It's all about the HEART

It's all about the

HEART...

Okay... it's going to rain in a few minutes and I hope that I am not cut off from getting this up...  it looks like quite a storm... 

 

I had a time with this challenge.. HEARTS....

Frilly and Funkie


I made a couple of things with hearts... and they went into that pile... the one not to use now pile... LOL.
Finally I realized I had to make a birthday card for our son... and then the whole project took on another whole dimension for me..

And this is what I came up with...

 

Our sons favorite color is RED...  so the tag is with

hearts that are red... 

 

 

Using the Tim Holtz heart stencil, I put hearts all over a piece of paper... then I cut it to size and put it onto my tag...  the tag is not an ordinary tag... it is a tag card...  one that opens.. 

 

Here you can see the hearts... and I stamped and also roughed up the edges and colored the whole thing... having fun all the way...  yikes I am covered in red... 

 

I cut a heart out on the front of the tag and then covered it up with a Martha Stewart heart punch ....  love it... 

I used a corner punch and fancy punched out the front panel of this also ... and then using an old... ancient die of at least 10 years old... maybe more???  from Provo craft... that says Love You... 

I used distress stains to color it all... 

This is the inside of the tag/card...

As you can see I also put a heart on the inside panel... to match the one on the front... 

Then some hugs and kisses... 

Then a pocket full of LOVE... 
filled with all kinds of hearts... I used a sizzix die cut... 

I cleaned and re-organized my studio the other day... and I found all kinds of really great dies... so I am going to start to use them...  why not... I loved them once... and still do... they to me are the BASICS of paper arts...  very practical in so many ways... 

 

I edged the hearts in black archival ink... and also used some barn red on the hearts...  all kinds of red fun... 

 

I think it is all about hearts... the love of hearts... and hearts GALORE.... 

 

I know that I have another one on the way... a little bit different... but this tag is for the Frilly of Frilly and Funkie...  Funkie is coming up...  yeah for both sides... 

 

Love it all.. 

 

Okay... so there you have it... 

Hope you have a nice day... thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit... and hope to see you tomorrow...  been really busy around here...  getting things ready for the fall season... love this time of pretty colors... don't you??? 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 



FAVORITES

A page of Favorites 

 

Today Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge is to use your FAVORITE stamp… Oh MY  GOODNESS !!!  There are way too many favorites…  it would look junky plus… 

So I decided to do one thing… and that was to do a "FAVORITES"  page in my journal… a favorites of today that is… LOL… as each day new things blooms… colors that I have to use… stamps that are my favorites, new digitals that I have drawn… on and on… so here are my FAVORITES  …TODAY!!! 

Favorite Colors...  Greens, pinks, purples

 

Favorite Stamps …  the dragonflies, snail and WORDS… these words have been used so very many times that the stamp which is over 7 years old is literally falling apart… it was one of the first clear stamps that Stampington put out… and I have to say that it was not the best of quality… at all… and it was very sticky and hard to get on and off the acrylic block… well it has it’s own block and I guess it is truly my very favorite stamp of all times…  even with all the faults… I love it… 

Love SNAILS ! ! ! 

 

I love my snails, and also all my dragonfly stamps… so I used some that I haven’t used in a while…. Felt good… as I love them too…  Then I chose some fitting words, and also some of my favorite Pretties  By Bonnie digital art … I have released a few of these… but the two by two flower will be released soon…  I love the wreath that is why I had to include that here…I love to put dots on this wreath... as well as on leaves... but really love to do that on the wreath....  it is my favorite to color, cut out!!! And use the most of all..  it goes with everything … like a little black basic dress…. LOL… that is it… 

My favorite flower too.. a daisy 

 

I have to say that I love my Distress Inks… and used them to create all the papers… and also used my very favorite stencil which is of leaves by TCW…. Love it… and also Dyan’s circle… favorites on the list of all favorites…   

A wreath I love to color, cut and use all the time 

 When I am tired, or need a boost of energy... I will make papers... using my work sheet, a few ink pads... and then some spritzers, perfect pearls ... all in one place and handy to use... I will make 15 sheets of paper that I LOVE and become my favorites too... so I have used a few of them too...  they have tons of glimmer and elegance to them...  I love them all.. 

ME....  Riding the Energy in my own unique way... 

I hope that you have had a good day... or if you are looking at this in the morning that you have a good day... and create something using your favorites... you can post it on Simon Says Stamp and Show... and maybe even win a $50.00 shopping spree... they are fun... I have won Twice... and had a blast both times... there store is GREAT... go take a look... pick out some things that you want... and maybe you will be the lucky one this week... Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope to see you tomorrow too...  Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

Love

Grungy Monday 13!   A lucky day… a lucky challenge and just a lot of fun all the way around…

Okay before I get started I have to tell you that on Grungy Monday they asked that we watch a  Video on Ranger site… well I had a problem with that… I have never been on You Tube… I have never watched a Video on my computer.. and have very limited experience with a lot of blogs… as I am this FAMOUS thing called DIAL UP…. Ugh!!!!  Not a nice thing… but at least I am connected to ya’ll… we live a very remote area… rural as it is known… my neighbor calls it Podunk… I call it Paradise… except when I can’t see some things on my computer… LOL… 

Oh well the pity party is over… on with my project for today…

I looked at what the other WONDERFUL pages were on the challenge and decided that a nice couple of pages done with my alcohol inks would be a fun thing…  Of course they are Adirondack Inks… I only have them… my studio is "a la Ranger/Tim Holtz"… so I think that explains that… LOL.. I love it all..and almost have it all... yikes... I am obsessed... and it is a great feeling...

That is why I love doing all these challenges that are associated with  Tim as I can use all my supplies and have fun... which this site Grungy Monday is... so please take a look and join in on the fun... 

So I made a ‘couple’ of pages… (truth be known… I got carried away and made quite a few… )  ( I also have to tell you that while I was doing all this, I was processing another bushel basket of green beans for the dehydrator and getting other things done… as my time today was short… very short for playing in the studio… but this was important too… ) 

I do ramble on… but that is just my nature…

Here is the page… 

I chose a few of the papers I had create with my alcohol inks… and the stamped on a few… chose the two I really liked… one stamped and one ‘plain’ for the background…  I used a few colors on the background one… along with GOLD… had to have the gold on there…

This page is 8.5 x 8.5 .... nice size, small enough  to handle and large enough for me to get everything on there... 

Then I made my page… I used some of my Seam Binding tape… Love using that stuff… and today I got three more rolls in the mail… yahoo…. Fun and games when I have more time…

I added a little Ideology too…  like a hanger for the ticket of LOVE…  also the little slides are surrounded by the slide die template…( all the little pictures are also of my Mom when she was only a small child… )   and then I covered it all with a sheet of plastic from a package… so it really feels like film… love the realness of that..

I made my flowers… and then for the picture… I used another piece of my alcohol paper for the background… and then using a very heavy Vellum that Marie gave me, I cut it out with a Cuttlebug embossing folder…  Oh I used some Micro pearls on the ribbon area.. as my Nana always use to wear pearls.. so they are for her…

This picture was taken about 90 years ago… as my  Mom is now 91.5… and does look a little different now… as a matter of fact she looks  a lot like her Mom now… 

Well hope you will check out Grungy Monday and join in on the fun… Thanks for taking a look at my blog today… and hope that you will come back again soon..  Please don’t forget to take a scroll down and look at the wedding book and also the toy book I made for my Mom… with some of the other pictures that she just sent to me… I am really having fun with them… 

Have a creative and happy day…

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie

Asian Delights

Oh Happy, Happy, Happy Saturday... and I am hoping that we do get SOME rain today... we really need SOME rain... not tons... SOME... I am hoping that the weather understands this... we usually either get too much... or too little... so SOME would be nice for the plants... it would make us all happy here...


As you will read below... these cards were done for a number of challenges... but the one on the left I just had to do... I love this stamp... it is by Stampington and Company... and she is so sweet ... hope that you like here too.. The paper on the right... washi paper was bought from a little Asian man at the convention every year... He is from Atlanta and has the prettiest Washi papers... I love them...My husband always reminds me to go get some.. (Like I really need to be reminded... but it is sweet of him to remember that I love that paper...) This particular piece is really lovely... you aren't getting the full colors in it... but there is a lovely TEAL and shades of greens that really are wonderful... ... the other piece of paper I created with H20's... what else...

This card was created on many different levels… first off the background is a copy of a painting that I did a few months ago… with a Zia stamp… and also some gingko leaves.. with a relief technique that Zia taught me.. Which is very lengthy and with wonderful results… that painting is 11X15 and hanging on my wall… I love it. So I copied it into the computer.. and then printed it out… and used it as a background paper for this card… Also I used another gingko leaf stamp and also a urn stamp to create this Asian card… for a very dear friend… Pat Adams, that also teaches at Marco’s Paper... She is a very sweet friend and loves Asian cards… so this will be sent to her..

The other background papers I made with painting with Twinkling H20’s…at two different times… they are scraps of larger sheets… added the silk flower to the urn for effect and dimension.

This card is also for three different challenges too..

On Thursday the challenge was to create a card with different printed papers… this card has that…

On Friday the challenge was to create a ‘vacation’ card… or a place where we would like to take a virtual trip etc… so this card is that also.. I always wanted to go to Asia to paint the people… love to capture them into watercolors and pieces of art work.. I almost made it… as I was appointed head of the psychiatric unit on the Ship Hope… but a week prior to getting my shots, I met Glenn, my husband.. and had a very deep feeling about him… so I canceled the trip/work and have been very happily married for over 40 years at this point… YEAH.. so I didn’t get to go to Asia to paint the people in that manner, but I still have Asia in my heart… and love my Asian stamp collection.

Today’s challenge was to go to Green Rainbow… which Stef.. that was a bad place to send me… I bought way too much!!!! Might not be married next month when the bill comes in… but I had fun… anyway… I thought that I had better get the Asian card made and done with… and so here it is… I do hope that you like it… I know that not many Asian cards are shown on SCS…but I still hope you enjoy this…

Happy Earth Day… which should be every day of the year… we need to clean up the EARTH big time… End of advertisement… thanks…

Have a Fun Creative Day…

Love, Light and Peace…. Bonnie