It's a TGIF resources post! A set of 50 colorful stock image bases and a set of 15 easy frame brushes -- another one of those sets for those who are too busy/lazy/whatever to make their own. The brushes set is mostly frames but it also has a few fading-edge circles and diagonal shapes with slight drop shadow edges as well.

Stock icon bases:


Download individually at the gallery directory.




Download: JBR | pspBrush | Image Pack | ABR (CS2) (thanks nina79!)

The easiest way to use the frame brushes is to create a new layer over your base, layer blend mode set to normal at 100% opacity, then use the flood tool to fill the layer with the color white, and apply the brush (on the same layer, just to make this clear for the newer icon makers) in the color black (well, any color really, black is just more common.)

Then use your select tool, select the solid black portion, hit the "delete" key, and then go to "Selections" on the menu and click on "None."

The advantage of using layers is that you can easily move your base images around to fit the frame(s). The shapes are meant to be used as masking brushes.

Edited to add an ABR version! Several people have sent me .abr versions of my brushes. There's not a whole lot, but you can check them out here.