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February 8, 2021 By Dru Cortez

DIY Valentines Day Interchangeable Planner Covers

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Hello peeps and blog visitors! Today, I am providing you with this Valentine’s Day release of interchangeable covers and personal planner dashboards. I used the cute graphics for the recent digital paper release, they were so lovely, that I thought some planner dashboards would be a good idea. So, I am passing all the planer goodness on to you.

Today, I am excited to release another really fun project–two sets of Valentine’s Day Erin Condren interchangeable planner covers that I designed for your planner bliss. In addition, I also included a set of coordinating “planning” round foldable tab planner stickers for extra planner goodness!

Some of the best information I found on creating diy Erin Condren life planner interchangeable covers was on a pin via Pinterest when I released my first set of covers. You can access that comprehensive article here at DIY Erin Condren Life Planner Interchangeable Covers. I have tried making my own covers but I have always gone to Staple (office supply store) for high resolution covers, but the above article explains the whole diy process using your own home printer.

Materials and Supplies Needed

Please note you will need access to several tools, materials and supplies such as a laminator, laminate sheets, white cardstock or photo paper, a 1/8″ hole punch, and scissors in order to complete this project, but if you are a planner addict you may already have them on hand in your planner stash.

Quick Tip: Although you can use white cardstock, to ensure the best results try using white photo paper in order to get the best, high resolution included in the jpeg file when you print them. If you use plain cardstock, the colors come out flat and saturated.

I designed this set of DIY Erin Condren planner covers in colors that would coordinate with the digital paper I just mentioned. As a matter of fact, I used the violet digital paper for the round foldable tabs.

Some planner fans stick to only one cover. However, it’s fun to occasionally change the look of your planner, especially if you like to change your covers to match the season.

To view the official Erin’s Condren’s seasonal interchangeable covers click HERE.

These planner covers are specifically sized and designed for fans of the Erin Condren Planner only . As I suggested earlier, try to print on a bright photo matte or gloss photo paper to print out your covers so that the colors will be vibrant and the photo realistic textures will print clearly.

Note: These planner covers are not designed to upload to the Erin Condren website as they need to have a “bleed” space added in order for you to have them printed and cropped correctly, so keep that in mind.

Other Planner Ideas

If you are not interested in using these images as covers, I know that planner fans (who are technologically astute) will be able to resize the jpg files in order to create a dashboard or project life card for your papercraft use.

While that is totally doable for your own personal use, please abide by my TOU ( it is listed below) and do not sell or share the digital files. You are welcome to share the link back to my website, if you like. Do keep in mind that there might be some distortion when you reduce the size.

Just a little reminder, I wanted to let you know that I have a board on Pinterest that you might want to follow that has several pins (ideas) by other planner designers, stationery, home office decor, office supplies and planner freebies, you can view that here, Home Office | Planners & Stationery Favs.

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You might also like a previous release of fall themed planner covers for the Erin Condren:

DIY Fall Interchangeable Planner Covers

DIY Summer Interchangeable Planner Covers

Note**Please see my Terms of Use below before downloading if you have not to been to this site before.**

Facts about the Interchangeable Covers :

5 jpg digital files sized for Erin Condren Life Planner Covers and personal planner dashboards
5.5″ x 8.5″ planner stickers [jpg file]
File size – No bigger than 3 MB each
These elements were created at 300 dpi, so your printing results should be very clear and sharp with a smooth lay down of the ink color. The preview pictures both on the blog and on Google are at 72 dpi, so you often can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
Color scheme: violet, black, pink, mustard, hot pink, purple

As usual these freebies are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.) If you have been here before, you know the drill. If not, you might want to read the quick TOU below before you access the printable.

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You MAY NOT RESELL, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative designs as your own. Do not use these files to resell your own products on any other online store such as Shopify, Redbubble,etc.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog (www.vintageglamstudio.com), so others can obtain the resources. Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the sharing without a link back that can be a problem. If you use this printable on Instagram, tag me with #vintageglamstudio or @vintageglamstudio. Thanks!

Download Instructions

You can access the jpg files below. Click on the each individual picture or link below (pictures posted are low res preview pics) and you will be able to download the jpg files individually. Download one or all of them for your planning pleasure!

You must have access to software that can open a zip file. These files should open in any photo editing software including online photo editing tools like PicMonkey or Canva. Keep the aspect ratio as is and the image at 100 percent before printing. The dimensions of each Erin Condren jpg file should be 6.75″ by 8.875″ or 2025 px by 2663 px. The dimensions for the personal dashboards are 3.75″ by 6.75″.

Valentine’s Day Interchangeable Covers Download

Freebie #1 – Valentine’s Day Interchangeable Planner Cover (jpeg file)

Freebie #2 – Valentine’s Day Interchangeable Planner Cover 2 (jpeg file)

Freebie #3 – Valentine’s Day Personal Dashboard (jpg file)

Freebie #4 – Valentine’s Day Personal Dashboard (jpg file)

Freebie #5 – Valentine’s Day Round Foldable Tabs (jpg file)

Image Credit

The images used for this printable are original illustrations and are the direct copyright of Vintage Glam Studio. Fonts and grafphics are under commercial use. Graphics from clip art set Just Love Elements by Essentially Nomadic on Creative Fabrica.

February 6, 2021 By Dru Cortez

Free Neutral Fauxbonichi Planner Stickers Printable

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Hello peeps! It’s the weekend, so today I am providing another fauxbonichi planner stickers release in a neutral color theme. I made just a few changes on this planner stickers set and working on some redesigns for these planner stickers but since I publish these rarely, I thought I would share a new release. I also included a set of watercolor brushstroke headers or words with a valentine theme. Enjoy!

These planner stickers are designed for the new “fauxbonichi” or otherwise known as the “happynichi”. Just to recap on what a fauxbonichi is…

What is a Fauxbonichi or Happynichi?

The fauxbonichi is a restyled planner to resemble the layout of the popular Hobonichi Techo Weeks planner. However, it uses Me and My Great Idea’s ( the manufacturer of the Happy Planner) popular “skinny” or Happy notes planner. It measures 4.125″ by 9.25″ (the interior pages) and has 9 discs as the binding, the same as the Classic Happy Planner.

The pages for the fauxbonichi are approximately half the size of the Classic Happy Planner. Depending on the half sheets you use, and how they are designed, you can use this type of planner as a portable personal planner. This planner has two great things going for it, it is slimmer, therefore more portable and the discs allow for a greater flexibility for adding or moving the interior pages.

While these planner stickers I am providing today can fit smaller personal planners, they are styled differently from most small stickers.

Other Uses for these Fauxbonichi Stickers

The Hobonichi Techo Weeks is smaller at 3 3/4″ by 6. 3/4″. I am getting feedback that many of you are using these smaller stickers for your personal planners.

You might want to reduce the printable by 10 percent or so to actually get them to fit but they are not an exact match.

What Type of Planners Do these Stickers Fit?

These planner stickers are made for the redesigned Fauxbonichi type of planners.

However, you might want to take a look at the different personal planners mentioned in the following list to see if they will be suitable for your planner.

Different planner binder companies give these smaller size binders different names; but , generally, they are usually as small as a pocket book and can be carried in one’s purse or briefcase:

The page size is usually about 3.75″ x 6.75″ or 95mm by 171 mm as in the “personal” and compact planners by Filofax.

The page size for the Recollections planner is 4″ by 6.75″.

Please note: These stickers will also fit in a Traveler’s Notebook which can accommodate filler sheets or inserts with a horizontal layout that are sized at 4.33″ x 8.25″ or 127 mm x 210mm.

The other planner that these stickers might fit is the Hobonichi Techo Weeks which is 3.7″ x 7.4″

Please keep in mind, these stickers are much smaller than my usual Erin Condren or Happy Planner stickers!

How small are the stickers?

The full box stickers in this set are approximately 1.0″ inch in height. The small circle round stickers are approximately 3/8″ or 1/4″ across.

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Here’s a few planner sticker sets with this handwritten and whimsical doodled style for Fauxbonichi layouts…

Whimsical Doodled Fauxbonichi Planner Stickers

Spunky Yellow Fauxbonichi Planner Stickers Printable

Find me on Social Media

Also, if you are new to this site, I wanted to let you know that I have a board on Pinterest that you might want to follow that has several planner inspiration pins (ideas) by other planner designers, stationery, home office decor, office supplies and planner freebies that are mostly planner related, you can view that and/or follow here, Home Office | Planners & Stationery Favs.

How to Use this “Fauxbonichi” Planner Stickers Printable:

There are several ways you can use this printable to create your stickers and I have included a few in the following instructions:

1) The easiest way to use this printout is to print it out on a full sheet of white sticker paper and if you own a Silhouette Cameo or Silhouette Portrait or other digital cutter you can cut out the to-do lists or planner stickers using their designer software. ( **Please note: You must have the Silhouette Designer Edition software upgrade to open pdfs in your Silhouette. I also have redesigned the template so that the margins are within the “registration” area of your silhouette. You will have to spend some time creating the cutlines for the Silhouette.)

2) Also another method, would be to use heavy bond printer paper or you can use 65 lb. white cardstock depending on how thick you want your sticker and then place adhesive via a snail tape runner or with a Xyron sticker tool or machine.

3) The most tedious (or time consuming) way is to print out the planner stickers on sticker paper and “fussy cut” out by hand, I have spaced the elements so that you can use a pair of good craft scissors to get a clean cut and handle the fussy cutting. Another handy tool to have for the straight cuts is a slide or rotary paper trimmer which will reduce cutting around the stickers. Reader’s tip: If you are cutting by hand, do it while watching TV.

Facts about the freebie:

A set of 105+ planner stickers on a 8 1/2″ by 11″ pdf file (landscape).
These elements were created at 300 dpi. Your printing results should be very clear and sharp with a smooth lay down of the ink color. The preview pictures both on the blog and on Google are at 72 dpi, so you often can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
Color scheme: light blue, light tan, light brown

Terms Of Use

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You MAY NOT RESELL, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative (redesigned from the original) designs as your own. Including using the derivative designs for free distribution.
* Not for use on any Print on Demand site (POD) such as Red Bubble, and other similar sites.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog (www.vintageglamstudio.com), so others can obtain the resources. Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the sharing without a link back that can be a problem. If you use this printable on Instagram, tag me with #vintageglamstudio or @vintageglamstudio. Thanks!

Freebie #1 – Neutral Fauxbonichi Planner Stickers

Or if you like, click on the picture below for the download.

Freebie #2 – Neutral Watercolor Brushstrokes Planner Stickers

Image Credit

Most images in this printable are original illustrations by Vintage Glam Studio. They are under copyright with a few that are under commercial use licensing.

February 4, 2021 By Dru Cortez

Free Valentine’s Day Digital Paper

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Hello peeps! I have been working on these digital papers since a few weeks ago and was getting them ready for Valentine’s Day crafting. Today, I am providing a set of seamless gorgeous “pink” and violet digital paper made with the “Just Love Valentine Clip Art” set by Essentially Nomadic. This shop is also on Etsy.

I used only a few of the graphics and came out with this fun holiday paper! Although, I purchased the Commercial License for this set, I still want to credit the designer as I do not want to create graphics that are in competition with the shop’s own products.

I designed about 85% of the background vector graphics and some other elements in these papers and complementary graphics for this set.

This is a whole new fun part of designing, that I am currently exploring, as I get more familiar with using Photoshop CC and Adobe Illustrator for designing digital paper and patterns. This is my fifth digital paper set, that I have provided. I received some great feedback to my last set, so I included this one as well.

As mentioned before, I have a new appreciation for all those designers who design digital paper and provide them on Etsy and other online shops.

The fundamentals are initially easy but getting symmetry and other aspects of the designs right is much more difficult than it seems. This time I am adding a set of six new designs, each with different clip art, that I have been able to figure out how to set up, create the pattern tile, and make them seamless as well.

Facts about the Valentine’s Day Digital Paper

The picture below is the preview of the paper at 72 dpi, however the original is located on my Google Drive account and the file size is approximately 1 MB per digital paper.

This set of digital papers were designed by me and were designed as 8″ x 8″, 300 dpi seamless digital papers using several graphics and overlays in Adobe Illustrator CC. There are six 8″ x 8″ jpeg files in the the downloads below and I also added a set of full box stickers for the Erin Condren!

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The following are other digital papers that I have provided…

Free Watercolor Lemon Digital Paper

Free Watercolor Lemon Digital Paper 2

Shabby Chic Floral Digital Paper

I plan to release a few more of my designs from time to time in the future. I am still working on the coordinating graphic ( lines, dots, chevron) type of paper. The list of ideas is growing.

Color Theme

These are the colors used in the main backgrounds and graphics of this set.

As usual these freebies are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.)

If you have been here before, you know the drill. If you are new (no problem), you might want to read the quick TOU below before you access the printable.

Download Instructions

These are .png files, you will need to be able to use digital or photo editing software that can open png files. This is not a zip file. You will also need access to some type of online or offline photo editing software, like Canva to use the files. Since they are .png file you can use them both in Silhouette Studio (all versions) and Cricut digital cutters. They were designed as backgrounds for your own stickers. Here’s a sample sticker page [jpg file – 1.5 MB – half letter size] for those of you who do not own either of these two digital cutters. Of course, they can be used in other papercrafting or planner projects as long as you abide by the Terms of Use.

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You may not re-sell, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative designs as your own.

*These freebies are not to be used in POD (Print On Demand) sites such as Redbubble, Spoonflower, etc. or other digital download sites. You’re free to use them for personal papercrafting projects but the copyright remains with me or other commercial use licensed authors.

*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.

*If you post this on the internet or projects made from this paper, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog, so others can obtain the resources. Pinterest, Twitter,Instagram and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the sharing without a link back that can be a problem.

To download the digital paper, CLICK on the link or the images below, and you will be able to download it from my Google Drive. I hope you like them.

Freebie #1 – Digital Paper 1 – [png file]

Freebie #2 Digital Paper 2 – [png file]

Freebie #3 – Digital Paper 3[png file]

Freebie #4- Digital Paper 4 [png file]

Freebie #5 –Digital Paper 5 [png file]

Freebie #6 – Digital Paper 6 [png file]

Image Credit

Most of my elements are made from commercial use or public domain sources, however if any designer feels their copyright has been infringed upon the freebie will promptly be removed and the freebie will no longer be available. Clip art graphics by Essentially Nomadic at CreativeFabrica.