Mina's Journal

Grab yourself some more gorgeous pics from Beatrix Potter to use in your projects.   So I've been making free printables for a while, thought it would be a good idea to have images available so people could utilise them as they wish. The printables I make are intended for all manner of papercraft: * Scrapbooking * Journaling * Card Making * Letter writing * Decoupage * ModPodge * Decor Click the pics to get the bigger size (better for printing)...right click and 'Save Image As' Happy crafting xxx

The imagery of Beatrix Potter brings back nostalgic memories (no - I'm not that old). Public Domain is a wonderful thing for long time crafters like me.... Grab yourself these wonderful pics to use in your projects. Click the image to get the bigger size, then right click and 'Save Image As' Have fun with these xxx

I've been getting into Public Domain comics in a big way over the last week or so. Great to funky up scrapbooks and journals - so for those petrol heads out there... Click on the pic to go get some. ...and for the younger set - a trio of friends for paper play.

Got busy with this elephant. I have an old version of Photoshop and draw with a mouse. I use photos for reference. Today rather exhausting... didn't get my pots. Very good day though - achieved a lot even though I couldn't get online until late. Forgot to take the camera of course. Five of the family came to visit. Rest of the week I need to get some study out - wanting to finish, so the rest of the year is freed up for stuff I want to do. (Yeah right!)

Here's a cat duo in red. Grab those cardboard tubes! You can go get 'em here . :)

More Jungle Printouts Safari Animals : Zebra, Hippo, Rhino, Cheetah Matching Masks Matching Bookmarks Jungle Trees :)

Got some Jungly Goodness happening elsewhere Go get 'em Cardboard Tube Jungle Critters Printable Jungle Animal Masks Jungle Critter Bookmarks to Print :)

Latest printables by request - four sheets of Bear or Rabbit Stickers to Print You can go grab 'em here: Bear or Rabbit Stickers to Print Had fun with these...if you think you want to have a go at drawing these yourself, go see the tutorial: Draw a Bear and Mouse in MS Paint The tutorial is an easy step-by-step show through... a start to digital graphics, computer illustration... take five minutes for yourself and give it a go! :)

Last night we watched 'Kung Fu Panda 2'. Yes, I love kids' movies. So well done, the story well figured, amazing graphics - and detail: architectural detail in the buldings and the gorgeous colours in the dream sequences. I also particularly liked the cartoony style of the Panda stories that covered the closing credits. A huge surprise at the end for us and anticipation of a third Kung Fu Panda movie. I am quite enamoured by Master Shifu - voice played by Dustin Hoffman. Maybe its the mix of sage and humour of the character or that I just like a good, strong man. I thought Shifu was a mouse/racoony type hybrid - but he's actually a Red Panda! Get that! ...SKEDOOSH!... I'm working on some simple drawings for a Wild Animal series. Here's the Panda one. :)