PRINT - COLOUR - WIN

Only 3 more...well 2 really, until our Mamas and Chicks Show...oh my, it always creeps up on me WAY too fast.
WIN WIN WIN...if you have little ones...OR if YOU would like to enter...I would LOVE to see what you come up with.
I will be colouring mine too...and the WINNER will WIN either one of these or their own custom Once Upon a Time watercolour...where YOU can choose the animal...etc.


HAVE FUN with it...and post the picture on my BlueshineArt Facebook Page with a link to where I can contact you :-) If you don't have a FB page...email me your coloured page.


Have fun with the colouring pages...I can't wait to see what YOU and your kids get up to :-)
HUGS
Char.x

Illustration in progress...

  

Good morning...working on a book with Shelly...VERY excited but I can't show you too much! :-) as it would spoil the surprice...these are all macro shots of the images so far.
This little girl learns some important lessons in this book...it's a book of rythm and reason...did I tell you I was EXCITED?
We have about 6 books written so far which are waiting to be illustrated...and then the fun begins when we have to fight off publishing houses...lol...

Hope you have a LOVELY day...

Have you entered my January Giveaway?
If not you have 24 hours to enter....QUICK QUICK...go HERE.

HUGS
Char.x

ART 4 YOU **GIVEAWAY**- custom portrait...

HAPPY Monday!

I'm feeling GOOD today, and I want to celebrate the fact by creating something special for one lucky reader...so...

**THE WINNER** (who will be picked by random) will receive the choice of either a family portrait "A Mother's Load" of you and up to 4 children...(if you have more we can chat)

OR a portrait of your pet...

Above are examples of finished portraits which I have made for friends and family...

ALL you have to do...is vote on our recent banners...and tell us why the one you picked is your favourite.

a.

b.

c.

YOU can earn upto 4 entries by:

1. voting (you must be a FABULOUS reader of our blog to enter)
2. posting about our Giveaway on your blog
3. chatting about it on Facebook
4. or Tweeting about it

Make sure each if your entries are individual comments...and that you include the link back from your posts.

GOOD LUCK...the contest will run until Friday morning at 8am.

I'm painting today...cleaning...baking and planning...
What do you have planned?

-18 degree HUGS
Char.x

Frantic Friday...with a little surprise GIVEAWAY:-)

WHY do I always leave things to the last minute? Do you?

I have ridiculous amounts of tasks which need to be completed by next week...and I probably could have had them finished and out of the way...but no, I leave them to the last minute.

I am so pleased that I have all my PINS ready...it's been really very theraputic...sitting in the evening painting teeny faces...and cats,owls and birds...

I'm excited about how they will be received. Then SUPER happy I'll have new product to add to my ETSY store which has become a little stale this year. I know this is NOT the way to keep business and sales ticking over...so I will try harder to update and make my store a little fresher.

55 PINS in total...each one unique and hand painted with love and care...

I love organising this Show...and love meeting all our vendors...they're a fantastic group of women.
If ONLY all of you guys could come shopping at our Show!!! Then I'd get to meet you too!!!
I would love to host an Etsy Show here in Toronto...kind of like the Renegade...I know there are a tonne of craft Shows here...but one JUST for ETSY Artisans...hmmm,brain ticking.
I am going to get on with my FRANTIC Friday...

BUT 1st::
                        Tell me which PIN is YOUR FAVE (click on the above image to view larger) and I will pick a winner on Monday morning. (you must be a fabulous reader to qualify-sorry...I'm very loyal to our readers!)

Have a FABULOUS weekend all of you.
HUGS
Char.x

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN

this one is for YOU...

The Holidays are approaching... a gifts you are buying...why not WIN one for someone special!

Tell me for WHO & WHY (it could be for yourself:-) you would want one of my "Once Upon a Time Original Watercolours"...and you could WIN one.

You have 3 chances in total:

1. leave your comment about for WHO & WHY...
2. Make sure you're a "Fabulous Reader" of our Blog
3. Blog about the "WIN WIN WIN" contest.

(make sure each of the above are left as separate comments! THX)

That's it...quick, the contest closes on Saturday 21st 8pm EST.

Winner will be announced on Sunday :-)

HUGS...have a glorious Monday.

Char,On

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED::WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY (Sunday 22ndNov)

Are you up for the Challenge?

HELLO ALL...

I'M COUNTING ON ALL YOU FABULOUS READERS!!!!

We have 525+ of YOU who I know are VERY talented and creative souls...who live by creating and crafting...and are extremely talented photographers too.

SO...PLEASE...PLEASE...PLEASE...enter this one for me...WIN one of my original **ONCE UPON A TIME WATERCOLOURS**

The contest is run by Carly and she has a blog which is hysterical and very REAL...and she also runs *Durham Region Baby* which in an incredibly informative website for all of us who live just outside Toronto in Canada.
Every week she runs a "PHOTO" contest...and I said I would donate a prize...SO this week the theme is Animals.
READ how to enter HERE.

HAVE fun AND PLEASE comment below if you enter it...or are thinking of entering it.
If you don't have children...get creative and use a friend's or a niece...or granddaughter!

It's been POURING here all day...but have already Celebrated one good friend's Birthday by going out for Lunch...and have another celebration this evening after our SWING/JIVE class...can't wait!

Tomorrow is Tell ALL Tuesdays...
until then...

Char,On

Don't miss out...

Good morning to you all...
well, I know the *4* which have entered the GIVEAWAY below probably don't want me to advertise the fact that NO-BODY has entered our AMY & ANN giveaway...you must all have one of their prints already...
AND if you DON'T...then enter the GIVEAWAY below.
You only have until 12pm and then we will be selecting a winner randomly!

I'll be back in a minute with a new project I've started...

Hope you're having a wonderful Friday morning!!

the WINNER is....

firstly...Thank you ALL for entering our 500+ FABULOUS READER giveaway!
I tried to get my girls to write out the name of the winner which I used Random.org to help me pick one of you.(my girls wanted nothing to do with writing your name...sorry,they preferred playing with their babies!)

SO....DRUM ROLL......
The WINNER is.....

A very talented lady who we just had as one of our Tell ALL Tuesdays not so long ago...she's a speedy crocheter and has some very beautiful creations for sale in her Etsy Store...you must take a look for yourself, because there are some very unique items which could be GREAT gifts!
she goes by the name of::
PILLI PILLI HANDMADE....
and she's all the way in Italy...she said in her comment that she'd like a sheep, she has no children(yet) so she'd like herself and her lover boy on the back of the sheep! (I'm looking forward to doing this one!)
Congratulations Miss K from PilliPilli!

I'll be in contact with you...on how to get this sent all the way across the Atlantic!

AND....NOW....
or in a minute...
I will be posting our TELL ALL TUESDAY...
SO stay tuned!

Char,On

*WIN WIN WIN* GIVEAWAY!!!!

THANK YOU ALL 500+ OF YOU FABULOUS READERS!!!

ONE of YOU can win...A customized Once Upon a Time...watercolour!
Most of you know all about how my Watercolour *prints* are customizable to suit your family or name of friend's little one.

Well...this is for an *Original* with the value of $75...all you have to do is::

Just: Leave a comment with your choice of :
1.Animal
2.Colour preference
3. Boy or girl(or how many children you have-and I will try and accommodate).
I will do the rest!

GO to my Etsy Store for some samples or click on Once Upon a Time link in the Tags on the left of this blog.
Giveaway closes Monday September 21st at 11pm.Winner will be randomly picked on Tuesday Sept 22nd.
-POST about the giveaway on your own blog and you'll gain an extra entry!

-FOLLOW our blog and receive another entry.(please comment for each entry)

GOOD LUCK...and have a lovely weekend and thank you again...I am humbled that you would all like to read our blog *blush blush*!

Char,On

And the MAY GIVEAWAY winner IS...

AND the Winner of the MAY GIVEAWAY is:
Stephanie Levy !!! Stephanie is an Artist I have admired for a very long time...she has an awesome Blog called: Artists Who Blog where she interviews other Artists and she also has her personal blog a Studio with a View.
...YOU must go visit her and see what she's all about...absolutely gorgeous colours she works with-that's all I'll say...you'll have to go and see why I admire her so much!
CONGRATULATIONS Stephanie...I will contact you personally to tell you and exchange info etc on how I can send you the prints...

I'm sorry for all of you who didn't win...but thank you for all your comments on your favourites...
I now know which prints are the ones which are most loved.
I used Random.org to help me with speed...as we have been having a few family issues over the past week....which is why I haven't blogged at all since last week...apologies.
My girls would have loved to do the drawing out of the hat trick...but we've been overwhelmed and our time has been consumed.
I will explain a little more in another post.

Have a wonderful weekend...the Sun is shining here...I will try and post sometime over the weekend...it's our little Ashley's Birthday on Sunday...so I will try to post some pics.

All the best...until next...
Charlotte,Ontario

ALL NEW Once Upon a Time illustrations...

The Pig...the Lion, the Puppy dog and the pet Bunny...

I've been staying up late trying to get these finished to give you all more choice in the MAY GIVEAWAY which some of you have entered...if you haven't it's not too late, you have 5 more days...just scroll down and enter.

And a reminder...you must choose your 4 favourites....some of you only chose 1.

I am giving 4 Limited Edition prints away!!

How these for came about:

I've had requests for the Pig...it's amazing how many people I have come across who collect Pigs!

The Lion was also a request...I do love the Lion, he looks like he could roam the jungle all night and protect his little friend from everything and anything.

The dog is up there with my favourites...it's funny how some animals just fit the page right and the composition just works...and the colours work together in harmony.Those blues and golds seem to be in sync as well.

The Bunny was on my list of "to do's" after the Easter Bunny was critiqued by many...they were right to what they said...that the Easter Bunny would only appeal to many at Easter...friends are great, as are family for really telling you how it is or how it should be.

I really do appreciate every one's comments.

So far my most popular animals have been all three Bears(Panda,Polar and Brown Bear),the horse with the princess,the bird and the Elephants.

What animals do you think would be popular?

Have a wonderful weekend.

Char,Ontario