Thanksgiving Girl Digistamp

by | Nov 25, 2010 | DIY printables

Happy Thanksgiving to my USA blog friends and a general happy holidays to everyone! I drew up a little Thanksgiving girl, so thought it would be nice to share as a last minute goodie. For some reason I was compelled to draw one of those pilgrim hats 🙂

Download ZIP file of Thanksgiving Girl digistamp

Thank you for following my blog and offering your lovely comments and encouragement. Enjoy the freebie digital stamp and I hope you have a great weekend, ciao ciao!

Miss Tilly Whimsical Hand-drawn Digital Stamp

by | Nov 9, 2010 | DIY printables

The holiday season is definitely gobbling up a lot of my time as I craft away for another handmade gifts holiday. I’m planning to make or buy handmade…so there’s definitely a big list of to dos! I thought it was about time to share another hand-drawn digital stamp though…I have a huge sketchbook full of them and slowing digitizing to share. I hope you like Miss Tilly here…

Download Miss Tilly Digital Stamp Image ZIP (307 kb)

Enjoy for your personal paper crafting projects! I think this would be great for a handmade card, but even used as an embroidery pattern or coloring page for kids!

Printable Library Card Template – Free Download

by | Oct 20, 2010 | DIY printables

Looking to make a faux library card pocket for your paper projects? Print your own using this free printable library card template – a free PDF download.

free printable library pocket template

In writing my handmade zine (Issue 2 of Pensieri) named Pockets Galore, I’ve been exploring all kinds of pockets we can print-at-home and make for paper crafting projects.

I’ve made so many examples and prototypes and it’s a fun process to test out what works! One such pocket type is the old school library card pockets at the front of books. I don’t think libraries actually use them anymore, but they still look so cool!

You can probably find them in old library books or vintage paper lots, but it’s a lot easier to just make your own! Use my printable library card template to make as many as you need for your cards, journals and planner decoration.

Just print out the PDF template I’ve created, trim to size, fold along lines and glue to your project. You can obviously distress it or decorate as you would like as well.

By the way, I’ve also designed printable library journaling cards in the past, so you can print those out and stick those in the pocket as well.

I love to use this printable library card template for adding pockets into my journal pages and sometimes I print on kraft paper to change things up, not just plain white paper.

Download Printable Library Pocket Template PDF

So I hope you’ll enjoy using this free printable, you can definitely tag me on social media @tortagialla so I can see what you created!

Finally, feel free to spread the word about this free printable and pin to your heart’s content. I’m happy to share my templates and make paper crafting accessible and enjoyable for all. Have a great day!

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Scalloped Clipping Mask Borders Freebie

by | Oct 16, 2010 | DIY printables

Here’s another scrapbooking freebie as I journey along as a digital designer. I really love to draw and experiment with shapes in Illustrator, so I end up with a lot of variations and experiments of just shapes. I’ve realized they are great to compile into clipping masks…so here’s my scalloped borders freebie. You can add borders and accents to your work using the materials you already have. I find that often, just changing up the shape and combination of elements creates a brand new look. Enjoy!

Download Scalloped Clipping Mask Borders ZIP

In addition, in celebration of Hoot Fest 2010 with Owl Tree Studio…you can get bonus points regarding this bonus freebie. Lots to play with, so go and participate – read this post for full details about Hoot Fest 2010. Ciao ciao!