My entry to this week’s Spoonflower contest – Kittens with Mittens

This week’s Spoonflower contest theme is ‘Kittens in Mittens’ (or any variation of kittens and mittens), so my research involved looking at lots of pictures of very cute kittens – such a tough job!  I just wish I had a real one to draw :)
I decided to make up a repeat pattern using kittens playing with balls of yarn with mittens and snowflakes.  I then coloured my line drawing with cool wintry shades of blue, green and grey.

As usual there are so many great designs entered into the contest, I love to see how differently everyone interprets the same theme!  You can see all of them here and vote for your favourites too http://www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=280

December free printable calendar – Penguins!

I was just starting to write this post when the song from the John Lewis Christmas advert started playing on the radio – strange coincidence since I was going to mention their ad!  I like the narratives to the John Lewis tv ads – ads you actually want to watch, and they usually make me cry too.  Monty the Penguin is star of the advert – I’m sure penguins are going to be very popular this year!

I have joined in and drawn some penguins of my own.  I started off by designing some new Penguin themed party printables; like these cupcake toppers and invitation…

 

Then decided to include a couple of Adelie penguins on this month’s free printable calendar too:

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)