Freebie kit Gordon's kitchen

Hello " yawn" ,
I have come off nightshift earlier and only had a short nap, so bear with me in case I have typos n this post. My brain doesn't quite work at full capacity.

And I had barely any time for painting this past week either But ...on the bright side... the temperatures have gone down and it actually feels like autumn. Here at the coast we're getting he winds to go with it. Time to get out those hoodies and coats.

Today is the last day I can sit at my old desk. My creative room is getting a make-over with new shelves and desk, the walls and ceiling need to be painted and I will have a feature wall with wallpaper. A lot of work again, but will be worth it.
The reason is that this old desk is too small ! I need space not only for my laptop and painting, but also want a place to put up my sewing machine, which has been stored away and not used since we disposed of the large dining table. I just don't have a large enough surface to use it. But that will now change with this large L-shaped desk I ordered. One side for painting and laptop, the other side for sewing and other textile crafts.

Needless to say I won't get much painting done without desk and lots of DIY .
I did one for #thingswithflowers , but didn't even finish my leaf yet.

But hey...I started designing , not just one but 2 new kits.

Fancy a quick look at what I have so far?

This one will be called "Golden Autumn"

And this will be more colourful and playful .I have something like "Autumn Joy"in mind.

I need to start packing up my art supplies , so let's get to the new freebie kit.
It's called Gordon's kitchen and is a HUGE kit. It has everything from backgrounds in different color schemes, tube elements of appliances, food items ,cutlery, recipe cards etc. And there is our Chef Gordon.

Here come the first 2 links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6c0836ws2g8b96o/sr_gordon%2527s_kitchen1.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w282d4p3kivjpzh/sr_gordonskitchen_elements_1.zip/file

Let's have fun cooking :)
And I will be back next weekend with more parts ….until then, stay crafty !  :)
Hugs Snowy

More Love Letters kit

Good morning :)
It's one of my rare weekends off work and I have been busy !
For a start I caught up with knitting squares for my blanket. I think I have roughly 60 done ….only about 80 more to go ..oufff ;)

A lot of work , sweat and cursing going into this , but it will be well worth it in the end :)

Then I managed to get 2 more paintings for #thingswithflowers done.

The guitar . Love how this turned out !

And the swing in a loose style with lavender .

And my "homework" for this week , the letter B leaves -Birch.

For next week it's the Chestnut leaf , Horse chestnut to be specific
http://clipground.com/images/chestnut-leaf-clipart-5.jpg

They are almost ripe here and will fall down soon , and the leaves will start going yellow and brown then.
A Japanese Cherry leaf would be another option for letter C .

I love Autumn and can't wait for all those lovely colors :)
So here is an autumn leaves paint tutorial



OK... time for the kit and links again...

I made another quickpage from this kit

And here the links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wywqy0m58onk95k/sr_loveletters2.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/r8cda2c7392171c/sr_loveletters4.zip/file

Question : Would you be interested in more quickpages? I have a lot saved and been thinking about uploading them as freebies as well.
If I sort them in themes and group them into packs of 4 or 5 at the time , they would make nice freebie downloads as well.

Let me know and that's it for today again. Until next week
Hugs Snowy

New Freebie kit again

Good morning :)
I was too tired last night after work to post . It was nearly midnight and all I wanted was to have a cuppa and then crawl into my bed .
But after a good nights sleep I am ready to do my blog post this morning now.

Last week I wrote about drawing and painting leaves, and said I'll show you my finished painting this week.

Here it is.

This week we move on to letter B and the birch tree leaves.
I looked up a link for you again as reference.
http://www.supercoloring.com/sites/default/files/styles/coloring_full/public/cif/2013/05/birch-tree-branch-coloring-page.gif

Give it a go :)

I've also been working on the challenge.

Paintbox for #thingswithflowers

...and the Lighthouse
Here it is also without flowers

But I promised a new kit for today ….

...it's a kit called Love Letters. It contains lace , glitter ,folded paper and a couple of tubes.

Here a quickpage I made with the kit.

And the first links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7clpw1awzickf26/sr_loveletters1.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dj98k3d3xv8cbx2/sr_loveletters3.zip/file

Apart from that there isn't any interesting to tell.... you can't go on any adventures when stuck at work :)
And that what I have to get ready for soon again … so until next post.
Stay creative
Hugs Snowy

Last two Tuatha parts and "Let's doodle"

Good morning everybody ,
...well it's morning where I am , and I have come home from my night shift not too long ago.

In regards to your comment Edna, I think a few hours more time only just scratch the surface. I need more days instead of hours to get everything done I want to do. I need to retire ...but that's still 16 years in the future for me ;)

I finished the bathroom...finally ! I got a new mirror hanging cabinet and new shelves to complete it.

It's floral and feminine, and I needed light colors in this very small room without window.

I'm currently making a batch of sour dough starter, because fresh baked sour dough bread is just the bomb ! It's healthier than other quick rising bread and easy to make.
Think of it as a pet ...you have to feed it to grow. All you need is a pot or jar, flour (I prefer organic wholemeal ) ,water (I use mineral water because the chlorine can hinder the good bacteria to grow) and patience. One cup of flour mixed with one cup of water , cover container with cloth so the mixture can breathe and feed the same daily. Within 7-9 days it's ready to use for bread.

 I'm also making Greek yoghurt.
All it takes is a tub of plain full fat yoghurt and milk. From half a tub I get 3 to 4 times the amount , so it not only saves me money , but I know exactly what's in it. Filtering it after the 36 hour progress gives me the thick and creamy consistency. If a feel indulgent I even add fresh cream to the milk yoghurt mix before I switch the yoghurt maker on :)

"THINGS WITH FLOWERS" is back this month and I just love this challenge !

I chose blackberry for my ice cream cone :)


OK....I talked about leaf drawing and painting last week . Let's start with the letter A and the Alder tree .
Here you can find an Alder leaf to copy or trace
http://coloringpages24x7.com/gallery/alder+tree+drawing/1

Notice the little teeth at the edges, not all leaves have smooth edges.
Start with pencil , and once you are happy with it you can start coloring or use a black fineliner pen , or even both .

Now look up Ash or /Aspen leaves on google and do the same.
I will show how I colored mine next week.
But here is a simple watercolor tutorial

                   
Now to digital and Tuatha links.

The last two links :)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/x1eq504oexm52o1/sr_tuatha5.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/58jii5zi6cs02fr/st_tuatha6.zip/file

There will be another new freebie next week , but I have to look through my external drive first to see what I can give you next.
So until then , stay crafty :)
Hugs Snowy