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July 25, 2013

Sources for Free Graphics

The following places are good for finding photos and artwork to use on your blogs or websites. Most have specific terms for use, so pay attention to those. I give some instructions regarding this in the descriptions on the site.

Flickr: To use flickr to find images that you can use, you will need to do an advanced search. First, search as usual...then click advanced search and then click "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content." If you sell advertising on your site you will want to further limit it by clicking "Find content to use commercially." All of these photos must be attributed, so link the picture back to its flickr page and credit the photographer. If you want to use a flickr photo that is not under creative commons, you can contact the photographer and ask permission first.
CompFight: This basically uses Flickr, but has a layout that makes it very easy to find commercial images. Just do your search and click "commercial" on the sidebar under licensing and it will narrow it to commercial sites.
Every Stock Photo: Search for the photo, click one you want to use, then click the licensing tab to learn how you can use it. Most of these are licenced under creative commons.
Wikipedia Commons: Make sure to check the licence each of these is under. Many can be used publicly, some without even attribution, but read the licence carefully.
Pixabay: Pixabay.com is a repository for free public domain images. You can upload your own photos and share your work with others. You can use any image from this website freely for personal and commercial use without attributing the original author. They have really beautiful quality images.
The Graphics Fairy: She posts public domain images, mostly Victorian. You may use these images commercially. She asks that you not use more than 6 on a single project or within a single page of a blog or website.
Percy and Bloom: Collection of 100+ Years Old Copyright Free Images
Open Clip Art Gallery: All graphics donated to this site are required be waived of all rights, including copyright, according to the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. In other words, you can use these however you want.
Creative Commons Content Directories: This lists various sites which collect creative commons material. Creative commons pictures are often free for use, depending on the type of licence. Scroll down to the section on images to find many places you can search for photos.
Free Web Graphics: Where to Get Them (Legally!): A very good lens with a fairly complete list of places to find free graphics. Has many sites I don't have listed here.
Reusable Art: Reusable Art - free images for crafts and other designers.
morgueFile: Morguefile.com free stock photos - free photos for creatives by creatives. Make sure to read the terms on each photo.
Public Domain Pictures - Free Stock Photos: Carefully read the terms on each picture. If they can't pull up a free picture for your search they will list pictures you need to pay a royalty for underneath, so be cautious.
Free Images and How to Use Them: Another lens on how to use free images and various places to find them, some of which I haven't tried yet!

January 28, 2011

Free Desktop Wallpaper

You can find fun free walpaper like the one pictured on the right at MAU Studio.

If you like their walpaper designs, you'll also love their fun gifts and stationery.

April 28, 2009

Sleep Deprived Parent Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Lisa, Elaine, and Anonymous Won

In honor of Mother's Day, and as part of the Ultimate Blog Carnival on LiveGiveaways.com and the Springtime Giveaway Carnival over at Heavenly Homemakers I'm giving a free Sleep Deprived Parent magnet or button to up to three people (SIDE NOTE: I'm so glad that some other blogs are stepping up to do what the Bloggy Giveaways used to do with their carnival--I was sad to see that go!). Anyways...details of my giveaway are below...but if you would like some virtual flair too, feel free to grab the following button graphic for your website or blog!

125 x 125 version
(for those who want one a little smaller)

If you grab my button graphic and don't use the HTML provided, please include a link to either www.scribbleprints.com, www.galesgiggles.com, www.zazzle.com/scribbleprints*, or a link to this post (if you're an affiliate of CafePress or Zazzle, and affiliate link to my shop is fine too).

Check out my shops below for lots of other fun stuff with my designs:
Scribbleprints - Zazzle
Gale's Giggles
Scribbleprints.com

HOW TO ENTER
REQUIRED: To enter, visit any one of my shops listed above and make a comment telling me your favorite design! Make sure to leave a way to contact me.

EXTRA ENTRIES
Please leave a separate comment for each of the following you do. Each is good for one extra entry. Extra entries so also gives you a chance to win extra buttons/magnets. If I choose more than one of your comments in the random draw you can choose another button or magnet from my shop.

1. Blog about this giveaway or about any of my shops or products and leave a comment with the URL to the blog post where you did.

2. Add the free Sleep Deprived Parent button graphic to your website or blog, then comment with the URL.

3. Tell me (in a separate comment) how you found this blog.

4. Add the Such Fun to Give button to your website or blog (it's on the top left) then comment with the URL you put it on.

5. Follow me!.

6. Stumble, delicious, share on facebook, or twitter about this blog, this giveaway OR any of my shops. Then comment telling me you did.

Entries will be accepted until midnight May 10th. The winner for the button/magnet will be chosen May 11th (the day after Mother's Day) by the random number generator at Random.org. If I can't reach you within 5 days, you forfeit your prize (if you leave no way for me to contact you you forfeit it immediatly...sorry, I can't give it to you if I can't find you). If you are concerned about privacy please read my Privacy Policy here.

April 1, 2009

Free Scripture Cards and Graphics

NOTE: The free scripture cards have already been given out, but you can still grab the free graphics. Details at the bottom of this post.

After I started doing shapes with my scribbleprints (in stead of just abstract pieces), a friend suggested I do a cross. It had been something I had considered doing before so I set down pen to paper and after several attempts came up with a cross shaped "scribble" that I liked, and began to fill it in (as I usually do with my scribbleprints).

It wasn't until later, when it was scanned and I was editing it on the computer, that I decided to add the nail-prints. It was easy enough--just select a circle and click the mouse...but what I didn't expect was how it would affect me. Just a click, and there was blood. So like the reality of the cross: just a careless word, a simple decision, easy as a mouse-click, and those little easy sins bring such harm into our world. And for that, to bring us forgiveness, Jesus suffered and bled.

And it came to me once again that I placed those nail-prints there...not just on my scribbled cross but on the real cross where he bled and died.

But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)

For Easter I thought I'd like to give away some scripture cards I've made with this artwork. All the cards for this giveaway (pictured below) have already been given out. If you would like to purchace a 100 pack you can click the image below and it will take you to my shop where I sell these. If you want to use this artwork on your website for free there is info on that below.

If you would like to use my cross artwork on my website or blog grab the code below to get the graphic pictured at the top of this post (if you change the code, please still include a link back to this post or my site here: http://galesgifts.windhavenweb.com/pierced ). And, I'd love it if you'ld leave me a comment to let me know where you used it. Thanks!

You can also order products with this design through my online shops which you can find here. Make sure to also check here for the latest coupons and sales.

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