Behind The Sketch: Monster Love Notecards

Here are some of the sketches I went through exploring the Monster characters for my Monster Love Notecards I recently illustrated.

I am working on sketching more and really building up each character/drawing I come up with. It's hard to be patient when sketching, especially when you have limited time. But by spending more time on it, forces me to sketch more - which is something I need to do!

The Cyclops

 The Witch

The Werewolf

 The Vampire

Hope you get some inspiration out of this!

Monster Love Notecards

Just finished up these cute Monster Notecards the other day! They're available in my Etsy store now. Print one out, write a cute message on the back and give it to someone that you love unconditionally (even their smell and brains!)

There are 6 different Monsters (Zombie, Monster, Alien, Witch, Werewolf and Vampire) with a different love message on each in the set.

They're available as a digital file, so you'll get a downloadable link and can then print it off at home. Enjoy!

XO Mel

FREEBIE! Easter Notecard and Tags

Guys...

I leave tomorrow to go to Europe for our 6 week Honeymoon!!!! Super duper excited for our trip! We'll be going to Rome, Greek Islands, Venice, Lucerne, Prague, Amsterdam, London, Leeds, Paris and Barcelona. 6 weeks will be the biggest holiday I've ever taken, and even though it's a long time, that's a lot of places to cram in. But I can not wait!

Because I'll be MIA over March and most of April (missing Easter), I decided to do yet another FREEBIE for you guys - A cute Easter notecard and 3 tags. Print them, cut them out, string them around your chocolate eggs - it's that easy.

Here's the link:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Hope you enjoy them and have a great Easter. Of course I'm bring my iPad and sketchbook with me, so hopefully when I get back I'll have more stuff for you guys to look at!

See you all in 6 weeks!!

Mel XO

NEW ITEM: PDF Stationery Set

Introducing my (finally completed) Cupcake and Sweets Stationery Set! Yes it's taken me a long time to design this template up but doesn't it look good! I'm quite proud of it. It's so cute and adorable!

WHAT IS THIS?
Well it's a ready-to-print PDF template of a cute and adorable stationery set. All you need to do is print it out on what ever kind of paper you choose and as many times as you like! You'll have it forever! You need to download it, save it onto your computer, print, cut and use! It's that simple really!

WHAT IS IN IT?
1. Instructions
2. Flat Notecards (3 different designs)
3. Folded Notecards (2 different designs)
4. Notepad paper (2 different designs)
5. To-Do-Lists (3 different designs)
6. Gift Tags (8 different designs)
7. Envelope (1 design)
8. Bookmark (1 design)

Check it out at MY STORE now!! And I'll definately have more stationery sets to come! It was so much fun designing this and seeing the final template so I'll definately be doing more! Next up: Sushi Stationery Set!

When they get it all wrong...

I've been living with my boyfriend of 5 years for about 4 months now and I have been loving every minute of it (even right down to getting the groceries together). The other week my boyfriend decided to go grocery shopping by himself (he likes to go on a Thursday night because it's less busy and then doesn't interrupt his weekends) - I couldn't go because I was working late. I gave him no instructions, it was all left to his own accord and when I got home, he rushed over to me excitedly and told me about all the things he got - what we needed, what we didn't and any bargains or sales he managed to get from it! He did a pretty good job too - or so I thought until last night.
I told him we were down to the last role of toilet paper and he proudly said "Don't worry, I bought more!" As soon as he opened the packet, I started laughing uncontrollably. The colour drained from him face and before long we were both in tears. He accidently bought HAND PAPER TOWELS instead of toilet paper!!! I don't completely blame him though because in the packaging it looks like 2 toilet roles on top of eachother! But it certainly was hilarious, entertaining and an experience - especially now whenever I visit the loo!

NEW ITEMS

Come check it out! I got the final piece to my 5 set Alice in Wonderland postcards - The mighty scary Queen of Hearts ("Off with your head!"). This now completes my Wonderland set and is available to buy on my Etsy store. (I love them so much!)

I have also added a few more lovely polymer clay jewellery trinkets and a cupcake stationery writing set! This set comes with 10 lined writing sheets with a cupcake design on the back, 10 matching cupcake envelopes, 1 magnetic bookmark and some cupcake cutouts to decorate however you please.

My favourite item? The cupcake bookmark! It's so cute and adorable and USEFUL! I am constantly losing my bookmarks (weird because they're there to help find - does anyone else lose theirs?) but now I won't have to worry because now I have this! The bottom of the bookmark holds a small flat magnet which snaps together the pages you're reading so the mark doesn't fall out! Smart!