Travelers Notebook | DIY | ♡ tortagialla

travelers notebook diy

This traveler’s notebook DIY video tutorial is an extra post on the blog, as I try to catch up and post youtube videos that I failed to include on the blog… oops!

In the video, I show you those the traveler’s notebook covers I have made for myself and the process of making an actual fauxdori with your own materials. I have blogged about my process before here – but I think many like to watch the process in video format, so here it is.

It’s a very simple and easy process using scrap leather and heavy cardstock – enjoy!

You can also see the flipthru of the insert here: https://youtu.be/cOtGhxgczZ8

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Free Printable Delicate Vines Patterned Card

Looking for some printable stationery for letterwriting? Just check this free printable delicate vines card and matching envelope to download and print at home.

free printable delicate vines card and envelope

I’m definitely a sucker for pretty paper and this delicate pattern of vines is very pretty and neutral. I think it’s a more sophisticated and almost victorian styled in my mind. Remember how many letters and cards they send back in the day? This delicate vines pattern is also neutral and unisex for any recipient you might be thinking of.

This stationery design is also great for ANY occasion of correspondence. Whenever you want to send a card or write a note to a friend, print this out! You can immediately get to snail mailing! What will you use this printable for?

Also, consider dressing up this card with your own decorations and embellishments. The possibilities are endless! For those who are crafty, you can make a whole set and personalize it to make it a gift in your next happy mail! So many ideas… let’s get papercrafting and have some fun!

Download Free Printable Delicate Vines Card + Envelope PDFs

Thank you for visiting this blog and supporting my design work. You can download this stationery set below for your PERSONAL USE. Just choose your paper size and download the PDF for the card and matching envelope. Save to your computer and print it again and again as you need it. Enjoy!

delicate vines

Pattern Leaves Card A4 | Pattern Leaves Envelopes A4

Pattern Leaves Card LETTER | Pattern Leaves Envelopes LETTER

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Looking For More FREE Printables?

If you liked this free printable, you might also enjoy the other freebies I have already posted on the blog. Be sure to check out the archived posts full of printables… happy downloading and happy printing!

Looking for some printable stationery for letterwriting? Just check this free printable delicate vines card and matching envelope to download and print at home.

Free Printable I Heart You Card and Envelope

free printable i heart you

Riffing off of Milton Glaser’s i heart NY design, I thought it would be cute to have an i heart you design with a literal drawing of a anatomical heart.

Funny, cute right? I posted the design as free printable stationery here on the blog before, but thought it would be nice as a proper greeting card.

Just download, print and trim, so you can send our your happy mail. Choose your preferred paper size below.

i heart you card

Love IHeart Card A4 | Love IHeart Envelope A4

Love IHeart Card LETTER | Love IHeart Envelope LETTER

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Free Printable Thank You Heart Card

free printable thank you notecards

Here’s a simple and clean thank you card with a neutral heart design that works for all occasions.

The notecard format is very convenient, because it’s meant to be printed at home and you just cut the sheet of paper in half and fold. Wah-lah! Instant notecards!

There are many occasions that might not need such a large card or perhaps you don’t have much to write inside besides your heartfelt thanks, so I feel like a smaller card suits the occasion much better.

Download in your preferred paper size below and enjoy!

thank you notecard

Notecards Thank You LETTER

Notecards Thank You A4

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Free Printable Thinking of You World Map Card and Envelope

free printable world map card and envelope

A super cute and simple design of a world map as a thinking of you greeting card.

My thought is that you can add a little heart where you are located and connect it with a dotted line to where your recipient is in the world. A nice way to personalize a card too!

Download in your preferred paper size below and enjoy!

world map printable

Thinking of You World Card A4 | Thinking of You World Envelope A4

Thinking of You World Card LETTER | Thinking of You World Envelope LETTER

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Day in the Life of a Creative Mom | VLOG

Wanted to try something different this week and try a VLOG style video. Please let me know what you think! Although there isn’t necessarily a typical day, as a lot of variation can happen, I suppose this is the most typical possible day.

Enjoy!

Free Printable Thanks Greeting Card

free printable thanks card and envelope

I’ve posted free printables on various websites and decided to bring them all back here on the blog, so this will always be the archive for all my design printables. I hope you enjoy these re-releases! 

Thank you cards are probably the most popular after birthday cards, so here is a free printable thanks greeting card design. It’s a simple, clean and graphic design, perfect for printing at home and catching up with all the thank you notes you need to send out to friends and family.

The fabulous thing about printables is that you can print as many as you need. This design also has a matching envelope that you can glue together, but if you want to save time, the printed greeting card will fit in standard sized envelopes.

Download the free printable thanks card in your preferred paper size below – high resolution PDFs that you can print at home or at the copy shop.

Thanks Greeting Card Printable

Thanks Repeat Card A4 – Thanks Repeat Envelope A4

Thanks Repeat Card LETTER – Thanks Repeat Envelope LETTER

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Free Printable Little Blooms Stationery Set

free printable little blooms stationery set

This year, I’m determined to share even more of my work in the form of printables. I create a lot of artwork in my journals, but they often sit there for all time, in unfinished form. But even the simplest idea can be transformed into a finished work of art and that’s why I wanted to share this little blooms stationery set with you.

These little bloom doodles come from my journal and I took the extra steps to digitize them into Illustrator to create a repeating pattern. With a few splash of color, I was able to create this cute printable stationery set – pretty cool, huh?

Although it’s not the most groundbreaking design work in the world, I know it still a lovely piece of stationery that you can use in your lettering writing, snail mailing and papercrafting.

The creative process is still a magical process for me, from the spark of an idea to the final steps of creating an actual finished product. You can download the free printable files in your preferred paper size via the links below.

Download Little Blooms A4 ZIP

Download Little Blooms LETTER ZIP

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Life Book 2018

LTieu Harmony

As part of my creative spirit intentions for 2018, I want to always learn more and grow in my creativity. I’m a fan of creating for enjoyment as well as for spiritual and well-being. So I really love how the e-course, LifeBook, has a great mix of creative art lessons all with a personal, spiritual or well-being twist – however you might want to call it.

I took the course in 2017 and very much enjoyed participating, so joined up again for 2018. It’s a yearlong e-course with weekly releases, so you can create along with the many amazing teachers.

The art journal page I created above says “Harmony” because it is my word of the year and it’s my warm up page from the lesson with Tam from Willowing Arts this past week.

If you like mixed media and creativity for personal development, then I’m pretty sure LifeBook is your kind of thing. It’s not too late to join the course and add a dose of creativing learning to your weekly practice.

Get 20% off LifeBook 2018, valid until Jan 16th using code LOVEBOMB2018 – don’t miss out!

LifeBook 2018

It’s Not Bullet Journaling, But It Works!

not really bullet journaling

I’ve blogged about bullet journaling in the past – my first attempts, make your own and my setup and over time I’ve taken what works for me and carried it into using printables for my planning needs. I think of it as a hybrid, my bullet journaling alternative method of planning.

For me, it’s become only about planning for projects and tasks list. It’s not a hybrid book with all sorts of other journaling content. It’s mostly because I already journal a lot and I didn’t really need another book… and bullet journaling was never enough, because it’s pretty difficult to get mixed media art in that kind of practical journal.

So in this video, I share my process of planning for the new year and how I used printables. It’s flexible like the bullet journal, but I don’t have to redraw layouts if they work for me and I don’t need to change things. Plus perpetual calendar pages have always been my jam!

You can download all of the yearly planning printables you see in the video for free, here on my blog.

The perpetual calendar planner printables are also free downloads for subscribers of my newsletter.

I hope that by sharing my process, you’ll see that we all don’t have to jump on the bullet journal bandwagon. Maybe a hybrid approach works for you or maybe you need more journals and you just can’t be a one book girl. What’s truly important is what works practically for you, to get things done and help you feel on top of your goals!