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When a little boy makes a request for a cake...you go to work ‘constructing’ it. This one was less time consuming then the llama cake, as there was no need for colour changes in the icing or piping of any kind. I added in some fondant rocks and grass, and some Skor bits and graham wafers for dirt. Voila! Road construction! This boy has a big smile, just like his dads...so it’s hard to tell if he’s really happy about it or not 😁 He used the loader to shovel his cake into his mouth. I think he liked it.

I’M THANKFUL FOR EVER SO MUCH....the #littlehands , the big hands, the little hearts and big hearts...and the blessings of every breath and heartbeat we share together. Wishing you all blessed Canadian Thanksgiving.

I haven’t been creating much outside of all the @inktober challenges with @jakeparker @allikdesign @blackwing ...and I’ve only been sharing them in my stories thus far. So this morning, I thought I’d share this one from earlier in the month as a post...and encourage you, to see if we could do something to ‘be the change’ by adding some extra fuel to our lives. Let’s just say...I could use some topping up right now. What are your levels of mindlessness at? *Acrylic lettering templates for sale - $17 shipping included - DM me

May you find encouragement in these Sunday notes from two weeks ago. Every other two page spread is for the pencil notes I take while in our church service. The following week I take bits and pieces to highlight in the next two page spread. That way if I have any dark shadows from lettering and illustrating, it doesn’t show through to the next pages. It’s working good so far. I pencil in the basic outline using @blackwing pencil. Once the layout is in I do all of the marker work using @kellycreates #kellycreates markers, be it Brush Markers, Fineliners or Dream Pens they are always the first I reach for. Are you a note taker? Church, meetings, classes? Obviously I am...and I have endless notebooks, journals and lists to prove it.

The #littlehands harvested carrots which they had helped plant this spring in the raised garden beds. Throughout summer they’d ask to pull an odd one to check the progress. Then as they began to grow in size, they’d pull and share several fresh from the garden with the other three sets of hands, along with some dill, as they’d need food to cook with and play house in the fort together. Fresh is best and even better when you’ve grown it yourself.

I have another tutorial for you over on @kellycreates blog. This time I show you how to create a hand drawn and lettered family tree. Swipe through. In this first photo, I scanned the original (8x10”) and decreased the size to make these cute individual place cards. You could use them for your family gathering meals like, Thanksgivings Day, birthdays, anniversaries or Christmas, as place settings that your guests can then take home. Another idea would be to add the larger sized one to a gallery wall amongst your families photos. Okay...enough ideas...now go follow @kellycreates Click her link in her bio to find the latest blog post to make your own.

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