GLITTER plus....

So very many things have been happening this week... and all of them are wonderful.  I started a class on Journals... making one from 100% white paper... oh you guessed already...  YIKES... I guess I am a little bit to transparent...  but anyway... I have been working on this journal for a while now... and teaching a class brings it even closer to my heart... 

So it was sitting on my workbench this morning as I worked on it yesterday...  getting interior pages in place, pockets worked on etc...  I will show you different things in this book as I work on it.... which will be a process..... I love things that I can pull out and work on them for a while and then finish at a later date... 

I also have been working on more flowers... my favorite item to play with and create for different challenges, projects and also classes... I have a favorite class I teach with how to make a box and then teach how to make 12 different flowers...  a fun class... and everyone leaves the class full of ideas and are anxious to make more flowers... 

So I wanted to add these two things today HOPEFULLY to the Challenge called... 

Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge 2

 

 

This challenge is held every other Saturday and today is the day... what fun... and all you need is some things to play with...and Tim Holtz's BOOK...  Compendium of Curiosities 3   This book is truly a wonderful book...  all kinds of ideas, and techniques... and today the challenge starts off with GLITTER...  page 56...  so turning to page 56 is where we begin... 

 

Glitter Tim Holtz's way...  Love it...  and it just so happens that I happen to have a FEW of these pretty distress Glitters...  fun and games...  now to work on my journal a little bit more...  combining these two is very SPECIAL to me...  and I really love the way that this book is taking shape... 

 

Okay... get ready... because here it is... 

 

Oh before I forget... please go over to the site...  Click on the above link... and see all the pretties that the CREW have Created this week... it is very difficult to pick the prettiest, best or favorite... as they are truly all wonderful each one being so very different and with much depth and thought... Love this challenge... have I told you that... ???? 

 

Pictures... Oh yes... here they are...

 

 

I have to tell you that I have just recently been able to get High speed internet... so prior to last month.. .I had never seen a video on line, not been able to get to others blogs, or web sites... seen too many things other than a few small pictures that were shown in different places that I happened to spend the hours downloading...  Pictures .... uploading 8 would take hours... (2 plus) and now 18 pictures takes less than a minute... so I am SPOILED and I am loving this greatly... soooooo

 

I had not seen these fantastic 'PLASTIC' Flowers that Tim had created using Frosted film and also Wendy Vecchi's  Clearly Art sheets...  Well I fell in love with the flowers... and had to make them... so I got the supplies and am having a fun time making them... all different ways...  I have a huge stack of plastic sheets that I save too... and used them for the butterflies... 

 

The cover of my journal and all the pages are made from 100% white paper that have been INKED... yikes is that a fun thing or what... I have piles of papers that I have put ink too...  and I don't ever have enough of them either...  I then will stamp, stencil, add more inks, more stamping etc... to each sheet...  I love Pearl Dabbers... and think I bought a case last time...  LOL...  love the way it looks... now you see it ... now you don't...  love it.. 

 

6... My Favorite number... 

Flower My Favorite embellishment...

Colors... Turquoise and Greens... oh wow...

 

So here are some close ups of the flowers... I really love making these... have to buy a FEW more sheets of Clearly Art and also a couple of rolls of Frosted film... I can see what is going to happen to me...  LOL.. and I LOVE IT.. 

 

I used my palette of Alcohol inks and a solution pen to color all these pretties...  and then I used the Glitter technique on page 56... Oh what a pretty flower... 

 

 

 

 

 

I also cute out some butterflies using a Tim border die cut... and I bent them so that they stood up... and flew over the flowers, 6's and page...  I again used my alcohol inks to create the personality of each butterfly too..  Also used some Rock Candy Glitter on them too... 

 

 

 

Since this is a JOURNAL for ME... I had to add a DRAGONFLY... what else would I have...  in solid GOLD...  LOL.. 

 

 

 

Since my Husband and I own an organic farm, we are aware of many problems that we on earth are facing... one of the major ones is the problem that bees are having right now... we need to protect bees... in all ways...  not to use chemicals in anyway but especially around plants that bees and other insects will be going on... Linda's sweet Hummingbird is even effected by these harsh and horrible chemicals and we need to protect all living critters around us..  thanks for listening to me about this.. I feel very strongly about this and use a lot of bees in my work to remind all about the bees.  thanks for taking time to help protect them also.. 

 

Okay... these little flowers around the word SIX...

They are also from recycled things... oh yes... they are felt from my alcohol pads...   small and very pretty... and I cut them up and make flowers, leaves etc from them... adds a fun touch of different materials...  which I really love... you can see the tissue tape peaking thru them...  another product that I have tons of and love using all over things.. 

 

I really love the way that you can get these flowers to stand up and talk...  really great.. I also use a large one inch DOT to adhere them to what ever I need to put them onto... they stay forever... I am not afraid of these flowers getting squashed.. as they pop right back up...  so very wonderful about them... 

 

 

I actually colored these small flowers (the smallest on the Tattered Floral die cut... by Tim... )  with Current Alcohol ink... after I went all the way around each petal, I then filled in the center and it diluted the petal to this pretty pink... or rose color...  similar to Victorian Velvet... my favorite color of the RED/PINK family... 

 

I then was able to use the Victorian Velvet Glitter on these smaller ones... so very pretty... 

I also used my alcohol inks to color the large brad and then add detailed dots for stamen...  love it... 

 

 

I just might pop the number 6 and the work 6 off of the cover and do something magical with them too...  I feel I have to... this cover will most likely be an on going project for a while... so when it is all done.. .I will share it with you... 

 

 

 

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing all these pictures... I am just so happy that I can take these and put them all into my blog in such a short period of time... so happy about that...

 

I hope that you will join in on this challenge... have a happy and great week-end... have also a VERY HAPPY MOTHERS Day to YOU... Every one of us has to celebrate Mothers day... as we all have or have had Mom's ...  So happy Mother's Day to one and all..

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope you will come back again for another visit soon..

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie