50th Anniversary Card

I wanted to make a very special card for a friend... so I put on my thinking cap... and low and behold came up with the perfect card... 

She always is eating pears... and they have been married for 50 years in June...  so those were the two determining factors for this card... 

LOL... have you ever seen SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED???  Well I just so happen to have had the pear patterns... and I made one... it only takes a FEW hours... 

and then I created a medallion, 3 layers thick and put that on the front... since this friend is also learning Tea Bag Folding...

And she just so happens to LOVE blue and white with yellow... 

so before I go on and on... here is the front of the card

Here is the front... blue and white on yellow...

With butterflies... 

 

some of her favorites...

 

 

Did I mention that she also loves BLING... and so I put 50 gem stones on this card...  count them... 

 

 

 

 

Now he is an engineer... so he will appreciate the pear... 

 

When you open the card, the pear is really on its side...  but I did make a special little card to write a message into it... 

 

 



 

And on the pocket...

WHAT A PAIR!!!

 

 

This is a picture of the pear standing up... which it does when the card it opened fully and laying flat...  so neat... love these designs... 

 

Well Barb and Bill.... Happy Anniversary to you both with many more years to come... hope that you enjoy each and every one of them... 

 

Thank You for stopping by for a visit... and hope that you have enjoyed this post...  I really appreciate your visits... please come back soon...

 

Have a very enjoyable day... and see you tomorrow...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

Medallions ready to GOOOOooooooo!!!!!!

Another thing I LOVE to do is to make medallions up, ready to adhere to any number of things… like a box, gift bag, or card…  I again use my time when I feel like doing nothing else but making medallions to make them… as many as I can.. .with tiles printed up and ready to use…

 

 

 

 

You see, I feel like I save time doing things this way… maybe I do… and maybe I don’t… but one thing is for sure… I LOVE MAKING things and playing and having fun… LOL… that is the most important part of my life…  other than my sweet hubby, Glenn…

 

 

 

Okay… so here are a few examples…  I do have a bin filled with them… so they are easy to add to a needed project quick and EASY…

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.. and see you soon…

Love, Light and Peace… Bonnie 

More Yellow FLOWERS...

Daisies from Short Hills NJ… use to drive thru thee every morning on my way to work at the Psych hospital…  pretty area of NJ back then… suppose it is a lot like city now…  malls and roads… 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh well… life does go on…  this is the same picture that I used yesterday… only this is the way the original vintage picture looked…  I thought it was like a seed packet front… so I made a little envelope to represent this… and then used a fun background… long story short as I can make it… 

 

I love the cherry Lynn dies.. but have never been able to use them successfully… so since I now have high speed service… I googled them and found out what I was doing wrong… so I grabbed my dies and started to play with them… and within a few minutes I heard this LOUD POW!!!!!  My Big shot had popped it’s cork…  not kidding…  I had broken it… I was heart broken…  ( I still had my cuddlebug, but that is not as strong as the Big Shot)   anyway.. I finally put the dies away and will not be using them again…  (by the way… I was able to get parts for my BIG SHOT… by calling Ellison and talking with this really wonderful person named Lisa  …. Got all the new parts for the machine… for a grand total of only $21.00… wow… LOVE It….  Still will not be using the Cherry Lynn dies…  LOL… not worth it… 

 

Anyway… I did cut a couple of  these out.. and used this one for the background… I filled in the daisies with some Liquid Pearl by Ranger… Even though you can’t see it all… they are all filled in… 

 

The ruffles and daisies on the bottom… just frills for a pretty card… 

 

 

Love this one so very much… it will have to go into my keeping bin… other cards I do sell.. so if you are interested, just write to me at bonniemclain626@gmail.com  I will quote you the price and get it into the mail for you if you wish to purchase it… 

 

Hope you have a fun filled day of playing with your paper, scissors, glue and toys…  I am going to play some this afternoon… can hardly wait…

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit… and I hope to see you back here tomorrow… 

 

Love, Light and Peace..   

Yellow Flowers

Yellow Flowers with Butterfly was a card that I made for a Tea Bag Class… this new medallion is one from Tiny Van Plaas’s newest book… love it… 

 

 

 

I used a Martha Stewart corner/border punch that is a deep one… so that it would fit onto this 6x6 card…  I found this pretty yellow flower print on Pinterest… and so I printed it a few times to use as a back ground for a few cards…. This one I cut the flowers out.. and then put them onto a Spellbinder background which I had used my new little mini Distress ink Cubes along with the round blending tool…  which makes a huge difference.  You get no rough edges… love it..

 

The rest…  well you understand it all… if not, please feel free to write to me… I will give you more details… 

 

Hope you have a wonderful day… and create something that is pretty and fun… 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit and I will see you tomorrow with another card using the same flowers… done a little bit differently… 

 

Love, Light and Peace…Bonnie 

Violettes

Violettes….

 

 

 

 

 A special background paper…  I made it from white cardstock with a few colors from Distress Stains, Viva Gold, water, and of course some specially mixed up inks that I love to use…  (I use a little bit of this color… and a little bit of another color… some perfect pearls, and now I have a very special ink… that is all mine..  ) 

 

I cut out a corner/border background… but this time, I added another corner punching to the inside piece… love it…  gives it a more lacey look… what do you think??? 

 

 

A little label from a vintage bottle… and them this wonderful medallion… as you can see I highlighted the medallion with the Viva gold too… love that stuff… put some on your finger and it goes any place you desire…  wow… add a little water and it mixes with your inks, paints and papers… what a great thing… and it comes in a lot of colors… 

 

Hope you are enjoying the weather…  should be a nice week-end here…  hoping to play a lot tomorrow… and also will be doing the Compendium of curiosities 3 challenge…  if you are interested in parting of this challenge please join in… there are all kinds of prizes from Tim Holtz and Mario… along with two great sponsors…  what fun…  the challenges are all coming from Tim’s newest book… another fun thing to learn from… hope to see you tomorrow…  and thanks so very much for stopping in today…

 

Love, Light and Peace….Bonnie 

Using clip art

Using clip ART in my mind has to be added so that it is pretty... not that it has to be noticed or forgotten about.. just used in a proper way... 

 

 

 

You might not even see the clip art on this card... until you really look at it for a while...  your eye is not drawn to it...  it is part of the over all card...  you most likely see the ribbon and bow first off... because of the color of it... 

 

when you look a little bit more you see the medallion and lastly the clip art around the bow and medallion...  soft and pretty...

 

Opposite with this one...  BOLD... the Clip art stands out... 

 

 

Are you getting the idea of clip art... you can use it, in so many different ways... your choice of course...  just fun... 

 

 

 

Some layered punching and then the clip art wrapping around... love that kind of thing with clip art... you can make it MOVE around anything by cutting it out.. 

 

So here are a few examples... hope you will try it and also share...

Please if you ever have any questions, I will certainly try to answer them for you...

 

Have a wonderful day and thanks so very much for stopping by...

 

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

Making Medallions

I wanted to share a few more cards with you...  soooooo  here they are...

 

Since I happen to love tea bag folding I decided to create a whole edge with folded tiles...  there are double around this oval shaped card stock...  and then I found the most perfect rose and butterfly to coordinate with it..  LOVE IT... 

Most of the time with tea bag folding you try and make the card as simple as possible... to draw the attention to the medallion.. and also to just enjoy the simplicity of the card...  I also love to make many layers on each card... a little conflicting at times... but I always seem to win!!!  I love this type of card, as I can do both... easy and also many layers...  this is the simple one... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And this one is a little more complicated... as it has a medallion in the center section too... 

 

 

 

 

Very easy card fold... just make a normal card and then fold the front back to the center again...  easy and then you have three areas you can decorate.. love areas... 

 

A really pretty card in so many ways... of course what hand made card isn't pretty???  I personally haven't seen too many that I don't think are really special...  just because someone has taken their time... part of their life to create something to give to someone else... that is a gift in itself...  enjoy handmade gifts of all kinds.. 

 

 

The pictures of this card came out very dark... ??? not really sure why... but the background on this card is wall paper... YES Sheila, I used some of the wall paper that you so graciously shared with me... I love it all... hope you know that... 

 

 

 

This medallion is also a relative new medallion to me... and I have to say that I do love it..  looks like layers upon layers... love it ... 

 

Well another day.. another medallion... another Card... another creation... what are you up to today??? 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit and hope to see you  again soon... Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

Corner Punching...

Sometimes I love to go back over cards from the past...  and use some of the techniques that I use to use all the time... this is one of those special techniques...  CORNER PUNCHING... 

Maybe I should say that this is really double punching... I love doing this as it gives such a wonderful layered look...

 

To create this effect.... make your original Martha Stewart corner background... then cut a piece of paper the inside of the paper lace piece...  and punch around the four corners... now measure and cut another piece of paper for the background... it can be colored, or embossed, or both... your creativity is the limit to this area...  go for it... 

 

A close up of the medallion...  Thanks again to my good friend Penny... Love this fold Penny...  East Meets West....   

 

 

 

Here I used a piece of paper that I had sprayed...  actually it was a piece of paper that was going to go into the 'garbage bag' but I  put some more ink on it... and used it... YES!!! 

 

another new medallion fold... 

 

Do you see all the layers on this one... 

 

Loving the look of this... 

 

Another multi layered background...  with a lot of punching... 

and I had to make an envelope to go with this one...  YES!!!! 

 

Close up of the medallion 

 

 

 

 

This card shows all the detail of the punching... 

 

And of course the medallion... 

Cutting out a copy of a print really changes the look of it... but I am sure you recognize the SWING...  love this picture... it was an all time favorite of our daughters too... 

 

Well folks... I hope you get out some of your punches and create something today using them...  I love all my punches... and need to use them more often...  make them available so that you do use them more often... 

 

Have a super wonderful day... and create something GREAT for yourself... and share it with others... 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you tomorrow with more goodies... 

 

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 

More clip art used

 

 

At times I do clean up my work table... and really don't want to spend the time cleaning... but I am having a class and need to or the table is too messy to work at... or some other silly and sad excuse... LOL... 

 

But there are times when I have so much GOOD STUFF laying around that I quickly create a card in spite of all the reasons to clean up looming over my soul... 

 

This was one of those times.. .LOL.. I had a border punched... and the background embossed...  both pieces.. the one on the outside and the inside.. and I even had green ink on the front one...  I had been talking to someone on the phone and had folded a whole stack of tiles... and even had the bow there that I didn't like the color on the other card...  I had the pretty pink flower clip art cut out too.... so this card literally went together in seconds... I did have to glue all the tea bag tiles down... but that took the longest amount of time... LOL...  CLEAN CAN BE FUN... you just have to have the right kind of STUFF to clean up... LOL... I sure did at this time...

 

The pink vintage flowers are on the inside of the card... and there is room to write on the inside of the front of the card...  always a fun type of card to receive.. 

 

Don't forget... I do sell 99 % of all of my cards... so if you are interested... let me know...

 

Have a fun day... packed with creative fun...  Thanks for stopping by for a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

TRI FOLDED CARD

Oh I know you have heard me say this before... but this happens to be one of my very favorite card styles using medallions... it is so very flowing and everyone who sees them falls in love with them...  I have not heard one person say anything other than flowery words when they see these... I have made many... and maybe you have seen others... (only in person... I don't think I have put any others on line...)  ?? 

I call it a Tri fold... as the paper is folded to create a tri folded card...

I use a piece of 12 X 6 paper... and fold so that there are three equal sections... You also need about that much space to play... love it... a larger piece of paper just would mean it would take me longer... love making these pretty cards...  With paper this size it gives you a section of 4 x 6 to play in... 

Yes there is planning on where to make the peek a boo circles... and what medallion folds to use in each section...  You can use solid paper... or double sided paper... but you do want a sturdy paper... I have also used regular card stock... and then glued on other pieces of paper in each section for the strength... 

Okay.. I will tell you more as I go along.. Maybe..??? 

 

Front of the card..  the background is two layers..  one with the Martha Stewart punching... and then a dry embossed layer over that....  the medallion is created for the circle that is cut out...  the clip art is from a gift card... 

 

When you open the card.. you will see below... 

This is just the card open one time...  as you can see the circle on the front is up on the top of this side... and another medallion is on this side... with of course a faerie of the flowers...  when this is closed... the medallion in the lower panel can be seen thru the front panel...  (sometimes the cards will not cooperate when I am taking the pictures... LOL) 

But I think you can see that the medallion under is peeking thru in the lower panel...  that is what the purpose of this card is... the medallions are all peeking thru from layer to layer...  such fun... 



 

When the card is open entirely this is the view you see...  three panels...and each one has viewing a couple of times... such fun and mystery...  is this card not fun... it is even more fun to make this card...  I love all the sections.. and have basically done the same with each panel... he MS punching around the borders of an embossed piece of paper... and then the medallion... simple ... well you know what I mean... elegant and allowing the medallions to POP out at you... 

 

 

Hope you have enjoyed this one...

and thanks so very much for the visit to my blog... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Simple window card

This is truly a simple WINDOW card... you can put anything on the inside of this card... but I wanted to show you a plain one.. a picture of a family member, a special time, another persons thoughts... anything can go into the center of this type of card... 

The background paper matches the tea bag tiles... when you have a CD from my collection of CD's on Tea Bag folding... you will be able to print your own tea bags the size you choose to make them... I made 1.5 inch tiles... and then the background paper is .5 inch tiles...  a huge variety of choices... 17 to be exact... with the little pesty black lines... or with out them... to be able to cut your tiles with a paper trimmer...  cuts your time down on tile prepping like you wouldn't believe...  GREAT... .

Thanks for taking a look and visit today... I totally appreciate you stopping by for a visit...  see you tomorrow with another fun project... 

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