New Beginnings at Lili of the Valley

New Beginnings is the name of the newest set of images at Lili of the Valley.  You may or may not be aware that LOTV have gone away from rubber stamps in favour of digital stamps and pre coloured printable images.  Times are or have changed and whilst many of us still like a rubber stamp, with manufacturing and postal costs, sometimes they just get too expensive.  Add on top a less than favourable exchange rate and the cost can be downright ridiculous.  So digital stamps are a very good alternative.

Anyway back to "New Beginnings"  the cutest range of baby images you can imagine and just in time for the new little Royal baby too. I'm sure Kate would love these.

The image I am sharing today is called Polka Dots.  I've used a neutral mint green with a splash of pink.  Isn't it such a cute image and the added benefit of digital is being able to size it however you like.  I'm in the middle of colouring another called washing line that I'll share in a day or two, but in the meantime go take a look at the LOTV store.

Im going to pop this into the challenge at As You Like It Challenge, which is to use your favourite colouring medium and to explain why its your favourite.

I love to colour in pencil.  I started using Derwent but slowly I changed to prismacolor. I find them softer and easier to blend with.  I really started with pencil by default because Copics were not readily available here and terribly expensive. I tried other cheaper brands of markers but always turned back to my pencils.  Whilst I admire copic colourists and if I won lotto I would buy a set to play with,  I am at heart a pencil girl and enjoy the process involved with pencil colouring.  I have to add here that doing classes with Alyce at Kit and Clowder has definitely enabled me to improve and challenge myself.

Thanks for stopping by today

Karen

xo