Paper Woods

This week’s Frugal Friday tip could also be considered a “neat link,” but it is a way to get free stuff, so I’m categorizing it as frugal!

Have you ever seen those books that are chock full of really cool images that you can cut out, photocopy, or use as clip art (most of them also come with a CD with all the images in electronic format)?  Well, chances are that 90% of those books you see are from a company called Dover Publications.  Dover has books covering every topic you could imagine, from blacksmithing project instructions to activity books for kids.  However, their specialty is in providing copyright- and royalty-free images for artists to use as they please.  Their images are gorgeous, and you can manipulate them however you want! 

Well, I recently discovered that Dover offers free sample images from their books delivered to your email - every week!   All you have to do is enter your email address on the Dover Sampler web page and you’ll soon be receiving dozens of free images every week!  This week I downloaded some beautiful Chinese designs, historic photos of New York City from the 1940s, and even quotes from Mark Twain.

Here’s a quick card I made using one of the images I downloaded from the Dover Sampler.  I simply printed the image onto cream cardstock and glued it onto my card front - easy!

Happy Crafting!