Okay.. so it is a vintage picture... big deal... LOL... I am a vintage person... and I love this time in my life too...
This picture was taken when I was about 4 or 5 years old... with my next door neighbor BETSY... who became to be my best friend when we were growing up... This particular time I have this wonderful Chinese paper parasol and we played with it all day long... I can remember that I had tie shoes and Betsy hadn't learned how to tie yet... she was a little younger than I was... that is why I put the bow on the button...
This is an ATC for Three challenges...
Sunday Stamper .... HEARTS
Simon Says Stamp and Show...
Torn edges, Button, Wings, Distress Inks
Grungy Monday ... ATC using Tim Holtz things...
Well I had to also add a few other things... like a box... and canvas... and also embossing... and all kinds of other things... LOL... I can't ever do anything simple... and I love it that way too..
I have to tell you that there is a story behind this ATC... Betsy and I are not in touch with each other right now... she had a bad marriage and has gone into hiding and I wish with all my heart that she would call me... and I also wish that the blue bird of happiness is with her at all times... and that the love of this time in our lives will allow her to grow from... and to put bad times behind her. Betsy if you are reading this... I would love to hear from you... I miss you in my life...
I really did have fun making this little ATC... even though it is only 2.5 x 3 inches.... it is packed with love and fun... I made the little box that Betsy and I are on... and covered it with canvas... and then used Tim's tape... colored it and put the picture on it... I used Glossy accent on the picture to make it a little more stiff... and it did... that stuff is great for so many things...
I used two bows to hold the blue bird on the card... more happiness... I colored the bird with alcohol inks and also Adirondack pens...A corner from the Idea0ology line and of course I used all kinds of Distress Inks... Mustard on the card itself... and then Brushed cor on the hearts... and Black soot on the edges of the card... Mustard on the box... and three colors of blue on the seam binding... so many fun things... yikes
I am really starting to use my inks more and more every day... as I have started on the quilt squares... and am having so very much fun... I was never aware of the many uses that the Ranger line and the Tim Holtz inks were able to do... also all the Perfect pearl mists, etc... wow... wait until you see them... I will start showing them next week sometime hopefully... hope you will come back and see them...
Thanks for stopping by for this little box and ATC.... I love it also when you leave a comment... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
In the year 1913 my Maternal grandparents got married... things were a little bit different back in the day... than they certainly are today. The records of such things were done entirely different then too... They got married where my Grandmother grew up... which was Orrs Island in Maine. Very quaint and quiet little place.
My mother who is now 92 was cleaning out some things and she knew that I would love this little wedding book of my Grandmothers... and it is really a very precious and pretty little book... about 5 x 7 inches and papers starting to crumble. but I did take pictures of each and every page... and was able to preserve them. I also come across a letter my sweet Nana had written to her brother and sister in law when on her honeymoon in NYC!!! So I decided to make this card for my Mom, so she could have that again...On the front, I used a section of the book (violets) and enlarged it and popped up the violets for the front... I made a little pocket for the letter to fit into...
This is the next two sections of this 4 page accordion book... I used My Minds Eye lost and found paper on this section... and added a little bird with wings onto another pocket... now this pocket holds a copy of the wedding certificate...
I made the little flags and flowers to decorate the paper... and of course make it a little more like something I would LOVE... The letters are from my Mothers old scrabble game... I colored them with Picket Fence stain and then used a black marker to color in the letters... worked great...
This is a copy of the wedding certificate... Down at the lower left corner were the signatures of my great grandmother and grandfather, whom I knew both of them very well... as we spent a lot of summers in Maine as I was growing up. Also the minister signed it on the right... This is THE certificate...
A close up of the little flowers ... with Pearls in the center... These are flowers from Pretties by Bonnie as I wanted to really put a little something more from me onto this...
A closeup of the letters and cute little bird... which was made from K&co paper... I love this punch of Marthas too... so sweet and delicate.
The top bird and banner area... I tore paper for the wings...
Now the last section of this book I really had a lot of fun with... layers and layers of paper that was punched with Martha's punches... and then this sweet picture which also came from the wedding book... which again I did enlarge and also popped a few of the flowers and the tiny little birds... LOL.. they are tiny too... about 1/4 of an inch... but I wanted that delicate look...
And I think I got it...
Well I hope to be back here soon.. but you never know... we are having all our family here for a week... so we will be very busy... also we are celebrating Heather Amy's birthday... wow... she is getting younger and younger... right sweetie???
Hope you have a fun time... and thanks again for visiting... see you all soon... at least with some new things...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
