Doodling My Girls | Who are we now…

doodling my girls who are we now

A little peek into my art process of doodling cute girl characters. I love to draw them, but don’t know what to do with these drawings. I suppose it is a comic way for me to simply riff off of variations and express some mood or attempt to impose a more positive mindset onto myself sometimes!

In this video, I share a drawing in real-time that is decidedly not as happy looking… but it actually coincided nicely for the 4th of July this year, a day when many artists and creatives have decided to mark with a bit of protest on Instagram… and I’ve extended it here as well… hashtag #showusyourmorals

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Free Printable Cards – Cute Girl Drawing Design

Looking for versatile free printable cards? Check out this cute girl drawing design that makes a great everyday blank notecard.

Free printable cards - Cute Girl drawing design for notecards

Today I wanted to share this cute girl drawing I created in the form of a printable notecard. This is a black and white design that is easy for anyone to print at home. Just print actual size and cut your paper in half. Then you can fold and have two notecards ready to use.

The great thing about this free printable cards design is that you can color it yourself and customize to your own needs. For the minimalist in all of us, use it plain, because it’s the message inside that really matters.

If you are more DIY and papercrafty, try decorating and embellishing the cards up. You can also make a crafternoon out of it with your kids, letting them color up a bunch of notecards to stash as ready-made stationery.

I hope you will enjoy using this design, because I’m always doodling up little girls, seems to be my default doodle!

Download the free notecard design PDFs below, just choose your preferred paper size.

Download Cute Girl Drawing Notecards A4 PDF
Download Cute Girl Drawing Notecards LETTER PDF

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DIY Journal Planner | Tomoe River Paper

DIY Journal Planner | Tomoe River Paper

Here’s my process of making a journal with tomoe river paper, super thin paper that takes up very little space. So I have cut slits in the spine for binding instead of punching holes.

I’m still a beginner a using tomoe river paper, so if you have tips or tricks, please share – I would really appreciate it!

If you want to make your own journal from scratch, check out my detailed 5-part series How to Make a Journal – Part 1 – DIY Tutorial
* https://youtu.be/cv6bl9qbYPI

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Masculine mustache printable card

Looking for a more masculine card for the men in your life? Check out this freebie mustache printable greeting card that still screams cute in the end.

Looking for a more masculine card for the men in your life? Check out this freebie mustache printable greeting card that still screams cute in the end.

Whether you are printing this card for Father’s Day or any occasion for the men in your life, this mustache printable is a perfect little greeting card to use.

I love creating patterns and love printables, so this is a nice combination with a very graphic look. No pink in this design, just neutral browns and blacks.

You can print this design out and use for all the occasions when you need a card for the boys.

You can also use the pattern printable as decor or a papercrafting resource… scrapbooking and art journaling as well.

Just download your preferred paper size below.

Download Pattern Mustache Card A4 PDF
Download Pattern Mustache Card LETTER PDF

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Make Your Own Stickers | Use Printables and Free Graphics

make your own stickers

The coolest DIY is to simply make your own stickers. Taking some time to prepare a bunch of your favorites all at once, means you’ll have lots of ready to use embellishments to use in your planner, journaling and papercrafting.

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Free Printable Stickers

Download these super cute free printable stickers to print at home and decorate your journaling, planners and more papercrafting projects!

Download these free printable stickers for embellishments and decorations in all your papercrafting projects - on tortagialla.com

Check out these cute designs I have created with a variety of adorable illustrations that make great stickers. All you have to do is download the free printable file and print on sticker paper. You can also print on regular paper and just cute them out for collaging.

I put together this set of stickers designs to give to the the design team at Sketch Saturday when I sponsored a challenge. Now that the challenge has past, I wanted to share these sticker designs with all of you as a free printable download.

When it comes to cute illustrations, there’s always an opportunity to use them in your every day life, especially if you are a paper lover, planner girl or avid journaler. Printables are a great way to decorate your pages on a budget!

Download the freebie here:

Just click on the link below to download the printable PDF to your computer. These sticker illustrations make great embellishments for all kinds of projects. Enjoy!

sticker embellishments

Download free printable stickers PDF – Happy Print Club Sample Printables3

From scrapbooking to cardmaking to art journaling and planner decoration… there’s a lot you can do with printable sticker sheets. You can really have fun decorating all kinds of things, so get creative today.

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Belly Bands for Invitations, Cards, Snail Mail and Paper Lovers

Belly Bands for Invitations, Cards, Snail Mail and Paper Lovers

Use some decorative paper to wrap your invitations, cards and snail mail packets, to make the happiest mail ever for your friends!

In this video, I show you how I use printable papers to decorative happy mail, wrapping around cards to create belly bands. A cute way to add another decorative touch to your paper projects!

 

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Art Journal With Me | Collage Paper because Cracks are Beautiful

art journal with me with collage paper because cracks are beautiful

Sharing my art journal process in this video where I talk about free writing as a base layer for your spread and then using paper collage to slide back into getting creative. This art journal with me video was created based on the quote:

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

– Leonard Cohen

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Cute Printable Stickers for Free Download

Looking for some cute printable stickers? Download this free printable sheet of designs to use as embellishments and decoration!

Download for free these cute printable stickers on tortagialla.com

No matter what type of papercrafting I’m doing, I always like to add a bit of cuteness to the mix. So stickers are always a go-to item – super easy to add to a project. Then why not print you own designs at home, right? You can download these cute printable stickers to DIY at home!

I put together these cute designs when I sponsored a Sketch Saturday challenge. Now that it is over, I wanted to share the designs with everyone as a free printable. All you have to do is download the free file to your computer and print on your preferred material. It can be sticker paper or just regular paper that you will cut and glue on projects. It’s easy enough, so you don’t need a fancy machine or fancy sticker paper.

Will you decorate your planner, use them in your scrapbooking, journaling or something else fun and DIY? The sky is the limit, so go wild with your creativity.

I hope you will have fun creating and experimenting with my printable designs. Enjoy!

Download the Printable Stickers PDF here:

printable sticker embellishments

Download Cute Printable Stickers – Happy Print Club Sample Printables2 PDF

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DIY Journal With All The Mistakes Possible!

DIY journal with all the mistakes

Sometimes (or maybe many times) a DIY project just doing go as smoothly as you might have imagined. I’ve been making journals for many years, but things still go wrong. Here’s an attempt documented where I make a lot of mistakes.

I thought it was just a failed attempt, wasted time and footage. But then I realized it might actually be a great experience to share… because flaws are not necessarily bad and even when a handmade item is not totally perfect, you might still have a precious item to use regardless.

Watch and learn about my whole process here…

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