Birds & Hearts!

Sunday was my monthly meeting of the art group to which I belong, and once again, it was time to turn in the altered books that we're exchanging.  The friend's book I had this past month was designed around the theme, "doodles"--right up my alley with all my Zentangling!  I immediately got an image for the artwork I wanted to add to this beautiful book.

My friend is a bird watcher and loves hearts, so those were 2 elements I definitely wanted to include in the pages I did. She's also the person who introduced me to making exquisite artwork using art napkins (paper napkins with beautiful graphics on them).

So here's how I started...

A painted background with a bird from a paper napkin standing on a heart I made from embossed and painted metal (my current favorite thing to play with!).  

Next, I wrote a saying in doodle letters...."May the blue bird of happiness dance in your heart"....

Now for the REALLY fun part....all the doodling...

I really had fun working on this book and was pretty thrilled with the results...and my friend like the pages I did, too!

Cheers till next time,

Deborah