B****** Ebay Sellers

Not one but 2 Ebay sellers are putting my papers on disc and selling them. Not only my papers but papers by Lilac Garden, Monica and some commercial ones as well. Now I know that in the case of the 1st 3 we give our papers away for free but, as my copyright page makes clear, this doesn't mean they are copyright free. Just about all the work on my site I have done myself (other the bits which are public domain or I have specially commission and paid for) so what makes someone else the right to just download it and sell it on a disc.

I have just bought two discs from one of the sellers and I have to say it is pretty poor quality, in fact some of the images seem to be thumbnails so they can't actually be used for anything worthwhile. I'm going to very very nice (at first) and just email the two copyright thieves but if they don't agree to stop then I can see it getting very expensive for both of us. I know I can get the individual discs taken down by Ebay BUT I can't check every disc they list to see if it's got my papers on it!

Anyway I shall let you know how the email goes... in the meantime if you buy a disc and find it has my (or other designers ) stuff on it please let me (or the designer) know. I do not sell my designs on disc (except the odd bits I did for the Craft4Charity disc a couple of years ago) and I haven't given anyone else permission to use my designs in this way.

1. Report such people to Ebay.
2. Leave them negative Feedback
3. Demand your money back either from them or PayPal (do NOT return the disc, tell them it has been binned)

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Free Christmas Downloads

Honestly it just doesn't seem right, last week I was set on my computer, just approaching Aug Bank Holiday weekend, sorting out Christmas papers to add to the site. I realise that card makers like to start their Christmas Cards early but it still just doesn't seem right. The shops and the shopping channels on TV seem to be pushing us to start Christmas earlier and earlier.

Well anyway Free Craft Downloads has started uploading its Christmas downloads for this year. So far we have decoupage, pyramid sheets, backing papers, word strips and lots more, all with a Christmas theme.  We already have a great selection of free Christmas downloads for card makers and scrapbookers and have been thinking of rearranging them for sometime. Here's a list of the main stuff available at the moment:

(since writing this page we have set up a list of Free Christmas Papers available on the site. You can Find it HERE . It lists 1000s of sheets which are now available))

Backing Papers, Inserts, borders and Tags      Christmas Papers 1      Christmas Papers 2      Christmas Papers 3      Christmas Wording Papers      Father Christmas      Merry Christmas Decoupage and Pyramid       Christmas Decoupage       Christmas New Decoupage       Christmas New Decoupage 2       Christmas 2011 Decoupage       Teen Christmas Templates       Christmas Templates Christmas Frames       Christmas Frames Special Papers       Brewster with Card Cross Stitch       Christmas Candles       Father Christmas 1       Father Christmas 2       Nativity You can make your own personalised backing papers by using our online Backing Paper Builder. (There are some Christmas Backgrounds on this if you choose "template" rather than solid colour as the background ) Other Sites with Free Christmas Craft Downloads can be found on Free Craft Stuff:- Christmas We will be adding more Christmas stuff over the coming weeks so make sure you are a member of our email list if you wish to be kept up-to-date.

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