This contest is now closed! Thanks! Hello and welcome to my papercrafting site, Backtopaper.com – part of the current CDAC blog hop! My name is Linda Tieu and I’m the designer behind tortagialla digital stamps – my original whimsical designs both handdrawn and digital. So the name tortagialla means “yellow cake” in Italian, a nickname [...] Continue reading »
It seems that every time I design something, I learn something new. There never seems to be enough tips, tricks and shortcuts you can learn in programs like Photoshop and Illustrator. As I go deeper into the adventure of being a digital scrapbooking designer, I figure that perhaps I should also start from the basics. [...] Continue reading »
Hi folks! So I’m continuing to add more handdrawn digital stamp designs to my digistamp store – have you seen all the girls from a previous post? Although I’m not a big fan of scanning and cleaning designs, I’m certainly in more control when sketching and drawing by hand, than with using the Wacom tablet [...] Continue reading »
Continuing with my hybrid card design adventures, today I designed a “thinking of you” classic styled card. It’s super fun to create designs, but I realized how difficult it is sometimes to cut out the shapes…I’m not a very good cutter myself. Now that I finally got a Big Shot, I think I will try [...] Continue reading »
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 [...] Continue reading »
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 [...] Continue reading »
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 [...] Continue reading »
Happy August to all – can’t believe the year is flying by so quickly! I posted about the winners of the Owl Tree Studio Blog hop, so congrats again and enjoy your membership ladies! If you haven’t already seen, definitely check out the preview of all the August goodies you get from being a member [...] Continue reading »
Hi everyone! I’m getting more organized these days and trying to get weekly features up on this blog, including digital card designs as well as freebie digital stamps. Here’s a free set of floral patterns, along with a gerber daisy. You can use the florals in a background pattern design or just individually for a [...] Continue reading »
Sometimes I design something, but then get distracted and totally forget about it. For this particular design I had run out of printer ink and couldn’t complete the card. Even when I bought more ink, I had already moved on to the next project and forgot that I had designed this hybrid card design. I [...] Continue reading »
