"Love Notes" Embellishments

The fortunate thing about having a lot of extra ready-to-use stock items in my files is that it can be much easier to make a few things than it might otherwise be.

My eyes need extensive rest at times since my optic nerve health to one eye became problematic this past Labor Day weekend. This will be my first truly New post (nothing like the most recent post that was found almost ready to upload) since summer 2017. I'm proud of it, even if it cost me in eye strength for the day. I've promised myself to refrain from taking further chances. Building things more gradually from now on might be one way to keep on creating - but gently.

All components are from older projects of times past, all of which have previously been seen either here or elsewhere online. What I did was to combine them for this new project. I think that everything fits together pretty well. Red + black + white is a color trio that's often used for Valentines Day creating.

The sheet music is from my own collection, scanned by me and then altered. The typewriter was in the Public Domain when I found it some while back. As for the phrases chosen, two of those are outtakes from the writings of William Shakespeare, while the third one is obviously universal. 

PPS™Embellishments: Love Notes

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even if they have been altered first.

Thank you

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keep free things free!

A Thank You Post for Dorthe

Dorthe Hansen is a Danish artisan with an eye for detail within design. She is also one of my favorite bloggers. 
Recently, she very kindly shared some of her work using an envelope of my design. I am thrilled with how she's chosen to use one of my ATC envelopes (from this post HERE). Dorthe's work stands out to my eyes as being special anyway, but it's an added bonus to see how she's used my envelope along with one of my color coordinated postage buttons for one of her pieces.

Dorthe is a Design Team Member of "That's Crafty!", and whose work has been featured in Simply Neutrals Tuesday. It's easy to see why her work must be so desirable. She lavishes very careful consideration on each and every detail. She knows how to blend neutral tones with more colorful ones. Some of my favorite designs by her use only neutral tones. Building layer upon layer, she likes to draw everything together into one story of her own making. Some of her work reminds me of delicately decorated pastries, each one unique.

She and I both appreciate the beauty of handmade lace, buttons and trims. There is something truly evocative of times past in such pretty items, isn't there? Dorthe's pretty works are loaded with old lace, buttons and other treasures. Perhaps that's one of the many reasons why I've always enjoyed visiting her blog.

Dorthe has informed me of her choice of materials along with how she's made use of my envelope within her designs. She writes: "I use the envelopes for my tiny tags created with fabric, finding one suitable in colors, for what I made.

Sometimes they are longer, but then I just let them stick out on top, I will send you a photo ."

Here are her 3 photos of one of her projects. I really like how she's used my envelope with its matching button.

Isn't this a nice gift for me to share here?

:)

If you'd like to visit her blog, Den Lille Lade, to see the rest of her very pretty work, you may follow the link located in her name at the top of this post or you may follow this link HERE. There is a lot to see at her blog, so be prepared to be tempted to linger if you go there.

My thanks to Dorthe for her generous gesture!

Happy Creativity!

Seed Packet Garden Set

Shabby can be beautiful at times....

...so I've done less to the looks of the lovely old seed packet used for the design than I normally would have. I think that it already shows its age beautifully.

Please see the red letter Guidelines at the foot of this post. Thank you.

Sometimes it's fun to mix colors and to play with new ideas all at once. I've used a pink from the floral bouquet of the seed packet, and then added a soft cream color to the trims that is also in the same bouquet.

As usual with all of my Spring Garden Collection sets, there is a background included, as well as my favorite dragonfly, a sweet old celluloid button from my own collection, and a buckle (also my own) in 2 colors and 2 sizes. 

Shown first below is an Example Display picture of just a few of the many possibilities for such a set. Other accessories will surely soon follow, so be on the lookout for new items each week.

Happy Creativity!

PPS™ Spring Garden Collection Set No. 3

Example of Ideas

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use items from this set

in the making of artwork and crafts

which are to be either given or sold.

You are not free to:

ever sell any items from this set

in sets of any sort.

Thank you 

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keep free things free!

Spring Garden Label Set

Grow a green thumb with the new Spring Garden Collection here at PPS!

These two new label sets were a lot of fun to produce. Please see the red letter Guidelines at the bottom of each post, including this one. Where credits are given, please observe them. Thank you.

The first set is a simple, plain one, one with all of the possibilities in the world for handwritten or stamped or stenciled, etc. messages and mottos.

The second set has thoughts of spring, from Audrey Hepburn to William Shakespeare, and several more besides. As a small bonus, I've added a little watering can graphic to one of the labels.

Both sets match the previous 2 Book Artist sets in the Spring Garden Collection, as their Background pages have been used in this design. Also included is the tan Background page from the Red set from a few days ago. In other words, mix, match and contrast is what it's all about! 

You can look for more sets and accessories, etc. in the weeks ahead.

Happy Creativity!

PPS™ Spring Garden Collection Label Sets

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Download Set Two HERE

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use the labels in either of the 2 sets here

in artwork or crafting

that is either for fun or for profit.

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ever repackage anything in either set

for the purposes of selling any of them.

Thank you 

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Shabby Chic Book Arts Set

A "Shabby Chic"style set of accessories for Book Artists of all styles.

This time, the basis for my design was a scuffed up remnant of some vintage patterned wallpaper. Added to this are matching bits, bobs and doodads, all for spring. I think that I like the friendly little dragonfly the very best.

Please see the red letter Guidelines at the foot of this post. Thank you.

As per usual, the colorful matching ephemera "belts" have been sized to fit their "buckles." 

The Background
Also included as an option is a new, plain Background to match the flowers in the wallpaper pockets. The margins for that Background are all 1/4 inch in size, so please change your printer settings to fit before you print.


Using the New Sets
One example of ways of playing with a set like this may be found in a previous post. Newer visitors to PPS might find it useful to take a quick look at that previous set by going HERE.

I do hope that this new set will provide lots of fun creative playtime for adults and children alike. It strikes me here how such a set might even be used in the making of a Birthday card for someone special.

Happy Creativity!

PPS™ Book Arts Garden Set No. 2

Download Set HERE

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Download Matching Background Page HERE

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as they may be seen here

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Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free.

Free Anne of Green Gables Ephemera

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the author of the Anne of Green Gables series of books, Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Having read nearly every one of the Anne series of books, I know that I have always been a big fan of Montgomery's work. Her understanding of the ways girls think and feel was well ahead of its time. She had insight to offer in each and every chapter that she wrote about Anne, her "bosom friend," Diana Berry, and (of course) Anne's very own Gilbert.

In honor of the heroine of the books, I am calling her Anne with an "e".
:)
I think that she would be pleased by this, don't you?

Gilbert Rescues Anne

Anne's Puff Sleeve Dress

Below are 3 separate downloads in honor of the day, all of which are in the Public Domain. (Yes, even the Museum photo of Anne's pretty little room is in the Public Domain) The sheet music cover and the two old photos are from the 1919 silent motion picture version of Anne's story. That, I suppose, would account for the costumes being a little too modern for Anne's actual era. I still thought they might be fun to use , and so they were included in the set.

Happy Green Gables Creativity!

PPSEphemeraSet™: Anne of Green Gables

Download 1919 Sheet Music Cover HERE

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Download Anne's Room HERE

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Anne with Gilbert 1919 silent film photo HERE

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(in this case)

use the above images in any way you please.

All are within the bounds of copyright law

for free use!

:)

Back to School Graphics for Digi or Print

3 Back to School Image Sets 2 Ways

We love to be flexible around here, and so tend to offer our guests a certain number of options or choices. All 3 items are offered in 2 ways, Digi PNG for our Digital crowd, and Print JPG for our copy and glue crowd. I love to utilize both ways, myself, and hope our guests can relax, knowing they are among friends.

All of the children are charming, aren't they? Personally, my very favorite image from all of what we offer here is the one of the girl posing from a side view with a smile on her face. Her caption reads: " 'Draw me portrait, please, sir.' The load consists of school books and hobnail shoes." I love her dignified and very glad smile. I think she must have been a very interesting young person to have known. But then, I really do love children everywhere.

Our later version of the sheet music cover has been recreated considerably until it became a frame for you. I also enjoy the initial image it came with. It is offered both ways, for your enjoyment.

All image credits may be found below.
Please respect all copyrights with your Happy Creativity!

PPSDigiScrap™ Back to School Set 1

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download Print JPG Version HERE

Display Version (lower quality)

PPSDigiScrap™ Back to School Set 2

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download Print JPG Version HERE

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Our Sheet Music Front Cover "Frame" with "Chums"

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download Print JPG Version HERE

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CREDITS:

NYPL Image Archive

All Rights Reserved by NYPL.org

All design work using these images by PPS

You are therefore free to:

use the above images for educational or private use.

And you are therefore not free to:

sell any of the above images

without the explicit permission of NYPL,

even if they have been altered significantly by you.

Please respect all free gifts online,

including ours.

Please respect the rights of artists and archivists everywhere.

Thank you.

Baseball Graphics: Free for Father's Day

Baseball Series Part 2

Our second offering in this series will be mainly colorful rather than plain black and white like last weekend's. 
This time, we offer two sets two ways, and in two separate formats (Digital or Print, at 8.5 inch by 11 inch or 12 inches square).We hope that you will find these useful in the making of projects for your own fathers, husbands, boyfriends or friends (or for yourself, for that matter!).
Note: all of these have half inch borders on all four sides.
Happy Creativity!

Take Him Out to the Ballgame (for Print version)

Download HERE

Digital PNG Version (11 inches by 8.5 inches, at 300dpi)

Download HERE

All Star Greats

Print Version (same 12 by 12 format) 

Download HERE

Digital PNG Version (also 12 inches by 12 inches)

Download HERE

Image Sources:

Library of Congress

NYPL

Baseball audience silhouette reprocessed completely 

by us here at Plush Possum Studio.

You are free to:

make art using the images above for either fun or profit.

You are not free to:

Repackage any of them for sale.

Please respect our gifts for the public's use.

Thank you.

Free Father's Day Baseball Graphics (Part 1)

PPS goes to the Ball Park for you this weekend, and with not a single moment to lose! After all, in just two weeks' time, we will be celebrating our American Father's Day.

But this is also Baseball season, so we have decided to run the bases in hopes of making a home run with free summertime sports graphics for our guests.

Our first offering features some of baseball's all time greats. 

From left to right, they are as follows:

1.) Satchel Paige, one of the finest pitchers America will ever see

2.) Chick Keating, shortstop (that is one tough role to play!) for two clubs (Cubs and Phillies)

3.) Babe Ruth, a superior hitter, known for hitting 714 career home runs, and considered to be one of the all time greats of the game

4.) Jackie Robinson, who played in a total of 6 World Series, and who began in the old Negro League, eventually having a stellar career playing Major League ball

As for our silhouette, this had to be completely overhauled, and it took about a total of 7 hours to clear up all of the jagged edges and messiness in order to remanufacture it for use. All of our work on it will therefore be copyrighted. (Please see our guidelines, below, in red)

First up, we offer our classic sized printable, followed by its Digi partner. Then we will offer you a 12 by 12  Digi set, with two silhouettes instead of one. 

These sets will be followed by more, next time in full color. 

We hope to have hit a real "homer" with our initial set for you today.

As per usual, all of these have at least 1/2 inch margins, if not more.

Happy Father's Day Creativity!

American Baseball Greats

Download HERE

American Baseball Greats Digi PNG Version

(Same size)

Download HERE

(same as above, but without any background, and ready for digital processing)

12inch by 12 inch Digital PNG Version

(same as above, but which features two ballgame crowd silhouettes instead of one)

Download HERE

Image sources:

Library of Congress

Wikimedia Commons

(please attribute as per Wiki Licenses)

We will list links here at our earliest convenience

You are welcome to:

use these images in your artwork for fun or profit provided we (for the silhouette in this case) and Wikimedia Commons (photo links will be provided shortly) are given credit 

(a link to our site would be nice, thank you)

You are not welcome to:

Repackage any of these items for sale in any way.

Please respect the work we are giving the public.

Please respect the rights of the public, as well as the rights of the image providers over at Wikimedia Commons.

Thank you for cooperating in this matter.

A New Plush Page Frame

Free Butterfly Frames

Our free frame collection has grown over the years to include some really pretty choices for you. Here we have yet another example of what the archives hold. 
Sized at a slight 5.5 inches wide by 7.5 inches high, and with its resolution set at 300dpi, this cute frame is now yours for free.
We offer it here for your use in 9 color ways: Ruby, Tourmaline, Amethyst, Sapphire, Turquoise, Emerald, Fire Opal, Tiger Eye, and Black and White.
We hope that you'll enjoy them all with your 
Happy Creativity!
Rose & Co.

Ruby

Download HERE

Tourmaline

Download HERE

Amethyst

Download HERE

Sapphire

Download HERE

Turquoise

Download HERE

Emerald

Download HERE

Fire Opal

Download HERE

Tiger Eye

Download HERE

Black & White

Download HERE

You are free to:

Use any of these frames in artwork or projects, either for fun or for profit.

We ask that we be given credit for having supplied them, as we did the processing for you, free of charge.

You are not free to:

Repackage them for sale in any way.

Thank you for cooperating.

Travels Abroad with Twitter! 

CORRECTION: We will need to re-vamp this design and post it in a corrected and usable form, for Twitter's new ideal is to have everybody's main page look very much the same. As we hadn't been blogging, much less Tweeting, for years and therefore had not heard of this before, I want to apologize on behalf of the Studio for any confusion that may have been caused.
We will test via trial and error means, any and all options with Twitter prior to posting any further items in this category.

For those of you who are about to travel this summer, we thought it might be fun for you if you would be able to Tweet in a themed way about your travels.

In our first Twitter series for quite some time, we've chosen to use that as our theme. Our first destination today will be Ireland, offered here for your use while Tweeting. (Note: None of our work may be sold anywhere for any reason without our express written permission. Just thought it might need saying again.)

Most, if not all, of our work has parts to it that have been offered for free use to anybody, although not for sale. This offering is no different. Credits will be listed with links below.

Choosing just the right background color to surround one's Twitter page can be a tricky problem. Not to worry. We've already figured all of that out for you.

This Twitter background was based in the following RGB color: #196c1B
Anything lighter might look funny.

Please follow the link below, then choose the Download arrow icon.

Enjoy your Tweets and travels with your
Happy Creativity!

HERE

Credits

Digital Brushes: (SSCeltic Vectors) from www.obsidiandawn.com

Wikimedia Images:

"Eire" Stamp: Uploaded by: Ww2censor - (scan by Heinz Günter Grünz with permission to use as copyright has expired) to be found HERE

Old Danegeld Coin: Scanned from the german history magazine Der Spiegel Geschichte (6/2010): Die Wikinger - Krieger mit Kultur: Das Leben der Nordmänner. Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2010, p.71 to be found HERE

Irish 9 Shilling Postal Order: author is Minister for Posts and Telegraphs found HERE

Irish Clover: (this has a Wikimedia GNU License, free but with a few rules to follow--so please scroll down from that image to read the license there) HERE

Harp (altered by us): Image created by en: User:Djegan, based on Image:Ireland coa.png, using the official harp of the Republic of Ireland. HERE

The embossed scene (which we altered), lower left, was in a file of old freebies, the copyrights to which have long ago expired.

Steampunk Style Fan Invitation/Ornament

Today's post is all about gears and bolts and Victorian style mixed together with a fan's design.
I've taken the previously shown holiday fan and changed out its shape, narrowing it so that more sections may be joined together, creating a variety of possibilities for you.
I've also left the message frames blank, so that you can add your own hand lettering or rubber stamped letters, expressing your own choice of sentiment, such as "Happy Birthday" or "It's a Tea Party!" or, as illustrated below, "Steampunk Tea Party," even.
This has been made to accompany a brand new set of travels for our Steam Tea Travels sister blog. This time, we are heading for Cairo, Egypt where adventures abound!
Each sheet contains 18 fan sections, more than enough to create a variety of expressions.
I suppose you could also take your original down to your local copy center or extension and enlarge this one. And, as it was produced at 300dpi, it should look okay, provided you don't go overboard with the enlarging.  
There is a lot of fussy cutting involved in this project, I know, but it will have a lot of character at the end for all the work involved.
But. If you would rather keep it stylish and simpler, you could always simply cut the base gear bits away as you go, making a refined circle.
I'd like to recommend using card stock for this project, along with a fetching grommet for the holes, or a bit of thin metallic braid. A bit of metallic super fine glitter might also go over well with your guests.
The 4:00 teatime could also be covered over with a different clock face with hands set for a different time (before you head for your copy center might be best here), but I'm awfully fond of my regular teatime, and thought it would be fun to include the teatime clock in this design.
No matter where we may roam during our Steam Tea Travels, for example, there is always time for a cup of tea at around 4:00 in the afternoon (or, 16:00 for our friends in the EU).  :)
I do hope you'll enjoy the entire Steampunk Theme Party product line, which you may find more items for in the PPSPartyGear™ category.
Also, for my complete Steampunk-themed Category, you can go HERE.
Happy Steam-themed Creativity!
Rose

NOTE:

This product is never to be repackaged for sale. You may use it, for free, but you may never sell it--not even if you repackage it or alter it somehow. We have exclusive copyrights to the final design. However, the design includes certain elements and Digital Brushes (not owned by us) that we have pledged never to sell in any form, no matter how updated, re-made or altered our design team may make them.

It's simply the LAW (that is a link).

In other words, some parts of my work, my Steampunk party accessories included, are not completely mine.

While parts of them come from copyright free sources, some come with Licenses to copy and use, but never to sell for any reason, in any way, shape or form.

I am free to use them, but would not abuse that privilege.
Plush Possum Studio will uphold the copyrights of others 
wherever possible

Thank you for joining me in doing so.

Steampunk Style Fan Party Invitation/Ornament

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

EXAMPLE

Fall Fashions in Color: Early 20th Century

I love these styles. They were so feminine, so impractical and fun to look at. Since then, most clothing has receded into being hardly about the cloth, and more about the big reveal. ;)
But we were just beginning to hurry then, to take trips faster, to make everything about rapidity. An interesting time in the history of the world. Technology has taken us so far so quickly, I think we've let it take us on a ride without gentility and calmness. Not everything that may be quickly done is necessarily better, in this possum's humble opinion. And our fashions reflect this.
Then and again, I do enjoy relaxing in my blue jeans and knit tops! LOL ;)
Thanks for looking in on our little weekend-long mini marathon today.
You may expect another post here shortly.
Happy Creativity!
Rose

You are free to:

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They actually were shared by nypl.org in the first place.

nypl.org has had some new ideas about their image collection.

This has occurred since the making of this set.

Please check their website for their rules 

and please respect them.

Thank you.

Early Twentieth Century Autumn Fashions

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download JPG Print Version HERE

Credits: Original antique images (prior to our fiddling) from
the New york Public Library at nypl.org