inktober #8

p.s.  and you're awesome, too!   xox

inktober2016 day eight,  prompt:  "rock"

click here for more info about inktober!

{supplies:  canson moulin du roy w/c paper,  micron pens, 

pentel color brushes,  pentel pocket brush}

be you-nique

today might seem like an ordinary, run-of-the-mill day…..

but it's actually a great day to be…..

the absolutely best thing YOU know how to be!

you  beautiful,  fabulous,  awesome,  artistic,  extraordinary,

incomparable,  one-of-a-kind,  amazing,  creative,  incredible,  super cool,

YOU-NIQUE  YOU!!

xox

this art journal page was created for the DLP week 36 "black & white" challenge.

{supplies:  moleskine planner, fabriano artistico 140 lb. HP paper,

bombay india ink,  white Sakura gelly roll pen, white chalk, 

pink derwent inktense pencil, micron pen, washi tape}

inspiration monday

sometimes when you're stuck for inspiration….

all you need to do is seek out what you know to be true…..

…..and let your heart lead the way….

and the big picture will reveal itself.

guaranteed!

{this artwork was created in my walls notebook using micron pens,
pitt pens, PanPastels, derwent inktense w/c pencils, 8B graphite pencil}

inspiration monday

when it comes to making a blank white canvas flourish....

all you need is a handful of creative seeds
and some of your favorite supplies.

give it a steady sprinkling of heART inspiration.....

and buds of happy color will be blooming in no time!
(hello, art garden.....bye, bye, blank canvas!)


{supplies:  walls notebook, derwent watercolor pencils, pitt pens,
pan pastel, uniball signo white gel pen}

beautiful you

there's an awful lot of "same-ness" in the world.....

but, before you put a lot of energy into being different.....

just remember -----  

you already, most beautifully, and fantabulously are!

{and you even have your very own unique thumbprints to prove it!}

here's to being different.....
in the most amazing, extraordinary, phenomenal, fantastic, unique way possible!!
(and believe me, you're all these things and so much more!)
xox

{supplies:  walls notebook, pan pastel, pitt pens, thumbprint and stamp pad, uniball signo white gel pen, souffle pens}



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thanks SO much to all you beautiful-bloggy-sweeties who participated in the artsyville giveaway! sarah goodwin's name was chosen by random generator as the recipient of aimee's washi tapes! congratulations!  woo hoo!  

there's still time to join in the other participants' giveaways....click here for the full schedule!


happy weekend to you!  xox

be you

if God had wanted me otherwise,

He would have created me otherwise.

johann von goethe

this doodle quiltie is listed in my etsy shop here!

be you

"be who you are and say what you feel,

because those who mind don't matter

and those who matter don't mind."

dr. seuss

wishing you a nonsensically, creative weekend!!

celebrate you!

no one in this whole wide wonderful world can be you better than you!! let's celebrate!!

journal page finished using hand-carved stamps, pentel colorbrush, micron pens and watercolor pencils