Art Planner Inspiration

Just a little art planner inspiration.

• Digital stamp for a bit of personalized creativity.

Art Planner Cuddlebug Cuties Dashboard

• Vintage cat decorations for this weeks layout.

Art Planner Kittie Cat Weekly Layout

• Stencils and stickers for fun and creative note taking.

Art Planner Fun Decorated Notes Pages

Cuddlebug Cuties, Paw Prints On My Heart

You can find this adorable digital stamp here.

Copics:
Skin: R11, E000, E50, E30, E21, E13, BV20
Hair: E42, E44, E47, E49
Pup: E49, E44, E43, E42, E40
C5, E04, E70, E07
Clothes: E79, E77, E74, E71, E70
E81, E84, E87, E89

Hugs,
Anna

Sweet Violet Cuddlebug

It's been a long and trying week, but somehow I finally feel like I came out on top.

Last night was a close call for a bit of a superwoman breakdown.

At 1am I'm rushing into a 24hr animal emergency room begging the poor girl behind the desk to find me a doctor who treated rats... looking back now; her face was quite priceless.

Long story short; when male rats get into a squabble it's bad. Really bad, and stitches are likely. Everything worked out fine. My little furbaby is all fixed and has been spoiled all day. I think he quite likes laying on my drawing desk and getting hand fed little veges one at a time. Did I say spoiled? 

He hasn't move to terribly much but he seemed to enjoy watching me draw and color my latest digi. He'd do his cute purr and his eyes would boggle when I'd talk to him. Every now and then, he'd do a long stretch toward me and give my hand a dozen or so kisses.  It's really been sweet. 

Sad as the entire experience was, bonding with him today has just seemed to make all of the tough moments from the week evaporate. They really didn't have as much weight as I thought they did in the moment. He brought quite a bit of peace to my heart and mind. Big blessing can come in small packages.

Sweet Violet Cuddlebug Cuties

Sweet Violet Cuddlebug Cuties

 Copics:

Skin: E50, 30, 11, 13 R20

Hair: E29, 39, 23, 21

Dress: V09, 6, 12, 01

BG78, 49, 45, 01, G21, Y11

E33, Y35, YR 31, 30

 

Enjoy coloring and crafting with Sweet Violet, but please give me; Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.

Hugs,

Anna

Furballs In The Craftroom

I've been working on redoing my craft room to make it a bit more art studio like.

I felt that I just had to much random hobby craft supplies cluttering up every inch of my limited space. Since my main crafts are drawing and art journaling I really needed more table space than storage for pretties.

I'm in the process of reevaluating my materials. Storing some and donating others all to make room for a small kitchen table to replace my desk. The desk is beautiful but once I put a computer on it I have little room for large and unusual sized sketch books. 

My rattie furbabies are quite alarmed by this entire situation. My craft desk has been around as long as they have and it has changed very little. It's their favorite place to play. Plenty of areas to climb and a hutch to hide in.

I've been letting them explore one last time on it while I clean it off.

Of coarse a photo shoot ensued.

Bear Playing In Ribbon

Bear Getting Pets

Jasper, Hmm What's In Here?

Loki Claims My Old Pen Holder As His

Thor Enjoying a Treat

Thor, Yumm!

Bear, Mine

Bear, No Touch

Bear & Ghost, Fancy Dumbos *brothers

Ghost, sweetest little guy ever

Jasper, Oh That's Good

I think they had fun, and they loved the special treat.

They get fresh veges and fruit everyday but I keep a box of dieters sweets for them for special treats. I figure if it's for a diet they shouldn't get to plump, right? Hmm...you only live once might as well enjoy it :) They are snacking on a Weight Watchers Carrot Cake. Spoiled, I know. That's the way furbabies should be. They love yogurt too, oh but what a mess. That's a photo shoot for another day.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Anna

Paper Fanatic

I've come to the conclusion that I am a paper fanatic. 

I love paper.

 Pretty paper or drawing paper; any type of paper is a toy for me. It makes it difficult to complete a journal because as soon as I get new paper I want to try it. By the end of any given day I'll have several art journals and sketch books scribbled in. I've often wondered if I should tear all the paper from my books and store them all together in a ringed binder. It would be the best of both worlds; trying many types of new paper while still keeping all my work together. 

Would I still be able to field journal with it? I have the feeling that I would have it stuffed so full that it would be difficult to travel with. Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to destroy a book and give it a try. 

A Collection Of Journals

From top to bottom;

• New drawing paper. Super thick and amazing quality. Perhaps a new favorite.
• Sketchbook. Beautiful cover, light weight, and purse size.
• Art journal. Huge pages with lots of room.

A view of the inside.

Cuddlebug Cuties Works in Progress

Cuddlebug Cuties Works In Progress

Bear, Fancy Dumbo Furbaby

And of coarse, Bear is almost a constant fixture on my work desk. He's now litter box trained and doesn't mark, so I love to spend the day with him supervising. He'll just quietly rest on my markers and watch. I can even snack while working and he won't budge. Never sticks his nose in my plate; just sweetly waits to be offered nibbles. My pups aren't even that well behaved, lol.

Many hugs to my wonderful arts and crafts buddies,

Anna