Little Monster's Gallery!

I have just received the very first entry for my Little Monster's Colouring Competition (and a very cute entry it is too)! As promised, I'm going to post all entries on my blog for everyone to admire, so this post will be added to as more artwork is received.

Little Monster's Colouring Gallery:

by Thomas, age 2 (with a little bit of help from his mummy).

by Clara, age 8.

Joint entry by Alex, age 5 and Alice, age 2.

by Ridley, age (almost) 2.

by Joshua, age 8.

by Daniel, age 6.

by Joelle, age 5.

by Bailey, age 4.

by Charlotte, age 9.

by Tia, age 6.

by Millie, age 4.

I would really love as many children as possible to get involved, so please spread the word, and if you don't have children yourself, consider asking any younger brothers, sisters or cousins if they'd like to enter. The winner will receive a signed copy of my illustrated children's picture book I'm A Little Bit Scared Of... For more details, and to find out how your little ones can enter my colouring competition, please see here.

Little Monster's Colouring Competition!

I recently designed a Christmas-themed monster colouring sheet, so I thought it would be a fun idea to organise a colouring competition for children! I was initially planning on giving away a copy of my picture book in my giveaway (see here if you would like to enter!), but I realised that actually I'd much rather ensure it was going to a new home where a child would be able to enjoy it - after all, that is who it was created for! I'd really love as many children as possible to get involved, so if you don't have children of your own, please share this with friends, family or any other little ones you know.

The competition is very easy to enter. Simply download the colouring sheet below, print out a copy, and let your little one to attack with his or her crayons. Once your child has finished, take as clear a photo as possible of their artwork, and either email or tweet it to me, along with the child's name and age. I'm going to set a guideline age limit of 9 years old, as I think that by that age, the book will probably be getting a little too young for children to enjoy. However, I'm not going to strictly enforce this age limit, so if you have a child who is a little older and still wants to get involved, then their entries are very welcome too! I will post all photos of the children's artwork on my blog, so everyone can admire their work.

The winning entry will receive a signed copy of my illustrated children's picture book I'm A Little Bit Scared Of...  The judging of the entries will not be based on colouring ability, so please don't worry if your son or daughter is one of the younger children to enter - the prize won't be awarded based on the entrant's ability to colour within the lines. I'm much more interested in the children having fun whilst being creative, so please allow your children to be creative and express themselves and use whatever colours they like. Your child can also use any material they like to colour the image - they're not limited to using crayons if they'd prefer to use coloured pencils, felt tips etc.

As this is a busy time of year for everyone, I'm going to keep the competition running for a few weeks to give you, and your little ones, enough time to do their colouring - maybe a little activity to keep them occupied on a rainy day during the Christmas holidays! To be in with a chance of winning, entries must be received by New Year's Eve, and I will announce the winner on the first day of 2013!

I am really excited to see all the entries, so please spread the word and get involved! 

Good luck to all your little monsters!

*I am also currently running an awesome giveaway for big grown-up people too - find out how to win lots of illustrated goodies here.

Super awesome giveaway!

I've secretly been planning a giveaway for a while now, but I wanted to wait until I reached 1000 followers on Twitter before I told you all about it. I've been getting pretty impatient, but earlier today, I noticed that I had finallyyyy reached the 1000 follower mark! Yay! As a massive thank you to all of you for your support over the past few years, I have collected together a little bundle of illustrated goodies for one of you to win! 

Here's a little peek at the goodies you could win;

The prize includes; A cotton tote bag printed with my owl illustration, a signed Dressing Up print, a signed mini Super Squirrel print, a pretty and pink Happily Ever After card, an illustrated pocket mirror, a set of three super cute postcards, a handmade little monster brooch and a signed original cupcake collaged illustration, which I created as part of the May Draw A Day Challenge earlier this year. Pretty awesome, huh?

The giveaway is veryyy simple to enter - just follow the steps below;

a Rafflecopter giveaway

As most of us are pretty busy at the moment, writing last minute Christmas cards and worrying about whether we've bought enough potatoes for the big day, I'm going to keep this giveaway open for a few weeks to give you all a chance to enter. The giveaway will close as the clock strikes twelve on New Year's Eve, with the lucky winner being announced on the first day of 2013 - hopefully setting someone's new year off to a happy start!

Good luck to all of yoooou! ♥ 

Pencils, Paper, Scissors Collective | Circus Colouring Book.

 

Get your crayons at the ready! It's been a long time coming, but Pencils, Paper, Scissors Collective's circus-themed colouring book has finally arrived! From lions and tigers to acrobats and clowns, the book features 24 pages full of fun and exciting circus images for you or your little ones to attack with their crayons because, let's face it, you're never too old for a little bit of colouring in!

The colouring book is now available to buy in my shop, or if you're feeling lucky, why not head over to Pencils, Paper, Scissors Collective's blog before February 17th for your chance to win a copy!

Giveaway | And the winner is....

Yesterday evening was the deadline for my giveaway, and overall I had an ace 98 entries, so a big thank you to everyone who entered! Now for the fun part - time for me to announce who is the winner of all these lovely prizes;

The winner has been chosen using a random number generator, so you all had an equal chance of winning.

Aaaaaand the winner is......Lisa Beever! (aka @LeeLee_Loves) - A super big congratulations to you sweet. If you email me your postal address, then I'll pop all your goodies in the post as soon as possible! :]

Giveaway!

Okay, so I've just reached 500 followers on Twitter and, as promised, I've organised a little giveaway. It's a chance to say a super big thank you to all the lovely people who have supported me and my work over the past few months, and have always been there to

make me smile. :]

So here's what's up for grabs;

The goodies include two signed prints, a cute greetings card, an illustrated pocket mirror and a selection of postcards. There are also some sweeties included in the prize; a couple of lollies, and some yummy candy jewellery - necklaces, a ring and a snazzy candy watch! Yay! I'll also throw in a 10% discount code for my shop, which you can use yourself, give away to a friend, trade for cake etc etc. Aces.

So, to enter the giveaway, simply follow my blog, and leave a comment below this post, or follow me on facebook, and leave a comment on the post about this giveaway. A tweet will count as an extra entry, so tweet the following for an extra chance to win;

'check out @madiillustrates giveaway for a chance to win prints, postcards, a pocket mirror, sweets and more! http://tinyurl.com/3ryb65p'

The giveaway will run until midnight on Saturday 18th June, and the winner will be drawn using a random number generator on Sunday 19th.

Good luck! :]