Our Circus Colouring Book is finally here!

Yes, you read correctly! Our Circus Colouring Book has finally arrived! 24 wonderful images for you or your little ones to get their pens into! Printed professionally on 120gsm matt paper at 148 x 210mm (A5), perfectly sized for travelling!

And to celebrate their arrival, we're giving you the chance to win yourself a copy of one of these books!

To enter the giveaway, simply follow our blog, follow us on Facebook, and leave a comment below this post. A tweet will count as an extra entry, so follow us on Twitter, and tweet the following for an extra chance to win;

'Check out @PPS_Collective's giveaway for a chance to win a copy of their fun new circus colouring book! http://tinyurl.com/7zxy3xf '

The giveaway will run until midnight on Friday 17th February, and the winner will be drawn using a random number generator on Sunday 18th.

Good luck! :]

If you don't want to take your chances, and would like to get your hands on a copy of the colouring book right away, they are available to buy here;
Joanne's Etsy shop
Madi's Etsy shop
Kerri-Ann's Etsy shop

All images © 2011 Joanne Hawker, Kerri-Ann Hulme, Madi and Avril Kelly.

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?

A sneak peek...

Over the past few months, the Pencil Paper Scissors' girls have been working away on our first collaborative project - a circus-themed colouring book! We've all been inspired by red and white stripes, circus animals and clowns, and now the book is all finished, and is finally about to be printed - Yay!

So in anticipation (and because we're just a little bit excited!) we are now ready to give you a little sneak peek of some of our work. Above you can see the front cover of our colouring book, and below are a few teasers of some of the images that make up the colouring pages inside.

      

We're not giving away too much yet, but get your crayons at the ready, and keep your eyes out over the next few weeks to find out where you can get your hands on a copy of the book once they've arrived.

All Tropical.

Two of our girls have t-shirt designs entered into All Tropical's weekly design competition this week, and they'd both really appreciate it if you could check out their designs, and rate or like them. If you're feeling extra lovely, then please leave a little comment too! :]

Rate Kerri-Ann's gorgeous Audrey Hepburn tee design here.

Rate Madi's cute little hedgehog design here.

If you haven't voted before, you will have to register with the site first, but it only takes a second and you don't get any annoying emails from them afterwards, promise. Thank you to everyone who votes, we really appreciate it. ♥

The Matchbox Art Show

“The Matchbox Art Show will be a selection of 50 artists creating mini masterpieces within matchboxes. The artists involved are from many varied disciplines and even hail from different countries across the globe. To catch this magnificent microscopic moment it’s running at Polish and Pin open house for the weekends of the 26-27th Nov and the 3-4th Dec."

Our girls have been busy again! This time Madi and Joanne have got themselves involved in the Matchbox Art Show and here are their entries! The Monster under the Bed is by Madi and the Owl and the Pussycat is by Joanne. If you want to view them for real then you'll have to pop along to the exhibition! There will be a total of 50 Matchboxes on show so there will be plenty to look at. For more information have a look at the event page on facebook by clicking here.

Burst Magazine - Charity Christmas Postcards

Two of the Pencils, Papers, Scissors girls have been selected to take part in Burst Magazine's Charity Christmas Postcards. So pop over to Burst Magazine and do your little bit for charity! For £5 you'll receive a postcard pack that contains designs from Joanne and Madi plus 10 other wonderful artists. All of the info is above! What are you waiting for? Get on it! :)