In the Pink "Extras" for Card-making or Collage

It's simple, but it's sweet. An unexpected happy find for me in time for Valentine's Day creative projects.

This set I just happened to run across in my searches for another file entirely. It only required a little repositioning of the items involved to make it into something usable. Such a lucky find is really nice for me, as my eye health (a condition known as Optic Neuritis) hasn't been good for several months. In fact, this is my only new post here for quite a while.

There are copyrights to be considered for this little one page set of "Extras." Please see the Digital Brush credits and follow my red letter Guidelines for best use that are listed below. Thank you.

The original set to which this belongs may be found by following the link HERE. There you may see everything from tag blanks to ATC Backgrounds and many other collage elements for a number of creative purposes. Again, please follow the Guidelines and respect the design credits there.

A final note:
All digital art brushes used in the making of this pink patterned set are by www.obsidiandawn.com except for one  that may no longer be found at the source (brusheezy.com).

Happy Creativity!

PPS™In the Pink Extras

(Print version only)

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

use the above pink items

in art or craft

that is for fun or for profit

BUT

not without giving Credit to

www.obsidiandawn.com.

Please give credit where credit is due

to all artists online,

including their website.

(and me, too, please!)

Fair and LEGAL use is what it's all about.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things (legally) free!

ATC Acrylic Pour Envelope Set

For those who are enjoying my recent Acrylic Pour ATC Background Set, here are some matching accessories.

For the first ATC Background set in this style (Aquatic), you may follow this link HERE. For the second (Fuchsia) set in this style, you may follow this link HERE.

Happy Creativity!

PPS™ATC Accessory Set: Acrylic Pour,

Colors 1 and 2

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

only give, keep or trade any or all of the ATCs

given in my Set above, with or without altering.

You are not free to:

ever sell any of my designs

unless otherwise specified by me

in the Guidelines (like this one).

Thank you 

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Now in Fuchsia: Acrylic Pour ATC Backgrounds

This new color way for the Acrylic Pour series of Artist Trading Card Backgrounds is the result of a few stray moments of break time color play.

I sometimes have time enough to offer something fun to play with in time for the weekend. Today's will be a new Friday Freebie ATC Background "Sixpack." ATCs are more fun than any sixpack of raspberry soda pop ever could be! (No calories plus they last for as long as we want them to.)

As I mentioned in my first offering in this series, this was my second try at using the technique known as "Acrylic Pouring" or "Poured Acrylics." The "cells" that developed in this small pour are so very tiny that it is difficult to view them without a little help. So I took a few pictures and then played with the most successful image for a while using Photoshop. I had to zoom in an awful lot before the "cells" could be enjoyed. Maybe my next pour experiment will contain some bigger "cells." I hope to be able to try it again fairly soon.

Happy weekend creativity!

PPSATC™Background Sixpack: 

Acrylic Pour "Fugue in Fuchsia"

Download HERE

Display

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

only give, keep or trade any or all of the ATCs

given in my Set above, with or without altering.

You are not free to:

ever sell any of my designs

unless otherwise specified by me

in the Guidelines (like this one).

Thank you 

for helping me to

keep free things free!

No. 3 Swirly Kaleidoscope Button Alphabet

Time once more to use that 1 inch circular punch or cutter again as my series of Button Alphabets continues with this next Kaleidoscope design. 

I thought this newest design Set of my colorful alphabets would expand people's color choices a bit as the colors are a bit different.

Please respect my  copyrights and do follow the red letter Guidelines located at the foot of this post. Thank you.

This more vivid set I think could add some real zing to just about any project. This is my third version in the Kaleidoscope Button Alphabet Series. 

As long as the numbers hold steady or otherwise continue to build for my 1 inch Button Alphabets, I will continue to offer a new version now and then, possibly weekly -- that is, until I run out of ideas for them.  Lolz 

Please note that these are totally unique, and completely of my own creation. Fun though it may be, it still takes a while to develop such ideas until they become workable and usable. These literally have taken months of my spare time work. They'll have my copyright from this time forward.
Thank you for respecting my rights as the artist holding my own copyrights. I would hope that everybody does the same for all creative source material makers.

Happy Creativity!

PPS™One Inch Button Alphabet: 

Kaleidoscope No. 3
©RHMcGuinn

Download HERE

Display version
(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

Use my Kaleidoscope 1 Inch Button Alphabet

in artwork that may be either

given or traded (as in

for personal use only).

You are not free to:

ever sell anything made using

any of these letter button images

even if you alter them first.

(You may alter them otherwise, 
just not for sale, please.)

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Swirly Kaleidoscope Button Alphabet

Time to use that 1 inch circular punch or cutter again as my series of Button Alphabets continues with this new, swirly design. 

I thought this newest design would expand people's color choices a bit as the colors do tend to blur and blend into one another in some pretty and choice-expanding ways.

Please respect my  copyrights and do follow the red letter Guidelines located at the foot of this post. Thank you.

As long as the numbers hold steady or build for my 1 inch Button Alphabets, I will continue to offer a new version now and then. Please note that these are unique, totally my own creation. Fun though it may be, it still takes a while to develop ideas until they become workable or doable. These literally have taken months of spare time work. They'll have my copyright from this time forward.
Thank you for respecting my rights as the artist holding copyrights. I would hope that everybody does the same.

Happy Creativity!

PPS™One Inch Button Alphabet: 

Kaleidoscope No. 1

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

Use my Kaleidoscope 1 Inch Button Alphabet

in artwork that may be either

given or traded (as in

for personal use only).

You are not free to:

ever sell anything made using

any of these letter button images

even if you alter them first.

(You may alter them otherwise, 
just not for sale, please.)

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

"Abalone" Button Alphabet

The idea came to me that I was being too limited with the design choices for my Antique Button Alphabet Sets.

This led to some new ideas that will allow for more color choices when using some of the Alphabet Button Sets I'm soon to be offering here at PPS. All the lovely colors that flow into each other I thought would make it easier for my Book Arts guests (altered books, journaling, scrapping tags, etc etc etc) to use due to color variation in this set. 

Once again, 1 inch circular punches or cutters will be useful for cutting these buttons away from their page.

Please honor my copyrights by following the red letter Guidelines located at the foot of the post. Thank you.

This time, I went for what I call "vivid pastels," if that's not a contradiction in terms. The reason such a nickname for the colors in these buttons works is owing to their initial source: a lovely mottled, blurry paua shell. The paua is a member of the abalone family, the name for which is a Maori word. For more about this beautifully shelled endangered species, please visit the article HERE.

This set might be of use when making art for this (American) Mother's Day, and this year (2017) that is only 2 days away as of today. And aren't beautiful pauas worth rescuing for the delight of future generations? The nature-conscious people of New Zealand believe that they are, and I know I do too.

As per usual, I've included one full alphabet per downloadable page along with 10 digits, 1 ampersand and 1 exclamation mark.

Happy creativity!

PPS™ One Inch Antique Button Alphabet: Abalone

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

Use my Abalone Button Alphabet

in artwork that may be either

given or traded (as in

ATCs, etc.).

You are not free to:

ever sell anything made using

any of these letters

even if you alter them first.

(You may alter them otherwise, 
just not for sale, please)

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

#ATCAD2017 A Friday Freebie: New ATC Backgrounds

This set is a new color way of the previous one. 

I like how they both have turned out. This sort of thing is just plain fun. I'd like it even better if I could see some of the ATCs my guests are making using my free backgrounds. Please feel free to let me know if you'd care to show something here. I'll gladly give you credit for the work you've done.

Please respect all copyrights listed along with any digital brush credits. My red letter Guidelines are located at the foot of this post. Thank you.

The previous color way version of this set may be seen by following this link HERE.

So here's that ATC Freebie Set for Friday.
:)

Happy Creativity!

PPS™ATC Sixpack: Smudged and 

Splattered Brights No. 2

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Digital Brush Credit:

www.obsidiandawn.com

All other design ©2017RHMcGuinn

You are free to:

make art using these ATC Backgrounds

that is to be either kept by you

or else given or traded.

ATCs are not meant to be sold, anyway, 

just treasured.

You are not free to:

ever sell any of these items

for any reason.

Thank you

for helping me to 

keep free things free!

As Promised: Shabby Chic Accessories

This project began with an antique tissue paper page that was loose within the covers of an antique book about butterflies.

It looked so forlorn at first, and yet somehow every wrinkle, crease and tear informed me that there was something I would be doing with them someday. 

Please acknowledge my copyrights by always crediting my work back to this blog, and please do follow the red letter Guidelines located at the foot of this post. This is a share-alike post of freebies that are not to be sold by anyone, even when altering has been done. Thank you. 

It has taken years for this journey from a book sale at a library till today. From 2004 till now, I've had many challenges to face as an artist, including learning enough Photoshop techniques in order to make it work well enough for me. The book itself resides on a shelf and is seldom opened due to its frailty, but I love knowing that it's still around. Somebody has to give tattered old books a loving new home, and I knew at the time that it was my turn to be the one.

The page view ratings for the original Stationary Set (found HERE) were a sign to me that the public might go for a few of the matching accessories I'd promised to make. The download offers a chance to create using both the pages I've already published here along with matching Labels and Photo Corners. All of this has taken time, so please respect my wishes as to copyrights. I'd appreciate it. Let's share and share alike, shall we?
:)

For a look at what the same Photo Corners in other colors look like when in use, you may visit an earlier post of mine HERE.

Happy Shabby Chic Creativity!

PPS™Shabby Chic Stationary Accessory Set

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

share, give or make art with

the items from this set.

You are not free to:

Ever sell anything from this et

even if you've altered it first.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Shabby Chic Stationary Paper

This set may be a little faded or wrinkled, but for anyone who enjoys antique pages, it might be fun to use for their handwritten correspondence.

This is just a suggestion for Mothers Day, but I think that it might make a fine birthday present for somebody who enjoys corresponding offline using the post or classic "snail mail." I began this process a while back - over 2 years ago, in fact. I wasn't impressed with my first results. You see, I tend to work more slowly nowadays than I used to do, and am also more choosy than before about what I am willing to publish here. I am still not as satisfied as I wanted to be, but I still enjoy how cute these pages look to me.

Please respect my copyrights and follow the red letter Guidelines located at the foot of this post. Thank you. All artists' rights do count, as do yours.

Notes are more fun if the paper is pretty, aren't they? This set of Pages began with an antique tissue paper page I'd found lying loose between the regular paper pages of an antique book about butterflies. I purchased my 1905 butterfly book years ago at a library book sale. 

That tissue page looked so charmingly crumpled and worn around the edges that I instantly fell in love with it! By using Photoshop processes, I slowly began to understand how to alter my scans of that tissue paper page so that it could be used by me in art for this blog.  This stationary or notepaper was the first thing that really made sense to me, although I have featured the crumpled bit of tissue here once before. (This was recent, during my ATC Background week that I featured earlier in April 2017.)

I'm offering all 3 colors in 2 styles: with lines and without. I'd like to encourage my visitors to customize whatever envelopes they might have around. The colors are soft and even old fashioned, but then so is the inspiration which got this whole project started. The shabby filigree pattern is one I've used previously in an older post which guests may find HERE. 

If this new set does well enough, I might be encouraged to make an accessory set for it of some kind. For more choices, I'd like to encourage guests to try looking through my Spring selections. My Spring Garden Collection is still growing. I've recently added a cheerful Rainy Day Set to it which you may find HERE.

It's possible to print your choices from home and then (of course) to make plenty of copies at your local Copy center. It might make a nice gift for someone who enjoys using something unusual for their correspondence. I could see a set of these pages bundled neatly with ribbons or lace, possibly in either a pretty basket or box. A unique little magnetic message board for an office might be customized using one of my designs. Moms might enjoy a handwritten letter using one of my pages as a part of their Mothers Day gift or card, too. 

Happy creative corresponding!

PPS™Shabby Chic Stationary Pages

All Six Displayed

Download Lilac HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Dusty Rose HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Faded Denim HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Lilac with Lines HERE

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(lower quality than the download)

Download Dusty Rose with Lines HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Faded Denim with Lines HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

Give or use or share these designs.

You are not free to

ever sell any of these designs for any reason

even if you've altered them first.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Backgrounds for the Rainy Day Set

As promised, here they both are!

One Pink, one Blue - it's your choice! The Blue has already been seen here in the Display of the first post for this Set, but you can see the entire matching Set by following this link HERE.

Please respect my copyrights as well as those of the digital brush artist to whom I give credit (below the display versions). And, as always, please also follow the red letter Guidelines located at the foot of nearly every post at this blog, including this one. Thank you.

Happy Rainy Day Creativity!

PPS™Rainy Day Spring Set Backgrounds

Download Pink HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Blue HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Digital Brush Credits for this design:

www.melsbrushes.co.uk

You are free to:

use the above 2 Backgrounds

in projects that are 

to be given and not sold.

You are not free to:

ever sell either for any reason,

even if you use altering techniques first.

Thank you

for helping me to 

keep free things free!

Rainy Day Spring Set

"April showers bring May flowers" is a very old rhyme which is the theme of this brand new Set.

The Set below is complete with matching Accessories such as Photo Corners and Button Alphabets in 2 colors. My next post will offer two further free downloads. These could be used in gifts or cards for Mother's Day as well as for year round creative fun.

For Personal Use Only: 
This is not a set to use in anything you make that is to be for sale. 
The reasons are as follows: 
Parts of this set must not be sold for certain legal reasons. Unless you have purchased a license from the digital brush designer, Mel Rodicq Creative, the Fancy Edges patterning used by me for this set may never be sold under any circumstances. (For more information, please follow the link, HERE) Those parts include the Trim (located at the top of the Download) and the Backgrounds (for those, please follow this link HERE) 
Everything else you see here is 100% mine, none of which I am offering to be used in items that are for sale. This is a Special Set. The digital brush designer whose free brushes I've used for this project has copyrights, too. Please respect all copyrights listed and follow the red letter Guidelines listed in this post. Thank you.

The illustration that inspired this new Set is from Victorian times when crinolines, petticoats and decorated bonnets were in fashion. The three girls are sheltering from a retreating rain storm under one very large umbrella. They seem happy in each others' company, don't they? I've chosen the three colors that were featured most often within the illustration in the other Downloads. Note how there are two colors of trim, along with their matching buckles, plus two 1 inch buttons and two 1/2 inch buttons in the first Download. The same buttons I've used in my new 1 inch Button Alphabets (same colors). 

For the Alphabets, you will need only a 1" diameter circular paper punch or cutter. For the rest, a 1/2" diameter one should be sufficient. As for the Bonnet Badge, it is 2 inches in width. Perhaps a circle cutter would work better for that item if hand snipping using your scissors wouldn't be your choice.

The entire Set is a PPS Exclusive, and that includes my new Bonnet Badge that can be made into a sticker or decal or else collaged as is onto your surface of choice. Everything has my copyrights, so you mustn't sell anything you see here, even if it is altered by you or someone else. This protects my copyrights and at the same time allows you to have my stock to use for free.

Posted below in order of appearance, is the first Download, followed by the Accessories. 

The matching Background Downloads, one in Pink and one in Blue, will be offered in the next post. You may follow the link HERE for both (Please see the red letter Guidelines and Credits there as the same rules apply to both the Backgrounds and this set. thank you).
:)

Happy Rainy Day Creativity!

PPS™Book Arts Set: Rainy Day

Download the Set HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Digital Brush Credits:

Fancy Edges and Flower pattern 

(used in ribbon trim shown at top in the picture above, along with the Backgrounds)

www.melsbrushes.co.uk

For Rules of Use and License Information, please go to:

http://melsbrushes.co.uk/terms-of-use

Display No. 2 in Blue

Download the Labels HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Button Alphabet 1 HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

Download Button Alphabet 2 HERE

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(lower quality than the download)

Download Photo Corner Set HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

use any of the above items

shown here in artwork and/or crafting

that is to be either kept by you or given away freely.

Please credit me with a link to this particular post. 

Thank you.

You are not free to:

ever sell my designs in this set 

for any reason whatsoever,

even if they have been altered by you first.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Free Spring ATC Set No. 4: Fuchsia!

Still more choices to come!

Very shortly, I'll be ready to offer at least 2 new different styles of free ATC Backgrounds. Hopefully, there will be a little something for everyone.

Please honor all copyrights here by following the red letter Guidelines offered at the foot of this post. Thank you.

Today's 2 posts continue with yesterday's theme, that of the colors of Spring. This particular set includes 6 different ways to use some of spring's sweet pink Fuchsia tones for art fun. I do hope visitors will enjoy using this new set. For more ATC fun here at PPS, you may follow the link to my entire free ATC Backgrounds collection HERE.

Happy Artist Trading Card Creativity!

PPS™ATC Backgrounds Set: Fabulous Fuchsia

Download HERE

Display version
(lower quality than the download)

Digital Brush Credit:

(swirls flanking the download's title)

www.obsidiandawn.com

You are free to:

make art with, display and Trade

my Artist Trading Cards Backgrounds.

You are not free to:

ever sell them in any way,

even if you alter my design.

Please protect my copyrights.

Thank you

for helping me to 

keep free things free!

New Paper Doll Visiting Outfit 2 Ways

Do you recognize something about Victoria's new visiting dress? 

Victoria's cousin, Mercy has a maternity smock with the very same sleeves and neckline. Most young Victorian women and girls knew how to sew for their family members, as well as for their homes and for themselves. The two cousins are no different. 

Please follow the red letter Guidelines for both versions of this outfit at the foot of this post. Thank you.

Mercy had to adapt their shared pattern in order to make herself a smock with some pretty details. She paired it with a maternity skirt of a matching color way. You may see that outfit by following this link HERE. 

Victoria's version of the same dress is, of course, not for an expectant mother, but rather for herself. I'm offering this two ways, the first with a frilly short cape tucked under one arm, and the other without the little cape. I've added a purse for the very first time. Previously, she's carried a parasol or perhaps a gift or a Gladstone bag (a kind of large handbag made for traveling). Both outfit downloads include a hat for every hair color. 

Fairly soon, I hope to be able to offer a few items about Mercy and Tom's new baby, as well as some new adventures for Victoria and her family.

Happy Playtime Creativity!

PPSPlaytime™: Victoria's New Visiting Dress

(with wrap)

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

PPSPlaytime™: Victoria's New Visiting Dress No. 2

Download HERE

Display version

(lower quality than the download)

You are free to:

play with or share or trade the items 

offered in this post.

You are not free to:

ever sell either of them

in any form,

even if you alter them.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Victoria's Very Own Bedroom

At last! - It's ready to be played with!

And in two colors, too. The first one shown below is in shell pink with soft green and taupe accents. The second of the two is in blue with blue violet and light aqua accents.

This has taken a great deal of work to complete. In fact, I needed to set it aside more than once, as the details were making my head swim. Please respect my copyrights by following the red letter Guidelines listed at the foot of this post. Thank you.

The original image of the room was a genuine mess when I first found it. For one thing, it has much lower resolution than I generally prefer to use. Despite that problem, the way in which it would fit the doll in terms of inches really made this a worthwhile project.

The next thing that it required was a major overhaul. The original color (ochre goldish greenish) was neither pretty nor feminine. I experimented with several different options, finally settling on the two you see here.

Then there were problems with the view from the windows. That was very poor quality, indeed, and offered the wrong kind of view. This is meant to be Victoria's real room when at home at her grandmother's house in an upscale (although not aristocratic) neighborhood in London. I saw that she needed her very own room early on, of course, but I had never been able to find anything close to what might fit the story. Therefore, I removed the original view and replaced it with the one you see here. The house is on a square near a park, and has its own fine view overlooking a nice walled back garden.

The room's decor and furnishings are all in keeping with the era. If some of it appears to have a touch of an Arts and Crafts or Art Nouveau Movement look to it, that's to be expected. In the latter half of the 1890's there had already been more than one revolution in home decor and overall architectural design. Grandmother Lacey's parlor may be more traditional in stye, but her lovely young granddaughter has more modern taste. Notice the decorative wallpaper meant to mimic draped fabric, and how this matches the ceiling. The wallpaper border underneath the wood trim at the tops of the walls has a hint of a Victorian William Morris style to it, hasn't it?

:)

Below, each color choice will be offered with its Display version first, followed then by the 4 separate downloads comprising each one. For the Pink one, I have posed the doll wearing her Garnet colored Dressing Gown. for the Blue one, I have posed her wearing her Violet Dressing Gown.

Instructions for first time  Paper Doll Room assemblers may be found by following the following link HERE.

Happy Playtime Creativity!

PPSPlaytime™: Victoria's Own Bedroom 

in Choice of Two Colors

Display of Pink:

Download UL HERE

Download UR HERE

Download LR HERE

Download LL HERE

Display of Blue:

Download UL HERE

Download UR HERE

Download LR HERE

Download LL HERE

You are free to:

Play with, give or trade

either of these Paper Doll bedrooms.

You are not free to:

ever sell either of them in any form

or for any reason.

Thank you

fro helping me to

keep free things free!