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A message to the “one” who called herself “Becky”

December 11, 2008 |  by  |  Photoshop Brushes  |  22 Comments

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

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Free Download: Christmas Card Template

Free Download: Christmas Card Template

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!

Christmas Card Template

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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:

  1. Image microstock agencies
  2. Cover designs
  3. Christmas card designs
  4. Packaging
  5. Web design
  6. Business cards
  7. … just about anything you can think of

Click here to purchase 24 PREMIUM PRO Photoshop brushes Sets (800+ brushes) for 1/2 the price, get one more set for free, get one scrap book kit for free too and get the right to buy all of my future brushes for 1/2 the price too

Of course, in the end, the ULTIMATE Photoshop brushes set 800+ MEGA PACK. Read about it and find out how to get all of my PREMIUM Photoshop brushes for 1/2 price!

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One (and Only) Exraordinary and Exclusive Christmas 2009 Brushes Set

Of course, gang, not everything needs to be so gloomy and doomy just because the big guys on Wall Street messed it up. They still can’t take our Christmas spirit away, isn’t it?

I certainly will not allow be intimidated with all this and I recommend you do the same. Cheer up! You might even take it easy on spending on Christmas presents but you can still make presents for your beloved ones. And if you make the presents yourself, I promise, they will have a special value and meaning for the one who gets them. Because, in these kind of presents you invested your time. And time is the most precious gift that was given to us on a day when we were born.

So, for all of you creative souls, scrap-bookers, design enthusiasts and professional graphic designers. tonight I prepared something that you will cherish and appreciate this season. Tonight, I bring you:

2009 MEGA Christmas Brushes Set

55 brushes in 2 sizes (110 in total)

Christmas Photoshop brushes set (55+55)

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And what will this set do to you?

It will help you with:

  • Preparing Christmas scrap books,
  • Greeting cards
  • Gift wrapping paper
  • Even decorating your apartment,
  • Make a gift like a mug or t-shirt or clothing on Zazzle orCafepress
  • Let your imagination go wild from here

And for professional designers, you already know what I’m talking about. Some of these brushes could be a life saver on a tight deadlines. For everyone who has a site or a blog – decorate your websites with this set.

Christmas Photoshop brushes set (55+55) And you know how all of my brushes come with a commercial license. They are all in High Resolution. They are compatible with all versions of Photoshop from 7.0 up to CS4.

I mean, with this set you can spend less this Christmas and make your present unique and beautiful.

Of course, as usual for those of you who really can’t afford $9.99 for a full package, I prepared a free, lite version of 7 brushes. I am a struggling artist myself and I know how it is not to have money so I always give a piece of my work away for free for those of you who can’t afford.

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At the same time I am very grateful to all of you who buy my brushes, support my work and benefit from it at the same time. That’s why I prepared a little something for all buyers of this set. But, I want this little something to be a little Christmas surprise gift for you! This offer is valid until 1st of January 2009.

And, of course, I must not forget to mention, all of my ex and future buyers of 800+ Photoshop Brushes MEGA Set will get this one for 1/2 the price, i.e. $4.99.

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Christmas/New Year Backgrounds that will blow your socks off!

Yes, it’s getting closer. And we are all getting more and more exciting. This is a special time of the year when we do special things for our special ones.

And in those special times we have special requirements for our designs and scrap books. Cause they need to be special too.

So, I prepared a special package for all of you, my special guests, a special package with a simple name:

Christmas – New Year Backgrounds

Christmas - New Year Backgrounds

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What will those do to you?

They will make your life a whole lot easier because those will save your time so you will be able to make your Christmas designs and scrap books much faster and you’ll have much more fun creating new stuff with them.

So, here they are, and they come really really cheap when, at the same time, they offer so much benefits. They are, as I said a great time saver, they are in big resolutions, 3600px by 3600px at 300dpi which should be enough for bigger prints too. Of course, you can always decrease the size or use just a part of them for web purposes.

Yes, the price is $3.99 so just before you run over to the checkout maybe you’d like to browse through the rest of my little shop and see what else is there to help you out on your productivity quest and I bet’ya you’ll find loads for productivity boosters there.

And of course there’s one FREE Christmas – New Year Background that comes with Commercial Use: 1500x1500pix (300dpi) – 5x5inch

Free Christmas - New Year Background

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So, stay well and have loads of fun!

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New free add-on to my latest Calendar 2009 Photoshop brush

Guys, due to the popular demand I decided to add huge .psd formats to the Calendar 2009 Photoshop brushes set.

2009 Calendar Photoshop Brushes set (3x12 - 36)So, in addition to 36 HiRes brushes you will also get 36 HiRes (3500px by 2857px at 300dpi – that’s 11,6×9,5 inches!) in 3 (three) psd files (20MB grunge version, 2MB simple version and 2MB simple version with swirls)

For those of you who already bought them, I will send the download links to you by email. And for those of you will buy it, the PSD files will be included in your download packages.

OK. That’s it for now. Heading over to send some emails and then – straight to bed ’cause I need to catch up on sleep as soon as possible.

P.S.

Click on the image to find out more about this GREAT and JUST-IN-TIME package!

NOTE: Calendar starts on Monday

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New Photoshop Brushes – Calendar 2009

2009 Calendar Photoshop Brushes set (3x12 - 36)And how about that?!

I Googled a bit and it seems like I’m the only one who came up with 2009 Calendar Photoshop Brushes.

So, here they are, it was not an easy task but it was worth all those sleepless hours. The results are awesome – 36 2009 Calendar Photoshop Brushes  in 3 different styles, HiRes (as always!), Mac/PC Compatible, good for Photoshop 7.0 up to CS4 and, as always, they come with commercial license too.

What will they do to you?

I guess I don’t need to mention, this is probably one of the most wanted “must have” designers tools at this time of the year. New Year is coming. You know how much time would it take to create all of them manually. I guess hours and hours of your work are worth more than $9.99 which is the price for this set.

2009 Calendar Photoshop Brushes set (3x12 - 36)

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Of course, for those of you who bought (or will buy) 800+ Photoshop Brushes MEGA set, you will use your coupon code and get it for $4.99.

What is the coupon code?

Well, whoever buys 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA set also gets a -50% coupon code for all of the brushes I will ever make.  Of course, Calendar Photoshop Brushes is part of the deal. (My dear 800+ Photoshop MEGA set buyers, I know you knew it will be worth every cent and more :))

Whether you are designer or scrap booker or just a graphic design enthusiast I bet you will make at least one but most probably two or three 2009 calendars. Even if you did not plan to do so, these brushes will make it so easy that you will most certainly come up with a bunch of ideas on put them on Photoshop immediately.

OK. Here they are, use them, make great stuff and have fun creating!

Get 2009 Calendar Photoshop brushes now!

Get 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA set and earn 50% off for all brushes (including Calendar 2009) ->

NOTE: Calendar starts on Monday

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Vectors, 21 of them: Photo Edges (swirls and floral)

Gang!

Today, I proudly announce, Photo Edges new Vector Set! It’s ready and available for purchase in my shop :) Since I’m all in a photography these days, this set is here to help you out with your Photo decorations. Scrap books, graphic designs and all other graphical endeavors.

This set is very close to the Swirled Floral Edges Photoshop Brushes set (18), but contains some brand new and different elements too (see the preview down below).

Of course, Poofitza recommends this set and as you can see on the image below, she was included in the creative process :). Her ideas and suggestions were taken into consideration and after short discussion they were all – accepted. (Poofitza and myself, we do a lot of brainstorming lately.)

So, Photo Edges Vector Set set now contains 21 high quality vector illustrations, thanks to this cooperation.

[ PREVIEW PREMIUM VECTOR SET - Photo Edges ]

[ GET PREMIUM VECTOR SET - Photo Edges (21) ]

Poofitza critics

As usual, here you can download free sample. It that contains 3 vectors in 5 different formats (AI, EPS, CDR, PNG and PSD).

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P.S.: Get 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Package – get all the Photoshop brushes for 1/2 the price. Don’t forget, this purchase will also get you a 50% discount on all Photoshop brushes I will do in future.

P.P.S.:
Link to us :)If you would like to have a link to our site, please feel free to copy and paste our banners or grab the code –> Here (We have a special gift for those who link to us :))

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10 ways to use Photoshop brushes and make money or great gifts

So, gang, you didn’t really think that Photoshop brushes are only usable in graphic design. Oh, no! Far from it. Of course it all starts there, in Photoshop but it can end up on just about anything. It is all a matter of your imagination.

So, here are another 10 ways in which to use Photoshop brushes and this time we are talking about swirls:

1. Cloth (Bag)
Print your own cloth design with spoonflower.com – and then sew a bag or get sewed by someone who’s good at it. This can be a remarkable gift for your friend.
Visit this link

2. Wrapping paper

3. Shoes
Decorate your shoes and/or sell it on zazzle!

4. Business cards
Design a business card at printbusinesscards.com

Business card

5. Wedding invitations
Design wedding invitations for your friends and family

6. Wall print
Design wall print with Swirls PS brushes and sell it at redbubble.com

7. Skateboard
Design your own unique Skateboard and/or sell it on Zazzle!

8. Tote bag
Create a tote bag (and you can sell it too! For instance on cafepress.com)
http://www.thisnext.com/item/54656BD2/Brown-Swirl-Tote-Bag

9. Wallpapers
Design and print with “designyourwall.com” your wallpapers

10. T-shirt
It is kinda old idea but still, we all wear them, don’t we? So, design your own T-shirt. Sell it or wear it :) at cafepress.com

And one last, bonus idea: Design your own Camcorder. Now how about that???
Love you all, have fun and stay creative!

P.S.:
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50% Discount on all of my Photoshop brushes

50% Discount on all of my Photoshop brushes

Ever since I published 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Package I look to add more and more features and benefits to it – for my past and future buyers.

So today, I proudly announce

50% discount on all new Photoshop brushes sets

Who’s eligible for the discount?
Well, whoever decided or will decide to take the opportunity and get 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Package that includes 24 Photoshop brushes set’s for 1/2 the price.

How does it work?
Simple. Let’s say you buy the 800+ PS MEGA Package now. You get the download links, free bonuses and all that comes with it.

Since you are a MEGA Package buyer you will also receive a 50% coupon code for my future products.

With this one you will be able to use it on any or all of the brushes I create by the end of 2009.

So, to sum it all up, with 800+ PS Brushes MEGA Package, apart from 800+ Commercial free Photoshop brushes you get:

  • - free bonus: 1 add-on PS brushes set Photo Corners (20+20 Photoshop brushes)
  • - free bonus: 1 add-on Scrap book Kit – Grunge Love
  • - 50% bonus coupon code on Photoshop brushes that I create by the end of 2009.

And that’s it. One coupon code is already available for Floral Ornamets Art Nouveau.

Gang, love you all and speak soon!

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A weekend in Vienna and some new ways to use swirls shapes

Swirls

A weekend in Vienna and some new ways to use swirls shapes

Gang! I was so happy with the latest Art Nouveau Photoshop brushes (see my last post and download some free brushes) that I just had to run over to Vienna this weekend and pay tribute to some of the original artists of the Art Nouveau movement.

So, my hubby and myself, we decided that we want to visit Klimt exhibition. Klimt was, in our opinion, a really cool artist, painter who worked in the era of secession and influenced it – a lot.

Of course, we had to visit (again) the Hundertwasser House, it was designed, of course, by Hundertwasser and the way he did it is unique! It’s what arhitecture should strive to today. Also, we went to Vienna Kunst Museum which is almost all about Hundertwasser  – by the way, find out more about Hundertwasser here ->

The Klimt exhibition was held in so called Bellevue park and museum. Belvedere is really a huge park decorated with no more, no less than – live swirls. So, there, another way to use them Photoshop brushes swirls – design your garden in swirls shapes! Even in Autumn. Here is the picture (more images at bsilvia.com):

Swirls

OK, guys, now that I’ve seen yet another way to use them swirls shapes, I think I’m, gonna head over and start working on a new swirls set.

In the meantime, feel free to check on my swirls special edition 101 swirl Photoshop brush (at discounted price) or my Ultimate swirls pack 215 (8 PS Brushes packs!)

Have fun creating!

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New Photoshop Brushes - And Amazed Little Kitten

New Photoshop Brushes – And Amazed Little Kitten

Gang! Before I present you with my new Photoshop brushes, I just have to share this with you:
Here I am, getting ready to finish my work but just can’t keep my eyes of Poofitzah. The level if interest she shows in most trivial things is amazing. I mean, how much fun can one have with a plastic bottle cap? Or a piece of crumpled tinfoil?

Poofitza

Believe me, this little creature is totally amazed by it! She probably believes that plastic bottle caps are the biggest human invention since, like, ever!

The level of excitement she displays after kicking it, the passion involved in chasing it, eyes wide open after the jump and a quick catch! Sometimes I wish I could share her amazement, astonishment and interest in just about anything one can lay their eyes or hands or paws on.

I just love that innocent little creature.

However, in between keeping my eyes on Poofitzah, I managed to prepare a brand new Photoshop brushes set. This time, the theme is – Floral Ornaments so I called it Floral Ornaments – Art Nouveau. It took me a while to finish it, but, as always, that’s why they are of the highest quality…  by the way, here is a short excerpt from one of the emails I receive about my brushes. Thank you guys!

“…Unfortunately, I’ve been burned before when buying brushes–I bought a huge set of brushes that were supposed to be “high-quality, high-resolution” brushes only to find that they were so small they were wothless as a design tool. Not only that, but there were so many stray pixels they couldn’t even be used in small projects without being cleaned up first, which is a tedious process in intricate brushes.

I’ve downloaded your brush set and checked them out in Photoshop. Even at the maximum size of 2500 pixels they are gorgeous–no stray pixels, no jagged edges! I will be back for more…”

These messages mean a lot to me. They represent a proof that I am doing the right thing taking it easy and working slowly in order to keep the standards high. I make all of them in high resolution so you can freely re size them without any fear that they’ll get distorted. I make sure that the brushes I make are helpful. They’re here to help you out with your Photoshop projects, so you can finish them faster while keeping the quality standards of your work – high.

PREMIUM PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES SET - Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau, 30+30

Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau Photoshop Brushes setSo, as usual, here is a free sample, for you just to get a taste of it.

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And here is the Ultimate Set PRO with 30+30 brushes included in two sizes. This Ultimate Set is a big Photoshop brushes Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau package that will make your life much easier by helping you out with your commercial or non commercial Photoshop projects.

Get it now for $9.99!

[ PREVIEW PREMIUM PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES SET - Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau ]

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Let’s not forget, if you purchase my 800+ Photoshop brushess MEGA package you will get Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau for free! (Time limited offer!)

So, get the Ultimate 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Package here and I will send you Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau for free! - Offer is time-limited!

Update, 30th of November 2008.

OK. The time limited offer expired. But you can still use the 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Package great buy opportunity and get it for 1/2 the price.

How it works? Simple. With 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Package download links, you will get a promo code for 50% (-$5.00) discount on this set too.

P.S.:
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P.P.S.
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Get your feet wet with the Kubota Starter Pak and we reassure you, you’ll be immediately addicted to these image enhancement Actions and the DASHBOARD.

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Coloring Brushes in Adobe Illustrator

Hi Gang,
Coloring Brushes in Adobe IllustratorMany of you asked me about coloring brushes in Adobe Illustrator.

Well, I know, I promised to make a video tutorial long time ago, but there is so much to do and so little time :)

Anyways, finally, it is here. Video tutorial on coloring the brushes.

Before watching it, please make sure that you have your Illustrator ready and the brushes window open (F5).

Basically, what I’m doing here is the following:

  1. First I load my Adobe Illustrator brushes from Vector Floral Shapes set (30). As soon as the desired brush is clicked on – it appears on the brushes window.
  2. Double click on the brush to open a dialog box. “Colorization method” has to be set to “Tints”.
  3. Rest is self explanatory, just make the shape and select the color with the color picker

Enjoy the movie and let me know if you think I should add more details.

Have fun creating!

Silvia

P.S.

Of course, even if you are not interested in getting 800+ HiRes Pro Photoshop brushes for 1/2 the price (which is barely possible); you certainly don’t want to miss the Vectors and Illustrations department in my little shop :)

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New Photoshop Brushes - Cats

New Photoshop Brushes – Cats

Gang,

We have a new family member! (who inspired me to finally finish the Cats Photoshop brushes that I started to work on last June) Gorgeous little kitten, barely two months old, called Poomfoolyitzah! I know, it is almost impossible to pronounce so we gave her a nickname Poofitzah! I know, this is probably not much easier. Maybe we should have called her Curly. That would be easy, but what can I say…

Anyways, here she is. In her full glory! (more images posted at bsilvia.com)

Poofitza

She is totally thrilled with almost everything she could lay her paws on! But, those of you who have kittens will know what I’m talking about. We totally love her and as long as we give her food and warm home she will love, OK, at least – bare with us … :)

Anyways, as I announced here is the appropriate Photoshop brush set: Cats (15+15)! It’s free for all of you cat lovers, scrap bookers, etc, etc …

Photoshop brushes - Cats

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Enjoy it!

These are, as always, HiRes, compatible from Photoshop 7.0 onwards. (I know, I will have to lay my hands on Photoshop CS4 but I’m pretty sure CS4 is downwards compatible so that shoul not be a problem for those of you eary birds who already have a copy.)

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Photoshop Action: Old Grainy Image Effect (Sepia tone)

Photoshop Action: Old Grainy Image Effect (Sepia tone)

And now something completely different: Photoshop Action – Old Grainy Image Effect by me :)

I hope that you all know what Photoshop Actions are and what can those do for you. If not, you will find out shortly. They’re, actually, quite easy to use and are a real time savers.

Basically, Photoshop action is a sequence of commands that are executed in order to apply formatting, setting or some effect on the image. For this post I prepared an action that will apply an old grainy effect on image.

I made this action for HiQuality images. So, please don’t use small images and then be grumpy about it :) For successful finishing you’ll need a photo or image not smaller than 2500x2500pix.

First open your image. I used a photo of my friend Mirta, simple portrait that we made in my living room (as you can see, I used one huge red and orange bed cloth to serve as a background).

Portrait

To load PS Actions you have to open PS Action Window on Windows main menu or hit ALT+F9.

How to: Photoshop actions

Photoshop comes with actions that you can use, but now click on small arrow in the upper right windows corner to get the drop down menu

How to: Photoshop actions

and go to “Load Actions” – then choose Old Grainy Image Effect wherever you seved it, on your Desktop or somewhere else (in PS they come in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop\Presets\Photoshop Actions folder).

Now, select the folder (open it so that the arrow is pointing bellow), and select the name of the Photoshop Action “Old Grainy Image Effect” and finally hit the PLAY button at the bottom of the Actions window.

How to: Photoshop actions

Sit back and wait.

Actions will do the rest. And now we have one Old Grainy Image in sepia tone. You can download my Photoshop Action Old Grainy Image here without subscription for the next 5 days.

Free subscription offer in the duration of 5 days has ended. For free download, join in GBG!

I don’t know about you guys, but I really like sepia toned photos, they add some romantic and nostalgic atmosphere… oh, well, maybe I’m just old.

Photoshop Action - Old Grainy Image Effect

Have fun creating,
S*

P.S. This Photoshop Action is compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.

P.P.S. Don”t forget to check out special discounts and offers in graphics-illustrations.com Shop!

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Floral Shapes, Unique Fabric Design and Creativity

Hello to all you creative minds!

Today, I wanted tell you about one great idea! It is all about being creative, making some great presents and even some money at the same time.

So, here it is:

Some three days ago, I was wandering around the Internet when I stumbled upon Spoonflower web site. Spoonflower offers creative people possibility to have their own designs on fabric for pillows, clothes, table clothes, bags…. and many other things.

Creating unique fabric design with Spoonflower is easy: make your own pattern, upload it to their web site, choose your preferred fabric size, make an order and wait. The fabric with your own unique design should be printed and shipped within 3 weeks.

Right now, they are in beta mode: that means that you can register and create an account only by invitation. But I managed, so there should be no problem at all.

If you know how to sew or make any clothes – you can use this to make some great and unique Christmas presents, or even sell some of your unique stuff! But if you don’t know, don’t worry – you can find some basics on the topic at Instructables.com and if you want to sew using sewing machine you can try this tips: How to Sew, using sewing machine.

One thing is for sure: Spoonflower offers you a great way to express yourself! And here it is my pattern sample:

Fabric design

Here, I used Vector Floral Shapes set (30) (now ON SALE!). These were used to create the pattern that’s  applied to fabric, so, my final product in 2 yards size (42×72 inch) will look like this: [ PREVIEW MY UNIQUE FABRIC DESIGN ]. Out of this fabric I will make pillow covers!

So, feel free to use some of my Photoshop brushes or Vector sets to help you out in your new fabric designs!

That’s it for today!
Have fun creating!
S*

P.S.: While I’m waiting for my unique fabric, you can browse through my catalog and find more useful tools for creating your own fabric designs :), also take a look at this special 50% OFF price on ALL Photoshop brushes!

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Halloween Backgrounds – The Return of … well, Backgrounds

The movie trailer narrator deep voice: “Once upon a time. In a place. There were backgrounds. Scaaarrry backgrounds. There were 5 of them.  One would be afraid just looking at them. Parents would hide their children in front of them. But those were righteous backgrounds and only bad people had reason to be afraid. And those backgrounds were downloaded time and again … and people were asking for more and more backgrounds. And then, one day, Silvia made another set. 5 brand new backgroundsand here they are

Halloween Backgrounds II – the final revenge of the righteous ones

On your favorite blog, scarier than ever:

5 Halloween backgrounds

Get them, in your favorite shop, for $5.99 this set contains 5 HiRes JPG Halloween backgrounds.
Backgrounds sizes are 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300ppi and they’re ready for print!

5 Halloween backgrounds

[ HALLOWEEN BACKGROUNDS PREVIEW ]

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And, as always, here is a freebie!

(subscription free download available for next 5 days!)download is now available after joining GBG :)

Free Halloween bgr

So, love them, enjoy them and don’t be afraid – of anything! :) Just make sure you’re ready – for the Halloween!

Love,
Silvia

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Haloween Backgrounds

Hello again gals’n'guys!

It’s been a while since we had last festive, innit? Yeah, it was summer and all, sunny days, every day is celebration for itself. Now, fall is here, winter is coming, not so much sun outside so we could all use something to cheer us up. So, here comes the first one!

Halloween!

It’s getting busy for all of you graphic designers, advertisers and package designers. But also for DIY guys like scrapbookers. No, I haven’t forgot about web designers, we all need to decorate our web sites for the occasion, at least a little bit.

So, I kept my self busy for a while and all this just to bring you

Halloween Background Package (5 HiRes pieces)

Halloween backgrounds

So, what’s in the package:

* 5 HiRes Halloween Backgrounds in JPG format
* And when i say HiRes I’m talkin’ 3600px x 3600px at 300dpi, so I’m talkin’ huge here

See what it looks like:

Halloween backgrounds

And you can drastically cut down the time you need to do your next Halloween project for lousy $5.99!

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Of course, as always, I have prepared something for free too. Here it is, one Halloween background, 2100px by 2100px (7×7) download it for free! As usually, subscription-free for the next 5 days!Now available after joining GBG!

Halloween background

That’s all for now folks! Stay tuned, love ya all,
Silvia

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