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Monday, March 18, 2013

8 Free Tumblr Soft Colors Backgrounds

Hey everyone, it's flippin Monday! Yeah! NOT! LOL

Oh, I don't like Mondays a whole heck of a lot but today, well...it's not as bad as usual. :)
And for my Tumblr People...it's gonna be a good Monday because I have something that should just brighten up your day....Backgrounds...now that is a shocker eh? LOL

Oh, but I have the Bomb Backgrounds today, yep, yep, yep.

These are from my Tumblr Soft Collection, I love the Colors of these. I tried to keep it simple since I know that's what you like best.  There are 8 backgrounds here and they come  in one size 1680x1050But if you need it smaller you  can download my Tumblr Resizer Action for Photoshop HERE.

To Download the Backgrounds as a set just click the download button under the preview image. Or you can download them individually by clicking on the image you want , Right click and Save As.Preview opens at 1680x1050. 


Make sure you change the following line in your Tumblr Custom HTML:  
top left fixed repeat  to this  top left fixed no-repeat

If you need help with adding a background Follow this link.

Enjoy!

 As always, my Tumblr backgrounds are FREE to download and use as you wish just don't claim unless you change them. :) 







Tumblr Soft Colors background Pink


Tumblr Soft Colors background Purple blue


Tumblr Soft Colors background green


Tumblr Soft Colors background orange


Tumblr Soft Colors background rust


Tumblr Soft Colors background purple


Tumblr Soft Colors background yellow


Tumblr Soft Colors blue

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

5 Free Spring Canvas Textures

This is the last one from my Spring Collection tonight, and it's a good one....

These are my Spring Canvas Textures and they are a large 3888x2592. The textures were created in CS6 and there are 5 in this set. You can download them individually also by clicking on the texture you want and then Right Click and Save as.

My Spring Canvas Textures are FREE for you to Download and use as you wish.
Personal and Commercial use are OK


Be Creative.




green canvas

blue canvas

yellow canvas

pink canvas

purple canvas







5 FREE Spring Flower Photoshop Brushes plus Cutouts



Here are a few Spring cuties I made today... I think you will like them.

You can get the Brushes and the cutouts as a set or you can download the brushes by themselves if you like just follow the links below.

The cutouts and Brushes were created in CS6. When you download the set you will get the Photoshop Brushes in .ABR format and the Cutouts are in .PSD format. The PSD will look just like the preview image here but it will include all the layers for you, including the stem/ribbon and the background along with the flowers.

These Photoshop Brushes and Cutouts are FREE for you to download and use as you wish. 
Personal and Commercial use OK.

So have fun, be creative.















5 FREE Spring Grunge Textures

Spring is almost here and I just could not be any happier about it. Maybe some warm weather might bring me out of this stupid funk I have been in....Geesh! :)

And the week is finally half over, another big YEAH! LOL
Hope ya all are doing well and taking good care of yourselves.

I have some Springy Grungy stuff for you tonight. LOL
 
My Spring Grunge Textures are a large 3888x2592, they were created in CS6 and there are 5 Textures in this set. You can download them individually too if you want, just click on the texture you want and the right click and save as. If you want the set click on that download button right under the preview image.

As always, they are FREE for you to download and use as you wish.
Personal and Commercial use OK.

Be Creative. Enjoy.



yellow texture

 
pink texture


purple texture


aqua texture


blue texture




 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Resources I use as a Photographer

Resources are so much fun for me to make for you, I really love Photoshop and creating things just makes me smile. However, I am first a photographer which is where most of my resources start.
Along this Photographers Journey I have been on, I have been asked a very consistent question...

What resources do you use as a Photographer?

So tonight I am going to tell you, give away my secrets so to speak but they are not really my secrets, they actually belong to some very helpful and creative people that make my job a hell of a lot easier.

First of all, the only resources I ever use on my own work are Photoshop actions, I have thousands of them and that is no joke. Out of those thousands, I use a hand full regularly and now I will share which ones those are.

Let me start with a before shot of my Mikey and I will use his photograph throughout this review to make things easier.



As you can see he is just a beauty to begin with. LOL
But it only gets better from here...

Now, I won't offer download links, instead I will direct you to their websites where you can find the resources that I am reviewing here. 
These are not direct Downloads as some are Free and some are not. 


The first Actions in my line up are from the one and only....

MCP Actions


I must make something clear here, I love every single one of Jodi's Actions, there are just too many to list here but her MCP Blog it Boards, they save my butt daily and the two Actions above are just a couple that I seem to favor.

Visit MCP Actions



Next up, Florabella, now I have to admit, I have just recently tried her actions for the first time but I am impressed to say the least....check these out...

 Florabella Collection

Just lovely and as I try more of her actions I will let you know what I think.

Visit Florabella Collection



Next on this list is Mr. Kubota, how could I have a list without him? I use Kubota Actions a lot but again there are too many to list here so I will share the one I use like..... ALL the time.


These actions are just so quick and simple and I love using them, he really designs these resources with us in mind.

Visit Kubota Image Tools



The above are actions that I adore and use often but the the next two are a part of my everyday workflow no matter what, in some way shape or form I end up using them....

Ginnie Photography...


I just love it, love it , love it!

Visit Ginnie Photography



The last action on my list but not even the least because I use this next one every single time I process a photograph and its my absolute favorite because it is so versatile and easy to use.

Seim Effects


I have tried soooo many actions and no matter what it always comes back to Seim Effects
It's the softness, the color, the way his actions give your work that edge and the ease of using them. 
His resources are my absolute favorite.

Visit Seim Effects

Preview image is used with MCP Print it Board

So there you have it....the cat is out of the bag.  LOL
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

5 Free Dream Textures

I have a new set of textures here for you, these are from my Dream collection.
You could use these for just about anything, they will work great as backgrounds, wallpaper, scrap booking paper and they are wonderful on photographs. See example at the bottom of this post.

The textures are a large 3888x2592 and they are in JPG format. I created them in CS6.

You can download them as a set bellow or individually by right clicking on the texture you want and then save as.

My Dream Textures are free to download and use as you wish.
Personal and Commercial use OK.

Be Creative! Enjoy!





Dark+brown

cream

red-brown

light+brown

reddish-brown




 Example of Textures used on photograph of my Mikey.



Tuesday, March 5, 2013

8 Free Fantasy Stock Images

Hello, hello, hope you are all doing wonderful.

Tonight I have some stock images I would like to share with you. They could be used as backgrounds or wallpaper also, whatever you want I suppose.

All 8 images are in PNG format and they are a large 3888x2592 so they should work for just about any project you have going.

You can download them as a set or you can get them individually by Right Clicking the image you want and then Save As. Preview will open at 3888x2592.

These images are FREE for you to download and use as you wish.

Personal and Commercial use OK.



Hope you like them. Be creative. Enjoy!





starry night

colorful moon

sun through blue clouds

sun through the clouds

blue peurple clouds with stars

foggy blue purple clouds

reddish clouds

blue clouds