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I have been so busy again. I’m not moved in, settled, and started painting again. I even finished two new paintings that I haven’t shared yet on this blog. So keep your eyes peeled, because I will most likely post them this week! Before posting any new work though, we have the blog hop for August! And I am very proud to present the Halloween designs I came up with for Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/)! I love them to bits! Today I decided to paint Mitzi the Mummy.

For those of you who requested her to me and Kimmie many many times, Little Batty Princess is now also a stamp! And because of this special release, there is a print of Batty to be won! So there will be one lucky winner this month! Each purchase gives you a chance to win!

Of course, this is a blog hop, and with the blog hop there is also free rubber to win! (You know you want iiiiitt! Yes?) All you have to do, is hop on each blog and comment for a chance to win!

The blog hop starts here: http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com

If you are jumping to the next blog, you have to go to miss Elaine’s blog now! http://quixoticcards.com/

Thank you all so much for your constant support! Every hop is a blast!

Again this month, I must apologies for the lack of updates and even for my contribution for the hop. I really wanted to do a full card design, but I’m running out of time with all the work pilling up and the moving next week. (I’ve been packing boxes, painting my new room and workspace, and working working working!) I promise more updates in August! I have some nice paintings lined up too! Sketches are done on my very little spare time.

So for this month’s blog hop, my stamps designs turned out to be Fairytales! I’ve had a blast creating them, and I hope stampers will enjoy creating cards and other neat things with them! Of course, all stamps are now available at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/). Today, I decided to paint Rapunzel! Again, sorry for the lack for background or anything really. I only had time to paint the princess. (and I redid it 3 times, no joke!) I hope you will still enjoy it!

Of course, there are stamps to win! Simply comment on all blogs of the hop for chances to win!

To start the blog hop, you should go here: http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com
And the next stop from my blog is… the wonderful Vicki! : http://www.summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/

A quick update from me before tomorrow’s blog hop! I’ve been very busy packing my material. I’m also painting my new workspace today. Very exciting! But that also means less drawing and painting time for me. Actually… almost none. I can’t wait to be in August and have a little more me time with my drawing table. I really need it! While waiting though, I’ve managed to finish a sketch. This painting will be huge. The sketch is so big, it doesn’t fit my scanner, so there is a huge crop.

The scan itself is not too great either, but I hope you all won’t mind! It still gives a fairly good idea of what’s to come!

After many requests, I’m also planning the Cheshire Cat Joker card for the Alice set. I really want it to be done before the 13th of August. So maybe I will have something soon! Cross you fingers!

Yup yup! That time of the month again! Kraftin Kimmie Stamps (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/) are releasing mermaids today! And I must admit that I am definitely excited about this release. I’ve done these mermaids a while ago, and wanted to share them all for such a long time! It’s probably one of my favourites rubber stamps kits I have done so far. Not that I am not happy with the other ones coming, but I guess I have a thing for mermaids still! hehehe

For this blog hop, I decided to paint Marina and her fish friend! I’ve done a painting like this stamp before (First Kiss) but that was quite a while ago, and thought it would be a nice idea to give it a try again and see what I could do now. (I love redoing paintings to see the progress through the years. It’s definitely a form of motivation for me)

This time, I did a soft watercolour shading. And it’s on a sort of Bristol paper, instead of my usual watercolour paper. It’s got less texture, so it was a nice change! Again, I did a very simple design. I’m always very humbled to see myself among such great designers in the blog hop, because I’m not where near that level! but I hope you all don’t mind!

Of course, there are goodies again this month! With each other on Kimmie’s site, people will get extra accessories goody bags! And there is always the chance to win free stamps! You know the drill! Comment on each blog of the blog hop for chances to win!

To start the blog hop: http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com
And the next stop from this blog is Krista: http://craftylittlepigtails.blogspot.com/

Yup! After 5 months of not finding the time to update my website, I finally did. Must admit that with what happened 2 months ago, things have been crazy and it took me a while to find my mojo back. But now the 3 newest paintings have been added, and I also put up 4 new rubber stamps in the store!

But there is a little extra! There is also a SALE!! 7% off everything you purchase between May 18th to June 19th! How neat is that?!?!? This applies to prints, rubber stamps, bookmarks, magnets, keychains even original artwork!

A little note that this discount doesn’t apply to the Etsy store. I’ve tried looking into it, but it seems like Etsy doesn’t really have any easy tools to apply discounts off items (or after all the searching and browsing, I still haven’t figured it out!) so this special offer is only available at http://www.moonlight-whispers.com for now!

Enjoy! And thank you all for the constant support!!

Yikes! I have failed to finish this one on friday like I wanted. BUT I did finish it! It was trickier than I though, and I need a nice push to get it done too. Today, I decided I would focus a little more and managed to pull it off! This one wasn’t easy, especially the glow. Until the very end until I put those little extra highlights with the acrylics, I thought I wouldn’t get the look I was hoping for. But it turned out that I did! (I was so relieved too!)

I’ve been away for a while. Getting my life back together now that I’ve probably been emo for too long. Hope you can all forgive me!

This month, I had to work on Halloween rubber stamp designs, so I was inspired by it I guess when I did this sketch. It’s a little creepy even for me, I think. *laughs* Not quite sure what to put in the background, but once I do figure it out, I’m thinking of painting this one. (Maybe I’ll get some free time tomorrow?)

It’s been a rough month. I’ve been away. I even skipped last month’s hop. I hope you all don’t mind. I’ve had to deal with some serious personal problems, but things are slowly getting back to normal. Hopefully, I can catch up with everything by the end of may. Wish me luck! There is a site update coming up also. I just need to finish one or two paintings and then I am ready to put all of it online! So exciting! (I haven’t updated since November 2009! I sound so lazy!)

But for now, it’s time for the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp blog hop! There is a new release today and the theme is all about the upcoming summer!! You can find all of the bathing beauties on Kimmie’s site (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/) and there is a little extra: the Perfect Poison is also now available as a stamp!! I’ve had a LOT of request for that one! Hopefully this will make a few (or a lot) of stampers happy!!

For my part, I had fun with Eleanor this week. I took out my gouache to paint her! It’s the first time I use gouache to color a stamp. It was a bit trick. I will probably try this again and hope for a better result next time! But I do enjoy the really bright colours that gouache can give me compared to watercolour. I also play with buttons a lot and did a wacky card design with it all. I’m still not very good compared to Kimmie Design Team, but I’m getting there I think!

And of course, now for the goodies! You do know you get a chance to win a free stamp if you participate in the blog hop right? (Free stamps! We know you want it!) All you need to do is stop by and leave a comment on every blog for chances to win!

The blog hop starts here: http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com
And the next stop from my blog is the lovely and FABULOUS Kimmie herself!: http://kraftinkimmieskorner.blogspot.com/

I don’t think I’ve ever put so much sadness and emotions in a painting before. I’m well aware that it’s cliché, not very elaborate or anything like that. Just needed to let it out.

Sorry for the depressing mood you guys.

“Heartbroken”
5×7 watercolour, ink and acrylics on hot pressed watercolour paper.

A new stamp release just after a week? Why yes, it is! This month I played with the theme of Moulin Rouge and French Cancan. Very different from what I usually do and I had a lot of fun creating these ladies! To see all the new designs go to Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps! (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com )

Of course, as usual, I did a little bit of coloring with one of the designs. I watercolored Monique in nice monochromatic tones and with a very dramatic spot light lighting.

You also get the chance to win free stamps! (you would love free stamps right? ) All you need to do is to leave a comment on each blog of the hop and in gives you a chance to win! Good luck to everyone!

To start the blog hop: http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com

For the next stop from this blog, go to the fabulous Vicki! http://www.summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/