Gang,
A Facebook friend (Yep. we’ve got friends, these days, and we have Facebook friends, surely you’ve got a few Facebook friends yourself) of mine just told me yesterday she is getting married by the end of the year. It is a long tradition, the marriage thing, people have been doing it for, well, quite a long time, and the way things are, it seems like this tradition will stick around. And it should, of course. As long as we don’t forget the first and most important prerequisite for marriage and that is – love.
So, she told me she is getting married. And, of course, preparation for this day start at least 6 months ahead, sometimes even more. Couples, for a reason, what this day to be special not just for them, but also for their friends and family and everyone they invite. I guess wedding invitations are probably as old as the wedding itself. OK. People got married even before they were literate, so I guess, there were no wedding invitations in the way we know them now, but now, since everyone is more or less literate, wedding invitations are pretty common way to invite someone to come to a wedding.
And, of course, wedding invitations are one of the most important thing when it comes to wedding planing. Because, these should express the creativity and the personality of the couple if possible. If not, they will just show the personality of the bride. Heheheh!
Anyways, I already made a couple of posts about wedding invitations and those were always very popular.
- How to make a wedding invitation in Photoshop
- Photoshop Wedding Brushes in Action: Wedding Invitations
- Wedding Invitation Tutorial – Photoshop Brushes in Action
So, since my FB friend (Facebook friend, this is abbreviation) mentioned she is getting married, I figured I’d make yet another wedding invitation. This is already done on a template from PrintRunner.Com - online printing services company, so it’s ready for upload. If you like the invitation, just open it in Photoshop, change the wordings and submit them for printing on PrintRunner.Com.
OK. Gang. Congratulations to Katarina (my FB friend who is getting married), if you are not married don’t worry, your turn will come, if you are married already, well … ;))
Have a great day everyone! I hope you will like today’s free download!
Yours,
Silvia
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A while ago (on June 3th 2008 to be more precise) I wrote an article about Happiness and this is where we discussed “cat person” vs. “dog person” topics. (That was back in the old days when there was no Facebook and people were actually commenting on blogs :))
I am “cat person”, I mean - I like dogs, of course and all animals and all living creatures, but cats are where it’s at (as it was nicely put in one of the comments on that prehistoric blogs). I have three cats, Queen Poofah, Mr. Alphons and Meeratz the Space Cat. There is also Crummy and Mr. Eight, two stray cats that I take care of.
So, back to the animal shelter. Last few Saturdays I’ve spent in the local dog shelter taking some photos and walking the dogs together with other volunteers. These dogs are locked in their cages most of the week and it’s only us, volunteers, who come once a week to take them out so that they can walk, run and play as dogs are supposed to.
So, apart from photographing dogs in the dog shelter, walking them on Saturdays, I also prepare graphic and promotion materials for the dog shelter which they then send out asking for help, support, donations in food, blankets, building materials (to build bigger and better homes for dogs), money … but above all, they are looking for people who would adopt these abandoned dogs.
There are many ways to distribute materials and raise awareness for shelter animals like this one and probably, the most used one is emailing. But, we all know how emails get easily deleted. We don’t even have to delete them. We receive so many emails a day that the one we get in the morning is all the way down on the bottom in the afternoon.
But, good old fashioned postcards are different. If you make a nicely designed postcard, with a nice image on it, well, then people will tend to put among other decorations on the wall and now we have a totally different situation. There are quite a few online printing companies which will, not just print postcards, but will also mail them for you.
So, if you ever thought about doing a good deed, here is an idea. If you love animals and would like to do something to help them out, you could, for instance, use your business contacts address book and send them out a postcard, maybe find an animal shelter in the area which you’d like to support.
And to help you out, I prepared a few postcard designs which include images of some of the dogs from the shelter I volunteer for, feel free to use it, add the name of the shelter and distribute them. You can upload these designs to PrintRunner.Com print postcards page and send out a mailing.
- postcard dimensions: 4″ x 6″
- design is applied to psd from PrintRunner.Com
- just change the text and it’s ready for upload to PrintRunner.Com
- download zipped PSD file here (40 MB!)
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“Now, what do recycling, marketing and stickers have in common?” I hear you ask? A lot. Just bear with me, it will be revealed :)
Now, I do assume that you have several plastic garbage cans for your recycling purposes. Usually it’s one for paper, one for glass, one for plastic one for the old hubby … sorry :)) naughty me.
Well, anyways, one for the rest of the stuff. So, I don’t know about you but, I keep my recycling bins in the backyard, and well, you guessed, none of them has a sticker on it. Because, I should know where to put what kind of waste. But, I am old (not really but I like to say that I am old cause I love to hear “No, you’re not!” I heard that more and more rarely as time passes :))) So, I tend to forget where is what yada … yada … yada and there are three plastic cans outside with everything in them being mixed up. Plastic, metal cans, glass, hubby (Ops! I did it again ;)) … So, well, being a designer and all, I decided a while ago that I will design my own recycling bin stickers.
Now, opening Photoshop and designing a sticker is one thing, but printing it out is another. Using my ink-jet printer for these purposes was out of the question so I took a look at what’s offered on the net. There are quite a few sites out there offering online sticker printing and on PrintRunner.Com they had a coupon on their site.
But then, I realized that the minimum order to purchase is 250 stickers. Of each. Now, what do I do with 250 stickers? This is when a stroke of genius hit me! (And, if you did not know, The stroke of genius strikes later in life today, it’s scientifically proven) I will market my site with it! And you can market your site, or your business, or idea, or your business idea, well, too! I will just give away the rest of the stickers as a part of my promotion material. No problem there. Many will use it. And if I just add “This sticker is sponsored by graphics-illustrations.com” – voila! There you have it! Permanent promotion. It could even be used for some good old-fashioned guerrilla marketing too ;))
And, well, this is how it goes, I downloaded the sticker .psd template from PrintRunner.Com, designed my stickers and, on the top of it, I share it here as a free download (6 zipped JPG files).
Now, when it comes to PrintRunners.Com once you order the stickers will be delivered withing three days. Well, if I waited for so long to make them, three more days will not make any difference.
Anyways, this is all about this topic. I hope you enjoyed the article and that you will enjoy your downloads. You can just remove the address of my blog from the sticker, put yours and - voila, there goes your attention grabber :)
Have fun guys! Talk soon!
Silvia
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Gang,
Here is the latest of what’s going on these days.
We made it to another edition of our GBG eZine and it brings GBG members quite a few free downloads (again), such as Stitched Frames – Photo Masks and Stitched Frames and Text Blocks Photoshop brushes sets.
So, I did another Photoshop brushes set in “stitched” serial and here’s the Stitched Hearts Photoshop brushes set – and it’s FREE.
Set contains 14 Photoshop brushes in four sizes.
It’s divided in two parts: first seven heart elements are compatible, meaning can be combined with each other and can be mixed together. Same goes for the second portion of 7 brushes.
Also, the whole set can be mixed with two Photoshop brushes sets which are available for download in our latest edition of GBG eZine. :) (Now, does this make any sense? I guess you will have to download everything and see for yourself.)
You can use them as photo masks, text blocks or just simple graphic elements. You can use them in your Mother’s Day cards, Thank You cards, Father’s Day cards, digital scrapbooking pages, wedding photo albums, Valentine’s Day cards, birthday cards… you name it.
[ Preview Stitched Hearts Photoshop brushes set here ]
[ Download Stitched Hearts Photoshop brushes set here ]
And now -> Sponsored sentence (which, by all means does not mean that you should not click on the link and actually take a look at the book)
And, while at it, you might also consider learning a few good photography tricks ->
End of sponsored sentence.
Another thing – I added new Photoshop brushes tutorials to my YouTube channel, check them out at: YouTube Video: Resizing Photoshop Brushes tips and tricks – Photoshop CS5 Tutorial
Here you can see how to manage brush if you want to, for example, resize it only horizontally. Of course, this will not work on all Photoshop brushes and in this tutorial I used Wedding Photo Frames (squares) Photoshop brushes set (25+25+25) + 25 PNGs
More Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, CorelDraw etc… tutorials ->
OK. I guess that’s it for today.
Love, hug, cherish each other.
Peace,
Silvia
P.S.
Did I tell you I was working on a brand new web site called Holidays in Croatia? Check it out! You might like it!
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Yep. It happened. I was on TV news!!! OK. My hubby paid for it, but still. I was on TV news!
And this proves that you can not trust the TV :))
For instance, in the news they said that riots over my absence from Graphics-Illustrations.Com broke out in France, Italy and Japan. Which is not entirely true. The riots broke out in south France only, rest of the country was on strike. For Italy and Japan, yes. They were entirely blocked. :)))
OK. Enough with fun stuff. Let’s get serious.
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Noooot :)
Gang, time flies and it seems like it’s slipping through my hands. Which is difficult. Physically I mean. I saw it the other day. It was in the sky. Flying. And today I saw it slipping though my hands. You can stop writing blog posts but you can’t stop the time. You can even stop smoking. Still, time … will continue to fly.
Therefore, my today’s graphic is about time. I tried to express my vision of time graphically which is normal, isn’t it?
Download JPG file (8×8 inches @300dpi, zipped)
If you like it, print it out and stick it on the wall or somewhere. As always, I made it with a little help from my friends, Hearts (Grunge) Photoshop Brushes Set (32) … if you like the brushes you can buy them and make new designs and graphics, create and enjoy your creations.
And more news coming up on graphics-illustrations.com!
I don’t know if I mentioned that, but, initially, a long, long time ago I started as a web designer. And I still do some web design. Sometimes. And, believe it or not, web design/development is one of the things we /the crew/ did while I was away. So, today, I am proud to say that the project of two new web sites (or is this two projects then ?) is now completed. Both sites are related to Croatia and tourism in Croatia.
One of them is Holidaysincroatia.eu and the other one is Istriancountryvilla.com. So, take a peek and see if you like them :)
As for me, I promise, I will try to make more blog posts in the future to prevent further riots and crisis around the world.
Love you all!
Silvia
P.S.
In case you, or your friend, or family or client is getting married and you need to prepare some stationery, invitations and similar, check out my 167 Wedding Photoshop brushes pack. And, you can also, download the Wedding 167 Photoshop brushes set PDF eBook (4,6Mb)
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![Chevron Stripes Photoshop Brushes Set, Free [Time limited offer]](http://www.graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/themes/bigfeature/library/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/chevronstripes540.jpg&w=508&zc=1&zcp=2){kind=icon}
And in this post, ladies and gentleman, I proudly bring you
Free Photoshop Brushes Set: Chevron Stripes!
And – almost free Background pack – Chevron Stripes (again)!
How did it come to this? Well, inspiration moves in mysterious ways.
First, I created Chevron Stripes Brushes (thanks to Annette W. who gave me an idea. Thanks Annette!).
Then I played with them… yada-yada-yada one thing led to another and next thing you know, I had 5, then 10 and finally 15 various Chevron stripes backgrounds. Gosh, I had fun! Any you know what they say, the best thing you do in life, you do by having fun. This is why they turned out so well. If you don’t believe me, see for yourself :)
So, in the end of story we’ve got:
Chevron Stripes Background Pack
This set contains 15 HiRes Chevron Stripes backgrounds – JPG files
3600×3600 pix, 12″x12″ at 300 dpi – print ready!
And these backgrounds (papers) are perfect for any graphic design project, including:
* scrapbook projects
* web page design projects
* video design projects
* graphic design projects
* any other visual art project
* Chevron Stripes Photoshop brushes included in the pack
* Commercial use allowed (use it in your commercial projects, sell whatever you make with them)
Preview Chevron Stripes Background Pack
All that for $4.99.
And time limited FREE offer!
- by time limited I mean these brushes will be available for free for the next 5 days,
- now it’s 14th so fell free to get them until 18th of February 2012
- after 18th of February 2012 these will only come as a Free Bonus to Chevron Stripes Background Pack
Preview Photoshop Brushes set: Chevron Stripes (12+12 – two sizes) here
Have a nice day :)
P.S.:
Valentine’s Day Photoshop brushes – Last minute to make that card :))
Photoshop Brushes: Valentine’s (21+21) Second Edition + 21 PNG file
This set contains:
* 21 brush at 2000px
* 21 brush at 1000px
* 21 transparent PNG file
- Commercial license
- PC/Mac Compatible
- compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
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As a matter of fact, while making the title for this post, it crossed my mind (as a joke of course) that I should maybe say “2013 Edition”. Why? Well, isn’t it obvious? We can buy February or March edition magazines in January, on new versions of software which is out in 2010, they are including 2011 or 2012 already in the name.
Where is this going to? This year we might be watching the movies that are out in 2015? I mean I know it was always important, whatever product it is, that it’s fresh and new and just out. But, the marketing machinery started to sell us products from the future! For instance, February edition of Digital SLR Photography was out on 10th of January?!?
Am I the only one who thinks that’s weird?
Well, anyways, back to my Photoshop brushes.
First, these ones are not for sale. They are free.
Second, they don’t come from the future, they are just plainly fresh and new but they were not done in March 3013. I did them last week as a matter of fact.
Here is the part two of Retro Floral Drawings Photoshop brushes which came out in the January edition of our legendary GBG eZine!
Why am I calling GBG eZine – legendary?
- First, because we are continually issuing it, every month, since 2008, and in Internet age this is a long time.
- Because the stuff (free downloads) we offer there are available only to GBG Members (free membership, of course)
- Because the stuff we offer there are free. So, they are free, they are exclusive, high quality and, I thing I can say so after so many years – we have tradition.
| Preview Free Photoshop Brushes: Retro Floral Drawings 2 |
| Download Free Photoshop Brushes: Retro Floral Drawings 2 | Free download is now available only on greenbulbgang.com!
How to use Free Photoshop Brushes: Retro Floral Drawings – video tutorial
And, that’s it for today!
I hope you will love it, enjoy it and … well here follow us on
xoxoxo
Silvia
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Gang, the year has just begun and I just know that some of you still didn’t manage to find the right 2012. calendar to fit your wall. So, here is one more option, I call it MeToo 2012. calender. For whatever reason.
So, all the months are here, days too, weeks … nothing is missing, I think, there is this space above the dates where you can fit your own image, photography, illustration …. so today, I proudly present you
2012 Printable Photo Calendar Templates – A3 and Legal size, JPG and transparent PNG
Each file is a zip archive and inside the archive there are two files:
- PNG version of the calendar where the image area is blank, so you can put anything you want there
- JPG version of the calendar, with hearts, just like the ones above this article
This image below is what I did for myself. It is the latest cat that adopted us and we named her “Seven of Nine” :)
| Download printable photo calendar template A3 size here (JPG and transparent PNG) – zipped |
| Download printable photo calendar template Legal size here (JPG and transparent PNG) – zipped |
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Btw. in this calendar, again, I used 2012 Calendar Photoshop brushes.
2012 Calendar Photoshop brushes set
12 brushes in three designs and three sizes:
* up to 636 pixels @300dpi
* up to 1342 pixels @300dpi
* up to 2470 pixels @300dpi
- 36 transparent PNG files (approx. size 10 inches @300 dpi)
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
But, you might also like these:
Swirled Trees Photoshop brushes set
- 20+20 Photoshop brushes
- Bonus trees brushes set (46+46) – trunk is separated from tree top for easier coloring
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Video Tutorial on how to use Swirled Trees Brushes Set: How to Use Swirled Trees Brushes Set
Birds Photoshop brushes set
- This set consists of 45 brushes up to 2498px AND 45 brushes up to 600px
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Birds brushes [These were also used in logo: Chris Turnbull Photography
Thanks Chris! :)]
All three sets are a part of the 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET - click here to get the whole pack –>>
Other than that, I don’t have much to say. These days, I think, it is, important to keep yourself busy creating stuff, graphics, images, designs, photography …
Do something creative, enjoy making things up, bring joy and happiness to those who surround you.
Love, peace, happiness!
Silvia
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![Printable Calendar 2012. [ Free Download]](http://www.graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/themes/bigfeature/library/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bsilvia-calendar2012main540.jpg&w=508&zc=1&zcp=2)
Gang, it’s here, finally, 2012 is here.
I hope you had fun on the New Years Eve. For me it was not bad at all. Actually, I can’t remember when was the last time I danced so much :)
Well, now we’re back to the track ;) and it’s time, again, to make some useful stuff for you guys. And I hope you will like this one because, today, I proudly bring you
300dpi, print ready, Legal/A3 size, Calender 2012 – free download
I prepared two versions: horizontal and vertical so it’s up to you to decide which one will fit to your “creative wall” better.
Horizontal Printable 2012 Calendar – Legal/A3 size
Free Printable 2012 Calendar Download (Horizontal)
Vertical Printable 2012 Calendar – Legal/A3 size
Free Printable 2012 Calendar Download (Vertical)
In case you were wondering, I managed to create this Calender rather quickly (you could create a Calender like this in minutes actually). How? Why?
Well, easy. You probably guessed. I used the following Photoshop brushes to make it:
Swirled Trees Photoshop brushes set
- 20+20 Photoshop brushes
- Bonus trees brushes set (46+46) – trunk is separated from tree top for easier coloring
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Video Tutorial on how to use Swirled Trees Brushes Set: How to Use Swirled Trees Brushes Set
Birds Photoshop brushes set
- This set consists of 45 brushes up to 2498px AND 45 brushes up to 600px
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Birds brushes [These were also used in logo: Chris Turnbull Photography
Thanks Chris! :)]
2012 Calendar Photoshop brushes set
12 brushes in three designs and three sizes:
* up to 636 pixels @300dpi
* up to 1342 pixels @300dpi
* up to 2470 pixels @300dpi
- 36 transparent PNG files (approx. size 10 inches @300 dpi)
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
All three sets are a part of the 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET – click here to get the whole pack –>>
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I don’t know about you, but Christmas wreaths are, apart from Christmas lights, my favorite Christmas decorations. Oh, by the way, if you are into Christmas wreaths, check my post on DIY project, Make your own Christmas wreath (12 Facebook likes so far :)).
Now, back to graphics. And illustrations. Because this is the name of this blog, so let’s stick to the topic. (Although I might talk about life and the universe a bit later ;))
Ladies and gentleman, designers, art lovers, photographers and scrap-bookers,
the time has come for a vector art freebie!
Christmas Wreaths are waiting for you in the following formats (4 of them):
* AI (Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and newer versions)
* EPS (Encapsulated PostScript – more info on Wikipedia)
* SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics – more info on Wikipedia)
* CDR (CorelDRAW 8.0 and newer versions)
* PNG (transparent) – I know, I know… this is not a vector, but it may help you out!
[Download Christmas Wreaths, vector art here (zipped, 6,4Mb)]
Also, I’d like to use this opportunity and invite you to check out the latest Photoshop brushes set – [Free for Platinum GBG members only, which you might become if you want]:
Christmas Post Stamps (15 brushes in three sizes)
Preview Christmas Post Stamps Photoshop brushes (YouTube video)
And finally, how could I ever forget to invite you to see the legendary, the ultimate, the one and only 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET, not just because of the loads of brushes, but also because of the bonuses and a 50% OFF coupon code for all Photoshop brushes I ever made or will do, forever and ever … and ever ->
xoxo,
Silvia
P.S.
Ugh, I just noticed a promised to say something about the life and the universe. Well, I know this one will not be unique and never heard of before, but, guys, peace and love! These are the most important message about the life and the universe we can share today!
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This is third post of my Do It Yourself Christmas saga: first was Do It Yourself Christmas Wreath, then second Do It Yourself Christmas Photo Card and this, third, one is – Do It Yourself Christmas Labels (Photoshop brushes set).
So, dear visitors, friends, ladies and gentleman!
Graphic designers, web designers, scrapbookers, artists, photographers, videographers, Photoshop professionals and enthusiasts!
Today, I proudly present you nice and FREE for “commercial use” tool for your:
* graphic design projects,
* Christmas party invitations,
* Christmas gift labels,
* web design projects,
* photo books,
* rubber stamps,
* wallpapers,
* paper designs,
…whatever YOUR idea is – this one will make it happen:
Christmas Labels Photoshop brushes set
There are 4 label designs, but every label is made of 4 different shapes (for easier coloring) and they all come in three sizes.
[ PREVIEW CHRISTMAS LABELS PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES ]
But! This is not all! I, also, prepared a short video tutorial too, on how to use Christmas Labels Photoshop brushes. This tutorial will help you speed up the process of creation of Christmas graphics!
DOWNLOAD Christmas Labels Photoshop brushes /0,95Mb zipped/
And here’s a little example of a graphic made with Christmas Labels Photoshop brushes
Also, if you are a GBG Gold or Platinum member or if you decide that you want to become one, I prepared another free download for you!
Simple Christmas Trees Photoshop brushes [for Platinum GBG members only]:
Simple Christmas Trees Photoshop brushes set, video presentation
And a little something for Gold and Platinum GBG members:
Cute Labels Photoshop brushes
Cute Labels Photoshop brushes set, video presentation
OK. Gang, I hope you like new free downloads, videos and stuff and I just can’t help it, here is a little advice for all of you who won’t settle for less than 800+ Photoshop brushes:
Love you all!
xoxoxo
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Do It Yourself Christmas Photo Card and this one is very easy – just “slide” your photo into the template.
Gang, Christmas is knocking on the door. For the most of us, this is the time we’ve been waiting for since January 2011. And, finally, it’s December which marks the beginning of - Good Times !
So, what do we do for Christmas? Loads of stuff, I know, but, one of the inevitable things we do is sending Christmas Cards!
And, for this purpose, I prepared one totally cool template (at least I’d like to believe it’s totally cool :)) which you can download, ”slide” your photo in and – voila! Christmas Photo Card is finished!
Today’s free download includes two transparent PNG files and one multilayered PSD file. (All in one zip file). PSD files contains images and wordings too!
[ Download Free Christmas cards here ]
To make this template I used:
Fonts:
Ma Sexy from dafont.com
Windsong from dafont.com
Photoshop brushes:
Christmas II Photoshop Brushes (20+20+20) + 20 PNGs
Christmas Photo Card with one photo – add some cool background or macro shot you have.
Christmas Photo Card with three photos – it can be your family members for instance.
Don’t forget you can edit the text too :) I mean, if you’re good with Photoshop you can edit everything, twist and tune it until you love it! ;)
OK, Gang, this was rather short … and sweet I hope. Don’t forget to check out the awesome Cyber Week sale I have here and keep that lovin’ feeling :)
xoxo
Silvia
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Gang, what can I say?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!
I made this little graphic with a little help from free Photoshop brushes and Photoshop textures from GreenBulbGang.Com :)
You might like it, or you may not. If you like it, you can download it and re-use it for any other possible purpose … or not.
It’s clearly, up to you.
[Download Thanksgiving graphic - layered PSD File] – zipped 27.2Mb, 8×8 inches @300 dpi – print ready!
Love you all!
I hope you are spending this day with your family, friends, people you care about, people you love.
Silvia
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![Download Damask Illustrator Brushes&Illustrator Christmas Card [Tutorial Inside Too]](http://www.graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/themes/bigfeature/library/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/coloringillustratorbrushes540main1.jpg&w=508&zc=1&zcp=2)
Download Damask Illustrator Brushes&Illustrator Christmas Card and short Illustrator Video Tutorial
Well, this is one of the multipurpose posts. Very useful. Here is what you get this time:
1. Using pattern brushes in Illustrator [tutorial]
2. Download Damask Pattern brushes (6) for Adobe Illustrator CS3 and newer versions
3. Last but not the least. Hereby, I would like to invite you to vote for Tammy Czigan in the “A Thousand Forests” Wacom contest. Tammy made this great project with one of my Photoshop brushes and I truly believe she deserves a vote.
4. Free Download: Illustrator Christmas Card, 6×8 inches @300dpi, zipped (1,5Mb)
* AI file (Adobe Illustrator CS 3 and newer versions)
* EPS file
* CDR file (CorelDraw 8.0 and newer versions)
* JPG file
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This post is going to be somehow different. It will be about our heart (not just heart graphic), positive energy vibration and quantum physics. It is, basically, something I wrote into my diary, but then I decided to share it with you:
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Now it’s clear. It is the emotional vibration that makes things happen. It’s not the thoughts, although the thoughts can help to generate that emotional vibration.
Tesla also said that. Energy supersedes matter.
However, the real issue is – how to get into that emotional state of positive energy, love and happiness when the goin’ gets tough?
For instance, how cool would it be if we had a device which we could just plug in to get rid of of any negative emotions and get into the positive mode, so that we start emanating good vibrations and, as a consequence, start creating positive events in our 3D world as well.
A device. Fast solution. Many reach for narcotics to get closer to that emotional state, but narcotics are not doing it. It’s obvious. They are not working.
So, the device which will initiate positive vibrations from our body/mind/soul/consciousness/subconsciousness and put us in a mood of bliss.
Now, I am not talking about the device which will take energy from somewhere else and put it into us. We have the “ingredients for happiness” within ourselves already. I believe that it’s, probably, layers of energetic “dirt” what prevents this original, positive energy from coming out of us in difficult times.
So, as I said, the “ingredients” are already here, within us. It’s only a matter of putting them to work. This is what this device should do. It should pick up what’s already sitting there and put it to work.
OK. So, the idea for the device is here. I know what should it do and someone should jump in and actually make it :)
In the meantime, I will do what I do, here is another print ready card which you can use for multiple purposes, or you could just download it and explore the layers to see how it’s done.
[Download Heart Design Layered PSD File] – zipped 12.3Mb, 8×8 inches @300 dpi – print ready!
Love you all, guys. And until someone comes up with a machine like that I guess will just have to rely on our own capacity to keep our spirits up no matter what.
xoxoxo
Silvia
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I used today’s free graphic to frame a photo of Mr. Alphons. (image above)
Today, I prepared a little something for scrapbookers. A layered Photoshop (PSD) file which is a digital scrapbooking “Quick Page”. It is a Photo mask at the same time. It is all that and more :)
So, if there is any human being still doing something else apart from writing posts and comments on Facebook, I count on you. I hope you will be reading this, maybe liking this download and maybe you will use it to create a nice graphic using some of your photos with it.
Regarding Facebook. I admit. I spend too much time on Facebook. I sit there every day for hours and I am not sure if I like that. So, I decided to proclaim one day of the week a No-Facebook day! I mean Facebook is nice, but we need to be careful before becoming slaves to the habit (unless it is a habit of creating stuff :))
Ladies and gentleman, let me present you
Digital Scrapbooking QuickPage / Photo Background / Photo Mask – layered Photoshop PSD file
(zipped, 6.5Mb, 8×8 inches @300dpi – print ready)
This image was created with free Photoshop brushes: Dotted Arrows available for all GBG Members!
Now, this is one short post.
I hope you are enjoying your Thursday, just bear with it cause Friday is already knocking on the door!
Enjoy!
xoxox
Silvia
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Free Vector Art (Adobe Illustrator file)
And now, ladies and gentleman, something completely different. I guess I’ve given away enough of free layered PSD files in last few days and now it’s time for something new. Today, I am giving away vector art.
Now, you probably know why vector art is so cool. Of course. You can re-size it all you want and there will be no quality loss. But, that’s not all. If you are even remotely familiar with Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or any other vector editing software, you will be able to, with few clicks of the mouse, turn it into something new and completely different, so originality is guaranteed.
Feel free to use this vector emblem in all your graphic design projects. But also, scrapbooks, tshirt design, commercials … whatever you could think of.
Today’s Free vector art download consists of the following vector file formats:
* CDR (CorelDRAW 8.0 and newer versions)
* AI (Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and newer versions)
* EPS
* SVG (scalable vector graphics files can be read and modified by a large range of tools)
* and PNG for all of you who do not use vector applications
All vector formats can be colored as you please, re-sized or changed in any other way – commercial use allowed. But, I will be more than happy if you drop a backlink to my blog :D
Download Free Vector Art – AI, EPS, CDR, SVG (and PNG) zipped
(zipped, 1.7Mb, PNG file is 8×8 inches @300dpi – print ready)
To create this Vector Art download I used:
Damask Vector Set (22)
Set is delivered in following formats:
1. .ai (all CS versions from 8.0)
2. .eps format
3. .cdr (Corel 8.0 up to newer versions)
4. .png (so you can easily use them in any photo editing software)
5. .svg (SVG, or scalable vector graphics files can be read and modified by a large range of tools)
Commercial license included!
I hope you will enjoy today’s free download!
Love you all,
Silvia
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