What Is The Design Library?

If you love creating but don’t always want to start every project from a completely blank page, The Design Library is here to give you a helping hand.

The Design Library is a growing collection of ready-made digital artwork designed to help you create your own finished products, gifts, printables and designs.

Rather than giving you one finished product with only one purpose, the artwork inside the library is created to be versatile. You can take a design, add your own wording or personalisation, combine it with other elements, change the layout and turn it into something completely your own.

Think of it as your digital cupboard of creative ingredients!

What Will You Find Inside The Design Library?

The Design Library includes a growing selection of individual artwork and themed design collections.

Depending on the set, you might find things such as:

• Character artwork

• Seasonal designs

• Christmas artwork

• Birthday and celebration designs

• Children’s artwork

• Floral and decorative elements

• Bows, balloons and party elements

• Teddy bears and other characters

• Trains, vehicles and themed illustrations

• Coordinating decorative pieces

• Transparent PNG artwork

• Complete themed artwork collections

Many of the designs are supplied as high-quality 300dpi PNG files with transparent backgrounds, making them easy to place onto different projects in your favourite design software.

What Can You Make With The Artwork?

This is where the fun really begins.

The same piece of artwork can often be used in lots of completely different ways.

You could create:

• Mug wraps

• Tumblers and sippy cups

• Chocolate bar wrappers

• Chocolate tub stickers

• Chip bags

• Sweet bags and treat bags

• Stickers

• Gift tags

• Greetings cards

• Invitations

• Certificates

• Bookmarks

• Coasters

• Notebooks and notepads

• Desk planners

• Party bags

• Party boxes

• Cake toppers

• Plate toppers

• Cup wraps

• Place cards

• Signs

• Stationery

• Clothing designs

• Tote bags

• Sublimation projects

• Print-and-cut projects

• Scrapbooking and journal projects

And that’s only the beginning.

A Christmas train, for example, could become part of a Santa certificate, a personalised chocolate wrapper, a child’s Christmas mug, a treat bag, a gift tag or even a piece of Christmas stationery.

One design can become lots of different products.

Add Your Own Personalisation

One of the biggest advantages of using digital artwork is being able to make a design fit your own project.

You can add:

• Names

• Ages

• Dates

• Messages

• Quotes

• Business wording

• Party details

• Christmas messages

• Your own backgrounds and patterns

You can also combine several pieces of artwork together to build a completely new composition.

For example, you might take a character from one of your chosen collections, add coordinating balloons or decorative elements, include a name and age and turn it into a personalised birthday design.

The artwork gives you the starting point — what you create with it is up to you.

Mix and Match Across Your Projects

I also love creating artwork that can coordinate across different products.

That means you could use the same artwork on a mug, bookmark, coaster, notebook and gift tag to create a matching gift set.

Or you could take one themed collection and use it across an entire celebration, creating matching invitations, party bags, table decorations, stickers and cake toppers.

Using coordinating artwork is one of the easiest ways to make your finished products look polished and professionally put together.

Perfect for Small Creative Businesses

The Design Library is also ideal if you run a small creative business and want artwork that helps you create new products more quickly.

Instead of drawing every element yourself, you can start with ready-made artwork and spend your time creating the finished products your customers will love.

It can be especially useful for businesses creating:

• Personalised gifts

• Sublimation products

• Party printables

• Stationery

• Stickers

• Cards

• Printables

• Craft projects

• Gift sets

• Seasonal products

Always remember to check the licence supplied with your chosen artwork so you know exactly how it can be used commercially.

You Don’t Have to Be an Expert Designer

You certainly don’t need to be a professional graphic designer to use The Design Library.

If you can upload an image, resize it, add some text and arrange elements on a page, you can start creating.

The artwork can be used in many popular creative programs, depending on the file type and the project you’re making.

You can keep things really simple or build much more detailed designs as your confidence grows.

Create It Your Way

That is really what The Design Library is all about.

It isn’t about telling you exactly what you have to make with each design.

It is about giving you beautiful ready-made artwork that you can use as the starting point for your own ideas.

You might see a Christmas illustration and immediately think of a mug.

Someone else might see the same design and imagine a party bag, notebook or gift tag.

There is no single right answer.

Pick your artwork, add your own ideas and create it your way.

And as The Design Library continues to grow, there will be even more artwork, characters, seasonal collections and coordinating elements available to inspire your next project.