Just blue hues are featured on these distressed digitally painted papers, perfect for art journals and other paper crafting projects! * Instant download collection of 6 - 8.5" x 11" papers. *Perfect for scrapbooks, visual journals, art journals, mixed media and altered art, collage, printable cardstock, smash books, stash books, banners, artist trading cards (ATC), pennants, stationery, and other paper crafting projects! *The images are in BOTH JPEG format and PDF format! *This is a digital product only; NO PHYSICAL PRODUCT IS SHIPPED! NO REFUNDS ON DIGITAL PRODUCTS! *This is an instant download. You should receive an email to your PayPal or Etsy email address from ETSY shortly after completing your purchase (usually within 5-10 minutes). Please check your spam folder if you do not see it. PLEASE NOTE: You will not receive your images by email, only the download link. You will need to know how to download files and extract files. * Please click on each image to get an accurate view of what you will receive. The preview panel has an image of each paper. All product is saved at high quality 300 dpi. The watermarks will not appear on your purchased images. * You will need to extract the file after you've downloaded it. If you have difficulty, I can give you a link to a folder where you can download each JPEG separately. TERMS OF USE: *Limited Commercial Use Okay. Please read updated Terms of Use in Shop Policies section or convo if you have any questions. *Extended Commercial Use License available for manufacturers or mass production (not handcrafted). See Terms of Use in Shop Policies section or convo if you have any questions. This is a helpful You Tube video tutorial for extracting (or unzipping files): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXAYWwiDvc8

Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata), perched on a branch at San Gerardo de Dota. Costa Rica. For more visit www.chrisjimenez.net

Photographer Mandy Barker creates deceptively eye-catching images to document the pandemic of plastic debris in the world’s waterways. Barker, who is based in Leeds, UK, works closely with scientists to collect trash from our oceans and beaches on the edges of nearly every continent. One research expedition covered the debris field (stretching to Hawaii) that resulted from Japan’s 2011 tsunami and earthquake; she has also explored the Inner Hebrides in Scotland with Greenpeace. More

Twelve years ago I decided to get a grip and TRY to paint with watercolors.As usual I tensed up, by stomach got knots in it and I felt this sinking feeling. Well it's hard to master. We are afraid of making a mistake, of doing something foolish,...