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March 21, 2025 By Dru Cortez 4 Comments

Free Retro Pastel Journaling Spots Printable

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retro stickers printables on desktop

Today, I am releasing a new design that I have been working on: a set of Retro or vintage journaling spots printables. I used these vintage images by special permission to create these journaling spots for your spring and Easter paper crafting.

They are 1.75″ pastel circles with a pastel grid interior.

I really had a lot of fun designing these elements even though getting the authentic feel and worn look for these vintage images is a challenge. I’m still working on perfecting these images to make them look even more realistic.

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I really appreciate all of you who have visited this blog and also checked out Creative Fabrica and Rawpixel and signed up for their design graphics and vintage freebies! Your generous support helps me with providing additional freebies.

Creative Fabrica is coming out with new tools all the time, and the latest is their Font Generator as they develop their studio design applications that use AI features. I have taken advantage of this and created several new fonts.

In addition, another one of my favorite design sites, Rawpixel, this site has a great assortment of public domain vintage images! Create a free account using my link, if you so choose.

Design Inspiration

I developed the inspiration for these printables because I have been looking on Etsy for a specific style of vintage items and they are hard to come by in a variety of colors. As for the details about the freebie, there are three jpegs in all. The elements are all designed and saved as jpeg files. These are approximate measurements for these elements.

Although these tags were made specifically as journal spots, as always, they can either be used for journaling in your project life projects, smashbooks, art journals or other types of memory keeping.

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Facts about the vintage freebie:

There are two free printables; two US Half letter jpeg files
These elements were created at 300 dpi, so your printing results should be very clear and sharp. (The preview pictures on the blog and at Google are at 72 dpi, the actual download’s color is actually much smoother and softer.)
Printing tip: I would advise that you print on heavy white cardstock, plain or matte to use as die cuts or use white sticker paper to use as stickers.
Color theme: pastel, yellow, pink, light blue

Thank you for all your Pinterest and other social media pins…

I’d like to say thanks to all those taking the time to comment, I sure appreciate the gracious “thank yous” and the legitimate “link love” , and thanks to those of you who are following me on my Instagram account. I know you don’t always have time to leave a comment because you are busy, so I really appreciate it when blog visitors take the time to either like or comment on any of my platforms.

Thank you for your single pins and for some of you, multiple pins of my various designs on Pinterest as well as Facebook links. I also appreciate mentions in your blogs with appropriate link backs and active links.

As usual these freebies are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.) If you have been here before, you know the drill. All this extra content might be a little tiresome (sorry, but I want newcomers to get a hang of what needs to be done to access their freebie!).

If not, you might want to read the quick TOU below before you access the printable.

retro journaling spot preview

Terms of Use

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables (formerly under the name Vintage Glam Collectibles) are for PERSONAL USE ONLY. (I own the domains for both names and will be dedicating this blog to more design related articles and printables.)
*You may not re-sell, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative designs as your own.

*Not to be resold on POD sites such as Redbubble, Zazzle, Cafe Press, etc.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog, so others can obtain the resources. Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the sharing without a link back that can be a problem.

You can access the pdf file>>> Retro Pastel Journaling Spots Printable- 01

Or if you like, click on the picture below for the download.

Freebie #2 – Retro Pastel Journaling Spots Printable – 02

Image Credit:

Most of my elements are made from commercial use, public domain pictures and scanned vintage ephemera sources; however. if any designer feels their copyright has been infringed upon the freebie will promptly be removed and the freebie will no longer be made available. Designers vary in their restrictions for their terms of use (even for CU items), so although I try to be scrupulous, I may miss some.

These retro images were sourced and used by special permission from The Digital Chick on Etsy.

May 21, 2024 By Dru Cortez

Free Spring Butterflies Journaling Pocket Cards Printable

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spring butterflies printables on desktop

Hello peeps ! Today, I am releasing this Spring Butterflies journaling printables freebie from a clip art graphic I purchased from Vecteezy. I created most of the digitals in Adobe Illustrator and thought you might enjoy it too as we transition from spring into summer.

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This time I am using a soft pastel color palette, and this lovely, detailed butterfly graphic which I purchased from Vecteezy. I like this site for it’s basic freebies and it’s more complex vector graphics! This is a great site for basic to advanced shapes and graphics to cut out in Cricut and Silhouette programs. But both digital cutters with their software offer their own subscriptions for digital assets; so, there is usually no additional need for another website for your typical DIY crafter.

I also get some of my graphics from Creative Fabrica, so don’t forget to check out their vintage digitals and specials. I get many of my script and playful, whimsical fonts from this popular site but like many graphic design sites they have grown and offer a multitude of digital graphics and fun clip art.

I’ve also recently added another of my current favorite sites, Rawpixel. I love their vintage selection and lovely AI produced vintage pngs from popular artists. Don’t forget to sign up using my link for free images (up to three a day and many more public domain images – they have changed their policy) when you sign up for an account.

Yes, I know, I now have a few paid subscriptions to a few websites. So, I will be hard pressed to tell you which is my favorite. I like them all and use them all for different reasons.

As I mentioned previously, I have now subscribed to the full Photoshop CC Suite which has been a dream of mine. However, I am still learning the tools in Illustrator but I think you will be seeing more of these as I get even more proficient in Adobe Illustrator tools, they are different from Photoshop CC! When I first began this website/blog, I began working with vector graphics using a free open source software program called Inkscape. I still use it to this day and have it on my laptop; however, Adobe Illustrator is the king of vector graphics software programs. It is an industry standard.

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spring butterflies pocket printables on desktop

As always, I thought I would mention that I have a board on Pinterest that you might want to follow that has several ideas by other designers for project life freebies and techniques, you can view that here, DIY Crafts | Project Life Freebies, Tips & Techniques.

And for my planner board, you might try Home Office | Planners and Stationery Favs. You might find something that will interest you! Thanks to all of you who have already taken the time to follow this board!

Well, on to the freebie, there are two printables. As always, these journaling cards and elements can either be used for journaling in your project life projects, smashbooks, art journals or other types of memory keeping and papercrafting. You can also use them for your planners and personal organizers, if applicable.

Facts about the Pocket Cards freebie:

Assorted 3″x 4″ pocket cards on 8 1/2″ x 11″ jpeg file
Assorted coordinating labels on 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ jpeg file
File size – Approx. 1 MB & 2.9 MB
These elements were created at 300 dpi, so your printing results should be very clear and sharp with a smooth lay down of the ink color. The preview pictures both on the blog and on Google are at 72 dpi, so you often can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
Color scheme: soft peachy pink, soft green, light turquoise

Terms of Use:

As usual these freebies are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.) If you have been here before, you know the drill. If not, you might want to read the quick TOU below before you access the printable.

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You may not re-sell, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative designs as your own.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.

*Please do not use these on POD sites such as Redbubble, Zazzle or other similar sites.
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog (www.vintageglamstudio.com), so others can obtain the resources. Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the sharing without a link back that can be a problem. However, thanks to all of you who have been repinning my work and now taking the time to mention me on Instagram. Sure do appreciate the link love!

You can access the jpeg file>>> Spring Butterflies Pocket Cards Printable.

Or if you like, click on the picture below for the download.

Enjoy!

Freebie #2 – Spring Butterflies Labels Printable – Pge 2

Image Credit

Most images in this printable are original illustrations by Vintage Glam Studio and under copyright. Other images are under commercial use license.

May 8, 2024 By Dru Cortez

Free Mother’s Day Stickers and Labels Printables

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Mother's Day stickers and labels printables on desktop

Hello peeps ! Today, I am releasing this Mother’s Day stickers and label printables freebie from a clip art and patterns I designed myself.

This time I am using a soft pastel color palette, and most of the graphics were designed by me on Adobe Illustrator! I often get some of my graphics from Creative Fabrica, so don’t forget to check out their vintage digitals and specials. I get many of my script and playful, whimsical fonts from this popular site. Their weekly sales change every Monday.

I also have recently been using another of my current favorite sites, Rawpixel. I love their vintage selection and lovely AI produced vintage pngs from popular artists. Don’t forget to sign up using my link for free images (up to three a day and many more public domain images – they have changed their policy) when you sign up for an account.

What I am really excited about is that I have now subscribed to the full Photoshop CC Suite which has been a dream of mine and I’d like to thank you for your support. However, I am still learning the tools in Illustrator but I think you will be seeing more of these as I get even more proficient in Adobe Illustrator tools, the tools are different from Photoshop CC!

I used to use an open source program called Inkscape (and still do for other crafts) for vector drawings including planner stickers but recently had the opportunity to switch. In any case, I hope you like them.

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Mother's Day Stickers and Labels printables

Well, on to the freebie, there are two printables. As always, these journaling cards and elements can either be used for journaling in your project life projects, smashbooks, art journals or other types of memory keeping and paper crafting. You can also use them for your planners and personal organizers, if applicable.

Facts about the Mother’s Day freebie:

Assorted stickers and labels on 8 1/2″ x 11″ pdf file
Assorted basic patterned labels on 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ jpeg file
File size – Approx. 1 MB each
These elements were created at 300 dpi, so your printing results should be very clear and sharp with a smooth lay down of the ink color. The preview pictures both on the blog and on Google are at 72 dpi, so you often can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
Color scheme: white, light pink, light blue, pale yellow