Final Post for Steampunk Month!

Hi, all. It's about 11:30 here on a Sunday morning, and I'm relaxing and thinking about our new month just around the corner.
In our final tribute to this month's theme over at Gingersnap Creations, we offer 3 different sets with an edge on travel, steam style.
It's been a lot of fun, following along and keeping with our theme. I'm almost sad to let it go for a while. But, with so many new ideas, themes and fun projects to inspire me always coming to the fore in our blogosphere, I'm guaranteed of a good time year round even without Steampunking it up.
Time to bid adieu to Mona and her fab getup. We may see her lurking here a time or three before the year's end, just maybe not attired in so steam powered a manner. I love goofing on Mona! Hope you do too. ;)
Below, you'll note that, as before in our series, we've included more than one format to choose from. Our PNG sets are for strictly digital use (although they may still print, who can say), while our JPG Downloads are more easily accessed for hands-on style uses. 
Those of you who are new to us may wish to note here how our display versions (the ones you see here) are not only inferior to those Downloads available, but they aren't even print-worthy. We like to urge our readers always to choose for the higher quality versions we offer. This means you'll not only get the clarity of our best versions, but you hopefully won't be disappointed, either.
We generally set to scan at 300dpi, while the display versions on our blog are generally set at 96dpi (or our shorthand for it, "96PX"). This is calculated to make certain we aren't using too many KBs of our online storage.  Just a general heads-up so everyone will be on the same page.
Hope you're having a grand time Steampunking it with us. I've personally had enough fun to want to play with our Steampunk style all year long.
Happy Creativity!
Rose

NOTE:
These sets was not pre-packaged when we found them. In fact, it took weeks of searching and then processing and cleaning up to make of these sets our finished products.
We would never sell anything which you, our guests, had not given us permission to sell, and we ask that that same courtesy be given to us in return.
Otherwise, a theft would occur, or friends part ways. These sets may not seem all that valuable, but they do belong to our Studio, in that they were processed for months before being offered here for your use.
Free of charge.
Please be mindful of others' copyrights.
Thank you.


Steampunk Travel Sets

Set One

Download PPSDigiScrap™ 12" by 12" PNG Version HERE

Download Regular Set in JPG format HERE

Set 2

Download Digital PNG Format Version HERE

Download Print Version JPG HERE

Set Three

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download Print Version JPG HERE

Credits: Images--Public Domain
Altering of same--PPS



Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our fiddling) from
the New york Public Library at nypl.org
Also, Wikimedia Commons

New! Collage Background Freebie--Steampunk Style!

Winding up our month of fun with the Gingersnap Creations theme of Steampunk, we now include a brand new background for you.
This one we hope will bring a smile. And isn't it just right for layering, glazing, playing around with? Just enough room for playing with the theme your own way.
We doctored it a bit, starting with a change-up to its colorway, then added our own brand of fun to the overall theme using a few of the Digital Brushes from our favorite freebie brush site, Obsidian Dawn.
Below, you'll find our example, set at 96 dpi (digital pixels/ inch). For those of you new to the scene around here, you may want something a little finer in quality than this example. For that, you've only to click on the word "HERE" next to the phrase including "Download" in order to find the same artwork for your use at 300dpi instead. The difference is essential, especially once the work is in process.
Those of you used to the routine--you know what the difference is, don't you? ;)
Happy Creativity!
Rose

NOTE:
Due to the nature of the content of this collage background, it is not copyright free.
Please be aware that to sell it, even if you update it or make it more snazzy or fancy, that to do so would infringe international copyright laws.
Thank you. 


Collage Background: "Steampunk Airship Show"

Downloadable Version HERE

Primary Image (prior to much fiddling by us)

Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Final Three Days For the Gingersnap Creations Steampunk Express! (with correction for download Set 3)

Our post today is all about inventors of the past and those inventions they offered the world. Included are some hopefully new ways for us to play around in this month's theme of Steampunk.  Also, those with digi capabilities may want to look for a few digi stamps in some places on the sheets below. Our inspiration started with  Gingersnap Creations designating all of the month of July as steam powered by design. This got followed by some fun over at The Three Muses, and with us discovering the wonderful land of Dezinaworld.
Needless to say, it's been a busy month, packed with so many creative new ideas coming to us from friends, it's enough to get me going all year long!
This weekend will be our last chance for the month long celebrating we've come to enjoy. So we're pulling out all the stops through the weekend with more Steampunk fun than you can shake a stick at.
Our readers will find at least two more offerings in the next two days. Hope you all will like what you see!
Meanwhile, as plans are going forward for the many holidays upcoming, along with school being in session in most places once more, there'll be more non-steamy additions to this collection here shortly.
For more in our Steampunk collection of imagery, you can go HERE.
Let's make it a Steam Powered weekend!
Happy Creativity!
Rose

NOTE:
The following sets were not pre-packaged when we found them. In fact, it took weeks of searching and then processing and cleaning up to make of these sets our finished products for your use.
Our sources are many and varied. It takes time to do just the right searching for just the right item, while making certain that each item is in the Public Domain, or legally free to be used.
Sometimes, our researches take us into dangerous areas, where we find our laws confusing, to say the very least.
that being said---
we would never sell anything which you, our guests, had not given us permission to sell, and we ask that that same courtesy be given to us in return.
Otherwise, a theft would occur, or friends part ways. This may not seem all that valuable an item, but it does belong to our Studio, in that it was processed for months before being offered for your use.
Free of charge.
Let's keep it free.
(This would not apply to any use of a single item or several scattered items form these particular sets. Please do not re-package anything you find here as your own kind of set.)
Please be mindful of others' copyrights.
Thank you.


Steampunk Inventions Sets

Set 1

Download 12" by 12" PNG Digi Version HERE

Download 12" by 12" Print Version (for those with that capability) HERE

Set 2

Download Digital PNG Version HERE

Download Print Version HERE

Set 3

Download Digital PNG Version HERE

Download Print Version HERE

Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our fiddling) from
the New york Public Library at nypl.org
Also, Wikimedia Commons

Steampunk Extravaganza Part 2: "Gents"

Well, as promised, here are those gents and their fun bits of ephemera for you to reassemble at will.
I have a special fondness for our fellow with his arms crossed, looking so stern! He deserves to get himself a new  steam powered 'do, wouldn't you agree? We offer him both ways: rough cut or refined--take your pick! ;)
And dig those racy Steampunk "rollerblades"!!!!! Ahead of their time or what?
And, as was mentioned here previously, we've begun factoring in a few PNG format pics for the Digi crowd, along with our usual Hands-On print versions in JPG format. You can look for us to continue in the same vein whenever time allows.
Digiscrappers, you get one whole set to yourselves. But I think you may find our other PNG offerings to be just as diverting and easy to use.
We'd like to thank our inspiration for this month's theme, the wonderfully talented people of Gingersnap Creations, along with our equally creative friends over at The Three Muses for starting us on our month-long (but near at an end!) journey through the fascinatingly funky world of Steampunk!
Please do remember to give us credit when using any of our offerings. Thank You.
Also, do let us know what you are doing with those items offered--we might post a few words about your work here and link with you in our shared effort. Remember--it's all Free here at PPS!
For more Steampunk items, please check out our Steampunk Category HERE. And thanks for stopping by!
Happy Steampunk creativity, all!
Rose

NOTE:
These sets were not pre-packaged when we found them. In fact, it took weeks of searching (also scanning) and then processing and cleaning up to make these sets our finished products for your use.
We already did the work for you, taking time to painstakingly research copyrights and processes first.
We would never sell anything which you, our guests, had not given us permission to sell, and we ask that that same courtesy be given to us in return.
Otherwise, a theft would occur, or friends part ways. This may not seem all that valuable an item, but it does belong to our Studio, in that it was processed for months before being offered for your use.
Free of charge.
Let's keep these sets free.
Please be mindful of others' copyrights.
Thank you.


Steampunkery Gents Sets

PPSDigiScrapPak™ Set

Download the 12" by 12" Digital PNG HERE

Download 12" by 12" JPG Printable (for those with that print capability) HERE

Set 2

Download Digital PNG Version HERE

Download JPG Printable Version HERE

Set 3

THIS SET PULLED FOR REPAIR

We hope to repost it after the first of the year.

Thank You for your patience. 

Download Digital PNG Version 

Download JPG Print Version 

Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our fiddling) from
the New york Public Library at nypl.org
Also, Wikimedia Commons

It's a Steampunk Digiscrap Extravaganza!

Have you been "Steampunked" like our Mona Lisa? If not, you're in very good company, as you can see by our new sets below.
You know how much I dearly love my Steampunk. And this month's fun theme, provided by Gingersnap Creations, followed by us here along with all our good friends over at The Three Muses, has given us such a grand time of it, it's hard to stop!
This afternoon's post is all about our theme, and it's jam packed with sprockets/cogs, ladies and their "unmentionables" plus footwear (as with Steampunk fun, a girl can never have enough pairs of shoes!). And all our elements are ready to be played with in Steampunk style!
We plan an alternate route for the Gents next time, but today it's Ladies Only! ;)
Digi artists will find plenty to do, while our Hands-On crowd will likewise find a whole host of things worth playing with. For Digi, you can download any of the PNG files offered. For Hands-On product, please make certain to download only a JPG version of each of your choices. 
If you happen to be a new visitor, we highly recommend visiting our entire Steampunk category, found HERE.
Look out! Because from now until month's end, we intend playing with this theme each day. Hopefully, we'll have time for a regular post or two. But for now, we'll call it good while it's all about the steam! (And doesn't the lady with the feather boa look pretty much like a deer caught in the headlights?LOL)
:)
Happy Creativity!
Rose

Steampunk Ladies Sets

Download Sheet One PNG HERE

Download Sheet One JPG HERE

PPSDigiScrapPak™ "Steampunkery Ladies" 12" by 12"

Download PPSDigiScrapPak™ PNG (for Digi artists) HERE

Download 12" by 12" (for those with that printer format capability) Print Version HERE

Set 3

Download Digi Version (no background) PNG HERE

Download Collage Printable Version HERE

Extra Image Pair

(Sorry-No PNG to this one)

Downloadable Print Version HERE

Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our fiddling) from

the New York Public Library at nypl.org

Also, Wikimedia Commons

You are free to:

use the above images in artwork for fun or profit.

You are not free to:

repackage them in any way for sale.

Please respect our gift for the public's use, including the time, money and effort that went into making these images available and ready for use.

Thank you.

  

Just for Fun: Beauty & the Beast ColorMe™ Page

Good Morning, all! It's about 9:30 here at the Studio, and it's time to take a wee break from our month-long Steampunk theme. I'm ready to bring out the colored pencils for this one myself!
Isn't our heroine's expression sweet? And isn't her un-beasted beast a handsome gallant? They're gazing at one another with such tenderness (ah!--young love!). And the garden is so pleasant, it's the perfect backdrop for the scene.
I just love this whole illustration. It came to us in our wanderings over at Wiki Commons, but required a little bit of work before it could be usable for most kids. It's been resized for print, cleared up, and refined a tad bit, just for fun. Hope you'll enjoy its look like I do.
Now. Time for my morning perusal of the yard and garden......
Happy Coloring!
Rose

PPS ColorMe™ Page: Beauty & Her Prince

Downloadable Version HERE

Image (prior to much fiddling by us)

Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Steampunk ATC Background Freebies

Here's more Steampunk for you today!
This time, we did a shrink-to-fit job with our earlier post's image to make a set of 4 ATC Backgrounds.
Time to have some fun arting them up for trading!
Happy Creativity!
Rose

Steamy ATC Background Set

Downloadable Print Format Version HERE

All Digital Brushes this post: Obsidian Dawn

Map image courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Fiddling Courtesy PPS

You are free to:

make art for fun with our ATC backgrounds

You are not free to:

repackage them for sale in any way.

Please respect our gifts for the public's use.

(Also, with ATCs, there are no sales, as they are meant to be traded, and never sold)

Thank you

Collage Freebie: "Steampunk Travelog: France"

If there's one thing I love, it's a good theme. This month, our main theme has been Steampunk, with all of its different flavors. This was due to the wonderful world of Gingersnap Creations, their teaming up with Dezinaworld, and then still more fun with our friends over at The Three Muses. 
My copyrights apply to this post, as do those of the digital brush designers of Obsidian Dawn. Please credit us both if you plan to show and/or make anything for sale using either of the items in this post. That's Fair Use at work!
Thank you.
Needless to say, our glasses are all steamy owing to all the doings, and our accessories are now elegantly rusted and/or cogged, and even steam powered!
And, with but a few days remaining in which to dabble in our favorite color scheme, how can we resist posting along the same lines yet again? 
I mean, it's too fun to stop!
Hate Steampunk's look and theme? (I shudder to think!) fear not, good reader! For we'll be shortly back to normal, posting many more items which cannot be said to fall under the same heading. ;)
Once again, you have your choice of ways to go here. Our Digi crowd likes everything borderless, while the Collage Printables crowd prefers a wee bit of wiggle room for their home print setup.
Please look for the "PNG" feature, if you're into Digi, and for "JPG" if you're into Printables.
Happy Steampunk Crafting!
Rose

Collage Freebie

Steampunk Travelog: France

Downloadable 300dpi PNG format Version HERE

Downloadable Print 300dpi JPG (has borders all 4 sides) Version HERE

All Digital Brushes this post: Obsidian Dawn

Map image courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Altered and painted upon for you by PPS

NEW! Steampunk Digi Air Travel Set!

Oh, so much fun! As we enjoy our countdown towards August, we thought we'd add some more funk to the old Steampunk theme via the two new sheets below. (Don't forget to check out all the fun with this month's theme of Steampunk over at Gingersnap Creations!! Lots more to do there!!)
Both are reformatted for more fun--meaning, each one may be used 2 different ways!
That's right!
So our 12" by 12" Digiscrap set will download as a PNG, or as a printable JPG--take your pick!
And our 8.5" by 11" set comes the very same way! Just click on your chosen format's link (either transparent PNG or regular printworthy JPG) and download!
Hope you'll enjoy these new pages and find many ways of using each image.
You can find our entire Steampunk category HERE.
;)
Happy Steampunk Month Creativity!
Rose


P.S. And, yes, we sepia toned a Rousseau as part of the 12" by 12".
(For those less familiar with the works of Rousseau, it's the second one down, far left.)

Steampunk Dirigibles Sets

12" by 12" Scrapper Set

Downloadable PNG (no background for the Digi crowd) HERE

Downloadable 12" by 12" Printable (for those with such printer capabilities) JPG HERE

8.5" by 11" Set

Downloadable  PNG (no background-for the Digi crowd) HERE

Downloadable JPG Version HERE

(Yes!!! Finally, Docs let us upload these for you!!!!!)

Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our fiddling) from

the New York Public Library at nypl.org

Also, WIkimedia Commons

You are free to:

use these in art for fun or profit, provided you will credit back to us with a link (thank you!)

You are not free to:

Repackage these for sale in any way.

Please honor our gift to the public by keeping them free for use.

Thank you!

Our Banner

This is the final week of our fun with the  Gingersnap Creations July theme of Steampunk, so we thought we'd go for it all the way! You may recall we also were a part of the "I've been Steampunked!" challenge over at The Three Muses a couple of weeks ago, during which I came up with our Steampunked Mona. It was then decided to recreate her, just for this occasion, in a new header or banner. So look for her to stay up for a little while.

Just a note, for those curious as to where the Possum Self Portrait Artist has gone. She and her two friends will be back again soon, rest assured.

Back to Steampunking around!

Rose

NEW Accessory Paks for Steampunkers

What a wonderful whirl through the world of Steampunk we are having this month! Thanks to the great people over at Gingersnap Creations, there's more to do this month in our genre than we had ever dreamed possible! I almost don't want it to end. ;)
Again, we feature both Collage Printable and DigiScrap versions along the same theme.
First is our PPS DigiScrapAccessoryPak™, packed with the details no one scrapping and Digi Altering should be without. We've got doodads, we've got wingdings, and even a fresh start on our theme a little bit. Following that, you'll find there are 2 (yes--count 'em!!--two) Printable Sheets for our errant Collage Art visitors.
Gotta tell ya--this one's so fun I wanted to stop working and just play with it all day long!
Hope you'll find loads of things, both new and old, to do with our Pak.
Go HERE for more of our entire Steampunk category, wherein you'll find lots more to choose from!
Pip-pip, cheerio, and Happy Creativity, eh wot?(Couldn't resist--it is an old map of London we're using this time, after all!)
Rose

PPS DigiScrapAccessoryPak™: Cogged Gems & Fancy Frames

Downloadable 12" by 12" png formatted Version HERE

Collage Printable 8.5 " by 11" "Cogged Gems" Accessory Set 1

Downloadable Version HERE

Collage Printable  8.5 " by 11" "Cogged Gems" Accessory Set 2

Downloadable Version HERE

Digital Brush Credits:

Obsidian Dawn.

And, over at Brusheezy, Hawksmont, and SummerAir

Images used courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Fiddling, rearranging, and general creative nonsense courtesy PPS

You are free to:

make artwork using any of the above images for either fun or profit

You are not free to:

Repackage any and/or all of them for sale.

Please respect the gift we've made for the public's use.

Thank you.

Steampunked Digi Scrap Freebies!!!

More Steampunk fun for our Gingersnap Creations friends and others loving July's theme!!!
Don't worry, dear reader, if you are one of the many without any desire to scrap using our images. This time, we offer our newest ways of Steampunking around in 2 versions, Digi Scrap style as well as Collage Printable style.

Please read the red letter Guidelines at the foot of this pos. Thank you.


While you're here, you may want to take a gander at our other offerings within this theme or its color way. Try clicking HERE for our selected goodies.


I'm loving this one! Look at the yummy frames, with all their many details!
Digiscrappers may be pleased to note we offer our Frames set in png format for greater ease of use. That means, no background, only transparency. Hope these'll keep you busy scrapping via digital means!!
And it's all FREE!
So Happy Creativity, everybody!
Gotta scoot--another of our electrical storms seems about to brew into a real danger for the studio's computer!!!

Rose

PPS DigiScrapTrioPak™: "Cog City Steampunkery"

Downloadable (png formatted for Digi Scrapping) Frames Set HERE

Digi Background Sheet
12" by 12"
Downloadable Version HERE

"Cog City" Background (for both Digiscrap and Collage)
10" by 10"
Downloadable Version HERE

Collage Printable Frame Set

Downloadable Version HERE

(Prints reformatted as 8.5" by 11" page)

Collage Printable Cogged Frames Set 2

Downloadable Version HERE

Digital Brusheezy Brush Credits: Obsidian Dawn, Nadine Pau, Krakograff, Punksafetypin, gojo23, alex dukal, Inobscuro (could not find Inobscuro's work there anymore--anybody know where they are?)

Nineteeneightyseven. 

You are free to:

use the above embellished frames in artwork for the fun of it.

You are not free to:

sell them.

Why?

Answer:

They have images in them which have special licenses. Also, we've created them for your use.

We appreciate being given credit for the work that's already been achieved.

Please respect others' copyrights.

Thank you.

Credits for images

Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our work) from
the New york Public Library at nypl.org
Also, Wikimedia Commons

Plush Page Frames: Celtic Knotwork Beauties

It's not yet 9:00 AM here in the Studio,  and I'm in love with this morning's post! Haven't even had my breakfast yet, and I'm ready to rhumba! 
And aren't they something? I love every color! And the possibilities seem endless for what they may be used with. Dig the wee lizards at the bottom whose tails become entwined! And I really like that title space at center near those lizards.
I am very interested in dragons, dragon stories, and any ancient references that I can find about them.
I've posted them at "XLarge" size here so you can really see every detail before making your choice.
So, without further ado (partly 'cause my bran flakes are calling me!LOL), here they are.
Happy Creativity!
Rose

Celtic Knotwork Page Frames

"Tara Wine"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Peat Bog"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Erin"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Galway Bay"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Deirdre's Sorrows"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Twilight Heather"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Dragon's Blood"

Downloadable Version HERE

"Scriptorium Ink"

Downloadable Version HERE

Original Antique Image used courtesy WIkimedia Commons

Much Fiddling and Creative Mayhem courtesy PPS