Sqwirl!

My favourite Disney character (though I confess I am not really a Disney person, I love some Ghibli however) is Dug from the film Up! And why am I telling you this?? Because....

SQUIRREL!!!!

(Apparently, in personality I am far more like Dory! I am not sure that was a compliment...)

Here is the Dr.Digi Squirrel from the Cuddly Critters set! 

And here is what the digi looks like in the shop -

And here is my version -

I also added in some scenery, just some acorns and leaves. Thought it would make a nice change! Did rather a lot of experimenting on this piece, especially with the colouring.

This is (almost) all polychromo pencils on smooth kraft card (called Hessian Buff). I did add some white highlights with a white posca pen, but removed most of it too.

Font is Zolano Serif BTN. Background paper was a magazine freebie from the stash. It's pretty ancient!

For those of you that would like more of a colouring recipe. Here are all the colours in the squirrel.

101, 104, 108, 115, 121, 130, 132, 175, 177, 187, 190, 199, 232, 274

Thanks for joining me today! Hope you have a smashing weekend.

Sweet Escape Tuesday No.3!

It's Sweet Escape Tuesday again, and I am officially half way through my Guest DT slot for Sweet Escape Digis! I am loving it!

Here is "Nuts About You" and awesome digi that I have added a bit of snow too to make him into a super cute christmas card!

Obviously, I coloured him in polychromos as normal, on the same kraft card too.

I found a paper in my stash with acorns to add (From Craftseller magazine, does that still exist?) and added various snowflakes from christmas sticker sets. I also added some glossy accents to his eyes and stickles to the snow.

Here he is in digi format and also a link to him in the shop if you fancy colouring him too?

Looking forward to using him in the future as I know he'll make an awesome fall/autumn birthday card too :)

Holiday Wildlife Post.

Part of the great thing about holidaying in Anglesey is the easy access to so many bird species, without waiting in a hide for hours! I didn't get very spectacular pics, my camera is a bit on the wonk, but I did manage to get a record of most of the interesting things we spotted!


At first I thought this was a sandpiper, but now I'm not sure if it is a Godwit?! Do you know what it is? Apparently a black tailed Godwit is seen in the area and this bird was significantly bigger than a common sandpiper. (Seen at Rhosyr)

 In the distance spotted some Cormorants! (Rhosyr)

Was so distracted by the Little Egret, that I almost didn't see the Grey Heron behind! (Rhosyr)

Think these are Redshanks. There were large groups of them all along this part of the coast. Wanted to include this pic as it shows how great they were when they ran!  (Rhosyr)

 Oyster catchers! Finally a bird I can confidently identify! (Rhosyr)

Spotted the red on the back of this Kestrel whilst we were out in the car near Dulas.

Also whilst out in the car, near Dulas, we had to wait for the Partridges in front of the car to remember they could fly! We followed them for a good 250 metres before they  moved off the road. They were in with a group of pheasants too.

On the west coast at Newborough we spotted a flock of these Turnstones on the edge of the beach. Plenty of seaweed around, which is what they appeared to be interested in.

 

We also saw a buzzard and lots of different gulls and terns that unfortunately I didn't get pictures of. The starlings were out in full force and starting on their murmurations. Geese were traveling in formation overhead. There were masses of rooks and an occasional crow, as well as all the different garden birds.

Just a quick non bird distraction that occured! RED SQWIRL! :) We didn't see any of them in the offical red squirrel reserves, but we did spot 2 out on our travels :) This is a very poor photo but does show how splendid his tail was! Almost like a minature fox at first glance. (At Llaneilian)