Mandala Colouring Pages - April Days 22 to 30

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to my April 2020 Mandala colouring pages, Days 22 to 30.

This week I'm posting 9 pages which brings us to the end of this activity.

I do hope you've had a chance to join in.  If you have, drop me a comment, I would love to know and see your colouring.

Thinking of you all during our time of self distancing and pray you and your families are safe and healthy.

A reminder, I now have 2 Instagram accounts:  lilyline_designs and my everyday account poppie_60

Don't forget to tag me or use #mandalilyapril2020.

Stay strong, stay well and stay home 

Love and Light xx

Day 22

Day 23

Day 24

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Day 28

Day 29

Day 30

Mandala Colouring Pages - April Days 15 to 21

Hiya All

I hope you've had a lovely week and a beautiful Easter.  Times have definitely changed and I hope you have had the chance to connect with your family, friends and loved ones.  As for me, I had a fairly relaxing day, starting with an early morning drive then did some baking in the afternoon.  My whole family live in Australia and we video chat regularly - I caught up with my children, grandchildren, my dear mum, sister and niece.  I miss them all dearly, it is lonely and I am grateful we can at least keep in touch virtually.

I pray you and your family are safe and healthy and if you've been ill with this nasty virus, I pray for a speedy recovery. xx

How is your colouring going? Have you made some time for self care and reflection?  I've seen some gorgeous Mandalas - it makes me happy and I greatly appreciate you joining in. Thank you.

Below are Days 15 to 21!! Wow! how time flies.  So far I'm on track with my goal of posting the whole week in advance.  This time I decided to post only the detailed Mandalas.  I do hope you like them and find time to colour them in.

A reminder, I now have 2 Instagram accounts:  lilyline_designs and my everyday account poppie_60

Don't forget to tag me or use #mandalilyapril2020.

Stay strong, stay well and stay home 

Love and Light xx

Day 15

 Day 16

 Day 17

 Day 18

 Day 19

 Day 20

 Day 21

Mandala Colouring Pages - April 2020 Days 8 - 14

Hi Everyone

How have you survived another week of social distancing? It's been hectic around here - I think I put too much pressure on myself and had high expectations I could pull this through, forgetting my experience with technology and not taking that into account. (some things are time consuming) plus my normal daily routine and chores.  I'll see how I go next week but I may decide to dedicate 1 page per day.  

I hope you had a nice weekend and have had time to spend with your family or time for self care, and perhaps just chilling to some relaxing music.

We are up to Week 8 of the Mandala Colouring pages and I have been very busy trying to get ahead.  It's the 6th April here, but I am mindful that the Southern Hemisphere is one day ahead.
You may choose whichever you like or do both :)

If you are participating in this colour along (CAL) I would love to see your works by posting on Instagram (if you have an account) using hashtag  #mandalilyapril2020.  

I now have 2 Instagram accounts:  lilyline_designs and my everyday account poppie_60

Thank you for visiting my page and taking the time to read this post.  

I pray you and your families are not affected.

Don't forget to tag me or use #mandalilyapril2020.

Stay strong, stay well and stay home 

Until next week, please take care xx

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Free Mandalas for you to Colour - April 2020

Hi Everyone

I pray you and your families are healthy and safe.

I am sharing with you some of my hand drawn Mandala colouring pages in the hope it would help to occupy and calm your mind in these global times of crisis and change.

These are available for personal use only.  Please do not copy and/or distribute as these are my own designs.  Copyright © 2020 Lila Holter (Popcheff) contents may not be reproduced without written permission.

We are witnessing some very trying and tragic times with the outbreak of COVID19 (Coronavirus). I never imagined I would see such a pandemic in my lifetime, yet, here we are, uncertain of what lies ahead.

With so many heart wrenching stories on the News and somewhat housebound, I felt helpless and as an empath having a need to do something and on the other side feeling zapped. I thought about ways in which I could do something in any way.  What skills do I have?, and how can I utilise them in a positive way? Well! I can draw! I can do something productive with this - surely?

So, I came out of hermit mode (you can see my last post was February 2018!!). I've had a lot going on, both good and bad. I felt the time was right for me to reach out and just maybe what I have to offer can help others to ease their mind and perhaps a time to reflect on what is actually important to us today.

My plan for the month of April is making Mandala colouring pages available. These are all new and have not been published (drawn during March).

Originally, I was going to release one per day but I've decided to do them in batches of seven.

There are 2 versions of each design:

1. A fairly basic one so you can colour and/or embellish as you like.
2. A slightly more detailed version 

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

You may choose whichever you like or do both :)

If you are participating in this colour along (CAL) I would love to see your works by posting on Instagram (if you have an account) using hashtag  #mandalilyapril2020.  

I now have 2 Instagram accounts:  lilyline_designs and my everyday account poppie_60

Thank you for visiting my page and taking the time to read this post.  

I pray you and your families are not affected.

Stay strong, stay well and stay home xx

Tangle Pattern Updates - Hollyday with loops, Vivienne, Lift Off, Alvin, Querky, Nuttin and Nadica

Hello Everyone

I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day, spending time with your loved one/s.

Let me just say, it has taken me a while to update my Blog with these step-outs.  Mainly due to the hassle of bringing out my laptop - I know I can upload via mobile but the scanning process was easier to save on a USB.

I don't know about you but I tend to get into frenzies and do things in bulk; I'll draw Mandalas, then ZIAs or get back into Crochet, bake each day....the list goes on.  Step Outs is another one and once I zone in I get right into it and one pattern leads to another..... and another and I find if I don't jot it down, my mind keeps racing, making it difficult to fall asleep.

The first pattern is an extension of  Hollyday - this one has loops.  Actually, I think the majority of these patterns derived from Hollyday.

The next pattern I've named Vivienne (after my youngest baby granddaughter).  This one is also very similar but I thought it was different enough to warrant its own name and step out - plus it's less confusing for my brain.

I was playing with the basic Hollyday shape, drawing it in freestyle and I came up with Lift Off (it reminded me of some type of space vehicle and didn't want to have rocket in the name because I already have Castlerock, which also reminded me of a rocket) and Alvin (don't ask me why the name - it just came to me).

Now, this next pattern is quite interesting.  For months I have been eyeing off the pattern on some toilet tissues and finally decided to try to replicate it - it's not exactly the same but close enough for me. Someone commented it looks like this pattern has been done before - well, maybe.  I think it looks that common and simple and yes it is probable.  I think my take on it takes on a new  perspective, especially when it is drawn on a dot grid.

Querky is its name because hubby said it reminded him of acorns (Quercos is its botanical name). Querky was a good enough name for me.... I don't think too much about names and often it will be the first thing that pops in my head.

my inspiration

A study of Querky

From Querky came Nuttin - Nuttin amazing here (pardon the pun ;-))

Playing with X'es led me to this.  Surely this pattern exists somewhere out there - I couldn't find it but if anyone does, please contact me so I may credit the artist.

And my final step out for the day is Nadica, named after my mum (Nada) who turned 77 yesterday. Happy Birthday Mum! xoxox 
(P.S I haven't used up all my family names as yet!! ;-))

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some inspiration with these new patterns. I like to incorporate them in my Mandalas - they look sooo different when drawn in the round!

Here are a few 

My patterns Maddie and Cimchiminee together with Thumbprintz by Traci Frogley (one of my favourite go to patterns).

below we have Querky

and another Querky

and the next one is Holliday

and this one is Vivienne

and closing off with Nadica

Until next time - Smiles :)