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And now for some news! 

We hope you're all enjoying February so far and and we thank you for sharing this journey of loving illustration with us here at www.WeLovetoIllustrate.com.

We've all been busy these past few months with our own personal projects and thought it might be nice to let you all know of some of our news...so without further ado:

Bee presents:
 Coming soon:
Two board books for Hinkler publishers titled 
 Bedtime and Snuggles due for release in May - stay tuned!
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A range of ceramic mugs for Australian ceramics company Ashdene.
Here is a little tiny teaser:
 

Cally presents: A new book!

The Elephantantrum, Illustrated by Cally Johnson-Isaacs
and written by Gillian Shields is now available to pre-order here.

Nina presents: A new book!  

The current website is in Spanish, but the books are also available in English.
The owner could be contacted directly, as she speaks english. These books come in boy and girl versions and are personalized with a head shot photo of the child included on each page in the story.
 

El Globo Rojo de Niña or Niño (The Red Balloon (girl or boy)), illustrated by Nina Seven, text by Georgina Jijena Sánchez, is now available here.

Jennifer presents: Three new books!   

Here are a few books of Jennifer's that have been published this year.

Stella Batts Needs a New Name written by Courtney Shienmel
See more at www.StellaBatts.com available here

Far Flutterby written by Karen Kingsbury available here

The Little Bully written by Beth Bracken available here

 

Julissa presents:  

 Coming soon: 

An interactive storybook of
The Itsy Bitsy Spider

A storybook for an educational publishing company in Australia titled,  

My Pop's Garden
Here is a teaser:
 

Shirley presents:

  Coming soon: 

An educational e-book titled:
I See My Colors!  

Also available, previously released e-books: 

Launch! is available here

The Gingerbread Man is available here

Thanks for reading and visiting..
we really appreciate your visits and comments a lot!

~ Bee, Cally, Jennifer, Julissa, Nina and Shirley

FREE Printable Valentine's Day Cards For Kids!

Hello friends and happy February! This month we've got some adorable, FREE Valentine's Day Cards for kids. They are perfect for handing out at school and also fun to share with friends, family & loved ones. Print, cut and enjoy!

A very special thanks to Lucy Boden who is our guest illustrator this month. She created our cute banner. Thank you, Lucy! To see more of her work, please visit her website.

Thanks for stopping by and happy February! Julissa, Shirley, Jennifer, Nina, Cally and Bee

Cally - download here

Nina - download here

Julissa - download here

Shirley - download here

Jennifer - download here

Bee - download here

Lucy - download here

2011 Round Up!

Happy New Year to you all! We hope you are having a fabulous Festive Season. May 2012 bring lots of love, laughter and good times your way! We thought we would do a little round-up of some of our favourite posts from 2011, so see below for links to some of our 2011 highlights.

Thank you all for being so supportive throughout 2011, we LOVE having you come visit and we hope you have enjoyed reading our blog and downloading our freebies. We hope to bring you lots more goodies in 2012. Have a fantastic January!

- Julissa, Cally, Jennifer, Nina, Shirley and Bee -

1. Free January Desktop Wallpaper Download by Shirley Ng-Benitez

2. Our heartfelt February wishes to all ofyou! by Cally Johnson-Issacs

3. First We Love To Illustrate GIVEAWAY! by Shirley Ng-Benitez

4. Happy Easter Treats! by Cally Johnson-Issacs

5. Happy Birthday! by Belinda Strong

6. FREE Summer desktop calendar downloads! by Nina Seven

7. Circus Fun! by Nina Seven

8. August FREE Downloadable Coloring Pages! by Belinda Strong

9. Tasty treats for September by Jennifer A. Bell

10. Happy Halloween Cupcake Toppers by Julissa Mora

11. Pillow Covers by Jennifer A. Bell

12. FREE Printable Holiday Scrapbooking elements by Julissa Mora

*FREE* Printable Holiday Scrapbooking elements

Hello and Happy December! We are continuing with our guest artist series and are joined this month by the super talented Brad Renner. Brad designed our oh-so-fun December banner and also did the challenge with us. We're so lucky - his illustrations are brilliant!

The challenge this month was actually given to us by the lovely ladies from Scraptus, a blog group of crafty scrapbookers, based in Montreal. They challenged us to create pages of Holiday themed scrapbook elements and we thought this would be a fun thing to do and a fun thing to share with our readers during this Season of Giving.

You can see what the Scraptus girls created with our elements on their blog, starting on Friday, Dec. 2. Their blog is written totally in French, but even if you can't read what they wrote, you can still see all the fab designs they created. All the pages are free for you to download here and use for your personal projects. And, you don't have to be a scrapbooker to use them. Cut them out and adhere them to solid covered gift bags, use them as gift tags or even use them to make holiday cards or ornaments. The possibilities are endless!

Happy Holidays!  Nina, Cally, Bee, Julissa, Shirley and Jennifer

Bee - download here (English)        (French)

Cally - download here

Nina - download here (English)        (French)

Julissa - download here (English)        (French)

Shirley - download here

Jennifer - download here

Brad - download here

Pillow Covers

Hello friends and happy November! This month we thought it would be fun to set up shops at Envelop and try our hand at designing some pillow covers. Several of us packed our stores with many fun designs so make sure you explore the store links below! 

Special thanks to Fhiona Galloway who participated as our guest illustrator this month. She's responsible for our fabulous November banner. Visit her website to see more.

Thanks for visiting and happy November!

Cally, Bee, Julissa, Shirley, Nina and Jennifer

Julissa visit her Envelop shop here

Shirley visit her Envelop shop here

Bee visit her Envelop shop here

Cally visit her Envelop shop here

Nina visit her Envelop shop here

Jennifer visit her Envelop shop here

Fhiona visit her Envelop shop here

Happy Halloween Cupcake Toppers

Happy October everyone!  Time for a spooooky and fun Halloween post!  This month we've made cupcake toppers and they're free to download for personal use.  Simply print them onto card stock, carefully cut out each topper and tape a toothpick or cocktail stick to the back and stick the topper into a yummy cupcake.  Be sure to send us pictures of your creations :)

And we're very pleased to have a special guest illustrator with us this month, the very talented Tamara Henderson!  She has also designed the brilliant banner for October.  Be sure to visit her fab blog.

Have a creative October and a happy Halloween!

Cally, Bee, Julissa, Shirley, Nina and Jennifer

Jennifer

Download Jennifer's designs here

Julissa

 

Download Julissa's designs here

Shirley

Download Shirley's designs here

Bee

Download Bee's designs here

Cally

Download Cally's designs here

Nina

Download Nina's designs here

Tamara

Download Tamara's designs here

Tasty treats for September

Hello everyone, happy September to you all! Wherever you are it's sure to be a lovely time of year - whether you have the magnificent colours of Autumn to look forward to, or the welcome warmth of Spring, what a fab month September is.
We're welcoming September with a swag of yummy kid-friendly recipes! We have all contributed a recipe to the tasty collection over at They Draw And Cook and we had tonnes of fun creating these illustrations.
We hope you enjoy our recipes below but please head on over to They Draw And Cook and check out this amazing website put together by the fabulous Salli Swindell and Nate Padavick. It's brimming with beautifully illustrated recipes contributed by creative people from all over the globe.
Perhaps you'd like to contribute a recipe yourself?
Happy cooking!

Julissa, Shirley, Nina, Jennifer, Cally and Bee

Nina

see Nina's recipe on TDAC here

Jennifer

see Jennifer's recipe on TDAC here

Julissa

see Julissa's recipe on TDAC here

Shirley

see Shirley's recipe on TDAC here

Bee

see Bee's recipe on TDAC here

Cally

see Cally's recipe on TDAC here