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February 1, 2022

How to make mini monthly calendars in Affinity Publisher and add them to your printables (video tutorial)

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Mini calendars (or ‘dates at a glance’ calendars as I call them), are quick and easy to make in Affinity Publisher, and then use them wherever you like, on any printable design. I’ve made them in other software but it…

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November 24, 2021

Making printables: 10 Reasons Why I switched from Adobe Photoshop to Affinity Publisher 

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This year, I made the switch to Affinity Publisher for making my printables. Before I explain why I switched I thought it would also help to show you some of the things I’ve made in Affinity Publisher so you can see the…

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November 2, 2021

Making printables in Affinity Publisher: How to set up your document and choose page size

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Following on from yesterday’s post, here is a sample tutorial from the course. In this video I show how to: Set up your document Recommended page margins Ring bound versus discbound and how this affects your margins What DPI to…

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November 1, 2021

How to make printables in Affinity Publisher

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10 years ago when I first started making printables, I used Microsoft Word. I enjoyed the ease of use and simple tools that made it quick to make a printable, but it’s lack of graphic design tools meant all my…

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September 22, 2021

40 of the best cursive fonts for making printables

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It can be frustrating when you find a good font then can’t remember the name when you later want to use it, so I put together a quick reference list of what I think are the 40 best cursive fonts…

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December 31, 2020

How to make a monthly calendar printable using Google Sheets (online tool similar to Excel)

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I previously posted a tutorial on how to make a weekly planner in Google Sheets. I had some comments on that video saying the audio wasn’t loud enough so I’ll be re-recording that tutorial sometime in the future. In the…

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June 18, 2020

How to print an A4 printable onto US letter size paper (and vise versa)

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Today’s post is a quick planner printing tip! A reader recently emailed me this question: Can I print A4 pages on US 8.5 x 11″ paper without anything getting cut off the page? My answer: yes – here’s how: How…

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May 17, 2019

How to resize any printable for any size bullet journal

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The number one question I’m asked is how to resize printables. You can resize any printable to fit any planner, notebook or bullet journal. Since all bullet journals are different page sizes I’ve included a reference list further down this…

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July 7, 2018

How to resize a printable to fit A5 or US half letter (5.5 x 8.5) page size

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One of the questions I get asked all the time, is whether printables can be printed at A5 page size. The answer is… YES! A5 shouldn’t be confused with half letter page size: A5 (Half A4 page size) is 148…

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January 30, 2018

How to easily print printables double sided (duplex printing tutorial)

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So you’ve found a pretty printable (perhaps from my shop… 🙂 ) and you want to print it double sided. There are 2 ways to do this: Tip: All printers are different, I highly recommend doing a test print in…

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July 21, 2016

How to download Adobe Photoshop

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I use Photoshop every single day! Just a few of the things I use Photoshop to create: Digital paper/pattern backgrounds Seamless repeating patterns Pattern overlays Planner printables Planner stickers Party printables (look out for my new ecourse: How to Make…

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