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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Gang!
In case you did not notice, today is 9th of September 2009, or 09.09.09.
Now, how cool is that?
Some believe that 9 is the number of eternity. So, many decided to get married today for this symbolic reason.
Which brings me to Beatles. How? Well, not just because their fame is eternal, but also because they made a song called Revolution 9.
Did they want to tell us something with that number nine? Or with the word revolution? I don’t know. But I know that I made a pretty good shot of sunset yesterday and that I wanted to share it with you.
But not just the photo. I wanted to show you how to use Swirls Floral (42) Photoshop Brushes set and Good Old Snail Mail (28) Photoshop Brushes set to decorate a photo and make a postcard.
So, in this little graphic I decorated this sunset shot I took yesterday with Swirls Floral (42) Photoshop Brushes set and I made a postcard out of it using Good Old Snail Mail (28) Photoshop Brushes set.
I hope you like it and maybe it will give you some inspiration and ideas on how to use vectors and Photoshop brushes in your graphic design and scrap booking projects.
If you are interested to see more vectors and Photoshop brushes, there is a vast selection in my shop ->
And if you just can’t setlle for compromise then 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET is something you must see. (And not just because it’s your chance to get all of my brushes for 50% off the price).
Anyways, no matter what you use, brushes or vectors or both – never forget: have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
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Gang,
So many of you asked me about the download links from previous GBG eZines. So, I guess, this May/June edition will answer your questions.
This issue includes download links from previous issues.
Also, for those of you who are still considering becoming Graphics-Illustrations Facebook fans, here is what we prepared for you:
And this …
So, as I said before, May/June 2009 GBG eZine is out, this one contains download links from previous issues, a total of 12 FREE commercial use Photoshop brushes sets AND one brand new set.
That’s because I just need to give you something new in each issue of GBG eZine.
The new one is called Anniversaries!
It is totally free and comes with commercial use license too.
One last thing that comes in the latest edition of GBG eZine is one background. I called it Floral Green.
So, that’s all for today folks! I hope you will like it.
Have fun creating and don’t forget to give a hug to the first person you see. Tell ‘em I kindly asked you to do so, so you just had to :)
Love ya’ all!
Silvia
P.S.
And don’t forget to take a peek at my little Photoshop brushes shop!
In this shop you will find stuff that will:
1. make your design endeavors much much easier
2. guarantee fun while working in Photoshop (or GIMP or Paint Shop Pro :)) !
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We decided to split our GBG Newsletter in half, so the beginning of May was totally hectic as I needed to work on some new ideas. :)
Anyways, all is finished now, Newsletter is out and we decided not to brag about it anymore… ok, just a little bit:
The trees you see see in the background of this graphic are actually new free Photoshop brushes for GBG members. Of course, you are invited too :)
Remember Tammy’s email I was telling you about in the post Romantic? She really amazed us with her creativity. And guess what? Tammy did it again!
Boy, I think we should all learn from her. This time again, she used a brush from my Hearts Photoshop Brushes Set … and she made a label for the chocolate box that was a gift … anyways, here’s what she did and how she did it in her own words:
“We added some text and printed it on a full size sticker (available at office supply stores). We used the sticker as a label on a box (a circuit board had previously occupied the box!) We filled the box with green shredded paper, and chocolate covered strawberries, and it was delivered with a bouquet of balloons as a 17th birthday gift for Casie – my son Chase’s girlfriend.”
Now, that’s awesome!
Not just because Tammy expressed her creativity here, but also because it is really great when you give something that you made yourself. When the person who get’s the gift actually sees that you dedicated your time and prepared something special just for her. It is so much more than just hopping on to the store and buying it already wrapped up. (Unless, of course, it is a gift for a kid which is a different story … :)
Mmmmm…. strawberries in chocolate! :D
More and more of you are sending me emails, sharing your ideas and creativity and I am truly thankful for that. So, in this post I want to use the opportunity and present Nina.
Nina is a Filipino-American now living in Croatia and she used Photoshop Brushes for her Christian Paper Crafts Magazine. As you can see on her site, Nina too is very, very creative woman. Great work Nina! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us!
Gang, that’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed it! Love each other, hug each other and have fun creating!
Yours,
Silvia
P.S.
If these expressions of creativity tickled your imagination and you thought you’d like to do something like that yourself, then you will probably want to check 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET right here ->
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Gang!
What I’ve got here is something completely different. Something new. And one of those “how did I not think about this before!” things.
It’s useful for all of you who have photos of your friends, family, pets, photos from travel or important and not so important events.
So, if you don’t have any photographs, that’s fine, I respect that, but then it just might be a little harder to apply the brand new, amazing, one and only:
Photo Corners Photoshop Brushes set (20+20)
Yes, that’s right. Photo Corners. Great add-on decoration for your photos. Whether you are into scrapbooking, photography (especially wedding photography) or just a photographer enthusiast, these will come very handy and will add that final add-on to your photos to make them stand out and get the treatment they deserve. Whether it be photos of your parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, girlfriends, boyfriends … you name it.
So, as I said, there are 20 of them and then another 20 – inverse. It is a wide selection that should cover all of your photo corners needs.
[ PREVIEW PREMIUM edition ]
[ BUY PREMIUM brushes for $9.99 ]
As usual, I also prepared something to give away for free. A LITE version of 3 (+3 inverse) brushes.
[ PREVIEW LITE edition ]
[ DOWNLOAD Free LITE edition ] – 5 days subscription-free download is over now – Join Green Bulb Gang and download for free this and other FREE Photoshop Brushes sets, vectors, graphics and more!
What else to say?
Photoshop brushes Photo Corners are here for you to use them and enjoy them and create more great graphics.
Have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
If you want the PREMIUM 20+20 version of these brushes for FREE, go and get 24 Photoshop brushes set (800+ PREMIUM commercial brushes) for 1/2 the price and I will send you this one for free.
If you already purchased 24 Sets package just drop me a line and I will send you this one for free too :)
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It’s been a while. It’s been more than a while… but, hey, it’s August. :) Time to take it easy.
But, as we all know, this creative little being inside us just never rests. So, I could not resist any longer. Just had to sit by my PC (still can not afford Mac) turn it on and roll roll roll all night long.
And the following day. All this, to bring you today my latest “invention”
Photoshop Brushes – Signs (Floral, that is :))
So, here is what they look like:
As usual, these are available in two editions:
1. Free LITE Edition that contains 3 brushes (200px – 600px)
[ PREVIEW Free LITE Edition ] | [DOWNLOAD Free LITE Edition - After joining Green Bulb Gang]
2. And, as usual, here is the REAL DEAL, PREMIUM Photoshop brushes set that comes in two sizes.
- 20 brushes in 1000px – 1800px pixels brush size
- 20 in small sizes (approx. 200 – 800pixels)
[ PREVIEW PREMIUM Edition ] | [BUY NOW]
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Eh, one last thing. This is 23th brush in my collection. So, I thought, should you decide to go for the all-round package of 22 brushes, you’ll get this one (PREMIUM Edition) for free – in August only :)
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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 ]
P.P.S.
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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Gang,
I am totally overwhelmed seeing all that beautiful samples of your work with my brushes :)!
Today, we have interesting red-blue combination paper design (which one reminds me of Summer) with Swirls 2 Photoshop brushes set!
Lauren is Head/Senior Designer at Digital Scrapbook Place, and what’s really interesting – she is from New Zealand! Woohoo! The land of the Lord of the Rings! And far away …
And here it is, the whole “Afternoon Delight” set sample:
Just a few seconds ago, while writing this post I noticed that Digital Scrapbook Place is using Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes set (or maybe Vector Swirls Set, I’m not sure) in their header! That’s great!
Take a look at Laurin’s product gallery and, as always, have fun creating!
S*
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I’m on the Photoshoping spree these days! Ideas just pop-out. New shapes, new designs, new Photoshop brushes! But this time I am really really proud! You know, when you have this great photo or design idea, looks perfect in your head but then you need to put it on paper … ehm, screen?
And then, it just comes out the way you wanted it. Even better.
That’s exactly what I’m talking about. So, today, I proudly present you
Swirled Floral Photographic Edges
Set of 18 (quite complicated but beautiful) Photoshop brushes
As usual here is a small preview, LITE edition 4 of them for FREE (you don’t even have to join our Green Bulb Gang to get it, although you are invited :) ) [ PREVIEW ] I [ DOWNLOAD after joining! ]
And for those of you who just can’t go for compromises here is a PREMIUM edition, 18 of them!
I bet you already see them decorating your present and future projects.
[ PREVIEW ] I [ BUY PREMIUM EDITION ]
Buy a full version and get 18 of them Swirled Floral Photographic Edges – Photoshop brushes for $9.99. Apply these in your various design projects and I’m sure they’ll make you proud!
Of course, these come with commercial license! And of course, you can sell the designs you make with them!
Of course, they’re in Hi-res: 2012px – 2346px.
Yours,
Silvia
P.S.
I just realized that I was supposed to stress out the size of my brushes in previous posts. Especially after I learned that other sites brag about their 1300px Photoshop brushes. The smallest ones I made here are bigger than 2000px. So, why keep it a secret? :)
P.P.S.
KUBOTA SLOPPY BORDERS
Get over 125 Kubota Sloppy Borders in this fantastic border Pak.
From elegant thin borders, to eye-catching medium borders, to heavy borders for a bold statement, this Pak adds the finishing touch to your tweaks.
KUBOTA SLOPPY BORDERS have always been a favorite way to present images in the old days of film. But with digital, this cool retro look is much more difficult to achieve. Scaleable, snap them on inside or outside your image, and even change the border color to fit your image!
To create the Sloppy Borders, Kevin Kubota and Craig Strong, (of Strong Photography and Lensbaby, LLC) went into the darkroom and individually printed the borders, using a variety of filed out negative carriers (the traditional way). Then, they were scanned at high resolution, and digitally prepared for overlay on any image.
Excellent for online presentations or slide shows, this is the finishing touch Pak that will set your images apart from the rest.
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But your love is a secret that’s been passed around.
There is a silence that comes to a house
Where no-one can sleep.
I guess it’s the price of love; I know it’s not cheap
I’ll tell you about this scrap book set, but before that let me share some other thought with you. It’s about this song. Before proceeding, please, check that U2 video at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/v/UmgYzASFZPU (That’s when Bono calls the White House from the stadium.)
This song, makes me like, totally go crazy! I mean, I’m out of myself even today, after so many years listening to it … damn! They’re good!
Ultraviolet (Light my way) is the name of the song, it’s a love song (yes, once upon a time there were bands that actually made love songs), but if you listen to lyrics, very soon, you will realize how really really really COOL they are! Here is the link to Lyrics of Ultraviolet (Light My Way) on U2 Official Web Site –>
Anyway, Silvia prepared one really cool scrap booking set called “Grunge Love Set”(Hi-Res .jpg and .png format) so I thought I’d support this announcement with this, not just an ordinary song, this – Masterpiece of modern art! That’s what I’ve gotta say about it. Both, Silvia’s Set AND the Ultraviolet from U2. Same thing …
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Wedding is the occasion when we celebrate life. Marriage comes with love and love is power that gives sense to it all. Or, at least, that’s what I’d like to believe.
So, having this in mind I thought I’d make a compilation of brushes that contributes to this philosophy.
I bundled 4 of my Photoshop Brushes sets:
1. Hearts Photoshop Brushes Set, 32 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
2. Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes Set, 42 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
3. Swirled Frames Photoshop Brushes Set, 18 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
4. Swirled Corners Photoshop Brushes Set, 20 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
and I added one more set to the bunch:
5. Designs Photoshop Brushes Set, 30 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
and this made one huge set of 142 brushes that I decided to call “Wedding Brushes”.
I thought how handy could those be for a photographer or designer who’s involved in wedding occasions.
And then I got inspired for more brushes! Sat down and created 16 more of them. And they turned out well. Was very very pleased. See them here: new Floral Photoshop brushes! available in this pack only
And I added the new 16 Floral PS Brushes to the bundle. Now, it’s really huge package. 158 of them. (You can see them all by clicking on all those [preview] links up there.) See if you like them.
If you do like them, buy them. I sell the whole 158 Wedding Brushes package for $39.99. After getting this package – I don’t think you’ll need a new swirl or flower or heart or corner or similar shape shape any time soon.
If you like them but can’t afford, send me an email and we’ll work something out. I know how is it to be a struggling artist. I see one every morning in the mirror.
P.S.
No need to mention that all of them are compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.
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Hi Gang! It’s been a while and I feel totally bad about not writing for so long (5 days!). And many things have happened in the meantime.
We had technical issues with our WordPress blog, then we upgraded it to the latest 2.5 version, then we had some more technical issues – BUT it is all resolved now!!!! (Thank you Nickola from Siteground! You’ve been a great help and support in a tough times!)
So, we’re up and running again and it is my great pleasure to introduce our first guest writer:
Lauren from Creative Curio
Lauren has been in the graphic design industry since 2003 and currently runs Creative Curio, a graphic design focused blog. Scrapbooking has been her hobby since around the same time, and she loves this no-pressure creative outlet. Therefore, she didn’t think twice when we asked her if she would like to write about scrapbooking.
So, if you’d like to find out how was the scrapbook image above done check out Scrapboking tutorial: Children in Spring –> by Lauren from Creative Curio.
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So, you would like to print your own scrapbook that will be cool, unique and… huh, cool?
How would you like to make some cool graphics, merge them with some photos and print out as a scrapbook that will always remind you of some people or events?
Do you just feel you can’t afford to spend too much time working on it?
Well, let me tell you something. It took me one afternoon to do my Rovinj (Rovigno) scrap book. Rovinj is a small fisherman’s town in Croatia, at the coast of the Adriatic Sea. I decided that I want to have scrapbook of it, took one afternoon of and … voila! Here it is. Do I need to mention that I used my own brushes for it? (and of course my photos!)
Here is just a preview of the book and in next post I will briefly describe how it’s done. So, if I did it, I’m sure you can do it too. At home. Just using a printer, canvas paper, some textile, cork board, sea shells and a sponge. Nothing too sophisticated.
Photoshop brushes used for this book:
- Swirls (floral) Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Tatoo designs Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Simple custom Photoshop brushes set
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OK. Gang! I have two good news for today. Actually two really really GREAT news!
For the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day I have decided to reduce the prices of my most popular Photoshop brushes and keep them reduced until 28th of March. And yes, St. Patrick Day Photoshop brushes PREMIUM edition are on the list! (PayPal and Credit Card payments accepted!)
So, here are the most popular brushes that I put on sale today (12th of March 2008):
 | St. Patrick’s Day Photoshop brushes set Before: $9.99; Now: $5.99 |
 | Tattoo designs Photoshop brushes set (Photoshop 7.0 brushes, set of 30) Before: $9.99; Now: $5.99 |
 | Swirls Photoshop brushes set (Photoshop 7.0 brushes, set of 42) Before: $9.99; Now: $5.99 |
Enjoy!
P.S.
I am always happy to find out how people are using my brushes on their webs, blogs, squidoo lenses and so on…
Squidoo Magic just informed me that she used my St. Patrick-s Day Photoshop brushes to create St. Patrick’s day graphics on her blog. Check it!
And Shannon used my Grunge stars Photoshop brushes on her blog to create the Stars papers! Now that feels great! I tell you! As a creator of these brushes it means a lot! So, Squidoo Magic and Shannon I’m gonna put you on my “Hall of fame” list, I’m gonna place your links here, you’re gonna get exposure and you will be very glad that you informed me about the ways you use my Photoshop brushes. Now if those girls made such a great graphics with LITE version of the brushes, just imagine what can happen if you unleash your creativity with the PREMIUM versions of the brushes which are ON SALE NOW!
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Hi Gang,
A friend of mine who’s producing woman stockings asked me if I could do a photo session for her marketing campaign. Always being a good sport as I am, of course, I agreed.
So, here is one of the images I took that day. For the final touch, of course – I used my Photoshop brushes:
I hope you like it! If you created some artwork with Photoshop brushes let me know. The best two will be rewarded with one PREMIUM set of Photoshop brushes!
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Well, here in Croatia today was a last day for a tax reports. I thought again, when juggling with a papers today: why we are still using so much papers for something that is anyway, stored as a digital data?
Not to mention that, like always, all that bureaucracy made me mad; felt helpless, hopeless and defenseless. While waiting in the queue, I heard one guy talking to the office lady about his new born child. He was happy to announce that he has become a father for the first time, all proud and happy. Office lady talked to him about social security numbers, reports and all in all… that moment I felt like a slave. Real slave with an invisible number stamped on me right after my birth.
My government wants to keep me blissfully ignorant, half healthy half cozy. They want me quiet, servile and on the short and strong leash.
It wasn’t one of my happy days, nor mediocre (I don’t want to say bad or ugly!). But I managed somehow because it’s Fridayyyy!!!! So, for today I have grunge styled letters and numbers in a form of Photoshop 7 brushes set. Divided, as usually, in two editions:
- Lite edition grunge numbers Photoshop brushes numbers set (please, join GBG for free download) – numbers only (set of 10)
Grunge alphabet and numbers with swirls, Photoshop brushes set
- Covering standard Latin alphabet and decimal numbers from 0-9
- PC/Mac Compatible
- compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 (and newer versions)
- compatible with Photoshop Elements 3.0 and all newer versions
It will help you with:
- scrap books, quick pages
- greeting cards, birthday cards
- backgrounds
- computer desktop wallpapers
- photo album decorations
- let your imagination go wild from here…
For commercial use!
Click here for preview:
Have a nice weekend and make great graphics with these new brushes!
S*
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Yesterday, after discovering that AdToll thing, I found myself thinking about how this, this and this person can earn enough money from their blogs? They are actually living a great life only from money earned that way?
Look, this woman is even supporting her family with it! That’s the direction I’m going to. It takes long, but I’ll get there sooner or later.
Why does it take so long for me to do it? Maybe “give stuff for free” business model doesn’t really work? If you have an answer, let me know, will pay for profitable advice.
But that’s me. I can’t be johnchow or shoemoney or dooce. I’m just… Me.
So, today here’s the latest scrapbooking in form of digital scrapbooking – free download: Sepia. This is zipped .psd file (35MB) – 7,5×7,5 inches – 300pix/inch resolution. Every design element is on his own layer, so you can just replace my image with your and – that’s it!
Note: 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!
Elements used:
- Swirls floral brushes set (premium edition)
- Grunge paper (2 in pack)
- Hearts Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Simple custom Photoshop brushes set (free edition)
Love,
S
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P.S.
If you are into scrapbooking you will want to check out Digital Scrapbooking Source the site where you can find free scrapbook kits and everything that has anything to do with scrapbooking.
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