Citrus Owl

Grey cardstock, colour pencil and fineline marker.

.....little boxes......

A-doodling we will go.....

There something rather therapeutic about a piece of black cardstock and some coloured pigment ink.

Free for you

Wow, I had such an overwhelming response to my first couple of Free Colouring In Pages - here and here - that I thought I would make you another one.  

Here is how I created it..........

All you have to do is click on the image below.  You will be taken to mediafire and you can download the image from there.  Just make sure you print it on good quality A4 paper, and then colour to your hearts content.

**I just ask that you download and use this image for your personal use only**

Flower Doodle

Washable Colour Markers, black fineline markers and 30 minutes of doodle time.

This little flower doodle measures 5.5cm x 5.5cm, is very detailed and lots of fun!!

Studio Clean Up......

So many supplies.....so little space. 

My little studio is just that - little - and as any good crafter knows, you can never have too many supplies.  So it was time for a clean up.  

Especially as I have just made some nice boxes to help with the organisation.

I did of course have some help from the ever present Indie.

Boxes.......

I love boxes of all shapes, sizes and materials.

I crave organisation in my craft cupboard.

I lack vast amounts of money.

**Solution**

3 free cardboard boxes - 1 roll of masking tape  - pretty paper from my vast stash 

3 hours of fun

Now all I have to do is find the time and enthusiasm to reorganise the craft cupboard and use these boxes!!! 

Serenity for you..........

I lead a really good life.  I have a loving family, a nice place to call home,  an interesting job, and a creative mind.  All of these things are possible because I have been given one of the most amazing gifts.......Serenity.

I can't share my serenity, but I can share a serenity colouring in page with you.

Here is how it all come together.

If you would like to colour in your own piece of Serenity, all you have to do is click on the image below.  You will be taken to mediafire and you can download the image.

Just make sure you print it on good A4 paper and then colour to your hearts content.

  

**All I ask is that you only use the image for your personal use**

And please share your finished art work with me - I would LOVE to see it!!!

Love Bird Colour

I asked on facebook yesterday if anyone would be interested in a Sugarbird colouring-in page, and got absolutely bowled over (in the most lovely way) by the response. 

So I am taking the plunge and giving it a go.  I thought one of my favourite Sugarbirds would make a nice page to colour, but I had to colour it myself first to make sure.....

If you would like to have a go at colouring your own Sugarbird, all you have to do is click on the image below and you will be taken to mediafire.  You can then download the image on A4 paper and colour to your hearts content.

**All I ask is that you download and use this image for your personal use only**

Mark this Page

I have been having a lot of fun with my colour pencils this week.  So may colours and so many colour combinations.  The end result is some pretty bookmarks.

Where I work Part 4

Where I Work Part 1

Where I work Part 2

Where I work Part 3

Even before I re-established this work space this work space, I knew there was one major thing that I wanted to do differently.  Last time, I had a lot of of supplies and shelving ON the desk.  And while it looked nice and everything was right there, there ended up not being enough room to spread my wings and my imagination.  This time I tried ( emphasis on 'tried') to keep what actually belongs on the desk to a minimum.  

The other main difference is my staggeringly inexpensive splash back.  I really wanted to start messing around with paints and other messy supplies.  But the wall in front of the desk was the one that we just created and painted.  So the 12 year old and I stamped, stuck, doodled and coloured onto a strip of butchers paper.  Then attached it with  blu-tack to the wall.  And the really fun thing is that when I get bored of it...or mess it up too much, we can simply create a new one.

    My Ikea lamp was next to go up, once I located where the 15 year old had stored the screws (I am still unsure why he thought a lego filled container was a good place for them) 

After the desks first day of use, I decided that a couple of things needed to find a home on it.  The two containers to the left hold all of the tools - scissors, lead pencils, rulers etc that always seem to need to be at hand.  Then the 12 year old added a couple more things.

The far right  is a makeshift shelf that holds most of my colour pencils (truly, it is almost all of them....maybe).  The containers they are in are mostly tin cans with crochet coverings

 Here ends the tour of my little work space.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit....There will be an update to this tour in the (I hope) not too distance future.  We are planning on putting a big window in where the shelves are now and I cant wait to put the desk in front of it and have some lovely natural light to work by.

Where I Work - Part 2

Continuing the tour of my little work space (Click here for Part 1 of the tour) It is only a small space, in the downstairs of our high-set Queensland home.  A space I co-habit with the kids play area and the garage.  But it is mine, and I enjoy spending time in it.

 As I mentioned in my last post, most of the furnishings here are second hand or started life as something else.  It is as much fun creating in this space as it is creating this space. 

One of my favourite things here is the print above the shelving, it is by the lovely Marika.

Little shelves are always very handy to store little knick knacks and little art supplies.I picked up this set from a recyclers.  I crochet the Art Spectrum markers holders on top of the shelving

My lovely friend Vicky bought me the nesting dolls back from Europe and the little concertina book was made by Leah at Leahs Paper Passion .  The cute little drawers are actually stamps.

The little wooden boxes are lettering stamps and apart from the pigment and acrylic inks, most of the other things here are bundles of paper and cardstock for making into gift tags.

Once again, thank you for stopping by for a visit to my work space.  I hope you enjoyed it and will pop back for Part 3.