Thursday 3 November 2016

FREE Printable: November Fun & Wacky Holidays

November is here and you know what that means: it's time for another edition of the Fun and Wacky Holidays Printable Stickers for your Planner.

Don't Forget to check out my Etsy Shop: Uncommon Plans!

Find the Files attached below as PDF & JPEG. If you're a Silhouette User: download the JPEG file & create boxes that are sized at 1.5" width X 1.25" height for the cut lines for each box. There will bit of bleed over on the edges but this size will include all the good stuff in each box and will allow them to fit in weekly and monthly boxes of Happy Planners & Erin Condren Life Planners. Any issues: leave a comment below! 

You can find links to my Google Drive below for access to the PDF version and the Silhouette file that provides cut lines for easy of use if you have one.

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality.
  2. Print it out on high quality thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissors or your Gyro cut or use a cutting machine: Cricut or Silhouette Portrait or Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your cameo or portrait. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper and send it to your silhouette. The machine does all the work for you.
  4. Stick the stickers in your planner and have fun!
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Graphics from: openclipart.org  www.flaticon.com  www.dafont.com 


Enjoy! And don't forget to share on Social Media with the tag: #uncommonplans :)

Friday 30 September 2016

FREE Printable: October Fun Holidays




Oh wow, did anyone else feel like September just flew by? I can't believe that tomorrow will be October! I honestly LOVE October: it's my favourite month. The trees are turning all the beautiful colours of the rainbow, the smell of Fall is in the air, it's my Birthday month and my favourite Holiday is in October: Halloween!!

Anyone else excited for October? You know I am! So here finally to help you celebrate this glorious month is a Free Printable full of Fun & Wacky Holidays for everyday in October. These aren't the usual holidays but I'm sure you'll find that there's something for everyone to celebrate this month!

My favourite day is October 11, which is my birthday, and it also just happens to be "It's My Party Day!" Seriously, I kid you not! I guess that's the universe just validating how fabulous I believe myself to be. LOL ;) I hope you all enjoy covering your planners with these fun holidays for October. Please share on social media & tag me if you use them: I love seeing all the creativity,

Just a little side note, the reason why my September has been SO crazy is because I decided to launch an Etsy shop: what?! Yes I know, I'm nuts! But I do want to continue to bring you quality FREE stickers and printables but to help me stay free I've opened the shop. I really just wanted to create stickers that I haven't found before and hopefully make a little money to fund the addiction. Please go check it out if you'd like: UncommonPlans Etsy Sticker shop. Thanks for all the love and support!

You can find links to my Google Drive below for access to the PDF version and the Silhouette file that provides cut lines for easy of use if you have one.

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality.
  2. Print it out on high quality thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissors or your Gyro cut or use a cutting machine: Cricut or Silhouette Portrait or Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your cameo or portrait. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper and send it to your silhouette. The machine does all the work for you.
  4. Stick the stickers in your planner and have fun!
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Graphics from: openclipart.org  www.flaticon.com  www.dafont.com





I hope you enjoy and please share and tag me on social media if you do use these: #uncommonplans 
Happy October! :D

Wednesday 31 August 2016

FREE Printable Stickers: Fun September Holidays

The latest FREE printable has finally arrived...and just in time for September!!


It's been a busy last month of summer and we're soon heading into Fall. I don't know about you but I love everything about Autumn so I can't wait! In order to commemorate the end of summer and the beginning of a new month and season here's the next printable in the fun holidays series.

Here are some easy instructors on how to use these printables whether you have a cutting machine or not. This is the much anticipated and requested September Fun Holidays FREE printable!  This series has been very popular so far and therefore I plan on creating this for every month of the year. Click on the links below to get your FREE printable stickers for your planner!

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality.
  2. Print it out on high quality thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissors or your Gyro cut or use a cutting machine: Cricut or Silhouette Portrait or Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your cameo or portrait. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper and send it to your silhouette. The machine does all the work for you.
  4. Stick the stickers in your planner and have fun!
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Graphics from: openclipart.org  www.flaticon.com  www.dafont.com



I hope you enjoy and please share and tag me on social media if you do use these: #uncommonplans 
Happy Fall! :D

Monday 1 August 2016

FREE Printable: Suicide Squad


Happy August: rabbits rabbits rabbits! To celebrate here's a new FREE printable for your viewing and using pleasure. Click the links below for the PDF and/or the Silhouette Cut Files. Subscribe to my newsletter to stay tuned on all the new printables that I release on a weekly basis (maybe more) and any news. I have so much exciting stuff in the works to share with all of you.

For today here is your Suicide Squad stickers for your planner. Who else is exciting for this movie? I know I am and it's coming out in theaters this week. I've made a weekly sampler to celebrate the release of this epic looking movie and for the firs time it's 2 pages of amazing. I hope you love it and please let me know what you think and you'd like to see in the future.

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality print setting.
  2. Print it out on thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissor, your Gyro cut or a cutting machine such as the Cricut or the Silhouette Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, print the stickers with the registration lines onto sticker paper.
  4. Put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your Silhouette machine. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper, adjust as required (every machine is different and you may have to play with this setting and use the test cut function first, also based on what kind of sticker paper you use). I recommend using the Silhouette Brand Sticker Paper.
  5. Once you've figured out your cut settings click send to silhouette. Watch it go as the machine does all the work for you. Fun!
  6. Stick the stickers in your planner or any where you'd like and have fun! Don't forget to share with me on social media: links below.
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Graphics from: erinbradleydesigns.com openclipart.org  www.flaticon.com  www.dafont.com 
  
Silhouette: Suicide Squad HP pg2 

I hope you enjoy using these and watching the movie. Come back often for more like this and please tag and share with me on social media: #uncommonplans :)

Thursday 28 July 2016

FREE Printable: Fun August Holidays

Today's freebie is wacky & fun holidays for August. I really had fun researching and creating these latest printables and I hope to do more like this in the future. My hope is to have these for every month. I know many people have trouble with decorating the monthly pages so I hope you find this is a fun way to spruce up your monthly view.

I made these to fit the monthly view of the Happy Planner but these can be used in any size planner in either the weekly or monthly views Let me know what you think and please give me feedback on what planners you would like these sized for. Check out the preview image below and click the links to download: I've included both the PDF and the Silhouette cut files.

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality.
  2. Print it out on high quality thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissors or your Gyro cut or use a cutting machine: Cricut or Silhouette Portrait or Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your cameo or portrait. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper and send it to your silhouette. The machine does all the work for you.
  4. Stick the stickers in your planner and have fun!
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Graphics from: openclipart.org  www.flaticon.com  www.dafont.com


I hope you enjoy and please share on social media and leave comments below. Let me know what you think and what else you'd like to see for the future. If you use any of my printables please share with me on social media #uncommonplans Thanks!

Friday 22 July 2016

FREE Printable: Absolutely Fabulous

Today I have another movie-related printable for you all. I'm very excited for this one. I know Star Trek: Beyond is coming out today and as much as I'm very excited for that movie and I'm a big Sci Fi fan and a Trekkie, however, I've already seen a couple great Star Trek printables out there. So instead of Star Trek I give you another movie that is coming out today: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie! Anyone else used to watch that absolutely ridiculous show that is Ab Fab? I have fond memories of watching this hilarious show with my mother and sister and just laughing our asses off. This is British comedy at it's best. Enjoy Sweetie Darlings! ;)

These are sized for the classic Happy Planner. I'm a huge HP fan and it's sometimes hard to find stickers made for the HP instead of the EC. I hope you enjoy and please share on social media and leave comments below of your feedback. Let me know what else you'd like to see for the future. Check out the preview image below and click the links to download: I've included both the PDF and the Silhouette cut files.

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality.
  2. Print it out on high quality thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissors or your Gyro cut or use a cutting machine: Cricut or Silhouette Portrait or Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your cameo or portrait. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper and send it to your silhouette. The machine does all the work for you.
  4. Stick the stickers in your planner and have fun!
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Follow me on social media and come back often to find more files like this.


Thanks for sharing, liking and commenting. Comment below with suggestions for what you'd like to see next. If you use any of my printables please share with me on social media: #uncommonplans 


Wednesday 13 July 2016

Free Prinable for your Planner: Ghostbusters

Today I'm sharing my very first printable: yippee! In anticipation of the new Ghostbusters movie coming out this week I've created some fun stickers that you can use in your planner or wherever. Check out the preview image below and click the links to download: I've included both the PDF and the Silhouette cut files.

These are sized for the classic Happy Planner. I'm a huge HP fan and it's sometimes hard to find stickers made for the HP instead of the EC. I hope you enjoy and please share on social media and leave comments below of your feedback. Let me know what else you'd like to see for the future. 

Instructions for Use:
  1. Download and Print: print it out on the highest quality.
  2. Print it out on high quality thick paper or sticker paper and then cut it out. Use scissors or your Gyro cut or use a cutting machine: Cricut or Silhouette Portrait or Cameo.
  3. If you have a silhouette then I've included the silhouette cut files: open it in the software, put the printed stickers onto the cut mat and upload to your cameo or portrait. If you're using sticker paper then set the cut settings to sticker paper and send it to your silhouette. The machine does all the work for you.
  4. Stick the stickers in your planner and have fun!
Notes:
  • These downloads are for personal use only. Do not sell or disrupt. I do not own the original artwork, this is my creation as fan art.
  • If you love these and you'd like to share on social media or with your friends please share the link and not the file itself.
  • Follow me on social media and come back often to find more files like this.

I'd love to see your creations that you come up with in your planners with my stickers so please share on social media and tag me when you do:

Friday 8 April 2016

DIY Sticker Book



I recently went to a planner meetup and meet some awesome Toronto-based planner ladies. This kind of meetup is a lot of fun because it helped me realize that I'm not the only crazy person who's obsessed with everything planner, sticker, washi and stationery related. I've actually found kindred spirits in the form of real true-to-life unicorns and badass babes who also love to make their daily life functional and beautiful with paper planners full of stamps, stickers, washi and the like.

It really was a great time and not only did I meet some real unicorns I also gathered some great ideas, snooped other people's planners and swapped for some fun goodies. I would definitely recommend going to one of these if you can find one in your neck of the woods. Or better yet maybe check out your local Michael's store because they're putting on a planner addict meetup in conjunction with Me and My Big Ideas on April 21 all over North America.

So one of the things that I brought to show off to the planner ladies is a sticker book I put together to help organize and house my somewhat infinite collection of Etsy stickers. My fellow planner addicts also loved this idea and had lots of questions so I'd like to share with you now how I put it together and what materials I used. Read below and enjoy!


Supplies needed:
Instructions:
  1. Place the covers flat on your work surface and connect the expander rings to the covers.
  2. Cut out some cardstock to 9&1/4" tall by 7" wide, punch with MAMBI punch and round the corners with your corner rounder if using.
  3. Using your double-sided tape roller or glue stick place 1 line of glue at the top of a sticker sheet and place it at the bottom of the cardstock. Repeat with another sticker sheet and layer it on top on the last sheet, leaving space to see it. Continue this process until that side is full, flip and continue on other side of page. I like to organize my stickers by shop and then I do one page per weekly kit for example.
  4. Continue all the previous steps until you have a full book of your beautiful planner stickers: yippee!
  5. Attach the pages to the rings and compile your brand spanking new sticker book made all by you! Celebrate and enjoy your creation! 😄
Thanks for reading, please comment, like, share and follow me on social media.

Thursday 24 March 2016

Welcome to Uncommon Plans


Welcome! I started this blog as a way to share my love for all things stationery, stickers and especially planner related. I've always been an arts and crafts person ever since I can remember and that love has continued into adulthood. I have fond memories of macaroni noodle art as a child, sticker books with little white space left and my first school agenda that I filled with stickers and wrote in with coloured pens. 

Now as an adult, I've discovered this wonderful online world known as the planner community filled with fellow grown children that never got past their love of stickers, paper, coloured pens and planners. I've been posting on Instagram for over 6 months now and there's so much love in this community for all the beauty I create and share. I want to continue to share my beautiful creations both here and on my YouTube channel.


An example of how I decorate and use my planner: found on Instagram
My goal for this blog is to be a place where I can expand on my creations and my planner goals. I want my planners to become the tools for managing my current hectic life as a shift worker while also helping me to create my boss lady life as an aspiring entrepreneur. I want to share my ideas, inspirations, goals, plans, printables and my favourite things. 

I've also come to the conclusion that in order to find true planner peace for myself (and hopefully for others too) I will have to design and create my own planner and that is my ultimate goal. I also want to create stickers and planner resources for other shift workers like myself. I ultimately want to help other shift workers, entrepreneurs and all around badass boss babes reach their goals and live a happy and beautiful life. 

I hope you bookmark my page and come back often to see what me and my planners are up to. Check me out on social media and comment below what you'd like to see me share and write about.

Connect with me on social media:

Instagram: @Uncommonplans
YouTube: Uncommon Plans
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