New Cartoon: The "Odd Sock Mystery"...

Felt like time to blow away the Christmas cobwebs with this new cartoon...Enjoy!

Christmas Cartoon: "Brexit-Neutralising Headphones"

Happy Christmas everyone. (If you happen to be reading this from outside the UK, please just substitute your own brand of national chaos for the "B" word).

"I Don't Mean to Criticise, But..." Cartoon

Just a little something I've been thinking for a while...:-)

Experimenting with painting candlelight today. #digitalwatercolor #pixarra #twistedbrush #candle #drawing #digitalart #digitalartist #christmasart #Christmasartwork

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"Fairy Door in the Snow". #pixarra #twistedbrush #artdigital #digitalwatercolour #enchantedforest #enchanted #fairydoor #whimsical #whimsicalart #fantasyart #magicalforest

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Doodling #watercolourandink #rose #motifs for another possible #patterndesign .

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Just uploaded this #hydrangea #floralart #surfaceprintdesign to #redbubble and made an order. Am excited to see how it turns out...

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"Autumn Glory" Surface Pattern Design

Now that the recipient has their design (and loved it, apparently. Phew! :-) I can post a picture of it here:

I'd also like to give a quick shout-out to bagsoflove.co.uk who did a beautiful job of making a warm, fleecy scarf from this design. Which arrived incredibly quickly, and even ready packaged, like this (though had to take the photo at night and did not do it justice!):

And no, in case you're wondering, BagsofLove haven't sponsored this post at all. Am just a happy customer, delighted and relieved that their workmanship was so efficient *and* beautiful.

And now, I guess, it's back to more Christmas stuff. Let me know in the comments whether all *your* Christmas shopping is complete by the end of November, half done, or definitely not started yet on principle!

More soon.

After much observation of many cute and naughty dogs, here's a little bit of #doghumour in #cartoon form... #funny #dogcartoon #dogcartoonart

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Working on a #sketch inspired by one of my favourite #dogs ever. Do hope his humans like it when done! #sketching #dogportrait #dogportraitart

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"Floral Joy" is a #watercolour #penandwash sketch with #digital extras and my #libertyopencall entry...

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Simple Autumn Leaves Animation

Have spent most of the week either looking after The Computer Man with his cold, or dodging catching it. But feeling under the weather was a good reason to spend some screen time learning about something new, so had a go at drawing and animating some simple autumn leaves. Enjoy!

Berries again-but this time in #digitalwatercolor . Did most of this in #rebelle software, with a few final touches in #artrage. #creativeeveryday, #artistsoninstagram

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Sharing this red #squirrel #sketch for #worldanimalday...

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And Now It's Autumn...

And now it's autumn. This post, and its picture, is by way of a catch-up. Highlights included:

-A summer so warm that (at last) I got *really* into traditional watercolour designs...At the start, it was because it was simply too hot to do anything else. Then, I fell in love with the whole process. So now, I mix the two ;-)

-Much squirrelliness, after a visit to a beautiful red squirrel colony in Cumbria (more on this soon)

-Lots of new ideas (including this site re-vamp).

-And lots of new different designs to buy in the lovely places stocking them...

More soon (and/or follow me on my new Instagram account, if you're there too).

New: Wedding Cake Card Sheet

One day, the sun will return, and there will be summer weddings. If you have one coming up and want to send a simple but unique card that only takes minutes to make, but really stands out, my new "Wedding-Cake Shaped" Card sheet could be just the thing...

More soon!

♥♥♥SPRING SALE-March 28th-31st 2018♥♥♥

https://www.craftsuprint.com/clare-walker/

Hello!

This is just to let you know that  all my printable craft sheets are ♥♥♥20% off March 28th-31st♥♥♥.

Plus you'll save a further 10% if you type in the code EASTER at checkout during the same period.

Click here to take a look.

Hope this helps, and that you have a very happy Easter/spring break.

New: Basket of Roses Design

New this week, a basket of roses...

Which you can buy (in a slightly modified form) as a card topper sheet here. (Update April 9th: Marion Kimbereley-Scott has also posted a beautiful photo showing how good this can look when it's made, right here.

Plus, if you remember the snail from sometime ago, he/she has a new relative in the form of a fun, foldable snail card, with which you can send any belated cards you choose...

More details are here.


Have fun with these-more soon.

Spring Daffodils & Bluebells

Looking for a last-minute Mother's Day card? Or just something to send that's got a breath of spring about it? This week's designs featuring daffodils and bluebells have you covered, and come with changeable tags that make them more versatile than you might think.

Both will be available via  my store on Craftsuprint by the time you read this. Have fun with them!

New: Pink Carnations Sheet for Mother's Day

If you're looking to make Mother's Day cards, either for your own use or for sale, today's sheet could be just the thing. It's available (without the watermark!) here.

Enjoy-and more are coming soon...

It's Not St. Patrick's Day Yet, But...

I know it's not St Patrick's Day yet...nor even in any way spring. But it's also true that a lot of people like to make their cards well ahead of time. To help that along therefore, this new St Patrick's day digital pen-and-wash painting (minus the boundingsquirrel watermark, obviously) is available as a downloadable card front sheet here. The sheet includes plenty of other messages and tags, and room for your own embellishments, so you can also use it to wish someone luck at any time of year.

Enjoy, and more soon.

PS. By popular demand, the "Snowdrops" design featured in the previous post is also now available as an 8"by8" four-sheet mini-kit, at this link

New: Cute Hare & Spring Cards

If the spring still feels a bit too far away for your liking, why not make a card with a Spring theme?

My new hare design comes with changeable tags that are suitable for Easter, birthdays and lots of other occasions...

And the sheet to make him is available here


Or if snowdrops are more your thing, this new snowdrop-themed

"Thinking of You" card also converts easily to send any message you want. Find out more here.

Have fun with these, and let yourself have a breath of spring from them, wherever you are, and whenever you're reading this...

More soon!

New: "Summer Flowers" Card Sheet

If you're feeling sick of winter, these summer flowers are for you. They come in a sheet with sentiment tags for every occasion from "Happy Birthday" to "Congratulations!". Sure to cheer up any recipient, whatever the weather, they're available here.

Plus, if you're reading this Feb 2nd-5th 2018, they're on 20% discount along with all my other sheets and kits. Happy shopping!

New: Violets Card Front Kit for Mother's Day & Birthday Cards

New today: a kit that lets any card maker create a luscious, multi-layered card for Mother's Day, Birthdays and similar events.

The kit includes full instructions, and you'te free to sell anything that you physically hand make yourself using the kit.

You can find it in my Craftsuprint store here.

Have fun with this!

New: Hyacinths & Teddy Design for Card Makers & Crafters

If you're looking for a craft project this weekend, this cute teddy may be just the thing. The design comes with a choice of labels/sentiment tags, so he's suitable for lots of occasions.

Find out more, (and use the 20% designer discount, if you're reading this before midnight GMT on Jan 21st) in my shop, here.

More soon...

Bumper Kit for Card-Makers and Crafters

Just to give you a taster, this bumper-kit contains some of the designs I've been trying out here.

Have been delighted by good sales-thanks everyone-, so thought it was time to blog about them.

If you like the idea of some or all of the designs in this 15 sheet card-making kit-which you can also use in hand-making any item- then please head over here to get your hands on it.

Many thanks, and more soon.

Hearts for Valentine's Day

Today's design would be great for Valentine's Day, and is available to buy in a multi-sheet printable kit here.

Where Have All the Cartoons Gone?

Just to let-you know, I've been doing some re-arrangement around these parts. If you've come in search of cartoons, they now have their very own blog, over at CartoonsbyClare.Com.

If you're a crafter, card-maker or other person in search of artwork for your project though, stay tuned, because from now on, I'll be show-casing all the new designs for crafters and cardmakers from my shop here at BoundingSquirrel as well...Stay tuned, and please bear with me, as it may take a little while for all the kinks in this arrangement to get ironed out.