Fantasy Flowers and monthly calendar

This is the final day for Yvonne from Meggy's Way with her theme A World of Fantasy. Of course, we know she is our host at Art Journal Journey this month.  And a great host she has been, too.  Susi and I are both grateful for all she has done to make this a fantastic fantasy month.

These are my fantasy flowers.

Here are a few close-ups.

I began this spread with a background of shaving cream paper.  To it I added the bird and the two flowers I cut by hand.  The bird was first colored using a bingo dabber to color a sheet of printer/copier paper.  I did the same with its punched crown, but used a chalk pen to create its legs.  The flowers and stems were created the same way as the bird, also using bingo dabbers.  The two centers were sprayed with my handmade shimmering mists, and one flower was stamped.  I couldn't get my white pen to work, so I used some very old correction fluid to create the shadow line on the large flower stem and the dots on the outermost parts of the two flowers, as well as the bird's eye.  I used a blue ink pen to create the left shadow on the large stem and a black pen to create the arrow.

Since it's the end of the month, this is really the only time I'll have to share my puny monthly calendar.

Today's entry will be filled in at the end of the day.  Feel free to enlarge and see how totally boring my life is.  BTW, if YOU live in the U.S., our current season is AUTUMN, not FALL.

October is ready to write in.  For all you cat lovers out there, don't forget the 18th is global cat day and October 28 is Bleubeard's birthday!  Thanks so much for checking out my calendar pages.  This is the only place you will ever see them.

Bleubeard and I are also simply thrilled you chose to spend time with us today and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey.  We can't thank you enough for your visit.  It means a lot to both of us.  We also want to thank Yvonne for all the hard work she has put in being such a gracious host and fabulous mixed media and digital artist this month.  Thank you, dear Yvonne.