book from 1889 that was in poor condition and with some of the pages already missing.

I don't know where this book came from and who it belonged to.  Most of the old books I have belonged to my great Aunt Flossie but I didn't think this was one of hers.  The time-frame was right but the book wasn't signed with her name - which she always did on the inside of the front cover.

I can remember as a young girl asking her why she signed all her books and she said; "so that anyone who borrows them will know who the books belong to."  Makes sense to me.  So, for my whole life every book I've ever bought I've signed the inside of the front cover, too.  Kind of a sweet tribute to my great Aunt.

I was pretty sure this book didn't belong to my great Aunt but had no idea where it came from or who gave it to me.  After all this time suffice to say I'll probably never know.

From what I could tell there were 52 weekly magazine volume's contained within that were dated from November 1888 until November of 1889.  Each of the weekly volume's sold for one penny.

In looking at the book in poor shape and missing some of the pages I thought it still might be perfect for collage purposes so I started to tear some of the pages out.  I didn't tear too many out because right away I found myself looking at some of the beautiful black and white illustrations that were contained within the book.

They were enchanting: illustrations of Victorian children, Victorian girls with dolls, Victorian families, Victorian children at school, Victorian children reading books, holiday and seasonal illustrations and more.  I couldn't help but admire the artistic capabilities of the artists who had drawn them back in 1888 to 1889.

So, while tearing out the pages I started to set some that I really liked aside. Needless to say I wound up with a large pile I wanted to keep.  That still left me with a large pile to collage with so I was happy.


Contained within the book were many illustrations of Victorian girls, books, and dolls.  Well, as you know, I love graphics of girls and dolls so, for sure, I wouldn't be using any of these for collage purposes.  I also love books and knew I wouldn't be tearing any of those illustrations up either for collage purposes.

I loved the illustrations so much I decided to take some pictures of the black and white illustrations I had set aside so I could see them blown up on the computer.  I wanted to see the fine details in the drawings and have found taking pictures and uploading them to the computer is a great way to see them blown up.

Another advantage of doing this is I can share some of them with you and show you some of the blown-up areas in the illustrations that enchanted me which I did in several Linda's Blog posts.

After removing the background from the illustrations I decided to collage them into a Victorian Toile Design as I have always loved these fabric designs and wanted to create some of my own.


When I was satisfied with the design I decided to create brown, blue, black/white, and burgundy colorized versions of this design as I wanted  a Victorian authentic look.  Victorian Toile Designs are usually some sort of scene depicting a rural scene, usually involving animals and people.

Well, in looking at some of the illustrations I thought they would be perfect for a new "Victorian Books Toile Design" of custom products in my "We Love Books" custom products gallery so, of course, I created a bunch of custom product designs.

Well, after doing all that and thinking about some of the crafts projects I wanted to do this summer and fall I thought about all the Victorian images I had created and thought it would be nice to offer two free e-books with printable collage sheets that could be used for scrapbook, mixed media, collage, decoupage and other paper crafts.

There are a LOT of images to choose from so I decided to start with the Victorian book related images and separated these into two categories for two e-books: 1) Harper's Young People Books Illustrations and Sayings For Crafts Free E-Book, and 2) Victorian Books Collage Sheets For Scrapbook Free E-Book.

In the first e-book the images are the actual Harper's Young People Books illustrations with the backgrounds removed.  In the second e-book the images are several on my Victorian books toile designs in the blue, burgundy, brown, and black/white colorized versions.

My first e-book contains contains fourteen individual 8 1/2" by 11" book collage and sayings sheets.

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Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.