For those of you who are impatient and want to skip to 5 free Photoshop brushes sets for immediate download they’re on the bottom of this post. Just scroll over there.
Now, for the rest of you who want to find out a little bit more on what’s going on, read on.
Remeber Linda? 5 days ago I showed you her contribution to our Graphics-Illustrations.Com Summer 2010 competition.
I know, how could you forget such a beautiful Christmas Tree made of Photoshop brushes!?
And guess what??? This is not all. Linda made a whole package design with a little help of Photoshop brushes
Now, let me tell you something … This looks AWESOME!
I will not say a word … see for yourself:
Linda, what can I say?! You are a genius! This looks beatiful!
And now, in a Christmas spirit, here are some free Photoshop brushes available for immediate download. It is Christmas in July after all! (learn about on Wikipedia about Christmas in July ) :)
Click on the brush name to download it and click on PREVIEW to see what it looks like before download.
I made them with love, had lot of fun doing it it and I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do. Feel free to use them in your Commercial projects.
- Grunge Stars Photoshop brushes | PREVIEW |
- Christmas Trees (grungy) Photoshop brushes | PREVIEW |
- Christmas photo masks Photoshop brushes | PREVIEW |
- Grunge Snowflakes Photoshop brushes | PREVIEW |
- Christmas LITE set Photoshop brushes | PREVIEW |
PREMIUM Christmas Photoshop brushes set is also available in my flagship product 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA set!
Love ya’ all, take care!
xoxoxo
Silvia
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OK. As I promised in my previous post, today I will show you how to display your work on Zazzle and give yourself a chance to sell some of your work done with my Photoshop brushes.
So, dimensions of our Christmas Party Invitation were 5.25” x 5.25” which is 2550 x 2550 pixels. It is important to start the document in proper dimensions. If we don’t do that – later on the things might get complicated.
Here are some explanations that you know before starting your own designs (explanation from Zazzle):
“Bleed” is a printing term used to indicate the area that will be trimmed off after the job is printed and cut down to the finished size. This ensures that the design is printed to the full edge of the product. Our paper products contain a Safe Area and a Bleed Area. Always make sure any important parts of your design fall inside the Safe Area, and that your design background fully extends through the Bleed Area. Whatever is in the Bleed Area will get trimmed off, leaving your design printed all the way up to the Product Edge.
Zazzle supports images in JPEG, PNG, PDF, and Adobe Illustrator (AI) formats – so, if you are working with transparent images PNG, PDF i AI formats will be the formats of your choice.
So, let’s roll the sleeves and start having fun! :)
Once you start a new project on Zazzle you will be offered several templates to start with.
A well done wizard will guide you through the creating process:
Pick the invitation size:
And add images. Basically, images are front and back size of our invitation in .jpg format.
So, let’s select “My computer” option …
And upload our invitation.
Not much to do from this point on. Here is the preview of the front side:
Now, let’s pick the back side:
And add the back side of our invitation:
Voila!
Now it is only a matter of posting our invitation in our store and making it available for purchase:
Of course, we will need to add some details to to, like entering a Title, Subtitle and the Description of our product:
That’s it! We’re done! Time for a cup of tea … or coffee!
Or, even better – make another product! Make a mug, or T-Shirt, or baseball hat, badge …. etc … etc …
It was pretty simple and fast – you will agree! I hope you like the idea and I hope you see, once again, on this example, how Photoshop brushes can be of a great help when it comes to speeding things up or bridging the creativity gaps we all run into from time to time.
OK. That’s it for today. Have a great weekend and have fun creating!
Hugs,
Silvia
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Create unique Christmas Party Invitations for your friends and family or start a new job and earn some extra money. Here goes another short tutorial where I’m trying to prove, one more time, how easy, fast and fun it can be to use Photoshop brushes.
I this little tutorial I will show you how to use your passion and love for visual arts, turn your creative juices into something new and surprise your friends and/or family. In part two of this tutorial I will show you how to upload your Christmas Party Invitation to Zazzle and try to make some extra $$ with it!
And it will be fun!
So, for starters, let’s what we’ll need. Uhmmm … first we will need some nice, fancy-schmancy holiday font. You might have some already, but I always like to explore new stuff and I just ain’t gonna miss the opportunity to visit my favorite fonts places: www.dafont.com.
For this little occasion of ours - I picked this Santa’s Sleigh typography.
After downloading and installing the font (I hope you know how to do that, if not here is the hint: put them into Fonts folder :), we are going to open our good old Photoshop and create 5,25″x5,25″ document at 300 dpi. These dimensions (especially the dpi) are required by zazzle.com, so we’ll stick to it.
In this case I will load my favorite Christmas Photoshop Brushes set (55 brushes) (available in my shop for only $9,99), or you can use FREE LITE version (7 brushes) from GBG download area.If you are a GBG member you already have the download link and if you’re not – now here is a great opportunity! Become a GBG member and get access to 80+ Photoshop brushes sets including the FREE LITE Christmas Photoshop brushes set and FREE LITE Snowflakes Photoshop brushes set!
Press F5 to display Photoshop brushes window, load them and press B to activate Brush tool.
Because our Christmas Party Invitation has front and back side, we are going to organize our work in two Layer Groups, first Layer Group will be used for the front side of the invitation and the second Layer Group (which we will create on a later stage) will be used for the back side.
Now, let’s use some brushes! Press B to activate Brush tool, set foreground color to some light gray and simply add the brushes to our canvas.
Now, let’s add some snow!
Let’s add a new Layer (we are going to need it later) pick the snowflake brush and bit lighter gray color. Play with the brush settings as demonstrated below: adjust Shape Dynamics, Scattering for dispersion and Other Dynamics for the various tones of gray color and Spacing to adjust space between the snowflakes.
Now, just a few strokes with our brush on the canvas and voila! It’s snowing!
Now add desired text using Santa’s Sleigh font (downloaded from www.dafont.com).
And the front side of our invitation is over!
Now, let’s do some work on the back of the invitation. Create a new Layer Group and duplicate the layer with the snowflakes only.
On the back of the invitation type RSVP and make a dashed line with the Text tool (T). Spacing between the characters should be set at 100 (or more).
We are done :) Now print this card on your printer or use your local printing company or create account on zazzle.com.
That was simple, easy and fast, wasn’t it!
In the next tutorial I will show you how to make this invitation available for sale.
Whatever you do, do not forget: Have Fun Creating!
S :)
PS:
Of course, if you don’t feel like doing the whole thing by yourself, just DOWNLOAD this Christmas Party Invitation template in psd format HERE –>>
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Note: Santa’s Sleigh font is not included in the download (you will have to download it from www.dafont.com!)
And yes, you can sell stuff that you created with my Photoshop brushes! That’s because all of my Photoshop brushes come with a CU which stands for Commercial Use License, meaning you can create stuff with my brushes and sell it. So, get more great brushes from my Photoshop brushes shop and start creating ->
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Welcome, my dear visitors!
I hope you are enjoying the holiday atmosphere!
Again, we have a free treat for you, another great freebie from Vivayne.
And we’re talking about
Christmas Around the World – Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit
which includes 29 items like papers, bows, frames, ribbons… etc.! All that you need for your seasons scrapbooking needs.
As you can see, she used many different Photoshop brushes, just to name a few of them:
1. Christmas 2009 Brushes
2. Peace Brushes
3. Swirled Frames
So, stay well, hug your beloved ones and count down to the New 2009.
It’s only 2 days until we all start forfilling our New Years resolutions :D
PS: Update from Vivayne: “Just wanted to let you know that they removed this freebie from the store freebies (expired) so I went ahead and put it in the dollar store…”
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Guys and gals,
Just a small post about this years Christmas Fair, Susanne and myself. As my old visitors already know, this year the Artists Society selected me along with some 20 artists who are allowed to set up their own “cabin” at this years Christmas Fair.
So, we did it!
I am selling my own stuff like, photos on wood, diaries, wooden candle holders and Susanne sells her socks and pantyhose.
And here are some images (taken late at night):
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Gang! It’s time! Send your Christmas Cards now!
And, as always, I am here to help you out, tickle your imagination and offer some free downloads.
So, for today, I prepared a printable Christmas Card Template!
Go figure, I used Christmas Photoshop Brushes Set (and this Set only) to create this card template. Now it is handed over to you to use it as you see fit. You can (should :)) add wording, or you could – just experiment: add new brushes, new graphical elements, change font, change colors, etc … etc …
Let your imagination do the rest.
That is why this card is made available in Photoshop (.psd) format.
Finish it as you see fit, print it out, fold it in the middle and – voila! Here is your brand new Christmas Card!
[ PREVIEW FREE HOLIDAY CARD TEMPLATE ]
[ DOWNLOAD FREE HOLIDAY CARD TEMPLATE: JPG ]
[ DOWNLOAD FREE HOLIDAY CARD TEMPLATE: PSD ]
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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:
- Image microstock agencies
- Cover designs
- Christmas card designs
- Packaging
- Web design
- Business cards
- … just about anything you can think of
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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)
[ PREVIEW PREMIUM PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES SET - Christmas Photoshop brushes set (55+55) ]
[ GET PREMIUM PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES SET - Christmas Photoshop brushes set (55+55) ]
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.
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.
[ PREVIEW LITE PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES SET - Christmas Photoshop brushes set (7) ]
[ DOWNLOAD LITE PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES SET - Christmas Photoshop brushes set (7) *5 DAYS subscription free!* Free Download now available after joining our Green Bulb Gang ]
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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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
[ PREVIEW Christmas - New Year Backgrounds (3600x3600pix, 300dpi: 12x12inch) ]
[ GET Christmas - New Year Backgrounds 4 Pack for $3.99 - with Commercial Use! ]
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
[ GET FREE Christmas - New Year Background 1600x1600pix (5x5inch) ]
So, stay well and have loads of fun!
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Be different! Be among the first in this new revolution! Say NO to the tyranny of the new age called Christmas shopping pressure. Marketing companies see you as a sheep that only needs to work – earn and spend. But, guess what, it doesn’t say anywhere that you have to spend money for Christmas!!! I checked in the Bible the other day. I checked the Constitution as well. You DON’T NEED TO SPEND MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS. Nothing bad will happen to you.
To give to the ones you love is fine. It’s cool, but here is another good news – they will appreciate the time you took to make something for them with your own hands. They will appreciate it, that’s for sure.
Make a picture, a drawing, a poem or frame a photography. Make a cake or prepare a dinner surprise. Think think think! Don’t just rush in some super-store and spend spend spend just because everyone does it!
Be creative. Be yourself. Don’t be a sheep just following the herd.
Here you can download gift cards (or little greeting cards: 2,55″x3,7″) and print them (9 cards – one paper sheet A4 or letter size). Cut them on the lines, fold on the dashed lines and make them yours.
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Today I have: Snowy sky Photoshop brushes set of 13, hi-res!
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On the Other Hand
In order to grab customers attention companies are making every elegant and eye-catching websites. You can add different types of graphics in your website with the help of Photoshop, Flash and Fireworks. But to show your presence on net domain name registration is must for web hosting. There are many webhosting companies which are provides good internet speed for downloading better than the speed up dsl connection along with other services such as seo solutions, ip phones. But among these services most important one is advertising. Once the site is made website then online advertising plays an important role for your site that might include affiliate marketing as well. Nowadays one of the most up-coming methods is ppc advertising where you only have to give money when your ad is clicked by any potential customer. This marketing also helps in improving the search engine optimization page ranking.
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Ladies and gentleman, today I bring you – a new brush – Subscribe to my newsletter and get Christmas trees grunge Photoshop brushes set of 23!
Today I was dealing with the bureaucracy. But since I have pills of happiness named Colostrum, which is in fact the substance extracted form the fresh cow milk (and not only from cows living in New Zealand) – I’m happy! There is no such bureaucracy that will spoil my good will.
But, enough talking – help yourself – download the Christmas tree brushes, for Photoshop, of course.
Make my day, make something nice and mention me on your blog… news… TV… podcast… show some appreciation… whatever you choose.
Love,
S :)
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I was so happy when received my first 2007 Christmas card form Emelie (Thanks!): jumping all around and clapping my hands like a baby! (a huge one, :-))
It’s a great feeling when someone uses my work and when I get to know that person! That’s great. And that’s all about!
So, please guys: make me happy every day: please send me a link with your work, or your work … or anything that uses my Photoshop brushes, Illustrator symbols and other. I’d like to see all that great things you can do!
Happy thoughts!
S*
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HO HO HO!
I’m all in the Christmas spirit! Yes! I’m even trying talk into my husband to putting the Christmas lights around the walls of our apartment :) I really, really like all the dazzling of clear bulb sparkle Christmas lights!
So, I have some new and interesting downloads today: Digital Scrapbook set – Four Digital Scrapbook pages for coming holidays album… and you have two options: either download 4 Digital Scrapbook pages as a .png file: with transparent windows for your images (you can easily put your images behind the upper layer, 19MB) and download 4 Digital Scrapbook pages as .jpg file: print it and stick your images in „frames“! (13MB)
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Here’s the small preview of 4 (four) different pages in this Digital Scrapbook “Holiday” set:
- one page for four horizontal images,
- one page for four vertical images,
- one for two small vertical images and one bigger horizontal image
- one for two big vertical images
And here’s the preview of the page detail at 100%. Pages are in 7,5“x7,5“ size at 250px per inch which is more than enough for your printer.
Enjoy! :)
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My dear visitors: I’m very very very tired. I’ve got a lot of things and projects to work on and this post will be short.
For today I prepared a set of pretty simple snowflakes symbols for download. They are in Adobe Illustrator symbols format. I created them myself (without any help from third party specialized software), so subscribe to my newsletter – download for them free - and enjoy!
Love,
S
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