Welcome, my dear visitors!
I hope you are enjoying the holiday atmosphere!
Again, we have a free treat for you, another great freebie from Vivayne.
And we’re talking about
Christmas Around the World – Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit
which includes 29 items like papers, bows, frames, ribbons… etc.! All that you need for your seasons scrapbooking needs.
As you can see, she used many different Photoshop brushes, just to name a few of them:
1. Christmas 2009 Brushes
2. Peace Brushes
3. Swirled Frames
So, stay well, hug your beloved ones and count down to the New 2009.
It’s only 2 days until we all start forfilling our New Years resolutions :D
PS: Update from Vivayne: “Just wanted to let you know that they removed this freebie from the store freebies (expired) so I went ahead and put it in the dollar store…”
We are still in the Holiday Atmosphere! Oh, yes!
Still, I’d like to show you what Tammy did with my brushes for the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel.
As I always say, I am always happy to feature the works done with my brushes in the real life. Such as these Holiday Cards:
And here’s the hotel itself … (it is placed right on the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, FL)
Uh, oh, … strawberries and wine :)
I truly believe Tammy when she says that it is a great place to stay and maybe, one day, you never know, I just might visit :)
Anyway, that’s it for today, thank you Tammy for using my Grunge Snowflake PS Brushes, which are, by the way – FREE to download after join GBG here. (read my free download policy and Terms Of Use for more info)
Of course, just imagine what can be done with the REAL DEAL:
My 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET! Check it out here ->
Cheers, S*
Dear visitors, my dear Green Bulb Gang present and future members!
What can I say?
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
December 2008 GBG eZine is just dispatched and it will make many of you happy!
This is because this issue is the compilation of the best of exclusive 2008 Green Bulb Gang FREE downloads!
We wanted to end this year with a bang!
So, loads of love, passion, success and happiness! That’s what I wish you in the New Year – 2009!
Have fun and don’t you ever forget to have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
Guys and gals,
Just a small post about this years Christmas Fair, Susanne and myself. As my old visitors already know, this year the Artists Society selected me along with some 20 artists who are allowed to set up their own “cabin” at this years Christmas Fair.
So, we did it!
I am selling my own stuff like, photos on wood, diaries, wooden candle holders and Susanne sells her socks and pantyhose.
And here are some images (taken late at night):
Yep, I’m all in Christmas atmosphere, giving giving giving … :)
While my little Poofitza sleeps behind the computer screen only her tail, lurking from behind, gives away her presence and I’m thinking about this years Christmas presents for my family.
It was always like this, our (wider) family gets together each year for Christmas. A Christmas tree, 15-20 family members, specially arranged dinner table, many good looking and even better tasting sweets and of course: many many presents under the Christmas tree.
Well, for last few years I thought a little about all these presents… and I realized that I should probably abandon old traditional approach and do something completely different this year. So, I decided: this year I will donate all of our Christmas presents budget to the SOS Children’s Village! And children will make 20 drawings for my family members with Christmas greetings! So, in Christmas spirit we will donate to the ones in need, our family members will get Christmas drawings and everyone will be happy. I’ll post some of the drawings, as soon as I get them in Thursday.
HoHoHo!
And, here is a little something for YOU! Yes you, the one who reads this :))!
8 Christmas Gift Tags
In Christmas spirit, what better DIY idea can you have? These tags are specially made for Christmas gifts, what can I say, “Original by bsilvia” :) just add names and -voila! Of course, the more you play with them – the better, you can add more brushes, for instance. Or, you don’t have to, you can print them out as they are and just add names on the printout.
OK Enough talking, here they are
Click here to download 8 Christmas Gift Tags, they’re all in one zipped file (3MB)
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free download + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
All tags are 2.7in wide and 4.7in high; PNG files; PRINT READY 300 ppi
And, in case you’d like to know what I used to create these tags, here is the list (recipe :)):
- * Christmas PREMIUM Photoshop brushes set (55+55)
- * Tattoo designs Photoshop brushes set (30)
- * 2 pack graphics: old grunge paper images 3
- * Grunge Stars LITE Photoshop brushes set – free LITE edition available after joining GBG
- * Snowy sky LITE Photoshop brushes set – free LITE edition available after joining GBG
- * Grunge Photoshop Brushes Set (74) – Special FREE edition for Smashing Magazine
Print them, cut them out, use them on your presents and most of all – have fun!
Love you all,
Silvia
Guys,
Fist, I want to let you know how much I appreciate the support you’ve given me after someone called “Becky” attacked me heavily, calling me names and using vulgar words just because she had issues navigating through my blog. As she promised (if it is “she” – I can’t really know), she downloaded most of the free files (mostly Photoshop brushes) from my blog and uploaded them on 4shared.com.
Thank you Joanne for letting me know. I already reported that.
So, of course, I felt hurt and pissed after I heard about it. I believe you would feel the same. If someone takes your work and offers it to the world as their own, it would piss anyone, right?
But then I gave it a second thought. I realized that I can not really hate that person. On the contrary, I felt kinda pity for her. She did not really hurt me by doing that.
How come?
Well, for one, I did feel distressed for a while, but I could not withstand negative emotions for too long. They start to hurt the one who retains them. “Becky”, obviously, retained negative emotions for a long time since she took the effort to do all this downloading and then uploading to that 4shared.com site. Her negative emotions made damage to her, not to me. It’s pure physics.
Secondly, people who use stolen intellectual property are people who don’t know how to make nice and beautiful things, it just doesn’t go together. Why? Well, if you steal it means that you have rotten mind, if you have rotten mind you can not create nice and useful things. And that’s it, plain and simple. That’s how things work.
And, in the end, I believe that this whole thing made me a better person. I learned something about myself and I am happy about what I found out. I found out that I can not withhold negative emotions for long. I found out that I can remain positive and not hate even when something is stolen from me.
In addition, through all this support I was receiving since this happened, I learned that there are much much more good people than bad ones. I learned that there are many people who appreciate my work and that is THE BIGGEST REWARD OF THEM ALL! So, all this filled me up with positive emotions, enthusiasm and optimism about the “Life, universe and everything” (You gotta read that book if you haven’t done so already).
I truly hope that “Becky” person will realize that she(or he – again) only hurt herself in the end. Not anyone else. With the feeling of hate and all other negative emotions she’s overwhelmed with, she just did damage to herself.
So, the moral of the story is: When the going gets tough, find the power to remain positive and loving person no matter what. We all knew that from before, but sometimes it’s good to be reminded.
And this is the end of the “Becky story”.
I promise to come up with nicer stories for as we look forward to Christmas and the New Year of 2009.
Love you all,
Silvia
Hello!
By now, everyone knows that we have a cat. Well, it’s not just a cat, it’s really our family member. So, when I have something to do – she must help me or she will be very very sad or even offended!
In one of my previous posts I was already telling you about a friend of mine who pursues her dream of succeeding with her small company that makes pantyhose’s. (you can see our previous photo sessions here: first and second) Another girl, our friend too, is really great illustrator, so she draw a few illustrations directly on four pairs of pantyhose’s, using some special textile colors so that the illustrations don’t get washed away. She even made special unique packaging!
Huh, did I mention that we have our own booth at this years Christmas fair? Yeah, that’s where we’re selling our stuff. She sells her products (socks and pantyhose) and I’m selling my photography applied to wooden surface, small hand made diaries that I also make myself, some gift-bags, wooden candle holders, and so on … This is how “Dragon” illustration looks like on the leg :) (plastic leg, of course)
So today, in my small, improvised photo studio I made a few shots of these panty’s for a poster that we plan to hang out on our booth.
Of course, Poofitza (our cat) didn’t let me to do it alone. So, I created this special poster only for fun!
Love,
Silvia
I have received so many support through your emails and comments that I just can’t thank you enough! So I dedicated this post to Vivayne.
Vivayne sent me an email accompanied with some of scrapbook goodies she created with my Photoshop brushes. Anyway, here are the links, right down below you can see some of her work which I think is awesome!
- Download Vivayne Word Art here -
Thank you Vivayne for sharing your scrapbook goodies (word art and journal cards) and keep it coming! :)
- Download Vivayne Journal Card here -
Photoshop Brushes used:
Hearts set (32), free LITE edition available after joining GBG
Retro Swirls set (18), free LITE edition was available in Summer GBG Newsletter only (will be re-issued in last 2008. Newsletter with other Newsletter only Photoshop brushes)
Love,
Silvia
Dear one who had no courage to leave your real name or email address,
Calling me names only because you couldn’t find FREE downloads, it’s cheap. And even if you could not find it you could have nicely asked me about it. Not to mention that you reported my provider as a spammer. It is such a sad sad waste of a life and time.
Your threats that you will sell my work without following my TOU are silly. You can’t hurt me this way. Just yourself. Why can’t you see that?
Also, dear “Becky”, it’s interesting that you didn’t have the courage to leave your real email address. Because of you, for a moment, I felt like deleting all of my FREE downloads. But I will not do that. Simply because of all the good people who visit my blog. It’s a pity that you did not leave your email address. We have a lot to talk about.
Please leave your email here. Show some courage, stand behind so many vulgar words you wrote to me.
Best,
Silvia
Gang! It’s time! Send your Christmas Cards now!
And, as always, I am here to help you out, tickle your imagination and offer some free downloads.
So, for today, I prepared a printable Christmas Card Template!
Go figure, I used Christmas Photoshop Brushes Set (and this Set only) to create this card template. Now it is handed over to you to use it as you see fit. You can (should :)) add wording, or you could – just experiment: add new brushes, new graphical elements, change font, change colors, etc … etc …
Let your imagination do the rest.
That is why this card is made available in Photoshop (.psd) format.
Finish it as you see fit, print it out, fold it in the middle and – voila! Here is your brand new Christmas Card!
[ PREVIEW FREE HOLIDAY CARD TEMPLATE ]
[ DOWNLOAD FREE HOLIDAY CARD TEMPLATE: JPG ]
[ DOWNLOAD FREE HOLIDAY CARD TEMPLATE: PSD ]
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free Christmas Card template + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
This card is also made to show you what are the possibilities of Christmas Photoshop Brushes Set. So, if you would like to play some more, feel free to get it.
Regular price is $9.99 but, don’t forget, you can get it for 1/2 the price if you go and purchase the real deal - Graphics-Illustrations Original 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA package! More than 800 HiRes Professional Photoshop brushes that will unleash that little creative beast inside of you and let it go wild with Photoshop. No matter what you do, graphic design, web design, photography or scrapbooking, those 800+ Photoshop brushes is all that you need to have fun and make money with your creations, because (Did I mention that?) – they all come with commercial license. So you can make new creations for:
- Image microstock agencies
- Cover designs
- Christmas card designs
- Packaging
- Web design
- Business cards
- … just about anything you can think of
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