I’ve been busily finishing up Issue 2 of Pensieri, my handmade zine and since the topic is Pockets Galore – have also been creating lots of pocket examples and prototypes. I thought it would be nice to share a pocket template with everywhere, especially since these library pockets are so in style these days. … See the full post »
I was playing around with my own Halloween set of digital images and decided to create a party time notecard to share with everyone. I don’t know why, but I was compelled to have a Mrs. Skull along with Mr. Skull. It just seemed like he needed a companion…like Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head … See the full post »
The other day, I doodled up a little Halloween girl and wrote “Treats Only, please!” because I do like the treat part, not so much the trick part of this holiday. I remember being scared wayyyy too much in childhood, because our neighborhood had a thing for haunted houses and “trials” before you actually … See the full post »
Happy hump day to all! I’ve been busy designing on the computer, working on official stuff, scrapbooking kits and some personal projects as well. After playing around here and there, I actually created these label strips for myself to use in a project. In the end, they didn’t fit with the particular booklet project, … See the full post »
It’s been a while since I’ve offered up a stationery set for download, so I thought it would be nice to have something in the Halloween or ghoulish theme for the upcoming holiday. I used my little sleepy ghost pattern to create this printable stationery set…sort of funky looking and not your normal cutesy … See the full post »
Vintage and grungy looking text seems to be always in style and useful for any crafty project. I was reading some sonnets by Shakespeare and decided to make a few vintage looking text pages with his verses. These can be printed out for crafting with or used digitally in scrapbooking or other artsy projects. … See the full post »
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 … See the full post »
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 … See the full post »
Another week, another wednesday and here’s another free printable! As I work on designs, sometimes there are extras left over that I offer as freebies on this blog. Other times it’s something I create for my own personal use. Here’s an example of something that I just wanted to make, just because library journaling … See the full post »
I’ve been doing a lot of planning lately and getting ready to reorganize and launch a bunch of work. During the process, I’ve also looked through my own blog posts and analyzed some of the categories. I was pleasantly surprised to realize the large amount of freebies I’ve already posted. Talk about time flying … See the full post »
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