Pantone Color of Year 2016 — not one, but two colors this year. Rose Quartz and Serenity. Look for fashion, print goods and home decor designs to start sporting these hues. I'm thinking some new invitation designs will be popping up soon here at Charming Ink.
Color codes for print graphics and web design
Creative Market is giving away a free Christmas Greeting Cards set this week by Graphic Box. It includes both Illustrator and Photoshop versions of the files that are layered so you can easily edit them. Hand drawn elements, watercolor washes and a bear in a pom pom hat. What's not to love? affiliate link
You never know how much you love your furnace until it goes out! Hubby fixed it last night (he's awesome and can fix anything), but it inspired me to work on some new mug designs. Nothing helps warm you up quicker than wrapping your hands around a hot mug of coffee.
I love luminaries during the holidays, but the traditional paper bags filled with sand only get one use which seems like a bit of a waste. Soup or vegetable cans make wonderful luminaries and you only need some paint, a hammer and a nail to create intricate patterns.
Images: Celebrations // Curbly // Design Sponge
It's Cyber Monday. Save between 20-65% off everything in the Charming Ink Zazzle shop. Use the code ZMONDAYSALES at checkout. Click to shop http://bit.ly/1MQzUYk
Grab this freebie this week before it's gone! Do you love the gold foil treatments you see on graphics these days? Now you can quickly and easily create elegant gold stamping effects without the hassle of sourcing materials and becoming a Photoshop wizard with the Goldish Photoshop freebie from Creative Market. It includes tons of gold stamping effects and bonus patterns. (affiliate link)
Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.
