Inspiration; Winter Coziness.

So most of the country has been hit by a cold snap over the past week, with a lot of you lucky lot getting snow. Sadly, we only had a sprinkling where I live, and it all melted overnight, which completely ruined my snowman-building plans. This week we've been inspired by the contrast of the freezy-cold outdoors, with the warm, coziness of indoors; the snuggly warmness of open fires and hiding out under piles of blankets.

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Frosty mornings, knitted scarves and socks, open fires and a big mug of hot chocolate to keep your hands toasty. What's your favourite way to keep snug in the cold weather? 

We've collected many more wintery images over on Pinterest, so feel free to follow us!

Inspiration: Valentines Day

Its only a week today until Valentines day! Have you bought or (even better) hand crafted someone special a little gift? If not, here a few little ideas :)

Little hand crafted hearts containing sweets - Colorfulcreativeideas.com

Leave someone a cute little message in an unusual place - we<3it

Punch out hearts from free paint colour samples to make a sweet book mark - Tutorials over at One Fantastic Housewife

For the long time you will wear it, the heart will permanently leave a mark on the finger and even without the ring, the heart will always be a symbol of eternal love. - Tumblr

This gorgeous card was printed by hand on a vintage platen letterpress. - LuckyBeePress

Need to tell more than one person how special they are? This lovely set comes with 5 cards! - QuillandFox

Inspiration; Children's Book Illustration.

For our second week of inspirational posts we decided to share some of our favourite children's book illustrators. Some of the children's books we are inspired by have illustrations that are entirely digital, but we also love illustrators that work traditionally with either cutting and sticking collages or drawing and colouring with pencils and paints. 

Owen Davey - Foxly's Feast

Lauren Child - Charlie and Lola

Inga Moore - The Secret Garden

Sara Fanelli - Pinocchio 

Quentin Blake - Patrick

 Martin Aitchison and other illustrators - Puddle Lane

Oliver Jeffers - The Great Paper Caper

Tasha Tudor - A Little Princess

Sara Fanelli - Dear Diary

Jill Barklem - Brambly Hedge

Kate Slater - Magpie's Treasure

 Oliver Jeffers - Stuck

Inga Moore - The Secret Garden

 

Harriet Muncaster - Victoria Stitch

Emily Gravett - Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears

Kate Slater - Eva of the Farm

Sandra Dieckmann  - The Bumble Bear and the Grizzly Bee

Jill Barklem - Brambly Hedge

Sara Fanelli - Mythological monsters of Ancient Greece

 Edmund Dulac - The Little Mermaid

Jill Barklem - Brambly Hedge

Inga Moore - The Secret Garden

Inspiration; Circus Dreams.

Introducing a new weekly post for our blog - a little peek at a few of the things that are currently inspiring the Pencils, Paper, Scissors girls. Since we have just sent our colouring book off to be printed, it seemed apt to focus our first inspiration post on some of the images that inspired our circus-themed illustrations.

Illustration by Dan Bob Thompson

 I Dream Of The Circus by Lisa Russo

Big Top by Cassia Beck

Illustration by Lucy Eldridge

Elephant Circus on a Bicycle Print by Prrrint

Bird Boy Brooch by Jess Quinn

Starry Starry Circus Night by Butterscotch & Beesting

I Remember Summer by Bomobob

Illustrations from Our Little Men and Women

Big tops, candy colours, wild animals, hazy summers. Which are your favourites?