Cute Critter Wishes

 One of my favourite little critters ...

This was my first attempt ... can you spot the error?

Easier to see on the close-up! I didn't mask the flowers when I was doing the distressing around the circle!

Which colour sky do you prefer?

My entry to ...

... AAA Cards : Sketch & optional Critters

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

... TimeOut Challenge : Movies I choose "The Hedgehog" based on the book "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" which was translated from the French "L'Élégance du hérisson" by Muriel Barbery. Loved the book!!

Thanks a Bunch

I went with using the negative space for The Paper Players PP310 : Sketch Challenge.

Here is the sketch ...

And I will enter it to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #7.  It's the first time I'm using these particular stamps from the Altenew Beautiful Day set.

Sprinkles and smiles

The CASology Challenge this week is Sprinkle, and if you've got sprinkles then you've got smiles too.

With some Wink of Stella shimmer on her dress too.

I will also enter this to ...

... Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

... Less is More Lucky Dip Week : Patterned paper challenge

New supplies

My Distress Crayons arrived today ... and had to give them a quick try. Started by drawing a square and smooshing it with my finger. Oh My! Is that smooth or what ?! What amazing texture. I wanted to just keep on playing with them. And then to mix things up a bit, I used a Copic C1 to make some shadows on the squares and leaves.

I drew on the edge of strip of cardstock and smooched again so I would have exact matching paper for the border.

New stamps too ... the Roses for You set from Simon Says Stamp.  And as I put my stamps in the Pockets and make my own labelling cardboard, I cut up the card that comes with the stamps. The grey zigzag can be used in so many ways as it is so subtle. I painted the leaves by putting a wet paintbrush directly to the crayon to get the colour.

Here is a close-up.

I will enter this to the ...

... Simon Says Stamp : A Bit O Green Challenge

... Freshly Made Sketch Challenge

... and Darnell's NBUS Challenge #6

... Addicted to Stamps : Clean and Simple Challenge

Advent Colouring 1-8

I am following Ann Voskamp's Advent readings in Unwrapping the Greatest Gift. Such a beautiful book with a rich messages each day each showing us how God has reached out to us from the beginning.

There are 2 versions : a colourful, beautifully illustrated one for the family, and a smaller one with the same "ornament" illustrations in white and kraft - ever so pretty too.

  

When you buy the book, you get access to the printouts of the ornaments. Last year, I made the white ones for my mother in law. This year, I decided to print the ones to colour. Will give me a both a quiet moment to reflect on the message of the day and to practice my Copic colouring.

I will post as I go along... here are the first 9 days.

I think I will mount them on the red cardstock as it will make them pop - or would a blue be better? I wanted the backing to be blue as the accompanying message has blue in it. I had so hoped to find a double sided paper to do the trick, but no luck.

So which is it to be?