I am a Cricut Contributing Artist!

I have some fun news… I am now a Cricut Contributing Artist! This means that you can find my artwork on Cricut Design Space. Since I was accepted into the program, I have been busy building up my library of images and creating some fun projects to go along with them.

Please note: This blog post contains affiliate links, meaning I receive a commission if you make a purchase by following my link to the site.

There are a few SVGs that are also sold in my Etsy shop, but many are brand new and only found on Design Space.

If you have a Cricut Access subscription, these images are included in that and are free for you to use. If you do not subscribe, you can still purchase images ala carte. However, there are TONS of great images on Design Space from Contributing Artists—not just mine—so I highly recommend subscribing if you want to get the most bang for your buck. The subscription also comes with shop discounts and tons of ready-to-make projects, so there is a lot of value in being a member of the Cricut club!

And be sure to follow my Design Space profile to keep up to date on new images AND projects!

New! Digital Bullet Journals

I love digital notebooks and have made a few in the past myself, but it’s been a while since I’ve done anything with them. Now, I’ve decided to give them a fresh update and start offering them in my Holly Pixels shop! They would work great with the digital sticker sets and bullet journal Procreate templates I already offer there.

Perhaps you are wondering, “What the heck is a digital notebook?” Well, the basic idea is this: There are apps on the iPad that allow you to write onscreen over electronic PDF documents. Popular apps include Goodnotes 5, Zoomnotes, and Notability, but there are several other options, too. PDF markup apps are generally used for things like taking notes on textbooks and worksheets, or for proofreaders to mark edits on pages. You can also write and draw on PDFs that are made to look like blank notebook pages—so it’s like writing on paper but it’s an image on a screen rather than the real thing. Add more pages and a cute cover, and you have a digital notebook. At some point, people started making PDF documents that looked like planner pages, and the digital planner was born! Some digital planners and notebooks are really fancy and look photo-realistic. See an example from one of my recent releases below.

My new notebooks are digital bullet journals that come with a selection of cute cover options and different interior page templates: blank, lined, and dot grid. They also have a hyperlinked table of contents page that you can fill in with your own custom titles. Just click on the box and it jumps to that section page—super handy! Scroll through the gallery below to see the different features.

You can check out my first two revamped notebooks at Holly Pixels today. There’s the Summer Berry one featured in this post, as well as a fun watermelon-themed one! These two have matching digital sticker sets available in the shop as well. I plan to add more designs soon, so stay tuned!

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—Nicole

November Updates and Holiday Stuff

ICYMI, here's what's been going on over on my Instagram lately...

I had lots of fun celebrating Halloween with my girls. They dressed as Anna, Elsa, and Olaf from Frozen. They enjoyed surprises from the Great Pumpkin and a candy hunt out in the park.

Now it's November! How is time simultaneously moving so slow and so fast this year? Gotta love 2020... Of course, this month got started with the crazy election. I made my own digital sticker for my planner to mark the occasion.

Free download - I Voted digital sticker

I'm sure glad that part's all over with finally, and we can move on! Let's start focusing on the best parts of November—Thanksgiving, family, pie, and gratitude.

One of my favorite hymns, especially during Thanksgiving time, is “For the Beauty of the Earth.” I created a coloring page inspired by it. It's now available as a printable download here:

For the Beauty of the Earth coloring page

I've been finding time to do a little more digital scrapbooking. I even used my scrapbooking skills to create my annual Christmas card, using my own patterned papers and photos as well. The result definitely feels more personalized and heartfelt than my usual predesigned card from a photo printing site.

Speaking of Christmas, I am already well into holiday preparations! The snowstorm we got last weekend in UT certainly helped get me and my family in the mood to start the festivities. We've already put up our tree, and I've begun making some handmade ornaments, which has become a bit of a holiday tradition for me. I made a miniature door out of popsicle sticks and painted it to look like Elsa's door, again from Frozen. My girls just love all things to do with that movie, haha.

One last holiday-related note, I have lots of new products up in my Etsy shop, including some fun stuff for Christmas.

Check out what's new here.

That's it for now!

—Nicole