Stationery Calendar Question Answered
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Training Sunday Sep 5,2010Hello Stationery Friend,
From time to time we get questions on how to use our stationery or on how best to work with the different file types. One of our Stationery Friends had some questions on our file types and what paper types to use.
I thought it would be a good training lesson for our BLOG as well. That said, here it is:
From: Cath Kilgallon
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 2:40 AM
To: PrincessCrafts.com
Subject: A big thankyou and a small question.
Hello and a good morning to Kathy, Wes and everyone at Princesscrafts.
I’d like to ask you a quick question please, but before I do I have got to say …
THANKYOU…THANKYOU AND THANKYOU!! YOU ROCK!!! YOUR WEBSITE ROCKS!!!
Your stationery is beautiful and was stunned when I realised that it’s also free – You are amazing! So I,ve just gone and bought you several huge Lattes! You deserve them!!
Myself and my three children ( who are all boys under ten years – my eldest is severly mentally and physicaly disabled ) really enjoy making cards and homemade gifts for family and friends, especially at christmas – it’s that one time of year I stop being too busy long enough to try and show people just how much I love and appreciate them.
So this christmas we’re going to attempt to make two calenders for 2011, both calenders will be a month by month view, one month per page ….
The first thing I want to do is print one of your designs onto a sheet of printable paper…….Then putting the same sheet back into the printer I want to print over the top of the first design with the name of the month at the top of the page, the days of the week will be printed down the left side of the page and the rest of the page will have a basic open type square grid for the dates…. ..I hope I’m making sense because I do have a tendancy to babble on ….
Anyway …. if I was using an A4 thick printable parchment paper…or an A4 printable white vellum….or an A4 printable plain thin card …. Which files would you recomend using please?
The jpg or pdf files?
Would one file be okay to use with all three types of paper or do I need a different type of file for different types of paper please, or does the size of the paper I’m using determined the type of file I need to use please? Or will the jpg and the pdf files give different / varying results when they’re both printed on the same type and size of paper, if it does can you tell me the differences please? And finally if I haven’t explained myself very well and your reading this thinking, “Wow this woman is completly crazy!” Well you’d be right! But also can you please tell me the difference between using the jpg files and the pdf files, I can download / save both types with no apparent problems but I’m running out of space on my computer because I’ve been saving both the jpg and pdf files for every single image I think I might use – and there’s a lot I like!
Thankyou very much for taking the time to read this and keep up the brilliant work your doing.
Cath x
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Hello Cath,
First of all, thank you so very much for the compliments… we are very glad you are enjoying the site and we love helping out as much as we can.
Next, I had no problems understanding what you are trying to do and I have a fairly simple answer for you that I’ll get to in just a minute. I want to let you know that we also have a site with no cost calendars already done. Kathy’s working on the 2011 papers now as we usually post them in September.
You can see what we have at http://www.freescrapbooktraining.com/
Now, to your questions on file types. The simple answer just depends on what software you are using. With the .jpg files you could place the image in MS Word, PowerPoint or in OpenOffice as the background, draw your calendar right on top and even add your photos before printing just once. The .jpg files are meant to use in graphics, photo or scrapbook/journaling programs to create your finished page all at once before printing.
The .pdf files are meant to use as you planned, that is that they are meant to be printed in advance and then hand written or used as a pre-printed paper and run through the printer a second time with margins and formatting to place the content where you want it.
So, this means that you need to figure out how you want to work and then choose the file type that best suits your needs.
As for the paper, that just depends on your printers abilities and the final print is dependant on your printer settings. Whether you use .jpg or .pdf or any other file type, it’s the printer quality and settings that determine the final quality. Most printers can handle card stock or thick papers but on most you have to tell the printer controls so it adjusts the carriage and head height. Look in your printer properties settings to see if this is the case. Most newer printers also print borderless but how much over the edge a print goes can be adjusted in the properties settings. Most default settings for borderless prints have way too much overage set and you can loose graphics and print close to the edge. We recommend you start with the minimal setting, usually .1 inch and make adjustments to that if needed.
I hope this answers your questions. If it missed anything or added more questions, just let me know and I’ll be happy to help all I can.
Have a great weekend,
Wes
(877) 751-6368
28115 N. Spotted Rd.
Deer Park, WA 99006
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Campground Stationery Update
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Thursday May 27,2010Hi Stationery Friend,
Just a quick update for you today.
If you are looking for MS Word Stationery Templates for High Plains Camping, they are now uploaded and ready for you to download. Just head on over to:
http://www.Free-Stationery.com/highplainscamp/
Enjoy your long weekend, and please take a moment to remember and thank those that have served and made it possible for the Freedom so many take for granted.
Kathy and Wes
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Summer & Floral Stationery Downloads
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Wednesday Oct 21,2009
FREE Floral Themed Digital Stationery Paper Template Download in 3 different formats.
FREE Summer, Floral and Artistic themed staternary paper downloads have been added to the site.
Kathy just added Summer 439, 440 & 441 to the free stationeries downloads area. These ones are perfect for Summer camping, campfire or vacation travel letters, journals and digital scrapbook background pages.
Along with the summer themed stationeries, Kathy also added Floral stationary pages 001 through 005 and Artistic digital stationery 001 through 005. You’ll find that the floral and artistic themed stationery paper downloads are the perfect match to your warm weather, summer vacation travel and even your romantic evenings journals, love letters and digital scrapbook page themes.
They are all located at: www.Free-Stationery.com
Never any signups or hassels, just find all the free digital stationery downloads you’ll ever need waiting for you to simply save them to your computer.
Happy Journaling!
Kathy
P.S. It’s that time of year again when Holiday cards and letters are in the planning stages. Be sure and make your cards and letters both personal and memorable with one of our FREE Digital Stationery template paper downloads.
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Trouble Printing FREE Digital Stationery Pages
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Training Friday Mar 13,2009We just got this message in this morning to our FREE Digital Stationery website. As we get this every so often, I thought that I would post it here with the answer in hopes that it helps some of you that may have the same problem with printing FREE Stationery pages.
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From: C Doty
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:21 PM
To: princesscrafts.com
Subject: Digital Stationery
Your digital stationery designs are fabulous. I have one question. When I print them out it seems to cut off a portion of the design at the bottom. The design does not go to the bottom edge of the paper as it does at the top. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.
C
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Hi C,
This usually happens when your printer is not capable or not set to borderless print mode. If you are printing the PDF versions, use the print menu in Adobe Reader or the PDF program you are using to set the print parameters so that the whole page prints within your printers limits.
If your printer is borderless print capable, then setting the PDF settings to “Size to Fit Page” or “Shrink to Fit Page” usually works as long as you also have your printer settings set to borderless.
If you are using the Word Template or the .JPG file to create your own, then your use the printer settings within that program or in the print configuration menu itself.
Unfortunately, every printer is different, so you may have to play with the settings a bit to find the ones that work with your printer best.
Hope that this at least helps…
Wes
PrincessCrafts.com
(877) 751-6368
28115 N. Spotted Rd.
Deer Park, WA 99006
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FREE Travel Theme Digital Stationery
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Sunday Mar 8,2009Hi Digital Scrapbook and Stationery Friend,
Are you a part of the TWITTER family yet?
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Kathy and I are home this week and we got the end of month new sets in both the 8.5×11 and 12×12 areas. You’ll also find some great new travel theme stationery as well.
Kathy says that she’ll have even more digital scrapbook sets loded before the middle of the month is out.
www.MyPrincessCrafts.com To log into your members area above.
Here’s what we have for you this week:
- Grunge Themes 16 thru 21
- New Years Scrapbook Page Sets 23 thru 25
- Valentines Scrapbook Templates 43 thru 45
And… of course, we have the new No Cost Travel Stationery pages 485 thru 487 in .jpg form to make your own – In .DOT format for MS Word and in PDF form to print and hand write your letters and invitations with.
You can get the FREE Stationery with no hassles at: www.Free-Stationery.com or by going to www.1-Computer-Stationery.com.
Last little note:
Do your TWITTER?
If not, you are missing a great time that even the celebs are participating in.
If so, you can keep up with what Kathy and I are up to on our trip and throughout the day by following www.twitter.com/scrapbooks
Until next week…
Kathy & Wes
PrincessCrafts
MyPrincessCrafts
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www.BabyScraps.com
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Ducks Walking on Fish
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Monday Jan 26,2009Hi Scrapbook and Stationery Friends,
Yesterday, we took a short trip to Lake Majave near Bullhead City in Arizona. What we saw astounded and entertained us to no end…
We found a place where the Carp (fish) are so thick when you feed them that the wild ducks litterally walk on them to get to the food too! If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the photo… click on it for a larger version.
Wild Ducks walking on the carp (fish) while we fed them.
Kathy and Wes’ mom, Donna along with our friend Carol had a ball feeding the carp and the ducks… there were even a flock of pigeon getting in on the popcorn action.
As you can see from the next image, the girls were all smiles and couldn’t believe how the ducks were literally walking on all the carp.
Donna, Kathy and Carol feeding the carp (fish) and ducks.
It was so funny watching the lake carp stick their whole heads out of the water trying to get the popcorn before the ducks could steal it away. At times we had to have one person feeding the wild ducks so that the others could feed the lake carp some of the popcorn. As you walked along the docks, the lake carp would be following you and begging for food…
Lake Carp (fish) begging for food
Lake Mojave AZ Carp and Ducks at the boat docks.
One of the birds watching us at Lake Mojave
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