by Linda | Sep 8, 2010 | DIY printables
You might have noticed that Wednesdays happen to be freebie days here on tortagialla.com. In my mind I like to celebrate the middle of the week (hump day) by sharing something with all of you. This past week, in my attempts of planning and organizing, I whipped up some printable notepages for myself. They have motivational quotes at the bottom, to help encourage me to follow my dreams, believe in myself and move forward. I’m big on quotes, if you haven’t noticed already…I collect them like stamps 🙂
Download Printable Notepages with Motivational Quotes ZIP file of PDFs (3.4 Mb)
These notepages have been designed on A4 paper, the normal size here in Europe, so I can just print and cut in half. So for all the USA’ers you’ll have to Fit-to-Paper when printing or set it to a smaller percentage to make it fit on your paper size. Otherwise, you can make them even smaller to be notecards as well. Enjoy and feel free to spread the word. Ciao ciao!
by Linda | Sep 6, 2010 | DIY printables
Happy Monday! I’ve just recently purchased a Wacom tablet, so that I can draw directly into the computer with programs like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator – super exciting! I’m super lazy when it comes to scanning my sketches, so normally I draw directly in programs with the mouse. I thought the Wacom tablet and pen would be a great resource, but it’s certainly proving to be a bit of a learning curve. I haven’t gotten it all down yet, but I do believe this will help me create a lot more digital stamps moving forward! It’s so much easier to create in this way, just takes a bit getting used to how to use the tools!
To start with, I’ve drawn up a cute little cake fairy and wanted to share with all of you in celebration of my Wacom tablet 🙂 Please enjoy and let me know what you think!
Download the Little Cake Fairy Digital Stamp ZIP file of hi resolution PNG
by Linda | Sep 1, 2010 | DIY printables
Happy September lovely blog readers! I’m still pondering over how I can organize and refine a posting schedule for my various blogs, including this one…see the last post for details. I’m always open to suggestions, so do let me know what you think. What do you want to see, learn, share, discuss about? In the meantime, I thought I would post this little printable freebie. I’m going into a lot of scrapbooking and minibook making for all my vacation photos, so these were some journaling notecards I whipped up to use. There’s space to put in the date, location and notes…especially good for itinerary types of memory keeping.
Download Date Location Notes Printable Journaling Notecards PDF
Hope you enjoy and until next time…when I get my scheduling sorted out! Thanks and ciao ciao!
by Linda | Aug 13, 2010 | DIY printables
This week I decided to offer a hand drawn illustration that I’ve scanned in and turned into a digital stamp. I know this is the normal process for many designers, but I thus far have always created everything directly in illustrator. I just liked the fact that the lines are clean, however that has been frustrating lately because I’m not being able to create the line quality I want. I don’t currently have a tablet drawing tool, so everything is just a bit too clean and graphic looking at times. I decided it was time to scan, even though I’m sooo not looking forward to the processing. Well, first time for everything…
Download Balloon Girl Digital Stamp ZIP (184 kb)
Here’s my little balloon girl, it’s a doodle I created a while back, now turned into a digital stamp design. Download the high quality PNG file and feel free to use for your personal projects. Spread the word and please let me know via the comments what you think about quality, the hand drawn lines, etc. I would love to know what folks are looking for in terms of digital stamp designs and the style. Is the hand drawn line more preferred versus the cleaner computer graphic style? I wonder… thank you in advance and enjoy!
by Linda | Aug 9, 2010 | DIY printables
Here’s another freebie download for y’all as I keep on going with my hybrid card design passion. I decided to go on the theme of sewing with another one of those cheesy sentiments – I can’t help it! Download the printable PDF for all the materials you’ll need, then add your own embellishments to finish it off.
Download Missing You Sew Much Hybrid Card Design PDF (1.5 mb)
I made a sample card, but accidentally printed too fast on regular paper instead of cardstock. I didn’t want to waste paper, so went ahead with constructing it, realizing it wasn’t too bad afterall. However, I think cardstock would be a sturdier type of paper to use for most cardmakers. Enjoy this freebie and let me know what you think!
