NUTCRACKER CLARA SKETCH AND ST. THERESE ART

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying some cool and crisp fall weather where you are. September is such a hot month here in Southern California. It was almost 90 degrees here along the coast last weekend and will be again this weekend:(

So to keep myself cool I always like to work on Christmas designs, yay! I've been sketching alot of Nutcracker sketches of Clara and I have decided on this one to be made into my next digital stamp/set.

i just love the Nutcracker, dont you? My Mom and decided we are going to see it this year, we've missed the last few years, its always been a tradition for us to go and of course the cd is playing all day at my Mom's Christmas Day:)

Also, I've got a few finishing touches on "Baby Therese" my next commissioned work of St. Therese of Lisieux and hopefully she will be a digital stamp soon as well:)

I've added some new board to my PINTEREST page including a DIY INSPIRATION board and a BIBLE ART JOURNALING board as well which I'm excited about, come and take a look:)

Hugs,

Michelle 

SKETCHING WEEKEND

Happy Labor Day weekend! I am SO happy to have some time off to relax and to sketch this weekend, work has been insane for the last month and I am finally getting a day off to work on my art again, yay!

I've been really inspired by all of the boards on Pinterest, especially the Christmas themed ones, dare I say its right around the corner? I did some sketches inspired by the Nutcracker:

And I did a little sketch of Psalm 23, I have been doing so many sketches of Jesus with His little lamb and I finally sketched the one I liked, this one, I wanted this to show how much He loves us:

And I have been working on some sketches for my portfolio and one of the themes is Cinderella, I am having so much fun with this one:

I've done a little "housekeeping" here at my blog and have redecorated my blog buttons and links to my Pinterest, Etsy and Twitter pages.

And coming in the next couple of months new rubber stamp sets from Sparkle N Sprinkle:)

Hugs,

Michelle

MPS PINTEREST PAGE UPDATES

Hi everyone,

I hope you are having a great start to your week so far, its been a busy summer work-wise but I've been trying to make time for my art and I hope you've given yourself time to your creativity as well.

I've recently updated my MPS Pinterest page with some new catagories, come take a look:

Card's Designed by MPS DT and Facebook friends:

Rubber Stamp sets from Sparkle N Sprinkle:

Calligraphy Florals:

Irresistable Fairies from Stephen Mackey:

And come check out my 50% OFF SALE NOW THRU FRIDAY NOON:)

MPS FREEBIE, 50% OFF SALE AND NEW RELEASES

Hi friends,

I hope that you are all having a wonderful summer, that you had alot of fun road trips and vacations and some good old fashioned BBQ's or maybe just some well deserved relaxation time. In between my dogwalks I have been doing alot of drawing and also some digital coloring again and I've been having a blast with coloring some of my new and old images.

Its been SO HOT here in Southern California, especially last week, since our summer usually heats up in August and September the most. I've been dogwalking by the beach alot this month  and have been inspired by all the kids running up and down the sand, so cute! They helped inspire my new digital stamp set called, "A BEACH DAY" now available at my Etsy shop here it is:

A BEACH DAY

I have also been working on some commissions this summer as well, one of them is St. Therese and I am also creating another one called, "Baby Therese" and will post that one soon:) 

And I also wanted to share with you some upcoming Rubber Stamp Set releases from Sparkle N Sprinkle, these three sets will be available this fall. The first one is, "A BIRTHDAY FOR WOOFIE"

A BIRTHDAY FOR WOOFIE

BIRTHDAY QUEEN OF HEARTS



And a really fun Halloween set called, "HAPPY HALLOWEEN WITCH"



All of these sets AND ALL ITEMS are available NOW THRU FRIDAY AUGUST 28TH NOON PST for 
50% OFF at my ETSY shop as digital sets 

COUPON CODE: SUMMER15

And I also wanted to post a fun freebie for you guys since its been a while that I've made one for you, I hope you have fun with, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GIRLFRIEND":)

Happy Hugs,

Michelle:)

Happy Summer! I hope you are all enjoying your "Christmas in July" creating and are keeping cool. A few weeks ago I stumbled onto a website called Creative Live, if you havent been there I highly recommend it, I am so hooked. 

Its full of art classes of all different types for all different levels and also have lots of professional classes for artists who want to sell and market their art. Some are also free at different times and they always have classes on sale as well. 

I took a class called, "Become A Working Artist" with Lisa Congdon who does a number of things as an artist; licensing, canvas painting, writing and teaching to name just a few. What an inspiration, I highly recommend her class!

I have a few things to share with you, first I have a new rubber stamp set from Sparkle N Sprinkle called, "3 WISE MEN" available now!

I have also been working on some sketches and some digital color work. I am trying to update my portfolio with some childrens book illustrations and have been playing around with illustrating, "Cinderella" below are a sketch and colored sketches.

I also am posting a little, soon to be a stamp set, sketch  called, "A BEACH DAY" that has been really fun to work on. I will chat with you soon, I hope you enjoy your weekend:)

Hugs,

Michelle

MPS 50% OFF SALE AND NEW MPS FORGET-ME-NOT FAIRY RELEASE

Happy Friday! I am now having a 50% OFF SALE at my Etsy Shop, NOW THRU MONDAY, JUNE 15TH AT NOON PST
COUPON CODE IS: MPSJUNE

I also wanted to share my new "Forget-Me-Not Fairy" with you and is now at my Etsy shop waiting for you to take her home:)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and stop on by the shop and check out what's new!

Hugs,

Michelle

NEW DIGITAL STAMPS, ORIGINAL PAINTINGS AND FAIRY SKETCH

Hi Everyone,

I hope you have all been putting your artistic talents to good use these days and are enjoying lots of creative time for yourselves, its a must, right? I would LOVE to know what you guys are working one please feel free to share:)

 

It has been FOREVER since I've posted anything on my blog so I thought I'd better clean up the cobwebs here and start sharing myself...

I have a new digital stamp image and a couple of new sets that I updated from a couple of old favorite images that I just posted on my Etsy shop; I just listed a new image of St. Therese of Liseux,  "Woofie's First Birthday" set and "Birthday Queen of Hearts" digital stamp set.

Also, I wanted to post a little sketch of my new "Forget-Me-Not" Flower Fairy (soon to be a digital stamp - holding my breath now:))

And a couple of original commissions in watercolor, colored pencil and ink that I really enjoyed working on called, "Prince of Peace" and "Mary's Magnificat"

And more rubber stamp sets from Sparkle N Sprinkle coming soon!

Hugs,

Michelle

BIRTHDAY QUEEN OF HEARTS STAMP SET

ST THERESE OF LISEUX

FORGET ME NOT FAIRY

WOOFIE'S FIRST BIRTHDAY STAMP SET

"PRINCE OF PEACE"

MPS NEW "COFFEE FRIENDS" DIGITAL STAMP SET

Dear Friends,

I hope your new year is going well so far. I've been trying to get creatively cranked up again after Christmas and being sick thru most of December with a bad cold but feel great now and ready to start off 2015 with some new work to share with you guys.

I just listed a brand new digital stamp set at my Etsy shop, its called, "COFFEE FRIENDS" and was inspired by my coffee friends that I meet with at Starbucks and of course my great love of coffee, which is actually more of an obsession sometimes since I cant seem to live without it most days:)

Also, this set will be available in rubber soon!

Any how I hope you like it!

Hugs,

Michelle

NEW! "PEACE BE WITH YOU" ANGEL PRINT

Hi Friends,

I've just listed another new art print at my Etsy shop called, "Peace be With You" Angel. She was SO fun to sketch and then ink and paint, I've been loving working in watercolor again alot and after the Christmas Crazies I hope to be back at my art desk again:)

Check out my little friend HERE:

RELEASE DAY FRIDAY

Hi Friends,

Happy Release Day! I have a new Valentines Day rubber stamp set just released from Sparkle N Sprinkle called, "Love and Kisses" and is now on sale at the SNS website, isnt it cute?:)


"LOVE AND KISSES" RUBBER STAMP SET