Halloween Giveaway

Hello lovelies. So we meet again at Halloween! It's always such an exciting time of year, isn't it? Little ghosts and ghouls roaming about, grinning skulls and cute green monsters every where you look. I hope you have something wonderful planned this year. As for me, I've been so busy organizing my Halloween art and displaying them in my Etsy shop. I just love how Halloween seems to have taken over every corner of the internet world. It feels like we're all having fun together! :)

I even have new printable digital stamps available. You can use them to create craft projects such as card making, scrapbooking, coloring pages or last minute party decoration. I drew these witches out and scanned them to create high quality JPEG images. But then I just couldn't resist coloring them in! I absolutely loved coloring books as a little girl! I remember having a high pile of them in my room and I kept getting more every time I went shopping with my mom. These days, I do the same with my little ones. Although my eldest has outgrown her coloring hobby, my boys still love it. Only they prefer racing cars and robots, of course. :)

I do plan to add more of these digi stamps to my shop very soon. I love the idea of someone out there using their creativity with my drawings. So to celebrate Halloween, I'm giving away these witches digi stamps to three lucky readers! To enter the giveaway, you simply need to sign up to my newsletter through my online shop, and leave a comment right here.

It would be so wonderful to see what can be done with my little witches. So please, if you win these or purchased them in my shop, feel free to send me a photo of your creation to my Facebook page and I will gladly post them there.

So, until next time...and enjoy your Halloween weekend! :)

Much love,

News from Whimsylandia and Giveaway Winner

Wow. I'm terribly sorry for the extra long silence here after my last post. I hoped to pop in every now and then to share a few words, but all hopes crumbled when I realized that I was never going to finish up all my deadlines if I didn't keep working like a mad woman. LOL. Thankfully, this mad woman's hard work paid off and she did manage to finish them eventually. Phew. :)

So, what's new? you may ask... Quite a lot, actually. But I think I'll just keep this post extra light and happy now that I have a reason to sigh a breath of relief. Let me show you some new little whimsies that are happily settled in their spots at Whimsylandia...

 

Well, I hope you like what you see. I must admit that creating dolls is an exciting experience because you get a bit more attached to them. Like painting or drawing, it gives you such a feeling of pride and joy, but you get this fuzzy feeling in your heart because you can actually hold the little darlings in your hands. :)

Anyway, in case you're wondering, I haven't forgotten about our last awesome Hallow's Eve Giveaway! Someone is going to get very lucky and receive that little black cat in the middle! So as promised, I have picked a winner and that person is...

I hope everyone had a good time on Halloween and thank you so much for participating in my giveaway. For those who didn't win this time, please accept a little something from me that you can claim at Whimsylandia...

Don't forget to click on the images to be transported to the links... See you soon, lovelies! :)


Much love,

A Special Surprise for Hallow's Eve

October is coming to an end, and like a ritual, the 31st will come and go without fail. So are you ready to show your ghostly spirit and let your hair down like a true devilish creature? Come take a look at these awesome finds for your Halloween inspirations and click on each one to see the link...

Feeling inspired? Well, maybe a little excitement will help boil up that cauldron of adrenaline inside? Like a fabulous giveaway, perhaps?? Yes, yes! It's about time I have another one, isn't it? So here it is....

One winner will receive my brand new, collectible Black Cat from Whimsylandia!! All you need to do is enter the giveaway through Rafflecopter below and keep your fingers crossed! :)

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This giveaway will end on 30 October... so the best of luck to everyone! May the best ghostly spirit wins! ;)


Big hug,

New Item Giveaway!

Hey all. Just popping in to share some news. After many requests from friends, I have finally decided to make a special collection of my work available in my shop...at A GREAT BARGAIN! This new Art Pack consists of surprise individual items which I will pick out randomly for each purchase to add a touch of excitement and suspense. :)

And to make things more exciting, I'm giving away one of these art packs to a lucky winner! So come join the giveaway at my Facebook page. All I ask is for you to leave a comment and share the link on your own timeline. Easy peasy, right? The giveaway ends this Sunday, so better hurry! :)

See you soon, my friends!

February Giveaway

Hey there. I hope you're all having wonderful days where you are. Me? I'm still pretty much indulging myself with plenty of hours working in the studio. So I'm just popping in to share something special with you...

Yes, that's right, it's giveaway time! Remember when I told you that my work is available over at La Marelle Editions? Well, now you have the chance to win all five goodies you see there!! All you need to do is to follow my Facebook Page and leave a comment on this link. The giveaway will end on Thursday, 21 February and ONE WINNER will be selected after that.

So good luck to everyone! I know whoever wins will definitely thank their lucky stars. :)

All the best,

Bearer of Good News

Well hello. How are you this lovely weekend? It's always nice to unwind after all the hard work you did throughout the week, so I hope you're taking time to sit back and relax. The last few weeks had been quite a roller coaster ride for me... tons of work to finish and not having enough time to create my own personal stuff. It's "torture" in my book. But now that I've finished everything (thank God!), it feels good to just be able to spend time in my studio doing whatever my heart pleases. :)

Love Mail, 8x10 inches, mixed mediums

That owl up there? Other than being my new favorite woodland creature at the moment, he is also a bearer of  very good news! Remember The Whimsy Whimsical Giveaway I hosted a few weeks ago? Well, I've finally drawn a couple of winners to win the two gorgeous limited edition prints offered by Yeevon of Whimsy Whimsical. And they are... Lisa Petrillo and Patrick Olcott! Congrats, please expect an email from me very soon.

Thank you to everyone who has joined in the fun and entered the giveaway. I hope you will keep visiting and enter more giveaways I have planned for the next months ahead!

Meanwhile... have a fantastic weekend, everyone! :)

Hugs,

First Giveaway of the Year

Hello 2013! 

Isn't it incredible that thirteen years have gone by after we entered the year 2000? I think I never would have guessed that my life would be the way it is now thirteen years ago from today. I am thankful that I'm still fortunately blessed to be able to stand on solid ground with the lovely sun shining down above me. So in celebration of the new year, I'm here to host the very first giveaway of 2013, with gorgeous prizes from Whimsy Whimsical!! For those of you who aren't already familiar with this wonderful shop, Whimsy Whimsical Paper Goods is a series of paper goods inspired by whimsical forest animals, illustrated and designed by Yee Von. Here are some of the beautiful things you can find there...

I'm so lucky to have met Yee Von through her blog a few years ago, who is the sweet lovely lady behind these creations. I absolutely love her whimsical world and adorable woodland creatures. She's created them with such perfect simplicity that makes me want to smile and hug someone! The fabulous news is, she's generously giving away these two gorgeous prints for two winners (one print for each winner) just for us at Pencils and Fireflies...

Overcome Fear, Behold Wonder, 42cm x 29.7cm

Not All Who Wander Are Lost, 42cm x 29.7cm

Aren't they beautiful? Both prints are part of Yee Von's new design series of silkscreen prints, inspired by her favorite quotes and they are coming very soon to her shop. What's more fabulous is, that these are limited editions of only 9 (yes, nine!!), and you now have the chance to win them! Here are what you need to do to enter the giveaway:

♥ Enter by using the Rafflecopter widget below.
♥ Be a follower of Pencils and Fireflies.
♥ Like Yee Von's page on Facebook.
♥ Leave a comment within this post, telling us your favorite quote and which print you would like to win. Please make sure to leave the mandatory comment with the same name you use to fill out the Rafflecopter to avoid confusion.

For extra credits:
♥ Share the link to this giveaway on Twitter (+1 )
♥ Share the link to this giveaway on Facebook (+1)

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Easy, right? Well, let's get crackin' because this giveaway will end on Friday, 18 January and I will announce the winners the following week. So good luck, you! I hope this helps kick up your spirit a few notches up as you start the new year. :)

Double Giveaway Announcement

The weekend is coming.♫♫.... Anything special for you on the horizon? I have no particular plan in mind myself, but I'm determined to stay away from work this time (really, I am!). I know that this won't be easy for me, especially because the end of the year is always crazy around that department. I still have a couple more commissioned work to finish and I'm very eager to have them finished before next year starts.

Well anyhoo...you know what would make this coming weekend more cheerful? How about bringing smiles to a few lovely faces?? A double giveaway winners announcement, perhaps?? (^_^)

Remember that awesome giveaway from Artist in La La Land? Well, congratulations to... Micu!!!
You have won a set of wonderful goodies from the wonderful artist Melissa Kojima! Expect them to be delivered to your door soon. :)

And the winners to my FIVE free 40% discount vouchers giveaway?? Here they are...

Congrats to all of you! (expect your unique voucher by email very soon!). And thank you so much to everyone who has participated... I have more giveaways coming this month, so be sure to keep coming back and get your chance to win some great prizes! :)

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!

Grinning from ear to ear,

Come December, Win Some Vouchers!

Hey all! Are you excited about the coming holiday season? There's always such magic during these busy times for sellers over at Etsy. I've only been selling my art there for a couple of years and already I feel so thankful to be part of their family! The Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale I had previously was my first and it really was a great experience. I loved seeing friends shouting out their bargains, teammates supporting each other, and most of all getting a few sales on the way. If you have a shop there, I hope you've had some good times too! :)

So anyway, here are some new works I have in the shop... (click on image to visit the link)

As you can see, I've been busy creating some children and nursery art these past months. The first piece above was done for a special project and I'm so happy that I can now share it with everyone. The last two were also from a project I've been working on, maybe you remember the last time I mentioned it?

Well anyway, December is coming in a few days and I have LOADS of awesome plans to share with you here! I'm always so excited to welcome this special month because even though the year is ending, I know that there will be plenty of wonderful things to experience in the coming year. Don't you agree? So, to celebrate the excitement, I'm giving away...

Wouldn't that be a good start to December?? Just leave a comment here (followers only) and I'll be announcing the winners on Friday, 7th December.

Hugs to you, my lovely friends! XOXO