Southwest/Native American

[Debbie Howitt]

Great job ,beautiful thank u

[*eng*]

Really lovely , thank you

[crazcat3835]

these are gorgeous.. tfs!!

[five-feathers]

Thanks, autistic! These aren't representative of any particular tribe; I was just trying to use colors associated with the southwest. We are Choctaw (from Mississippi), Cherokee (from Oklahoma) and Irish (from Co. Donegal). Typical American mutt mixture! When I made and sold beadwork, I mostly did Sioux designs, because they sold the best. I think they were probably the most recognizable as "Indian" to the non-Indians who bought them.

I'm using Adobe Photoshop 7, and I LOVE IT!!! I don't have experience with other programs to compare it with, but I'm completely addicted to it.

I went to about.com and searched photoshop7 and found tons of free brushes, patterns and layer styles to download, too!!!

[lila2002]

knzus: (It's taken me 2 months to realize that your user name is KANSAS! And being your next door neighbor in western Missouri, I should have noticed it right away!)
!

and i keep reading your name as Knuh-Zus hahaha in dutch ZUS means sister lol
glad i know now its Kansas LOL

Five feathers
i just love love love your stuff
as long as you are learning i will be here waiting and hoping when you are to share again.........

and thanx for the info for ps work
i am gathering all info while waiting for the program!

[autisticwonder]

Is this representative of a particular tribe of indians?...I ditto some of these comments on the BEAUTIFUL colors and FANTASTIC job you are doing!!! Which photoshop are you using??? REALLY, REALLY GREAT job!!! THANKS so much for SPOILING US!!!

[jazzieal]

Wonderful work thanks so much

[MaggieMae]

Omg!

I just love these! Thank you so much - since we've moved to Arizona I'm always looking for the right things to scrap our photos! Thank you x1000000!

[eye]

I have to tell you something. Your work is so different and unusal. I love all your stuff and how you create.Your work is awesome and you love colors and not afraid to use colors.Your work is terrific. Thank you so much for all your gifts. xoxoxo

[knzus]

knzus: (It's taken me 2 months to realize that your user name is KANSAS! And being your next door neighbor in western Missouri, I should have noticed it right away!)

I'm betting it was my Kaaaanzus twang that threw ya off, neighbor. *waves across the prairie*

I made the strings in Photoshop. After making the tag, I added a new layer and drew the string with a soft bristle brush. Then I went to Filter > Texture > Texturizer and chose the canvas texture. I hope that helps!

Cool, thanks! Gonna hafta see if I can get the same effect..uh, texture, look, whatever, haha! With all of us using different programs, sometimes if we know how someone got to a certain point, we can sometimes do close renditions. Thanks, gonna try this when I have time! I'm gonna master those durn string and yarns yet!

[five-feathers]

Thanks so much! I appreciate your sweet, generous comments!

knzus: (It's taken me 2 months to realize that your user name is KANSAS! And being your next door neighbor in western Missouri, I should have noticed it right away!)

I made the strings in Photoshop. After making the tag, I added a new layer and drew the string with a soft bristle brush. Then I went to Filter > Texture > Texturizer and chose the canvas texture.

I hope that helps!

[sacannon]

Great Work Five Feathers, These are great.

[Linda]

Beautiful kit five feathers! You got to know everything very well! Thanks for sharing!

[knzus]

Woo-hoo! I'm the first one to the five-feathers store! Loooooooove these! Thank you so much! You are doing an EXCELLENT job on everything! If this is just your "getting to know your brushes, patterns, and filters" phase, I can't wait to see what you do when you really learn it all! {{hugz}}

P. S. Can you tell me how you do those yarn-strings, please? Or is that your company secret?

[five-feathers]

I've been trying to get to know my brushes, patterns and filters a little better and came up with these. They should install into an embellishment folder called, "Native American."

I hope you enjoy!

Jan