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i'm celebrating today!

i've been invited by the Art to the 5th gals to be Featured Artist 

over at Documented Life Project unPlanner!  woo hoo!

 { ♥ sending big thanks and big love to you sweet DLP ladies! ♥ }

our monthly theme is

"a look through my eyes, gaining new perspective"

and this week's challenge for our Personal Art Card (PAC)

is to use a rubber stamp.

so i decided to use a combination of hand-carved banner stamps…..

along with a few little acrylic stamps….

and "gained a whole new perspective" on how to use them!

 here's a video showing my inspiration {thank you, sweet sandi keene!},

as well as my entire process from start-to-finish!

{you can watch this video in large format here!}

where the heart is

whether you fly from north to south…..

or go from east to west…..

home is always where the heart is.   

xox

{supplies:  strathmore 140 lb. CP paper, watercolor, .3 mechanical pencil}

love birds

this little pair of love birds is wishing 

all of my sweet bloggy friends a

beautiful, chocolate-filled valentine's day….

and so am i !!  

xox

{supplies:  fabriano artistico 140 HP paper, sennelier watercolor,

7B graphite pencil,  .3 mechanical pencil}

happy hearts

happy valentine's day!

i'm wishing you all the happiness 

your heart can hold!!

xox

{this was created in my moleskine watercolor journal

using winsor newton watercolor, micron pens, 

white gelly roll pen, 8B pencil}

heart song

this week's documented life challenge is to use a bird on our journal page,
and i think every single member did a happy dance when they found out!

because, let's face it…..
what's happier than a sweet little doodle birdie with long skinny legs?

especially when he's singing a sweet little doodly-heart-song!




{supplies:  moleskine planner, 140 lb fabriano artistico HP paper, pitt and micron pens, koi watercolor,
derwent watercolor pencils, 6B & 3B graphite pencils, washi tape}

inspiration monday.....and a giveaway!

of all the artwork i've done,  my little chickadees are definitely on my list of favorites.....
and seeing them in the form of rubber stamps as part of the summer release over at Technique Tuesday has made me about as giddy-as-a-schoolgirl!!

they look really cute stamped in black and white.....

and they're really cute stamped with color, too!

for me, the only thing more fun than playing with these little stamps....

is having the opportunity to share them with you....my sweet bloggy friends!!  woo hoo!
you are the absolute best-in-blogland, and i truly adore you for taking the time to stop by my little blog!  your heartfelt comments are so supportive and encouraging, and i am so grateful that our paths have crossed!  thank you!  xox

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

i have two chickadee stamp sets that i'd love to giveaway!
these little birdies are eager to inspire you, and they're looking for a creative home!
to enter, all you have to do is leave a comment here on this post 
(just one per person, please!) by 10:00 p.m. EST on wednesday,  august 28th. 
two names will be chosen using the random integer, 
and i'll announce them on thursday, august 29th. 
please make sure that your comment either links back to 

your blog, or you leave your e-mail so i can contact you if your name is chosen!

(this giveaway is open to all bloggy sweeties who are 18 years of age or older.)

for more information about the chickadee stamp set, click here!

{this chickadee card was created using white card stock, assorted scrapbook papers,
chickadee stamp set,  koi watercolor, pigment stamp pads, foam mounting tape, natural jute twine, needle} 

{edited:  the comments are now closed....thank you SO much for participating!}

beach birdie

i met this little guy during my beach walk last week.....
he was a lot of fun to watch!

i hope your weekend is filled with sunshine!!
xox


{footage via my iPhone.  watch in larger format here.}

hello, blue birdie

i read recently that the blue bird is a symbol of happiness.....and i'm wondering if the person who wrote that was looking at this paper at the time......

because it has doodle-happy written all over it.....

and you can write all kinds of doodle-happy inside, too!

have a fantastic weekend!!!

you can read more about this birdie journal here in my etsy shop

little birdie

"you must loooove the little birdies to give them THIS to perch on"

as said by steve martin in the movie "roxanne"

the other day i was running errands and had just enough time to stop in michael's.....just to see if there was anything new.....or heaven forbid maybe something that i don't already have (highly unlikely, but always possible, i suppose). as i was running through the paper aisle, i must have left shopping-cart-skid-marks on the floor when i spied this!! and there were lots of fun coordinating papers to go with it, too, so i immediately thought of creating a journal......to give those sweet little birdies something to perch on....

you can see more photos and information for this journal here