Hope you are all enjoying this Easter weekend with your loved ones! We had some friends over for a BBQ yesterday and will make a lovely Easter meal for our little family of three this evening :)

I just wanted to pop on here to congratulate Awna Stark for being the first reader to name all 5 posts where I’d hidden Easter eggs: My Little Bundle, Happy Birthday Isaac Alexander, New Illustration: Prickly Passion, New Illo: Mother’s Love, and Welcome to Rachelle Anne Miller Illustration!

And I’ve just made the draw for the second prize and that goes to…..(drum roll)…. TRACY from Addicted to Craft! Congrats Tracy and thanks for participating. Please check out my portfolio page and let me know which 3 cards you’d like me to send :)

Thanks everyone else for participating and have a lovely day!

Welcome to my very first Easter Egg Hunt!

Here’s how it works:
It’s simple! I have hidden 5 Easter eggs in 5 different posts (see image below). The first person to find all 5 of these cute little eggs and name their locations in a comment, wins! This contest is open to anyone worldwide… and if you’re a friend or family member, you can also participate – don’t feel like you can’t just because you know me ;)

1st Prize:
First prize is TEN (that’s right, TEN!) birthday cards that I designed for Bug Art. These are professionally printed and available in stores now. They are beautifully detailed with gold and flitter and come wrapped in a cello sleeve, including a matching coloured envelope! You can view the ten designs on my portfolio page.

Draw Prize:
I will also be selecting one winner to receive any 3 (of their own choosing) Bug Art cards. In order to qualify for this prize, you simply have to leave a comment in this post and I will make a random draw from the comments on Easter Sunday (April 12)!

Have fun and happy hunting!!

My husband randomly picked two numbers between 1 and 66…. and the winners of my Inspiration Giveaway are #22 & #49!!

Congratulations to Kelly from Arizona & Pernilla! You will both be receiving a beautiful collection of 8 cards – each individually wrapped in a plastic sleeve, including an envelope. I will be contacting both of you to get your mailing address. Thanks everyone for participating!!!

I’m still playing around with my monkey character for an upcoming project and thought I’d show you some of my recent sketches. Which one is your favorite? :o)

On another note, I’m making the draw for the giveaway in a couple hours but you still have time to enter!

GOOD LUCK!!

Another week has flown by! It’s been pretty hard keeping up with all my work while trying to set up a new home, entertaining guests, and preparing for a baby! Can’t say that I’m complaining, as all of these things are just wonderful – but I find myself falling a bit behind with Illustration Friday. I’m not sure I’ll have time to make a post this week but I thought in order to make up for it, I’d have another card giveaway (something I’ve been wanting to do anyway)!

I was very flattered by the number of you that participated last time so I want to give you all another chance to win :o) This giveaway is open to anyone – worldwide! This time there’ll be TWO lucky winners of a collection of 8 beautiful greeting cards (each individually sealed in a plastic sleeve, including envelopes)!

HOW TO ENTER:

In order to enter the giveaway, you must simply leave a comment on this post, including a link to your favorite site for inspiration. I think it’d be great to share these links with each other and I love browsing other artist’s beautiful work! It can be site for crafting inspiration, stamping inspiration, illustration/art inspiration, etc, etc. Just make sure you leave one great link in your post! The draw will be made at the end of the day on June 27th, 2008.

Thanks for participating! Hopefully I’ll be back on my feet very soon, posting lots of new illustrations ;o)