"keep a green tree in your heart

and perhaps a singing bird will come."

more blue and green......with just a hint of hot pink and yellow-orange (my vacation from using orange didn't last too long, did it.....!).

journal page finished using watercolor, watercolor pencil, micron pen,  and graphite pencil 

reach high

here's to standing on our tippy-toes and reaching higher than we ever thought we could reach!

doodle finished with micron pen and watercolor pencil on arches textwove paper

just to say hello

i created these little doodle letters and decided to make a greeting card....just to say hello!

the decorative scrapbook paper is by K&Company, the greenhouse collection, designed by carolyn gavin. other materials used to finish the card are: micron pens, watercolor pencils, niji waterbrush, fiskars border punch, ribbon, and a glue stick. the finished card measures 5.5" x 4.25"

thanks SO much for your blog visits!! have a great weekend!!

for a larger format, you can view this video here at you tube.

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

perfect balance

this is my idea of a life in perfect balance....heavy on the art, and light on all of the other stuff!

and speaking of art....head on over to gina lee kim's blog and put your name in the hat for her giveaway! wait until you see the gorgeous artwork she's offering!

happy weekend to you!!

journal page finished on fabriano medioevalis paper using micron pens and watercolor pencils.

from the top, middle and bottom

a big thank you....to all of you....for your support and encouragement of my blog, my artwork, and my first video attempt!! i value your opinions and suggestions, and have them safely tucked away for future videos!

but, first things first.....join me on monday for a bit of a celebration.....and a bit of a giveaway!!

see you then!!

artwork finished using micron pens and derwent watercolor pencils on fabriano medioevalis paper

fabriano bliss

julie prichard suggested that we use this fabriano medioevalis paper for our third book structure in her online class, super nova. i ordered a box of this from dick blick....and boy do i love it!

my first project with this paper was giving it a "test run" by creating this little piece using my pentel colorbrush, micron pens and watercolor pencils. and then my second project was filming a video of this entire process, editing it in imovie (huge learning curve here!!), and then trying to do the you tube thing. unfortunately, by the time it reached you tube, the quality suffered and i'm trying to figure out how to fix it before i put it back out there in cyberspace. so....in a way, this is like seeing the finished project before you see the process....kind of like eating dessert before your dinner. no surprise that i would find a food analogy to go with a computer issue....

{to do}

hope you have some fun things on your "to do" list today!

journal page created using micron pens and watercolor pencils

journal happiness

firstly, and most importantly.....thank you SO much for your sweet, sweet encouraging comments regarding my journal entry the other day!! i feel like i never have the adequate words to express to you how much i appreciate your visits and comments....probably because there really are no words that have been invented yet! so, i hope that you don't get tired of me giving you big bloggy bear hugs, because i'm giving you one right now!!

this journal entry was created the same day as the first one that i shared with you. i thought it would be a fun way to jot down some of the highlights of the day....and i'm so "grid oriented and in the box" that this format felt comfortable to me. plus, there's part of me that thinks that if i divide a page up into little blocks, then i don't have to fill the big blank page, just fill one block at a time (crazy, i know, but you gotta go with what works!). and.... i noticed just yesterday that terri-leigh has created some great journal pages using a great watercolored, relaxed style. you can see them here! happy weekend to you!!

journal page created using micron pens, watercolor pencils and a bic ink pen.

rainy day art

rain, thunder, lightning, and some more rain make for a great excuse to spend a little time doodling with some watercolor pencils in my moleskine journal! enjoy your weekend!!