Flu break, but finally back with next parts

Good morning :)
I have to apologize for not posting last weekend, but things don't always turn out as planned. In this case I was down with the flu for a week. Anything that didn't include sleeping , chilling on the sofa , plenty of fluids and my meds was just not happening.I even had to take off a few days from work. 
But I'm better now....still coughing and sniffles , but no fever and chills anymore.

Still, it was a bummer ! I had so many plans for my days off work as well. And guess what I got done? Nothing ! Not a single thing. I didn't even feel like I had enough energy to hold a paintbrush.
But no point stressing about it. I just take each day as it comes right now and work on getting rid of that snotty nose and cough completely, and get my energy and strength back.

So what have I been up to since I felt a little better? Back to work for a start. And falling exhausted into bed at the end of my shifts. But I have found a little time for some creativity as well.
This morning I did another Skillshare class and painted a wreath with hand lettered quote.

Some Butterflies.

And I made a few more lava bead bracelets
 But let me get to the download links now.
I'm a week behind , but hey.... so here are the next two parts.

More background papers
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ziomea5t1w5m6e5/sr_valentinedreams2.zip

and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/q2d9n2542j3yac4/sr_valentinedreams5.zip

There will be two more parts for this kit. I say next weekend,lol......hoping nothing prevents me from posting this time ;)

Till then
Hugs Snowy

Valentine Dreams freebie kit

Hello,
back with the Valentines kit and more paintings.
The Watercolor challenge of 2018 continues and week 2 of February theme is " Macaroons"
I don't even like them , but they sure are fun to paint !

And even more fun when the new watercolors arrive , which I won via Gift card in last months competition.

The pigments in this set are just out of this world  :)

And I also completed this "Steampunk Journey" painting.


But now to kit previews ...

This kit has 6 parts and can be used for more than just Valentines layouts.
I give you the first 2 downloads today.
Backgrounds
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ytcqg5yks1994pj/sr_valentinedreams1.zip

and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qif9bsjwjagos9o/sr_valentinedreams4.zip

Enjoy! And see you with more parts next week :)
Stay crafty
Hugs Snowy

Last part of Frosty Winter Nights

Hello :)
It's Superbowl Sunday and I'm sitting here watching the game while writing this post. It's rather late here in UK ...in fact , it's already Monday here. I finished my late shift at 23.00 , rushed home and just made it for the game to begin.

This last week was a success for me because I won the watercolor challenge for January. The prize was an Amazon Gift card and obviously I spent it on art supplies. I will just have to wait a little for it to arrive from the USA.

I took another Skillshare class with food items. The February challenge is gearing up to paint and illustrate a recipe.

Apart from that I completed a Macramé wallhanging and a plant hanger .

All in all a creative productive week. But now to the last part of the kit. 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ukv866pl6da8h1t/sr_frostynights5.zip

Next week will be the start of a new freebie kit again .

A Valentine kit in rich red and gold tones , suitable not just for Valentine layouts. Detailed previews next weekend .

Until then .

Stay creative :) 

Hugs Snowy

More frosty Winter Nights

Hello :)
Yup ,I'm one day late posting...sorry. I came off nightshift yesterday morning , had a bout 3 hours sleep, caught up with housework and some other things, cooked dinner and sat down on the sofa in front of the TV. Big mistake ! I got sleepy and instead of posting ,I forgot and went straight to bed. This morning I had the "oops" moment when I remembered. Ah well, I'm human , and not a machine.

Okay, let's start with art news. Did you ever want to learn about colors? About mixing ?
Over at https://learn.blackchalkco.com/p/palettiquette you can do a free month long class (weekly tasks) in your own time. It started beginning of January, but better late than never. I just did week 1. All you need is the 3 primary colors (yellow, red ,blue ) and from these you will learn how to mix lots and lots of different colors and shades.
I just did my first color wheel and i's so much fun creating your own watercolor palette.

All these and more from just 3 colors.

Inkstruckstudio's 2018 Watercolor challenge continues with Food items for week 5 -theme Donut.
I get hungry looking at them :)

Week 4 theme was Squares.
I used metallic fluorescent paints and filled them with gold floral doodles.

 And the grey weather made me buy some daffodils. I wanted some color inside for a little spring feeling. I will take some close ups and try to paint them.

It's my weekend and I have lots of plans. How much of them I will actually get done remains to be seen.
I'll let you know next post ;)

For now it's Frosty Winter Nights time....

More backgrounds and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7a5f7h0yhnjybx9/sr_frostynights2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7tnewxsd1nb1onn/sr_frostynights3.zip

You have one more part coming next week and then ....well, I don't know about you, but I have the desire for some more colorful designs now. We have Valentines Day coming up and it's not long until Spring. So enough of winter and let's start a new season.

For those interested in knitting that patchwork blanket, I will also try to do some updates on that page soon.
Stay creative
Hugs Snowy

Frosty Winter Nights

Yeah...we really have those here in the moment. But I don't mind the cold as long as it stays dry and sunny..... Hello :)
It's rather late already , so I try to make this another quick post. But I have pics to show this time. I finished another Skillshare class over the weekend and also a challenge.
Week 3 of the Watercolor Challenge was Shapes- Diamonds

I decided to create a star shape and fill them with galaxy style and add a kind of web to the white space.

The Skillshare class was 5 projects/lessons. I'm showing 3 of them here. The task was Autum/Winter illustrations in leaf form.

The final project and definitely my favorite ;)




And now to Frosty Winter Nights....

Here come the previews...

Here the links for this week, one with backgrounds and one with elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bd55hdqfh2rjsug/sr_frosty_nights1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/m119w6av30g5b2r/sr_frostynights4.zip

More next Sunday .I'm off to bed now to get my beauty sleep because I have to be up really early for work . So sweet dreams and stay crafty :)
Hugs Snowy

The next parts of Frosty Mornings

Hello,
hope you all had a lovely weekend . I, myself , just came home from work , at 11.20 pm . So  will make this a quick post and then get my beauty sleep :)
And I really don't have anything to show this week.
It's not that I have been lazy, but I concentrated my energy onto other areas the past week.
I did my "New Year's de-clutter" . So far I have managed 2 rooms. The kitchen and my bedroom ,including all clothing, have been done. I got rid of at least 1/4 of my wardrobe contents. I'm down another clothing size , so these too large tops and jeans had to go. Same as a few old sheets which just didn't look nice anymore and the elastic was practically gone.
Sorting through the kitchen I got rid of old baking trays and forms, and replaced them with some new ones I found in the sale.
It's not a quick job to get everything out of the cupboards , but it's satisfying in the end when everything is sorted and in order.
So no pictures of artwork this week, but straight to the freebie parts.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gdpsipxm356rx95/sr_frostymornings2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/8kxnuc9t463md49/sr_frostymornings4.zip

These are the last parts of this smaller kit....but here comes the preview of the next kit. We go from Frosty Mornings to Frosty Nights :)

Detailed previews in my next post .

Until then
Hugs Snowy

I'm back with new freebie

Hello everybody and happy new year :)
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas as well.
For us it was an early one on the 21st , the Pagan way on Winter Solstice day , because I had to work Christmas and New Years eve as well.
And I turned 50. Fifty years old...can you bloody believe it,lol ? I'm never going to be a dignified old Lady. I like my metal concerts too much.
Creativity wise I have been busy again. Not busy enough enough.There never seem to be enough hours in a day for all the things I want to do.
But I'm taking part in a watercolor challenge which will run all year by Inkstruck Studios.
https://www.inkstruck.com/
January theme is shapes, and week 1 circles. The perfect opportunity for some planets .

I love painting galaxies !

Week 2 is already done as well. Theme is triangles and I had that "aha" moment when it came to my mind that cut gems are made out of a lot of triangles.

And then I finished another new kit. It's a planner/journal kit and will have add-ons throughout the year.

But now to the freebie. It's still Winter ....

...and there will still be a few "Frosty Mornings"
This kit has a selection of snowmen, the Ice Queen and lots of wintery backgrounds and elements.

Here is a simple layout I made with it, showing my son and the snow angel he made.

As always 2 parts today.


Backgrounds
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1k6349ki52k3ld3/sr_frostymornings1.zip

and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/q92981qfm4eqhr9/sr_frostymornings3.zip

The next parts next Sunday. Stay warm and keep creative :)

Hugs Snowy

Last of Funky Christmas

Good morning
hope you're all keeping toasty warm ! If your weather is as cold as it is here this morning ,it's really time to wrap up in layers to stay warm. We had a nice frost over night , and even without snow everything looked white when I first got up earlier.
It was the perfect weather to also wrap up and finish this new kit I have been working on the past few weeks now. I even manged to get the main preview ready.
Wanna see ?

Happy how it turned out , and with 30 backgrounds and 41 elements it's not a small kit ;)
I couldn't even fit all the elements on , it looked far too cluttered.

Here is also a Quickpage I made with the new kit.

Apart from this I did some snow paintings.

 And I'm proud to have been featured on Irina Tzarkos page on Instagram.

Irina is one of the Skillshare teachers and I have learned a lot from taking part in her classes. Those colorful fall leaves in the picture are mine.
I'm looking forward to a lot more classes with Irina.

But now to the last parts of Funky Christmas. I decided to give you all 3 of the remaining parts today.
Many of you will have plans over the Christmas days and I , myself, will be working. We will be having our "Christmas " on Winter Solstice day , the 21st of December, this year.
So I will take a blogging break and will be back again on the first day in 2018. With a new freebie kit of course !
That doesn't mean I will be bone idle during that time. Apart from work in my normal job I will be working on more new designs, painting etc...etc...
I have actually already started with some Valentine watercolors which I have to finish them and then convert everything into png files for elements. And I have ideas for another new kit. But more about that next year....
Here are your last 3 parts of Funky Christmas now.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ccpjtr09drcc1fr/sr_funkyChristmas5.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/51c1oldfp3v523l/sr_funkyChristmas6.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/z7plrnrfyk5kv1d/sr-funkyChristmas7.zip

Have a merry Christmas,blessed Yule and Happy New Year
...and stay crafty :)
Hugs Snowy

More Funky Christmas

Good morning.... it's a cold ,wet and windy day here. I think I might stay in my PJs all day. It's a day off work and in this weather I don't fancy going anywhere outside !
So I will catch up with some chores , as always on my first days off , and then chill out, watch a movie , paint or read a book in the comfort of my home.
I already finished a painting I started a while ago this morning.
Happy how it turned out :)

I love Christmas florals

And I had great fun creating this snowy background yesterday


Apart from that I have been a little busy designing as well. Want a sneak peak of what I've been working on?

Winter is coming ! Or rather it's already there in some parts of the world :)

I just noticed I put the holly branch on twice ...ooops :)

My creative juices are flowing ! I already have ideas for the next kit, even though this isn't even finished yet. I'll tell you more of  "new kit" ideas in one of my next posts, but for now it's Christmas time.
Funky Christmas time !


Here come the new parts for you.

Detailed previews were in the previous post.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/i55cdf1i22z2ykb/sr_funky_Christmas2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rk6x57kgv7q7d3t/sr_funky_Christmas4.zip

Here is a quickpage I put together from this kit.

That's it for now again. Stay warm , healthy and crafty.
Until next weekend
Hugs Snowy