Autumn Garden Label Set No. 1

These will match and blend in with the bunting/banner as well as with everything in yesterday's post.

This collection is growing! Soon there will be two label sets with quotes included, as well as one with no quotes included. I hope to shortly also provide some other fresh fall colors in sets for book arts, collage, scrapbooking and general crafting.

For the original post that started it all, the Harvest Bunting/Banner, you can follow this link HERE.

Please respect all copyrights listed at this post and all others here at this blog. Most often you will see them written at the foot of a post as red letter Guidelines and/or Credits. Thank you.

Happy Harvest Creativity!

PPSFaithGraphics™: Matching Harvest Label Set

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

use this label set for crafting, etc. that is 

personal and meant to be kept,

or for gift giving and sharing.

You are not free to:

ever sell this set for any reason.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

A Leafy New Autumn Collection

Autumn leaves! What could be better?

The sky seems to deepen in tone just enough to be noticeable this time of year, as the cooler temperatures paint every leaf a shining new color.

Please see the special new copyrights and Guidelines below this post's downloads. Thank you.

I have some thanking to do now. You see, I had lost some of my edge on creativity, and was really bored with everything that I'd just completed. I didn't realize just how in the doldrums I'd been until I happened across a new video by creative crafter par excellence, Shemi Dixon. (name is a link) That playful, lighthearted attitude of hers was just what I needed in order for me to snap out of my dull mood and into some more creative playfulness! This led me to playing around with a few favorite fall colors and using my Photoshop playfulness for a change. The result: an entirely new collage made from leafy patterns along with a contented me. 
THANKS Shemi!
:)

Included in this set will be a number of new items from which you may choose. Please be aware that certain copyrights had to apply in this case due to the materials and brushes used. (which see below)

Shown first is the new Pocket Set that is for book artists and crafters of all sorts. You'll notice the new badge style is made using an image of some antique leather along with a copyright free leaf. That particular item, along with the gemstone and antique glass buckle, are copyright free, with no strings attached. The same would apply towards the photo corners (4 in all to this set).

It's the collage which makes up the main body of each pocket and the trim at the top of the page that have certain copyright rules added. I am sorry for any confusion this could cause,and so will try to make things as clear as possible for everybody. Basically, it's OK to use everything here just for fun in your own personal world. It is NOT OK to sell the copyrighted things without permissions or licensing or attributing, depending upon the item. (Whew! -seems complicated! Please don't let it bother you, though. I promise it does get easier!)

The second, the simple Frames and cutouts Set, has copyrighted digital brush images throughout. A digital brush is not exactly easy to explain to the uninitiated. Each one is an image that is created for use with Photoshop programs. Some images look a lot like a natural brush stroke, while others have unique shapes, such as leaves or flowers or even buildings! 

The list is simply endless of the types of images to be had on the digital brush market anymore! I've collected and used only free brushes that do oftentimes have copyrights. I then follow the instructions as to crediting or attributing, and so on, so that I still get to give everything away free for you here at Plush Possum. Since this blog is all about Free images for creative use, this works well as long as the guests here will follow the example that I try to maintain for us all.

The third Set in this collection is just like the second, in that it is based upon that leafy collage design I mentioned above.

For the post that started this Collection, you can follow this link HERE.

Once you've read my list, you will quickly see how simple it really can be to get the gist of copyrights and sharing where digital brushes are concerned.
:)

Happy Autumn Creativity!

PPS™ Leafy Autumn Collection Part One

Download Pocket Set HERE (1/4 inch margins)

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Frame Set HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Leaf Decorations Set HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Credits, Copyright Information

and Guidelines

Digital Brush Credits:

www.obsidiandawn.com

(where you can find their Terms of Use)

http://www.dynamicbrushes.com/product/

grunge-2/braque-prime/

jsperry

(please click on the word "copyright" at that page)

Trim at top of Pocket Set:

http://www.melsbrushes.co.uk/free-fancy-edge-brushes/

Please visit each linked page

where you'll find each person's rules.

My Rules for This Particular Collection

You are free to:

use any of the above shown

downloads for fun and for gift giving.

You are not free to:

sell anything that you've made

using this collection's images other than the 

following:

The striped gem and glass buckle, 

the photo corners,

the leather and leaf badges.

Everything is free.

Let's keep it that way!

Thank you!

Harvest Faith Graphic Luke 10:2

This will be my second verse from Luke thus far this month.

A blessed good Sunday to all my guests here at PPS. 

Please share freely but never sell any of my free Faith Graphics, no matter how you might choose to use any of them.

There are two copyrights to be considered this time. The design is within my copyrights, while the fading edge was made using a digital brush by hilla29 over at www.brusheezy.com. Please respect the red letter Guidelines and copyrights I've listed both with this paragraph and at the foot of this post. Thank you.

The margin settings for this new graphic are exactly 1/4 inch. Please check your printer's settings and options.

Thank you for sharing the graphics I've been making. Sharing God's word is such a joy for me. Your help is very much appreciated.

PPSFaithGraphic™: Harvest, Luke 10:2

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

give, share, or keep 

for your own private use

this Faith Graphic.

You are not free to:

ever sell

this Faith Graphic 

for any reason.

Please see the copyrights 

mentioned in this post.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

The Cart Driver Works the Holiday Shift

Today's the day when nearly everyone has the day off to spend with those they care about.
There are exceptions to every rule.
And it's interesting how we tend to take for granted how certain services do continue in spite of another holiday. Take our illustration, for example. In the foreground is the mass transit conveyance of that era, most probably in New York City or someplace like it. The little girl is handing off the lunch pail her mother prepared so that her father might enjoy some Thanksgiving cheer even while he's at work.
But take a second look; for there, off to one side, and almost forgotten, a police officer is also on duty, watching over this sweet delivery.
Let's pause for a moment this afternoon, and keep a thankful thought for all those whose sense of duty keeps our world ticking along, whether or not it's holiday time.
I know they'd much rather be where we are today.
Peace & Tranquility this Thanksgiving morning to you all.
Rose & Co

The Cart Driver's Thanksgiving

Download B&W Version HERE

Download Original Look HERE

Credits: Original 1870's image (prior to our fiddling) from

the New York Public Library at nypl.org

You are free to:

Use these two images in whatever way you wish.

They are given here freely, and we would like them to remain free to the public permanently.

Thank you.

Autumn Oak Cluster Motif Sets for Digi & Print

We found this lovely old decorative element and decided to restore its look for you without losing any of its old fashioned charm. We're providing this in 4 sizes per set, and in two separate colorways, brown and classic black & white.

I love its old style appeal, the many details in the clusters of leaves and acorns. We hope you'll find many uses for our set.

Happy Autumnal Creativity!

Rose

Autumn Oak Motifs

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

Classic B&W

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

Credits: Original antique image (prior to our fiddling) from

the New York Public Library at nypl.org

You are free to:

use these embellishments in your artwork, 
whether for sale or for personal use.

You are not free to:

Repackage them for sale.

Thank you
for helping me to 
keep free things free!

Currier & Ives Thanksgiving

Greetings, everybody! Hope you had a pleasant weekend and are refreshed and ready to create using our latest item for Thanksgiving.
This time, we feature the cropped version of that famous old Currier & Ives print, "Home To Thanksgiving." It was cropped due to messy margins which would not clean up properly via digital means, but still looked so new on its own, it was decided to make two versions of it for you, one in sepia, and one in the original look.
Don't worry- we managed to save the print, if not its margins, so you'll have the actual look of this old fashioned farm scene to its margins. 
Both colorways are set at a high enough resolution to allow for some enlargement at your local copy center, and are suitable for framing once the margins are obscured and/or cropped. 
This might make a fun card as well, especially for those of us living in areas of the country where it does tend to snow in time for this warmhearted holiday.
We hope you'll find lots of uses for this fun old graphic.
For more Thanksgiving graphics, you can go HERE. And for our Harvest collection, try going HERE.
Happy Creativity!
Rose

Currier & Ives Thanksgiving Print

Sepia Toned

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

Original Look

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

Credits: Original antique image (prior to our fixing) from

the New York Public Library at nypl.org

You are free to:

use these images in your artwork for sale or personal use.

You are not free to:

 take our cleaned up versions of these images (as seen above) and repackage them for sale.

Our work matters.

The public's rights matter.

Please respect both.

Thank you.

Antique Harvest Illustration Two Ways

For me, the beauty of this old illustration from our archives is in the simple lifestyle shown. 
Look how many people are assembled to do this one simple job of caring for a potato harvest! And then notice how little technology is involved.
I think it's easy to forget the labor intensiveness of old world farming these days, simply because it's so rarely seen anymore. 
Imagine sitting down to supper after a hard day's work on the old fashioned farm depicted, and enjoying a piping hot potato which was harvested that very day! The mere thought of it gives me a thrill.
Even with modern technological advances in cultivating, the long hours put in (especially on a family farm) are considerable.
So let's give thanks to our family farming community this year by remembering the many men and women who like to make certain we may put fresh produce on the table, family style, during the holiday season as well as all year round.
Happy Harvest Creativity!
Rose

Harvesting a Potato Crop In 1910

Sepia Toned

Download 300dpi Version HERE

Black & White

Download 300dpi Version HERE

Scanned artwork PPS Archives

Free for Public Domain use

Do not repackage for sale.

These images belong to the public now.

Thank you.

Thanksgiving Ephemera Set for Digi & Print

While my hand's still a bit stiff, sore, and in need of a bit more rest, we do have a few images for you already on hand which we hope you'll enjoy, starting with today's. 
This one's all about the upcoming American tradition of Thanksgiving. Included in it, you will find two pretty autumn leaf embellishments, a hand painted watercolor turkey in a bower of red maple (?) leaves (he's a digi, btw), and 3 pretty post cards on our theme.
We hope you'll find lots of uses for this fun set, including backgrounds and anything else you can think of.
Happy Creativity!
Rose

PPSDigiScrap™ Set: Thanksgiving

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

Credits: Original antique images (prior to work by me) from

the New York Public Library at nypl.org

You are free to:

craft with these images

although

never for sale.

These belong to the New York Public Library 

in a share-alike way

 that allows study and gift giving,

but 

no sales.

Thank you for helping me 

keep free things free!