Sweet and Frilly

I LOVE to make these fussy and Frilly cards... all white with a flash of color on the flowers...  anyway... it is a pleasure to make one of these fun cards... the first one I made was about 9 years ago now... and I guess I have made over 50 of these cards... I honestly lost count...  but I make them for weddings, for special occasions... and just because someone needs love...   a special card... as this takes quite a while to make one...  the size of the card is 8.5 inches tall and the width when closed is only 6 inches wide... and about an inch thick...  I generally send it in a box... as it is special enough to be put into a box...  at least I think it is... 

 

The front of the card is all white... 

and there is 4 layers of paper on this section.  

 

At the base there is paper lace and also cotton lace...  with a little white bow... 

 

The back layer is made with Martha Stewart Punches... and then a layer of Cuttlebug embossing folders...  and then the paper lace is made with a Spellbinder... 

 

When you start to open the card... this is what you see... 

 

The paper is scored for texture... and also the heart goes from the front of the card to the center of the card... 

 

These flowers are made with Tim Holtz's Tattered floral die... the mini one... and I used distress inks on the white paper...  the leaves are hand cut out by me... 

You can click on any picture to see a larger one...  

 

Peeking thru is the center of the card... 

 

When you continue to open the card...

you will see the first left side of the card... 

 

I have taken a few extra pictures... so that you can see the actual dies etc... but the paper I used is all WHITE cardstock...  nothing special... just ordinary WHITE CARDSTOCK... 

 

 

When the card is entirely open

this is what it looks like... 

 

 

 

5 layers of paper are underneath the Vellum  (which is embossed with another cuttlebug embossing folder... 

I love these folders.. and when I was on the Design team I use to use them all the time... they were some of my favorites... 

I have not seen many people use them... and they are really so very elegant to me...  you can also stencil with them... 

 

the saying...

 

DREAM

 

a garden of good wishes

 

Some more flowers...  just enough for color and variety to this card... 

 

 

 

I so hope that you have enjoyed this card... it is a really fun card to make and a little difficult... but to me, so very well worth it... I have made them in all colors... and had gals make some in colors I would never dream of using... and they are also very elegant in all ways... 

 

I am entering this in two Challenges today...

 

Frilly and Funkie... 

A Summer Garden... 

 

My summer garden is the food that we raise... it gives us love in nourishing our bodies and thus this cards symbolizes that...  Pink is a heart charka color for LOVE... 

and so is GREEN. 

 

The Shabby Tea Room 

 

Using this Photo as inspiration, and the feeling of CELEBATE

and  

   Debbie asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo  with a 'celebration theme' using pink, flowers and a lace element

Thank You very much for stopping by for a visit today... and also for any comments you should leave behind... I love them all..  and cherish each one that you write...  I appreciate them all... 

 

hope you have a great day and can find time to create something that makes your heart happy, for you and others... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Purple BEAUTIES

Can you tell that I LOVE Purple... tea bag folding, special looking cards, see thru areas on the special purple, tea bag medallion cards too???  I thought you could.... LOL... well here are a few more for you to ponder... 

If you have been following the posts this month... you will be able to see all the pretties with out too many words from me... if you haven't been following this blog... go back to the beginning of at least January and start to read the blogs...  then you will be able to follow... 

 

 

The front of the card.... a little Faerie of the flowers.. love these.. can you tell that also???  and a special punched background... 

 

A close up of the inside medallion...

Which if you scroll down you will see the entire inside of the card.. 

 

I cut the flower clip art out...  all of it... hey... I love to cut out too.. did you know that...  LOL...  all the little sections too...  compulsive ???  not for one second.. .LOL... 

 

 

CARD TWO 

 

 

Double punches... or a lot of punching...  going on here...  love my punches... 

 

The center circle is a place to peek thru with of course a medallion around it... 

 

 

 

 

On the inside of the card... the left panel... another little secret pocket with a medallion...  and then more flowers all cut out on the right hand panel...  and layered onto dotted swiss embossed paper that is held by more punching...  love all the activities you can do on one card...  I wonder if that wouldn't be a good challenge... how many can you fit onto ONE card... and not have it look junky...  LOL... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you have enjoyed these two cards... done in purple, with a lot of punching, cutting out, embossing, with peek a boo circles and lots of love poured into the process... 

 

Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit...  and see you tomorrow for more ....

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

One medallion inside the other

I love to make peek a boo medallions... you see one... and think that is all... and then open the card... and low and behold another one is there... oh it is also part of the one on the front of the card.. LOL.. what fun..  LOVE IT ... 

So I happen to have a FEW to share with you... 

 

 

I am not going to go into a lot of detail with each card... you will certainly be able to see what I am talking about... 

 

This card has the medallion below on the inside...  layers of medallions. 

 

Pretty birds... love the colors on this simple card.. 

 

Below is the inside medallion... when the card is closed you can see it... 

 

Pleats galore... simple card. 

 

But this is on the inside.. 

 

Center of the medallion is in the inside.. 

 

Love the boldness of this card... the black really talks.. doesn't it..??? 

 

On the inside is this wonderful medallion that is below...

thanks again Penny for the directions.. 

 

 

Every single time I make a medallion...  I totally enjoy the folds, and the putting together of the whole medallion... really an art unto its' self...  love it deeply.. and I know that the gals I am teaching this art to, are also enjoying making the medallions...  such fun.. 

 

Create all day long... enjoy yourself totally... and have fun....

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you tomorrow... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Another special gate card with a panel

Sometimes a card is more than special to you... it might not be the way it looks as much as what you felt while you were making it... a really good feeling and lots of love and peace...

With out saying too much more...

 

 

Okay... do you see the circle cut in the center of the medallion... when the card is closed you see the word love... that is stamped in the center of the card... you will see it below.. 

 

A vintage girl.. and a medallion...  okay.. the underneath section is a Just Right stamp... and the leaves are a stamp I made...  love my leaves... 

 

When you open the card... this is the inside section of the left panel...  the medallion is on the back side of the front circle... 

 

This is the card open entirely... 

 

The center section... 

 

The right panel... 

 

So there is that special card... I personally totally enjoyed making it...  and love all the punching, faeries, and LOVE...  just a fun filled card... 

 

 

Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit... have a great day... enjoy it every second of the whole day... enjoy being ALIVE... live it to the fullest... 

 

Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie 

 

Blue forget me nots...

I love this particular clip art and wanted to make a special card using it...  I wanted the clip art to wrap around the tea bag folded medallion...  so here it is...

 

I love this one... I used a blue ink around the edges of the punched area.. and then a little green...  vintage looking a little bit at least...  and then went to town having fun.. 

 

 

the clip art going over the medallion 

 

 

the inside of the card... when you open the first flap... 

 

The little faeries of the flowers are so very special to me... love them... 

 

Just right stamps are layered in this one too... 

 

 

 

 

 

when you open the last flap... you see this... a special pocket to put a gift into and or a special message...  I used just a punched piece of paper, leaving space for writing... 

 

Love this card and it will go out to someone  very special ... no matter who it goes to, I hope they enjoy it...

 

Please don't forget, I do sell 99% of my cards... so if you are interested in any, please let me know and I will tell you the pricing and also get them out to you as quickly as possible...  next day is always an option...

 

Have a wonderfully creative day in all ways...

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you tomorrow...

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

I have to tell you that I love this flower picture..  a friend gave me a pretty card and it was so lovely that I created these tiles from it, and also used the print..  so very sweet and delicate...  this card is a half gated card... and I used all kinds of punches to create it... 

The gals in the Tea Bag Group love the flowers too... and loved creating one similar to this... and will be excited to send it to a loved one... 

Hope you have enjoyed your visit here today.. .and would love to hear from you in comments...  thanks for your visit... See you soon...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

More cards ! ! !

Today I have a few cards to share with you.... the first one is to my Grandson, for his Advent house... it tells him what to do... also that the ELF is watching that he only opens one drawer a day.... LOL... so much fun.

I sure do wish I had an ELF around when our kids were growing up... although they were really not a problem with things like that... at least I didn't know about it... what we don't doesn't hurt right???  This little elf will help.

I made him with a digital that I got somewhere... and I love it... he is so cute... and then I used a Christmas ornament embossing folder to create the side panel.. I used markers and Stickles to decorate it ... love that stickels... works like a charm to spruce things up a little bit...

Just Rite is having the last challenge of the year.. so I made a few cards for that too..

This one I was reminded of by a card swaping friend... Cathy Kaylor... who sent it to me... we had made this card a while back in the spring and I had forgotten all about the fold... I love it... Thanks for the reminder Cathy...

Anyway I used embossing folders behind all the white... and then stamped all the cute little emblems for the corners and then for the main section... Everything is pop dottted so it is really sharp looking...
The Bow is detailed with Flower soft... as are the holly leaves on the corners.  

Here is one of the corners so you can see the detail there too...

I used markers to color and a gold marker for the edging...


The little red bows really make it pop...

Another card ...  A cute little snowman...
I had just bought this punch set the other night... thanks to Marie... Thank you Marie...
I love it... and it is so perfect for so many different themes... for this one it really reminds me of snow flakes... so I used the Snow man on the sled... with some added snowflakes and little blue star rhinestone gems... how perfect... love it ...

I used Flower soft for the fluffy white snow... and accented the flower soft with some dew drops...

Just so you can see up a little bit closer... this snowman is really presious... love him...
I know some one who will love this as a Christmas card...

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving... and if traveling a safe and sound journey...

Thanks for stopping by today.. and taking a peek at my corner of the world...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie