In this article we will be talking about:
Earth day and growing your own vegetables without pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals (huh?! I know …) ,
There will be one Quick Page Earth Day (Free Download)
A few words about the new Photography technique called TtV
We will NOT talk about the royal wedding (sorry, no royal weddings here)
Yes, it’s Earth Day! And this year we are celebrating it by planting and growing our own vegetables in our own garden. The permaculture way! (read all about permaculture on wikipedia)
Why? Well, everyone knows that food prices are going up. No matter where you live – the food is getting more and more expensive every day. In addition, growing food in the old fashioned, industrial way, is not the way to the healthy snack. Pesticides and chemical fertilizers are heavily used in conventional industrial food production, so that is one more reason to start growing your own food if you have a garden. Even if you don’t have your own garden, there are ways to grow your own food (see: Organopónicos )
So, we decided to grow our own food without any chemicals in the process. No. We are going the permaculture, Ruth Stout “no-work”, “no-dig” gardening way :) All about Ruth Stout you can view in this nice little video here
Now, I assume you were a bit surprised to read about the home food production on graphics-illustrations.com site, but it’s just that I thought it’s important. That’s it.
Now, the topic. Free quick page :)
You can see what the quick page looks like on the header image. Just add your own photos and that’s it. Dimensions are 12×12 inches @300 dpi and it is a PSD (Photoshop layered file). You can download it here. It’s about 40MB, so please be patient while downloading. On the other hand, you will get a high quality printout out if it.
And now about this totally cool photographic technique called TtV.
Look at the images below. To get this effect there was no Photoshopping whatsoever. These photos are just made with the TtV technique – Through the Viewfinder. Basically I pointed a 60 years old 6×6 (medium format) analog camera at the objects I was photographing, and then, with my Canon 5D I took the shoot of this old cameras viewfinder.
(Sadly, I didn’t use the paper shade as it is shown on the link above, but, in future, I will. It’s really hard to shoot without the shade.)
And I just love the retro look of these photos. I hope you like them too :)
More of my TtV photos can be found @Flickr
And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed this article.
Have a nice day and love our mother Earth :)
Silvia
oh, ps: For the decorations in the Quick Page I used Wedding Photo Frames (squares) Photoshop brushes set (25+25+25) + 25 PNGs – Photoshop brushes for commercial use.
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Gang!
October is here and the time has come to prepare for Halloween!
This time, our dear friend Vivayne prepared a little something for all scrap book lovers – free digital scrapbook Halloween!
Today’s free download is – October 2010 Calendar!
As always, it is my pleasure to present designs by Vivayne because they are awesome and I’m not saying just because she also uses Photoshop brushes in her designs.
So, head over to Vivayne’s blog and find out more about this months freebies! If you are into digital scrapbooking – you will not be sorry! I guarantee you that!
OK. I hope you will enjoy her work as much as I did.
Just a heads up!
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Surely, if you’d like to start (or keep on) doing digital scrapbooks like that by yourself – Halloween backgrounds is a good starting point. And here is another link Halloween backgrounds in my little shop->
P.P.S.
Actually, you know what?
I just decided to give two of my Halloween backgrounds commercial packages (total value $11.98) as a FREE BONUS to anyone who decides to go for, the one and only, legendary 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET, by this Friday, 8th of October 2010!
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Guys,
Just before we go and present new free download for this post, please allow me to introduce our new pet, Poofahs new friend, the one and only
Meacco Peacco aka Alphons the Third!
“This is just an artificial mouse they let me play with. But I ain’t complaining, yet.“
“I am still very young. I was born just few weeks ago and I’m always hungry. Enough talk now, gimme something to eat, it’s been 15 minutes since I had my snack…“
Now, who wouldn’t adore this little kitten!
Our little Meacco Peacco aka Alphons inspired me for todays free download! I’m talking about the brand new, fresh from my little factory
Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page – 2 Cats
8x8inches Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page – PNG transparent file
This is an transparent file, so you can freely insert some other pictures and have your own digital scrapbook page in no time.
Typography is also not included so you can enter whatever text you see fit.
[ DOWNLOAD ZIP Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page HERE ]
As always, I did this page using my Photoshop brushes and here is the list of what was used and where:
- Photoshop Brushes: Hawaiian Flowers (35+35)
[click here to find out more]
- Photoshop brushes – Photo Corners (20+20)
[click here to find out more] - Tag shapes, Photoshop brushes set (24+5)
[click here to find out more] - Circled hearts, Photoshop brushes set (40)
[click here to find out more] - Lightworks Photoshop Brushes set (61)
[click here to find out more]
So, there you go. This is another example of how to use Photoshop brushes and I hope you will like it.
Of course, you can benefit from good Photoshop brushes in, like, zillion ways … well, ok, maybe not zillion, but killion. And killion is still a lot.
You know I did photo decorations with 158 Wedding Photoshop brushes set, I did mugs, aprons, web designs and not to mention how Photoshop brushes can be applied in our Graphics-Illustrations 2009 Competition.
So, explore, create and most of all, have fun!
Love you all,
Silvia
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Gang,
Today’s topic is – Friends!
Friends and the things we can do to illustrate our friendship. I created Friends Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page for my dear friend Iva and I wanted to share it with you. Of course, such thing can not be done without Photoshop brushes. Because, in scrapbooking, Photoshop Brushes are your best friends :)
So, as I said, this one is dedicated to Iva and to all friends in the world! I photographed Iva back in the old days when I had my own photo studio. (I still have the equipment and the way things are going right now, I just might organize my own photo studio again. But I’ll tell you more about it on some other occasion :))
Here is the recipe, or should I say, here are the ingredients of my latest free Quick Page – Friends 4ever:
- One green background
- Grunge alphabet and numbers with swirls, Photoshop brushes set
- Swirled Floral Edges Photoshop Brushes set (18)
- Hearts Photoshop Brushes Set (32)
- Photoshop Brush – Floral DUO (62)
And here is the Quick Page:
I hope you like it!
This QP is downloadable in .png format, so you can just insert your own photo into the frames.
[ DOWNLOAD ZIP Friends 4ever Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page HERE ] Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. Download is now available after joining GBG. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
And, that’s it!
I hope you liked my little presentation, of course, possibilites are limitless!
Once you put your hands on Photoshop brushes (for instance my 800+ MEGA Set) you wont be able stop playing with them, like … ever!
Love ya all,
Silvia
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Poofitzah is celebrating her ninth month! In fact, we are not sure about the exact birth date because she was a stray cat… but we believe that she was born sometime between 15th and 25th of August :)
So, to honor the occasion, I uploaded some new photos of Poofitzah here –>>
And after this short photo session, I made this cute little Digital Scrapbook Quick Page.
You will notice “Approved by Poofitzah” special seal. This means that she spent quite some time observing and studying the final product before she meowed in content and proceeded with her eternal fight with bugs, insects and everything else that moves. It was like that ever since she was just a little kitty :D
So, when I finally got her approval, I was free to publish it! And now it’s here. It’s here for you to download it, use it with your own text/images and have fun!
This Scrapbook Quick Page set is free and it comes in 8″x8″ size at 250 dpi – meaning it’s ready for print!
So, in the new Quick Page I used my two of my PREMIUM Photoshop Brushes sets: Hearts Photoshop Brushes Set (32) and Photoshop Brushes: Valentine’s – Second Edition (21+21)
[ DOWNLOAD Lazy Days Digital Scrapbook Quick Page - PSD (23MB) ] or [ DOWNLOAD Lazy Days Digital Scrapbook Quick Page - ZIP (5MB) ]
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free Photoshop brushes set + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
Lazy Days, Free Digital Scrapbook Quick Page features:
- * 1 paper
- * 2 brads in shape of heart
- * 1 heart emblem
- * 1 big grunge heart shape
- * 1 paws shape
- * 2 dia frames
Text is also there in PSD, but rasterized… so, if you need that kind of a typography please go check the DaFont – free font site. I used Beyond Wonderland font.
I hope you will enjoy it!
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Apart from free downloads, I also offer some PREMIUM stuff in my little Shop. And the best product of them all is my legendary 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Set. As the name says, it contains 800+ superbly looking brushes of the highest quality that come with commercial license and guarrantees loads of fun when creating graphics, graphic designs, scrap books, photo books, videos and so much more – with them. Also, each buyer of this set is entitled to get ALL other products that are not included in the set for 1/2 the price.
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Happy 4th of July everyone!!!
Celebrate this one with a lot of magic moments that you’ll want to keep! So, today, as a special occasion I have one free download for Digital Scrapbooking: 4th of July Quick Page.
This Quick Page size is 12″x12″ @ 300dpi (print quality :)) and it can be downloaded in two versions: PSD Download (7MB) and PNG Download (2,5MB) – after joining GREEN BULB GANG – under the main “Free downloads” page!.
It’s easy to use, just slip your photos behind the frames on the page! You can add title and some journaling to the front of the page and that’s it!
Weekend is here, so see ya on Monday when I’ll be featuring again new great designs created using my brushes!
S:)
P.S.: And our Green Bulb Gang Newsletter will come out on Monday too! Do not miss the special discount on Retro Swirls Photoshop Brushes set for all members! And one FREE SET – Swirls and Stars Photoshop Brushes set [ PREVIEW ]
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If you’re still not a Green Bulb Gang member just go to Downloads and follow the instructions. You’re welcome to join us!
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