For the Harvest: a Free Illustration

A Free Harvest Graphic of Old Alsace

Isn't this an interesting taste of the world's past? Most people were farmers only a century or two ago. Then heavy industry was introduced, and mining became more of a concern so that metals could be had for the use of industrial machines. (This led to more coal mining, as well)

We have mainly forgotten some of the simpler joys of bringing our harvest in from the fields, as a personal "harvest" would appear to happen nearly every time that there is a new paycheck.

I respect the farming peoples of the world, as I do all working men and women. This old print will hopefully teach us a little history about the region of Alsace, along with their harvesting season. The woman with the rake is a favorite of mine, yet they all look interesting to me.

Alsace would later become a hotly contested area during two World Wars, during which times much history was lost due to the vagaries and ugliness of war.

Let's bring our Harvest in today with love and concern for our neighbors! And let's share the bounty with those less fortunate than ourselves as well.

Happy Harvest Creativity everybody!

PPS™Harvest Ephemera: Old Alsace

Download HERE

Display Copy 

(lower resolution than the download, unsuitable for printing)

You are free to:

use this graphic or illustration in art 

for either fun or for profit.

Let's allow free things to remain free!

Thank you.

Free Nautilus Graphics

PPSDigiScrap™ Nautilus Image for Digital or for Print

Visitors can expect the Purple Set tomorrow or the next day.

This entire project began with a set of backgrounds, each one in a different color. From Wet Sand and Coral to Aquamarine, each one has a different tone or quality. For the Background Set, which comes in 2 sizes, you can go HERE.

For a few ideas for the new Oceanic Beauty Set, you can go HERE.

The Accessories for this entire Set come in different colors as well. This will hopefully allow guests to either match or contrast, and to play with color! That is the beauty of free images, after all.
Please read all red letter guidelines and credits below our images. Thank you.

So here is the Nautilus Shell Set, ready to be used in either Digital or Adhesive creative techniques. It is hoped that this set will become useful for artists who are interested in this Oceanic Beauty style and theme.
Happy Creativity!

PPSDigiScrap™ Nautilus Graphics

Download Digi PNG version HERE

Download For Print JPG HERE

Display Copy

(unsuitable for printing)

You are free to:

make artwork for fun or for profit with any of these images.

You are not free to:

sell any of the above images as they are.

The original image is in the Public Domain.

Let's allow free things to remain free!

Thank you.

More Free Oceanic Beauty Accessories

Oceanic Accessories in 3 Colors

These were created to match and blend or even contrast with the backgrounds and other Accessory Sets, some of which will soon be offered here at the Studio's blog. I love the dancing starfish! My favorites would have to be the shells, however. 

HINT: It is recommended that when using adhesives of any kind that the shells be glued only to the photo corner holders, and never directly to photographs themselves. This will allow for later removal of photographs in future. It's nice to have the freedom to change a memory book or a scrapbook once in a while, isn't it?
:)

Please read the red letter guidelines below. Thank you.
Happy Creativity!

LOL Sometimes, I have been in such a rush to get something done and into this blog that I've misspelled words in the process! LOL

PPSDigiScrap™ Oceanic Beauty 3 Color Set

Download Digi PNG version HERE

Download For Print JPG version HERE

Display Copy

(unsuitable for printing)

You are free to:

use the above images in art for fun or for profit.

You are not free to sell any of the above images

in any sets which you may make.

Let's keep free things free!

Thank you.

Our Salute to Fire Fighters

Free Fire Fighter Graphics

Today is September 11th here in the USA, and therefore it is a solemn and important anniversary for us all.

In honor of the day's observances, the Studio is offering the following images for free. These were supplied initially by nypl.org. The first is a collage set. The second is a lower resolution item than would normally be offered here, but it appears to be the sort of item which children might color. It is a slice of history, an illustration from an old newspaper article. It looked rather untidy, and so has been softened a bit. It is by no means of fine enough quality for framing, but rather for coloring in by children.

Please read our red letters below for legal guidelines.
Thank you.

So here's to the heroes whose lives were in danger throughout that fateful time.
And here is our salute to just one gathering of people from among the many, many heroes of that time: the Fire Fighters. Quite frankly, I see them all as heroic all of the time for us. Somehow, though, during our disasters they seem to really rise to even greater heights as people with every harrowing act of heroism.

PPS™ Fire Fighter Collage Set

Download Printable JPG HERE

The Display Copy 

(at a lower resolution than the download above)

Click on image for enlarged view

PPSColorMe™ Page: A Brave Fire Fighter

Download Printable JPG HERE

The Display Copy

(at a lower resolution even than the download)

You are free to:

use the above images in art for educational

or personal purposes.

These images are a part of the nypl.org Collection.

Therefore, that library has ultimate ownership.

Let's keep free things, free!

Thank you.

For Autumn: A Free Harvest Graphic of Nuts

Antique Autumn Harvest print

I love old pen and ink drawings on parchment, don't you? The way the parchment ages, and the ink with it, generally makes for a soft, warm set of tones for us to enjoy.

And it's such a pretty old document, that it seemed irresistible. It has had to have a few things done to it, of course. The size could only be expanded so much before it began to lose a bit of its clarity, so it is neither very large nor very expandable. However, it was just pretty enough to make it useful for collage, decoupage, Book Artistry, etc.

It is fast becoming one of my favorite finds in years.  A few clean-up skills had to be applied, as the machine it was scanned with had some dust, lint and possibly even a hair or two on its surface during scanning. It's always a matter of choice, as to how much cleaning could ruin the antique tone of any image, and so any try at so-called "perfection" would have simply ruined all of its antique charm. After all, it is well over 400 years old, and thus it has earned the right to look its age! But this just makes it more fun to look at, doesn't it? 

This one is in the Public Domain, and that is where I think it needs to remain.

From the 1600's, a very volatile yet interesting century, and in the same year as the Great Fire of London, here is our latest Public Domain gift for our guests.
Let's keep free things free!

Happy Creativity!

PPS™ Harvest Ephemera Sepia Nut Print

Download Printable JPG HERE

Our Display copy 

(at a lower resolution than the download)

Simply click on the image below for a closer look 

at this lovely old image!