Hello again, gang!
Have you every thought of something, but the thoughts were so loud that you felt like you should shout them, but if you shout them out people might think you are crazy?
No?
I didn’t think so.
Anyways, just in case anyone ever felt like this, here is what works for me (except shouting). Making a big poster with my thoughts on it. A message, text, colors, shapes – message. Here is what I feel. On the poster. On the wall. I just stick it there so it does all the shouting for me.
If you are reading this, you probably are a person that enjoys visual arts. Artists, their job is to express what and how they feel. If they do it good – they become successful … NOT! :) If they have a good agent and PR, then they become successful. I personally believe that there is an artist in everyone of us. The moment you start expressing your emotions on paper, with words, or graphical shapes or in any other way which leaves a trace, you are an artist. And that makes pretty much all of us.
This is why we can’t create just at any time. We need to feel the need to express something and then we express it through art. Just imagine how much more beautiful this world would if all people expressed their, for instance, anger, with arts. Painting, digital painting, music, sculpturing … their focus would, at some stage, just shift from anger to the process of creation of art.
So, this is what I did today. Here is my little poster. I’m gonna send it over to one of my favorite online printing companies, they print it out for me, I will stick it to the wall and it will stay there for as long as I feel it says what I think.
Love you all gang! Stay cool and create stuff!
Silvia
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Gang,
Despite the Fecebook, LinkedIn, Internet and all that, business cards are still alive and kicking. VHS (here is the link to VHS for younger generations) did not kill the Cinema, neither did DVD. 5.1 surround systems did not kill live concerts either. Even the theater is still alive :)))
We are still 5 senses human beings after all, what can I say :)
Whenever possible, we just like to see each other, meet, hang out even for business purposes and, of course, exchange business cards. The worst thing that can happen to you while talking to a perspective business partner is: “Oh, wait a minute! I’m afraid I ran out of business cards…” and the person you talk too gives you their card saying “Don’t worry, here are my details so you can contact me anytime.”
This happened to me not once and I tell you – did not like it. OK. It is not the end of the world either, but, it would be much, well, nicer if I had that business card with me.
However, just having a business card is not enough , everything evolves, every day. And so does design. And when it comes to business cards, really, creative approach and uniqueness are more important then ever. So, you will probably want to think about business card size, paper type (you might want to opt for recycled paper), paper thickness, coating … you may even go for magnetic cards which will stick to your (or your business partners) fridge. You will then think about the shape (you don’t want to get too creative here, make sure that it will still stick together with other business cards of your business partner, sticking out might be a bad thing sometimes :)
And finally, you will be deciding about fonts, background and graphics for your business card. (Unless this is already predefined by your company’s visual guidelines policy).
You might take the minimalistic approach and just put your name, email and web address in black text on white paper, or, you could opt for “groovie” approach. In my mind, both are cool.
However, if these thoughts on business cards were a “heads up” for you, you will probably want to check on some online business card printing companies. PrintRunner.Com offers different types of paper (including recycled paper), different shapes, sizes … so you will probably want to check their site for your business cards supply.
So, if you just realized you’re running out of business cards, the time has probably come to renew your supplies :)
Here are some samples of business cards I did, maybe you can use them for your inspiration.
I hope you liked the cards and the post!
Have a great day everyone!
Love,
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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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, creating photo manipulation of wedding images is getting more and more popular. And for a good reason too. Wedding photos make great polygon for Photoshop exhibitions and I made one too :)
So, if you are interested to learn about wedding photo manipulation, here is a little tutorial!
Ingredients:
1. Here’s my choice for today’s Wedding Photo Manipulation.
- For this tutorial you will have to use your own image of the bride, but, just for learning purposes you could use any image
- Trees (download here)
- Sky with clouds (download here)
- Moon (wikipedia download from Luc Viatour)
- Mr. Alphons I, Mr. Alphons II
- Photoshop brushes Hearts
Once got our ingredients ready, together with a cup coffee, let’s dive into it.
1. Since I had the image in RAW format, I tweaked it during the import
- in Lightroom I used Color Creative CP2 preset.
If you don’t use Lightroom, here are the color preferences for RAW in Photoshop:
2. Now apply same color preferences for the two background images
3. Open the image with the trees. This will be the main background.
4. Place an image with the clouds above the background image and use the “Hard Light” layer option, with 57% Opacity.
5. And now, let’s clean it up a bit.
- Add layer mask on the image with the clouds.
- Draw a rectangle in the “mask area”.
- Fill the rectangle with a gradient: from black to none (empty). The grass is hidden and the clouds will fit well in the scene.
6. Let’s copy the main background image (with the trees) using “Multiply” layer option, Opacity is at 68%
7. Lighten the grass in the front of the scene, because we want to emphasize the front. Add a layer mask, and again: draw a rectangle and fill it with a gradient: from black to none (empty)
8. Open the image with the bride and using the Quick Mask option “color” erase the background. Simply turn off Quick Mask when you are done and invert the selection area then erase it.
9. Now add a bride in the scene, just drag and drop. Place it under the tree and using Burn Tool darken the areas that will be in the shadow.
10. Using the Burn Tool darken the grass – create the shadow behind the bride, drawing shadow on the main background image.
11. Now, let’s add the moon. Open the moon file and using Elliptical Marquee Tool and “Shift” key draw a circled selection. Invert the selection and cut out the moon.
12. Color the moon with blue using Hue/Saturation.
First, set the foreground color.
Open Image – Adjustment – Hue/Saturation and check the Colorize option. Click OK, it’s done. The moon is blue.
13. Now create a layer set and change the set option into “Color Dodge”. Drag and drop the moon image into that layer set.
14. Now, copy the background with the trees as many times as you want to achieve the night feeling in the scene. I copied it four times. Merge all 5 layers (background images with the trees).
15. Now use the Dodge Tool, and lighten the image below the moon creating the moonlight effect.
Set up the Dodge Tool as shown.
16. Create a new layer in the layer set with “Color Dodge” style. Add some Hearts brushes (various sizes) and apply Filter – Blur – Gaussian Blur. Create another layer and repeat the same, but use less Gaussian Blur in order to create 3D effect. (How to instal and use Hearts Photoshop brushes – design an unique wedding invitation – video tutorial MP4)
17. Also use simple brush, with 0% Hardness and approx 30 px size.
18. I added a sleeping cat too. The process is the same as for the bride.
19. Another cat (same my Mr. Alphons) is added behind the tree trunk. Of, course, he is not behind the tree but dark bark was good to hide his body…
And here is out final result! Voila!
My cousin loved it, I hope you like it too!
In case you liked the Hearts Photoshop brushes touch, these are available in my Photoshop brushes store with commercial license so you can create commercial projects with them.
That’s all folks! Talk soon!
Silvia
P.S.
Our 250 color postcards give-away contest is still on [ends on 26 January 2012]! So, hurry up and enroll, nothing to do really just leave a comment… read more –>
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I noticed, ever since I started my Photoshop brushes business that many of my buyers are using Photoshop brushes to create their own custom stamps. And this is, mainly, for two different purposes (which sometimes overlap).
1. They use these stamps in their own DIY projects like scrapbooking or similar
2. And more often then not, they use Photoshop brushes to create designs for stamps which are then being sold to stamp buyers.
And this is all well. The whole idea behind my Photoshop brushes is to help you guys, not just create stuff for your own needs, but also to help you create new stuff out of it (like rubber stamps) and make some money along the way.
There are quite a few services out there offering custom stamps. Most of them offer quick and easy on-line stamp creation. Of course, although most of you will be interested in creation of custom stamps for your scrapbooking and DiY craft needs, still, you might want to have your own signature stamps as well. Or you might want to have a stamp with your logo on it.
So, in this little exercise, I wanted to see for myself how fast and how easy it is to create your own logo stamp with a little help from Photoshop brushes.
And, believe me, it was faster then I though. Before starting the process there are few rules to know.
- First, the image you’d like to have on your stamp must be in full black color. Your stamp can, later on, be in red or other color, but the image you are uploading must be black.
- Resolution of the image must be 300dpi. My brushes are in high resolution so this is not a problem.
- File formats: cdr, ai, eps, tif, psd, jpg, gif and pdf. Of course, in this case .jpg is probably our choice
So, the procedure is quite simple, create a new file in Photoshop, make it a desired size, but the resolution must be 300dpi, add a Photoshop brush which you’d like to turn into stamp and save the file in .jpg format. (Notice: You might want to crop image so that the blank space between the brush and the edge of the image is maximally reduced.)
Now, step two, on the stampxpress.com, you will go to “Design Your Own Stamp” option and upload the file. You may choose to have up to 20 lines in your stamp but in most of the cases, 3 should be enough. You also get to choose the font type, size, attribute (bold, italic, underline) and the alignment.
And this is how I created a stamp for Graphics-Illustrations.Com.
Finally, many of you will go and look for discount stamps. For these, as well stampxpress.com is probably the right address.
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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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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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Christmas time is coming and I know many of you, just like me, enjoy creating your own decorations at home, in the company of your friends and family. It’s more fun and these decorations have much bigger value than the ones bought in the mall.
So, today, I came up with this idea of creating a wreath. And, as a basis for it, I used styrofoam. I made it with the stuff I had at home and I hope you will like it enough to try and do something like this yourself, following this DIY tutorial.
1. Printing images
Print some of your photos, use images of your friends, family, or pets (as I did in this occasion) … in 2×2 inches size. Of course, I could not resist but to decorate my images with Photoshop brushes: Christmas II Photoshop Brushes (20+20+20) + 20 PNGs, and I used them as photo masks (there are few brushes in a set which can be used as photo masks too. Also I used one of the free Photoshop brushes from GreenBulbGang.Com – Grunge Stars)
And, well, I printed them out …
2. Preparation
Prepare the following: styrofoam, fabric, colorful fabric ribbons, wire, pine cones, gold color, glue gun.
3. Cutting the styrofoam (Part I)
Before cutting a circle, of course, we need to mark the styrofoam, I draw two circles using a pen, pick and a rope. No, that’s not my hand :) My hubby helped me.
4. Cutting the styrofoam (Part II)
That’s it. Now I had to cut it out. First I cut the smaller one. I know there is a styrofoam cutter, but I do not have it. So I used a simple knife. It was really messy. But I manage it.
5. Voila, that was the hardest part!
The hardest part is done! You can always buy something like this in a store. But I didn’t. Because this is DIY Christmas wreath :)
6. Dressing up
I dressed-up this wreath-to-be in a dark green cloth decorated with gold stars, moons and other drawings… I glued the cloth to the styrofoam with a glue gun. Yes, that’s me gluing the cloth :)
7. Dressing-up – completed
And, here’s the result:
8. Wiring and decorating
Now, I cut some wire and simply clasped it around the wreath-to-be. The upper part was twisted in a spiral so that we can insert the images. I didn’t have thicker wire. If I had a thicker wire I’d just pin it in the styrofoam. Also, I prepared pine cones and sprayed them with gold color.
9. Pine cones
Finally I glued the pine cones with a glue gun.
10. Inserting the photos
OK. That’s it. Now is time for printed images! Cut them, and glue them over the spiral wire. If you just attach them into spiral, they will fall off.
11. The final touch
I felt this wreath was missing something, so I added red and gold ribbons all around it.
12. OK. One more final touch
I added some bows around wires too!
13. And … voila!
Finito! bsilvia Christmas Wreath (2011/2012 edition) is ready! :))
I hope you will like it and maybe even try to do it yourself. Should you have any questions, let me know I will be more than happy to help.
Here is what Mr. SpaceCat thought of it:
Mr. Alphons was not impressed either
But, the old queen, Poofah, she wanted to eat the pine cones ?!?!?
Love you all, have fun and may the peace be with you.
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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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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I know what you are thinking. “Why, on earth would I want to send a Christmas card in the middle of November?”
Of course, you would not. We still have a month and a half before Christmas.
But. Just like me, you will want to start thinking about preparing your Christmas design projects. Soon, just about anything you create will be decorated with Christmas decorations, isn’t it?
So, we better be ready and equipped with the right tools before the rush begins :)
Ladies and gentleman, I present you
Red and White Christmas Card, free PSD file
It is a layered PSD file so you can play with it, rotate design elements and make the card portrait or landscape, as you wish.
Download Christmas Card Template / New Year Greeting Card Template (or Christmas ecard, New Year card) – layered Photoshop PSD file
(zipped, 3.2Mb, 6×8 inches @300dpi – print ready)
Ingredients:
Font:
Loopi from dafont.com
Photoshop brushes:
Winter in Swirls Photoshop Brushes Set (33+33+33)
- 33+33+33 Photoshop brushes
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5 and newer versions
- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Here, on our on-line graphical playground, I prepared some Christmas backgrounds and Photoshop brushes (digital stamps) for you to play with.
Test the brushes – Create your own Christmas e-Cards here
Here is how to use our simple graphics creator:
- Select the background
- Add text (select font and font color)
- Load the desired Photoshop brushes set into the brush picker
- Select the brush, color it, adjust transparency
- Rotate and re-size the brush before placing it on canvas
Use the keyboard shortcuts :
Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) and arrow keys (left, right, up and down) to rotate and re-size the brushes.
Please be patient after clicking on “Submit” button. It might take while before the email is sent. Thank you!
I hope you enjoyed my little Graphics Creator and the brushes included. One way or another, I’d love to hear what you thought of it.
Love you all!
xoxoxo
Silvia
Popularity: 8% [?]
“Love card????” I hear you say “Helooo?!!?! It’s, like, three months before Valentine’s day! Why can’t you just make something for Christmas like everybody else?“
I know. I can’t help it. Love is in the air and muses just don’t care about timing. So, I sat by my trusted PC (no I still haven’t saved enough for Mac, thanks for asking :)) and this card just came out. Out of the blue. OK. The sky was grey but still.
Ladies and gentleman, let me present you today’s free download:
Love card (or love ecard) – layered Photoshop PSD file
(zipped, 10.3Mb, 6×8 inches @300dpi – print ready)
So, if you are in love, or if you feel like you could fall in love any time now, or if you know someone who is in love, or … ok, enough now. What I wanted to say is, download this file, edit the text if you want (it’s in separate layer), play with it or use it as it is – send a love card.
Or just keep it, because, even if you are not in love right now, you just never know when will that love arrow hit you :) Love might just be right behind the corner.
Also, as always, here is what is this card made of (apart from love):
Font:
Euphemia – ffonts.net
Photoshop brushes:
Circled hearts, Photoshop brushes set (40+40)
Circled hearts, Photoshop brushes, total of 80 brushes: 40 brushes up to 1653px and 40 brushes up to 293px
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5 and newer versions
- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
OK. So, warm up you loving hearts, I need you to be ready when Christmas comes to town!
Yours,
Silvia
Popularity: 3% [?]
Paisley design originates from India, Pakistan and Persia but the western name “paisley” derives from the town of Paisley in Scotland. Well, I didn’t know that. I mean, I thought it was originally from Persia, but that was all I knew.
Anyways, paisleys are totally cool decoration and not just for textile design, but for graphic design as well.
In this example, in created a wedding invitation and decorated it with paisleys. I wanted to achieve clean and elegant look using – paisley shapes.
This wedding invitation template can be used as birthday card too. Just change the wordings in white square.
Wedding Invitation – free layered Photoshop PSD file can be downloaded here
(zipped, 3Mb, 8×8 inches @300dpi – print ready)
Font used:
Swis721 Lt BT
Photoshop brushes used:
Paisley Designs (75+25)
Place smaller ones inside bigger ones (up to three) and create brand new, unique and totally yours new paisley shapes!
Paisley Designs with a total of 25 Paisley Designs Brushes divided in three sections – 75 brushes! and 25 complete paisley designs = 100 brushes.
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5 and newer versions
- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions
- Also compatible with PC/Mac
- COMMERCIAL LICENSE
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Paisley Designs Photoshop Brushes are part of 800+ Photoshop Brushes MEGA SET 1
I hope you are enjoying your Sunday.
Have fun creating!
Silvia
Popularity: 3% [?]
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