Birds of a Feather

 flock together....

those of similar taste congregate in groups.  These cute chicks are flocking their nest to wish someone a fantabulous (fantastic and fabulous all mixed in one) day!!  I believe by Penny Black, she designs birds with great character and funny expressions.... flowers, a note and a balloon ... just for you!

I re-learned the technique (via Pinterest) of using a straight boarder punch to correctly measure and create a frame by appropriately sizing the paper according to the punch depth and quantity of images.  Martha Stewart has entire sets like this, that include the corner punch, but this is the 'poor' crafters way to use a boarder punch in a differently than it's original purpose.

Googly eyes... I just love to say that.  Look at these two love birds.  Shake them up a bit and they'd be looking a different way all together!!!  Working on shading. (As per usual... someday... I'll take a class how to really draw and shade and create proportion, it's been too long and I've forgotten all the rules, if there are any)  Used one of my blender pens and a red marker to outline the original image, trying to add some dimension.

The hearts ♥ have some dimensional glase on them to make them pop up from the page!

Close up: Are you looking at me??

The woods would be very silent

if no birds sang there

except those that sang best ~ Henry Van Dyke