Angel of the Flowers

 A page of my life ... 
A page in my journal....
Having fun... 
Enjoying life 
and 
LOVING it ALL... 


I had a lot of free fun with this page... 
I had colored this paper with all kinds of flowers about a week prior... and finally got around to

 finishing up the entire pages...  But are they ever finished... aren't they like life... you keep on adding onto each page until you are satisfied??? 


But I did get more added to this area...  I added the Angel in clip art.. I had copied  a few and this one was sitting on my work space, begging to adorn something... so here she is... in all her vintage glory...  I love this one...  


Then I had to add a few

 daisies from Dynomite Daisies over at Pretties by Bonnie  which I have so much love for all flowers but I guess daisies will always hold a special place in my heart...  I had not put any in the drawing... so I needed to add a few... 

 Using a stencil I added some numbers and dots in different areas...  using a dabber by Ranger...  love them... didn't think I would use them as much as I am...  great invention...  I also used my twinkling H20's and love the shimmer that they add to everything that they touch in life...  so very pretty and GREAT...  


Well another page of my life...  
Hope you are working on a journal of some kind... there are no rules... other than to enjoy your journal... sharing with yourself and others is so very much fun...  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit...  and hope that you have a GREAT day...  and also a GREAT week-end... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

A Garden Alive

 A good friend of mine knows that I LOVE to journal... and sent me this site where there is a journal challenge... wow... I love it... just my cup of tea .... 
Love to try techniques and this is it!!!  
Called ART JOURNAL CAFE'....  so I copied down the directions... and then started to play... actually we had to finish hanging up the garlic that we harvested a few days ago...  it really is so very beautiful... if you want to see it... go here  You can also see other pictures of our farm there too...  Anyway...  it smells really good with all this garlic hanging now... it will be dry in a few days.. but I am really loving 'having' to use all the bulbs that didn't have long stems etc...  we are having a huge platter or roasted garlic tonight... so good for the immune!!! 
I am sorry I get so carried away with chit chat.... but wanted to share...  

So this challenge...   

 Because I started with another new journal... this time an old composition book... I had started to write in this book about 9 years ago... and then went into another direction... so it needed some pictures... LOL..  I used some gesso on the pages... and then started to stamp... using stamps from 4 different sets of Tim Holtz's stamps...  and then I tore up a couple of pieces of FAVORITE paper... and glued them into place...  Love the look so far...  then I used quite a few acrylic paints ( actually dabbers)  and then started to stencil...  Having to leave a CLEAR area was very difficult for me... but a good meditation... Thanks... 

 I loved this so far.. then we had to add another layer of acrylic to tie it all in together... which I did that too... I love these dabbers...  great thing...  


I did them on side and then flipped the stencil to get the reverse... love it... waste not, want not...  Love it ... 

 Okay... now came the hardest part... which embellishments to use  ????


Well I decided that it looked like a GARDEN... so I wanted to make it come alive a little more... so I added some flowers from Pretties by Bonnie  
and also a little faerie.... he just needed to come along to this page to make the garden come alive in all ways...  

I dont use much paper... even though I have way more than I will EVER use...  but Tim paper!!!  oh My Goodness... I actually have used two pieces of it this week...  

 I love the numbers... so I picked my favorite number 6.... well 312 totals to 6!!!  right???  and then I added a few tickets... 

Up in the left hand corner is the 'sun' which is tea bag folding... which I also love to do...  don't find much time for it anymore... but wanted to, today...   


The orange paper with the flowers... I must have made that about 6 years ago... but I am trying very hard to use up my stash...  I doubt I ever will... but I can try right???  


I really enjoyed this challenge... and love the layers...  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... I really had fun with this challenge and hope you will take a look at the site.. it is really a very wonderful site... Thanks so much Grace for sending me the link..  

Have a super GREAT day... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Three Challenges of Fun!!!

Three Challenges of fun... and it was truly fun with all three of these..

This one on the left... MOJO Monday... Which was a sketch ... love the motion of this one.. I was totally taken with the card that Wanda Cullen had created.. I learned how to create the sailors knot... and then went on Mojo Monday site to learn what it was all about... FUN... sheer FUN... so another challenge that I HAVE TO DO!!!!

Oh my goodness.. what am I to do...

I had fun using a cuddlebug to create this focal point... The other night I was on the phone with our son.. .who just got back from PERU... we spent three hours talking and learning all about his wonderful trip... they really had a blast.. learned a lot.. and are ready to go back after a few months here state side... He will be going back to carve some sculptures this time... so it will be a combined trip... ANYWAY... back to the card... I had just embossed this and it was sitting there... and there was a pen... and I doodled on it.. .and added some things all around it... then cut it all up for the this card... LOL.. I had fun anyway... so it doesn't make any difference.. There was some turquoise on the table... so I used that with these colors.. and I never would have used them together... but I love the way the colors are... very playful.. a little bit of the spellbinder lace ... left over and a puffy flower... made from a book page... I twisted some sheer ribbon... as I didn't have any cord that I liked for this card... I love the sketch... and will most likely use it with the sailors knot next time... I love that knot WANDA... thanks a million for the link..
Okay.. this card is for Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge... and I really liked the sketch... but didn't know if I would like using all those buttons... but I made the card a little bit larger than I normally do.. .most of my cards are 5 x 7 ... but this one is 5.5 X 8.5... so it can hold all these buttons with no problem at all..

I created the BLOCK PRINT with the flower and Dragonfly.. .it was made with piece of rubber.. like a huge eraser... very simple and love the results... I think if you look in the Archives you will find a few more with this same print..

I of course had fun with Pricilla's sketch... as they are all very nice... Hopefully I can get back into the swing of thngs on Tuesday and will be able to do this sketch more often..

They are also giving out some really nice blog candy this month.. .so check that out too..


This last card... is another brand new challenge for me.. I think that they are in the UK.. but not really sure... anyway... it is a fun challenge, so I will give it a try... We had to make a card and use metal on it... so I created this elephant card...

Okay... it started about two months ago when some friends were over and we made background paper... using acrylic paints and then used a bubble sheet of white to roll over it... great technique... then we stamped things all over these wonderful backgrounds... I used Beverly's Elephant by Tim Holtz... great stamp Beverly and thanks for letting me use it...

Anyway... I love this black lace that you can make with a spellbinder Grand template.. just so wonderfully beautiful in all ways... anyway I wanted to use that, for a contrast in color and also in feeling... then I used some Heating and AC tape.. .the kind that you have to go STEAL from your hubby's workshop... he will look for it.. and then finally realize to come to the studio and ask for the tape..Copnversation will sort of go like this... ." It is mine now.. ... how much do YOU want to borrow... HOW MUCH?? I use this for my cards.. this is good stuff.. .please don't use too much... Do you think that maybe you can buy a new roll next time you go to Lowe's or Home depot... ?? I really need this one...Thanks.. "

Anyway.. that is how I created the bamboo on the side of the card.. ran it thru the cuddlebug and voila' a great metal panel... I used some of my Ranger Pens to outline the top leaves with a color called stream... to match the turquoise background paper...

Hope you enjoyed seeing these.. I had fun making them all..
Love ,Light and Peace... Bonnie

Blockprints

Have you ever made a block print???
I love to make them... and then when they are made, I can make a really bit mess printing them and getting paint all over me... YEAH!!!!

So here are a few of them used.. .I printed about 20 of them... and of course the block can be used millions of times... I used a nice pink sheet that was about 3 x 4 inches... and it is soft like a pink eraser that you use... very easy to cut into and sculpt... anyway... here they are..

This one I did with blue... and it was one of the first I did... (I have to tell you that once I start to print.. I don't wash the block at all.. I allow the colors to go into the next print... LOL... just me!)
Anyway... this one is the only pure 100% blue one that I have on this run... I used some Bazzill paper and a Martha corner and border punch and allowed this card to be CLEAN AND SIMPLE... so very difficult for me...

What do you think??? Yes... or does it need more...???

This next card... (the blogger is not going to let me write like I want to... sorry about that.) I used a sepia acrylic paint but there also was some metallic gold left on there.. so there is a mixture of colors... You most likely will not be able to see it...
I mounted on a piece of brown Bazzill and used a Martha Punch at the edge... then created the yellow background... ( with another Martha punch set... the daisy set) and mounted a piece of K and Company paper... along with a Grand lace template from Spellbinders... this is so very regal to me... I love this template... add a bow.. but needed to put Happy Birthday on this card???

So I save everything that I THINK I might be able to use... and I have saved a lot of 'packing plastic' from different things... and so I used a piece of that and stamped Happy Birthday onto it.. and then mounted with some zots... I think if you look closely you will be able to see the plastic piece... very handy and it was FREE and I recycled something that would have ended up in the land fill. Every little bit I can save from going into there is GREAT... so I really enjoy doing this...

PLEASE LOOK BELOW FOR MORE CARDS....
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie