Monthly Archives: December 2009

Digital Stamping Recycled Cards

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It hadn’t occurred to me that many folks might actually  not know what digital stamps are…or how to use them.  There were some folks that asked me after I had listed them in my Etsy shop…perhaps I will have to help freshen up the descriptions to properly explain.  Digital stamps are used just like traditional [...] Continue reading »

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Happy New Year Digital Card Design

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I have been doing a lot of digital card designs, but today I decided to add some realistic flair to my design by using scanned in items and distressing the edges of graphics. Starting with my girl in a winter pea coat digital stamp image, I followed the sweet stop sketch and challenge from digital-ink co to [...] Continue reading »

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Enjoy – Ice Skater Snowflakes Digital Card Design

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Last minute digital card design, because the current Digital tuesday challenge passes me by!  The current theme is to include snowflakes in your design, so I decided to incorporate my cute girl ice skater digital stamp image with some snowflake designs for my card.  Let me know what you think! Related Posts:Little Valentines – Print [...] Continue reading »

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The Special 50/50

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Fabulous news – I have just joined The Special 50/50 as a digital designer!  It all starts in 2010 and I am so excited to share my digital stamp designs to the crafters in the community.  I’m so honored to have been invited and looking forward to creating original designs for the the group.  It’s [...] Continue reading »

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Money or Gift Card Holder Design

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The days before Christmas day are always filled with a rush of last minute everythings.  No different this year as I’m completely behind and going for the option of gifting money – better than a random gift!  I decided to use The Sweet Stop’s current sketch challenge to create some kind of money or gift [...] Continue reading »

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Free Digital Stamps…

Hi folks!  As I continue to work on my little creative career over at tortagialla.com I realized that a huge part of what I do is creating digital stamp images and graphics.  I’ve been adding to my Etsy store slowly and been thinking about how I can combine all my work and share with the [...] Continue reading »

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Last Minute Christmas Card Design

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I’m a big fan of digital card designs, especially for last minute gifts as you can print them out quickly and duplicate as necessary.  Even a slight change in color or style can be done if you want each one to be personalized.  I decided to use my cute little girl in a winter dress [...] Continue reading »

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2009 News Layout

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Trying to learn more about digital scrapbooking, so I’m joining in on The Digi Dares challenge blog.  They have a prompt for December regarding 2009 in news, how we feel about it and what images go along with it.  My layout is below after reflecting on the matter…news is always so depressing for me.  I [...] Continue reading »

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Birthday Cake Tag

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After the Xmas tree graphic tag I decided to do a birthday one as well.  Just so happens I’m wrapping up gifts for a friend’s birthday as well as xmas!  I created a simple graphic in Adobe Illustrator as shown below.  Feel free to click to see full-size and download for your personal projects.  I [...] Continue reading »

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Xmas Tree Graphic

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In a last minute holiday rush, I love to create little designs to print out for decorations and tags on gifts.  The nice thing about digital is the ease of printing them out and the ability to duplicate as many as you need for the holiday season.  Today I whipped up a little xmas tree [...] Continue reading »

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