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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UPDATE January 28th 2008: Illustrator Swirls symbols CS version available for download! Yet another addition to Illustrator freebies section!
If you plan to make swirls illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, subscribe to my newsletter and get this free set. It will definitely come very handy and useful.

In combination with Adobe Illustrator floral Symbols it will make a perfect swirls resource for your digital scrapbooking, holiday cards or other designs.
At this moment I’m preparing a sequel to my swirls tutorial. The next part will show you some more techniques on the topic – so stay tuned!
Love,
S :)
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Create a new file 5″ x 7” at 300pix/inch in RGB mode. Color the background layer with a blue linear gradient.

Draw some basic tree shape or use my “tree.eps“. Place the “tree.eps” as “smart object”.

Copy it (CTRL+J on PC or Cmd+J on Mac) as much as you want – resize it and plant it all over your Christmas card.

You can resize it freely because it’s vector format and it will not loose a bit on quality.

Color them in different tones of white and blue to create an illusion of depth, 3rd dimension.

Create a new layer (CTRL+Shift+N on PC or Cmd+Shift+N on Mac), use snowflake brush from brush set “Grunge Snowflakes Brush” – spread snowflakes in different sizes all over the background.

Color the layer with the snowflakes with “Gradient Overlay” from white to approx 45% of cyan.

Now you can write “Merry Christmas” or “Happy New Year” and Christmas card is finished!

… or if you don’t feel like going through all this but would like to use this file for your needs – download the original file for less than $1 :)
Cheers!
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One last post from our old apartment. That really makes me happy! I work at nights here because day’s here are … un-inspiring – least to say.
Can’t wait to sit on the huge terrace of our new apartment on the top of the building. Too bad the winter is coming so the joy will not be a complete one.
So, for today, something completely different! Floral doodle brushes! (set of 42, high res: 313-2465px) Combined with the instructions for use that also come in this blog – it should not be to difficult for you guys to start making more beautiful graphics!
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Love,
S :)
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UPDATE: February 2nd, 2008: Photoshop swirls brushes – Photoshop 7.0 available for download!
New free Photoshop brush set is here! Swirls, set of 10 high res (2217 – 2500pix). –>Subscribe to my newsletter and download Swirls brushes (20MB)<–

My site has been reviewed by Jeremy Steele. Thanks J! There’s more work to be done on my blog, I know.
I know I need to improve blog design and I don’t have any ideas what to do with the language problem!
I’ll write more soon!
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Leaves are turning yellow and gold,
in the shadow of a tree it’s cold,
although it’s a sunny day
this year is getting old”
Am I good or what?! :-P Just kidding. But the wind blows. Fall disguised the town. A genuine Autumn. The one that includes yellow pumpkins in the field that I can not see because I live in a city and all I see from my window is more concrete buildings that surround us. But, at least i can imagine what it looks like somewhere in the country right now.

Last decade, although it was never even un-official holiday, a number of Croatian population celebrates Halloween. Conservative part of our population is against that new tradition because of the official religious catholic holiday All Saints, that takes place at 1st of November day when people pay visit to cemeteries and remember their friends and relatives that are no longer with us.
31 of October and 1st of November, collision between religion and tradition on one side and new “imported” habits on the other side. And some say that Halloween is nothing but a consumers society festival… Anyways, I would prefer to have holiday every day :) as long as it makes people happy and not frustrated.
So, after scary and bloody T-Shirt accompanied by Trick or Treat bag that I made with my own custom made unique Photoshop brushes I made a set of Halloween Photoshop brushes.
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Awww! My good mood spreads all around!
Two days ago thanks to my net-surfing-craziness I found this great web site called redbubble.
I just love this community because I can create T-Shirts and Greeting Cards out of my work, not just the simple “stock images”! And, I really love the T-Shirt idea!
Imagine this: after only day and a half, my image made it to the front page (that is the one with the strawberry and honey)! Oooo, I’m so happy! You can check my gallery there if you like…
Well, ok. Enough words for today. More about other happy details can be red on my 404039 blog!
To keep the promise, today I present the brand new Photoshop brushes set for download. Brush corners. Hand made :) set of 40 (high res, 440 to 2120 pix)

Love!
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This Monday came fast. Today, here in Croatia, it’s our Independence Day.
Last Friday, half of the city left their jobs earlier because people here just love the looong weekends! Also, almost everyone owns something at the coast (house, cottage, apartment…) or has someone in a family who owns something at the coast :-P
Since I didn’t leave the city this time, I went to the nearest wood looking for some wild chestnuts. I didn’t find much but I collected some wood leaves and here’s today’s brush collection: Wood Leaves – set of 26. (Google can read it as: Download Free Photoshop Brushes: Wood Leaves) High resolution Photoshop brushes, sizes from 465 to 2450.
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Love,
S
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P.S.: Where did I collect tree leaves? In and around Zagreb (Croatia)!
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I’m so tired today, the fog covered the city (Zagreb) and the moisture is really high.
Anyway, I feel like I have to brag! My dear cousin, Davor Vrankic, the one and only Croatian artist in the Museum Of Modern Art is moving to the USA for a year or two! He is really a great artist. Here in Croatia he is almost totally unknown. It’s so sad. I think, it’s because of the small population size (funny: all Croatian people can fill only the half of the NY city :) and just imagine the number of the art consumers here? Maybe 16 or 23. He had no chance to be discovered here.
I’ve just found out that the last years article claimed that Davor is a Yugoslavian artist! Ha-ha! Funny! Yugoslavia doesn’t exist for more than 10 years! C’mon guys! He is from Croatia!
More about Davor can be found –> here <–
OK. For today I prepared a theme named “grass”. Photoshop brushes, of course. Just a plain grass :). Here’s the link where you can download the Grass Photoshop brushes set for free! (Note for a Google: Download Free Photoshop Brush – Grass)
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Love!
Ps: I’ve waited for more than 2 hours for my husband to check my blog post grammar because he was sitting in front of the TV, watching „the SOCCER game“.
Our best (at the moment) national soccer team Dinamo just won the game vs. Ajax (Netherlands)… and everyone here in Croatia is HILARIOUS about it!
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