by Linda | Nov 18, 2009 | DIY printables, my creative journal
Download this Free Printable Snowman Stationery Set to use for your gift wrapping and holiday stationery needs.
It’s been a fabulous month in terms of experimenting and furthering my hopes, dreams and goals of being an artist full-time. I’ve experimented with new mediums and also met so many fantastic folks online throughArt Every Day Month.
I appreciate ALL feedback and visits to this blog and know that it really means a lot. Besides experimentations, I have also been trying to work on my design illustrations. One of my many goals is to open up an Etsy shop to sell my wares – art prints – stationery – creations of all types. Since I have so many interests, it’s definitely hard to define exactly what I do, but I know it all starts with sketching out designs.
Printables make me excited because they can be delivered immediately and give you instant results. You can print what you want to use and as many as you need. Also from my business point of view, it’s a low upfront cost alternative for someone just starting out a business. A bit like print on demand, which is vastly becoming an common way of offering up products for sale.
I have offered some freebie printables previously on this blog and through this experience, some research and my own use of the many wonderful free printables out there, I’ve come to a few conclusions.
- I tend to print out designs that don’t use up too much ink, because I prefer to print on textured or colored paper as an alternative.
- I love sets of printables, so that I can match up everything such as wrapping a gift, labeling and writing up my card or note.
- I like the simplicity of just cutting paper in half or quarters and don’t like wasting any part of the paper printed.
- I totally understand the need for designers label or credit via logo and text, but hope it’s tastefully implemented and not using up too much ink.
- I also like printables that are customizable – you can type in some text in Adobe PDF before printing.
I haven’t yet figured out number 5, but I worked on a sample snowman stationery set with the other items in mind and would like to offer it as a FREE download today. I hope you enjoy these designs I have created!
Download this Free Printable Snowman Stationery Set
Snowman Stationery Envelope
Snowman Stationery Flat Notecards
Snowman Stationery Folded Cards
Snowman Stationery Labels/Tags
Snowman Stationery Paper
Each part of the stationery set is labelled above for download, so you can pick and choose what you prefer.
I’m definitely still learning when it comes to variations of designs and how to format the layout. For example, I provide a lot of variation on each sheet, lined and blanked versions. Perhaps it is better to provide full sheets of one style only, in case a person prefers one over the other, rather than both on the same page that must be printed together? What about all pages in one file, do you often select print even though you didn’t mean to print out the whole file? Or are separate files too unwieldy? What about the fact that I include “designed by tortagialla.com” on everything as a small text rather than my very yellow and ink-soaking logo?
All my designs besides the envelope are designed to be cut in half or quarters exactly, no waste of paper. It’s important of course to remember to print as high quality as possible on your preferred paper and at full 100% size, as these are designed for Lettered Sized paper. Although for myself I design on A4 sized paper and would offer those variations for all printables – I love my US and Int’l peeps equally! I’ve wondered also about the quality of files as these are saved as high quality PDFs specifically for printing at home – pretty big downloads. Or would smaller sized downloads with less quality be acceptable? All things to consider and think about!
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by Linda | Nov 12, 2009 | DIY printables
Looking for a cute cookie pattern paper printable? Here’s a free download from a little illustration I created for a card challenge.
I got a note in my inbox announcing a Digi Day Cookie Exchange Party & Challenge in the SNR Card Universe Ning Group, so I had to participate with the free digital stamp they offered up. How cute is that gingerbread cookie? I believe it was created by Digital Delights by LoubyLoo! Talk about talent…woohoo! I used the image in the digital card layout below after coloring it in Photoshop, but decided to design my own digital elements to go with the whole layout.
I really like how my cookie pattern paper turned out, so I wanted to share it here for you to download.
download the PDF of cookie pattern paper
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by Linda | Nov 12, 2009 | DIY printables
Print your own supplies with this Christmas paper printable free download, cute repeat tree patterned paper and stocking illustration!
Hello folks! Just wanted to say thank you to all who visit my blog and check out my designs. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that I started out cardmaking traditionally but switched to all digital, so that I could use my own designs and print the card when I actually would send them out. I am a bit sad today, because I found out that a group I was part of online removed all my photos in the ning group because they were digital and not real cards. They only want real handmade cards and photos of them. Sigh…sort of sad. I understand groups have their own rules and such…but it’s sad to think that somehow my digital designs are just not worthy enough. I can make anything on the computer since it’s accessible to me, but I can’t buy everything I want from all the great scrapbooking and cardmaking stores out there. Boo hoo.
I’m definitely a bit down today, but I can’t let it stop me from doing what I want to do and enjoy the process of creating. The latest Digital Tuesday challenge is themed for holiday wishes, so I decided to participate with a digital card design.
I created all the imagery used so you can download for your personal use as well!
Christmas Paper Printable Free Downloads
Download the xmas stocking drawing – digital stamp
Download PDF of the xmas tree pattern paper
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by Linda | Nov 9, 2009 | DIY printables
Here’s a set of freebie printable striped paper in the tan brown coffee colored theme and matching whimsical swirl pattern. Free download for personal use!
I’ve been playing around with digital design and creating patterned papers for digital cards… so though I would share the downloads with you for some fun papercrafting time.
For coffee lovers, here’s a cozy, stay indoors themed digital card design. The layout is from a Stamp TV sketch and I simply used a coffee brown color palette and created all the design elements. From a printable striped paper to a coffee swirls paper and little elements here and there.
Since I already have the pattern paper designs done, I thought it would be fun to share them with you here on the blog. Feel free to download the PDFs below by clicking on the thumbnail previews to get the full-size PDF downloads. They are totally free downloads for your personal use. I hope you have some fun with papercrafting!
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by Linda | Oct 29, 2009 | DIY printables
Another week and another card for the current color challenge at digital tuesday. We have to use kraft, orange and another color, so I decided to go for the Halloween theme. Here’s my little cat doodle with a witch hat accessory, a little startled from the ghostie! Simple and quick card design…check it out!
Here is a digital stamp of the cute cat image, if you would like to use for your personal projects. Enjoy!
