HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to one and all... I saved a lot of the tags for the last day... sending you lots of love and more than enough to share with ALL... so spread it around... make valentines for all you know... LOVERS day... So lets begin...
First off... these tags are all for the Challenge of GRUNGY MONDAY!!! Linda has asked that we use some of Tim's things... including techniques... love them... so that is NO PROBLEM at all...
I am sure you know what fun it is to share ideas and how to do's... well I had fun sharing how to make foil flowers using Tattered Floral die (Tim Holtz Line!! ) and foil.... along with some trusty alcohol inks...(Tim Holtz Line! ) so many of us buy things and then don't use them... as they don't know what to use them on!!! Well the foil came from Home Depot... it is heat duck tape... and I put the tape onto card stock and then cut it out... with tattered floral die... Tim's die cut... love that one...
Then using alcohol inks to color the flowers prior to 'curling' them... After all that is done... stack with glue in between for the perfect flower... wow... how easy and what fun!!!
I also used a piece of tissue with music on it... (Idea-ology tissue ) and the background of the tag... I used dabber snow white and then I used an Impression Obsession stamp and stamped it onto the tag... then using my blending tool I used a distress ink and rubbed it all over the tag... then with a damp cloth wiped the stamping ... the white POPS... love it... try it... it is easy and you will love it...
Another technique that Tim has used over the past months here... and I happen to love it... I shared it with you in January... and it is using a piece of plastic... covering it with alcohol inks.. and then using a BLACK archival ink pad... you stamp and wipe quickly... and you get a release of the alcohol ink in the stamped area... MAGIC!!! LOVE IT...
So I took a piece of plastic sheet (recycled packaging bin... huge pile now)
and covered it with alcohol ink... and then used these cute little butterflies as the subject... put some glossy paper behind the plastic and then used some copper tape for the edges... I popped the plastic onto this piece of paper to make a 'flower' box type of thing... as the heart is a tag unto its self!!!
A close up will show you a little better...
The butterfly is a spellbinder and then a few gem stones... for the center part...
A little Martha Stewart punching of hearts gives it a finished touch...
of course the tag I made with my distress inks in the mini misters... with some perfect pearls added.. love all of mine... I can never have too many... a little bit here and there on all things...
This was another fun tag.. ( I really don't have too many tags that I make that I dont' have fun making... but this one was really fun... I used some My Minds eye paper... and created a pocket for the Hearted tag to fit into...
A butterfly with some distress Stickles... and vintage clip art... what more could you want...
The tag area coming out of the pocket...
I did use my distress inks in the mini misters to create most of my background on these tags... as I have a huge stock pile of tags that NEED to be used!!! Love making papers at certain times...
My little cupid tag...
Is this cupid cute or what...
It came from the Kaiser Paper pad... as did the bird with the envelope of love letters and the flowers... it was all there... just had to cut it out...
At the bottom I added a ruffle of Tim's tissue paper and then a row of paper lace hearts...
Also another fractual charm... and some white flowers...
A clip on the side holds some hearts that my dear friend Mary Taylor gave to me... thanks Mary.. I love them...
When Mary and Victoria were here playing, Mary used a set of these adorable hearts on a tag she was creating... but she wanted the hearts to be gold... so she simply used some embossing ink and then dipped them into gold embossing powder and created GOLDEN HEARTS for her pretty tag...
I am again apologizing that I didnt take pictures of the pretty tags that each gal made... we had so much fun and I simply just plain forgot to take pictures of any type... so very sorry to you and also to them... NEXT time MAYBE they will remind me... PLEASE do... My mind seems to be forgetting some things to share...
A really simple quick and easy tag... a little spritzing of the mini misters to create the background color... and then some vintage clip art... I also used some Kaiser papers for this one... and they had some wonderful tags etc in this pad... I have to tell you that I won a couple of weeks at Simon Says Stamp and Show... and they have a wonderful store... yikes... so very complete... and I chose this pad of paper.. it is delightful... the papers are sweet and wonderfully vintage and pretty...
One of my more favorite tags... as the papers that I used are so very pretty... each and every one of them... I started off with some Victorian Velvet ink and also some perfect pearls in a mini mister.. and I sprayed my worksheet... and the paper is yummy plus... then I cut my tag out of the best part... then I created the little circle paper by the dabber release method explained above and rubbed three different colors of distress inks on the paper.. then I sprayed the entire paper with Perfect Pearls mist.... Oh wow!! what pretty piece of paper... then I cut it out with a Spellbinder... added the vintage clip art ... and had my center piece... A little butterfly action... and of course some seam binding ribbon....
At the top there are two fractuals that I created with the Alcohol release... love the way that they just add so much to the tag... (not the best of pictures ... but hopefully you can see them... so very sorry... )
The background paper was a favorite piece.. and I had just enough to cut this circle out!!! Love it... many layers of inks, and perfect pearls...
Another favorite... Love the pinks in this tag... Anyway.. .I did create a nice tag and then I had to use this piece of paper that I created with the dabber and Victorian Velvet ink... over that I put a square using Martha's heart punches... and the vintage clip art... I used some idea-ology with the heart lock plate and the key... and then created my fractuals using the alcohol release method... love doing that...
When you are creating these fractuals... use some stamps that have detail... but flower 'scenes' are great to use... the whole scene doesn't have to be n the fractual... (Fractuals are pieces of plastic that are in the Idea-ology line by Tim Holtz..)
The stamp used here was four times the size of this fractual... I only used a small section of the stamp to stamp with...
So very much fun to create your own charms and embellishments...
Have a super Happy Valentines DAY... and may each day that follows be just as loving for you too...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie
WOW... Jenny Doh gave a gift to Altered Alice a gift for the challenge... and I WON!!!! WOW.... I was so very excited... And then today I received it.... YIKES... what a fantastic book...
Love it... and it is loaded with all kinds of wonderful things..
I can hardly wait until tonight when I can sit and read it.... it is really something...
I have to go to the site and really get into this whole process... it is all about ART... my favorite was to live... and so I really need to do this and get involved with it...
Hope you will click on this and also take a look see... it is really all about people and people who live their ART...
How special... Thanks Jenny... and I love the fact that my book is also hand signed... Thanks a million...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
A few weeks ago two very dear FRIENDS came over for a play day... we had a blast... very comforting to know that you have such GREAT people around you... we all felt the same way too... Anyway... these two gals came with armloads of wonderful thoughtful gifts to each of us!!! What fun it was.. it truly felt like Christmas in January... as that is when we played... Anyway Victoria brought me this heart... it is so light that it is wonderful to hang up with a piece of seam binding tape glued... yikes ... what fun.. ANYWAY... I had to play with that...
So I took all my flowers out ... and looked at them all... and decided which ones to use on this pretty heart... The tissue music came on the heart... so all I did was add the ribbons, flowers and pearls...
I used a lot of Prima, Tapestry stamp flowers (from years ago) and also some that were gifts from other friends... Thanks Marie... Also some Tattered
Florals using Tim's Die Cut
As you can see I had fun... since I love flowers it was not hard to do...
It is a sweet, delicate heart... and it is hanging right now over my computer from the chandelier... love it... thanks so very much Victoria... I love it...
More flowers on the other side...
This is also for Simon Says Stamp and Show... Which is Anything GOES... Here is is... Anything!!!
And then Hels Sheridan on Sunday Stamper HEARTS...
What fun I had doing this...
Hope you have a happy day today... and make sure you come back tomorrow for the Valentine Finale... more fun things...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
I have collected old timey clip art for years.. and each time I go to use it I decide not to... for some silly reason... but I am totally enjoying using it on these Valentine tags... Hope you are enjoying it too...
This tag was a real pleasure to create... I loved making the background... I used my distress inks and colored it... then I used Impression Obsession stamps to stamp the background two times... not once... but twice!!! Crackle and also words.. love it... how neat is that....
Then I added the two bottom borders.. one of paper hearts and the other of Idea-ology trim... and then made a few flowers for the top with a baby wipe... and added the clip art..
Just another view so you can see the bow, flowers and background a little better...
So did you have a fun day today... hope you do... and that you have created something special...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit here at Love, Light and Peace... I really do appreciate all your support and comments... thanks again.
Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie
How many days until Valentines... ?? Only 3.... wow... it is almost here... and will you be mine????
A really fun tag... a couple of rosettes... with some distress stickles on the hearts... and then the letters of BE MINE... cut from upon a time letters... and then the Martha Stewart heart... and border...
The paper??? I think it is bo bunny??? can't remember... silly me...
Thanks for stopping by... and hope you are making a lot of Valentines... do you remember when you were a kid and each kid in your class had to get one.. then as you got older you only gave the cards to your best friends... be it girls or boys... and then finally only to your boy friend... oh my... those were the days ... huh???
See you tomorrow... love, light and peace....Bonnie
Cute little Cupid... with his bow and arrows... ready to SEND LOVE TO YOU... Wow.. only 4 days until the big lovers day... are you ready...
This little cutie is already where it is suppose to be... and I had fun creating, making and sending it... I have truly loved making all these Valentine tags for all my family... loved every minute of it...
The background here I used an assortment of Victorian Velvet inks, stains and sprays...
Then I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for the raised flowers... and accented the areas I wanted with a lot of stain... randomly done...
The clip art was cut out... and added and then the word from Tim's Valentine set of stamps... and the rosette was also from his dies... the paper??? I think it was K and Co....
How cute... hope that cupid comes here... and gives us a lot of love... LOL... Have a fun day... create something loving... thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you tomorrow... that is for sure...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
I had to use these two love birds... how precious are they... love the colors... and so I used the colors in the tag too... obviously...
I used my distress Milled Lavender Stain and then pad to create the background... then a little perfect pearls mist ... just to make it sparkle... I used a piece of fencing that was on my work table... and the seam binding... simple like they are... and loving also...
Have a fun day... Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie
When I start out to create a project... I generally never know what I am going to do... this was truly the case with this tag... I wanted to use the pictures I had in my hand... and that was it...
The rest just took time to pick and choose...
Our son when we was over in Germany wanted to get me something that I would totally enjoy.. so he bought me these Prima flowers... I love them for this little Flower box that I created...
Okay... lets talk about the background first... I used an Impression Obsession 6x6 stamp... and used Iced Spruce Distress Ink Pad... and then added the Victorian Velvet around the edges... soft and pretty...
I used a couple of Vintage clip art pictures... and then wanted to have some paper flowers... so I added the heart border (Martha Stewart Deep cut punch) and I popped it... and so there was room to create the Flower box look... I added the carnations as a back drop effect..
When everything was glued down ... I added some Distress Stickles around the edge of the picture and also around the carnations... love that stuff... just a little goes a LONG way... Added some at the top with my seam binding that was dyed to match the edges of the tag...
All very easy and I forgot to add one important fact... the heart 'flower box' is very very glossy... I created that by using white embossing powder and then a couple of coats of Melt Art Ultra Thick Embossing powder. So it has an enameled effect... love that look...
As you can see here the heart sort of flairs outward to give a flower box look... love it when something happens to benefit the look you are trying to achieve...
Also this tag was created with the theme this week of HEART!!! for the Sunday Stamper... please take a little time and check out this fun site... Hels Sheridan is a really wonderful person with a lot of talent... so please take a look see...
A better look at the glitters and also the heart...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit and a look see... hope to see you again tomorrow too...
Enjoy your day...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
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
WOW.... prior to seeing this months challenge (At the ALTERED ALICE site ) I saw that I had won the challenge from last month... yikes... what a wonderful gift too... check out the site and see what I won... Jenny Doh is sending me the prize... so it is going to be GREAT... you know that even before you go and see what it is...
The Altered Alice Challenge this month is HEARTS!!!!
Wow... who else would be featured than the Queen her self... the RED QUEEN that is...
I loved the queens that were done with the stamps on the site... and have to have a Queen with heart eye lashes... so here is my queen that I drew for this challenge...
I used markers and fun... and loved using all the GEM STONES for accents... what fun...
I started off with a white tag... and ran it thru my embossing folder by Cuttlebug ... the one with the hearts... and then used a Victorian Velvet Distress ink pad and colored it...
Then spritzed it with a Perfect Pearl mist... Biscotti... love the softness of that one... anyway... then I drew the queen and colored her...
I used the Martha Stewart Heart punch set to create the details on the Queens color... and also on the top of the tag... I used a gem stones for all the glimmer and glam on here... and love it... what fun this Queen is to do... I made her a little more reserved in this one tag... but looks can always be deceiving... as we all know... so beware of her!!!
Hope you have a fun day... mine is off to a good start and it is almost time for dinner... and I don't know where the day has gone!!!
But it has been fun...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you again in a few minutes with another challenge...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie
Well for those who know me... my very favorite flower is a daisy... so this is a very favorite tag... to say the very least... I had a lot of fun creating this one too...
The background... I used some ink on a worksheet and created the background.. .then I ran it thru a Cuttlebug Embossing folder and then used Iced Spruce ink pad and ran it over the raised flowers... love it... very easy and effective in my mind...
Then I made three more pieces of colored paper only I used a thin cardstock.. and made the papers for the banners on the top and bottom of the tag... they are all different blues... as I made each color by blending the colors on my worksheet and smearing the paper into the inks... love the results...
Then I cut out the little flags and glued them onto the hemp cord... Okay... the circle of hearts is a spellbinder and it was cut out of the heating and vent tape... (refer to the 23rd of January about the tape) and how to do it...
I used a Martha Stewart fence punch and then I inked and sprayed it with Perfect Pearls mists.... I used a couple of colors... and love the richness of the fence...
The bottom banner was cut and then folded... and the little saying was put onto it... a little seam binding bow... and I was done...
The vintage print is so cute... love these two playful children... and the DAISIES... LOVE THEM too...
Well thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope that you have enjoyed yourself... I love you stopping by... and tomorrow there will be another Valentine tag... so come on back to see it...
Have a GREAT day... create some more love and then plan on who to give it too... I have piles of tags that will go to certain people... and hopefully they will love them all...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
Another fun tag...
As you know I love to make papers... most of my work is created with 100% white cardstock... this is 100% white cardstock... plus the vintage clip art...
Okay... so I used some Twinkling H20's for the background tag... then I used some Mini misters with a darker turquoise ink and created the background behind the punch work...
I used a Martha Punch set to create that... and then put the picture in the middle of it...
I used Iced spruce ink pad to create my ribbon... and then tied it around the tag... It just needed something more... but I didn't want too much of anything... so this was just what I needed to finish this one off...
Come on back tomorrow for some more Valentines tags... I am on a roll... loving it too... what fun... I have not used any RED paper yet... and might not...
Hope you have a fun day... and that you can create something fun too... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
This is so very delicate.. I used a few different clip art sources... the background is from my Maternal Grandparents wedding book... which is 99 years old. they got married in 1913.... wow... a few years ago!!! Anyway... I did scan in all the pictures from the book and t his is one of the prettiest ones... Then I had to cut it all out... I also cut the woman out...
I played with these two for a long time, trying to figure out what to do with them... I did want to use them both... and also the silver frame..
I cut that out from the die that Sheila sent to me... thanks again Sheila for that... I love it... so very me... I wanted to use a very delicate background... so I used a 6x6 Impression Obsession stamp and put white dabber all over it... and stamped it onto the manilla tag... then I used my foam blending tool and Victorian Velvet Distress ink and put that all over the tag... then I quickly used a very damp cloth and removed the ink from the dabber... lovely... I guess I should take pictures of the tags prior to putting anything on them... they are really quite pretty... I will see if my allows me to remember that when I play to make more tags...
Here is a close up of the frame... I used the silver foil... (technique can be found on Jan 23rd post) and since the square was a lot larger than the width of the tag, I cut it to the size I wanted...
Sometimes we just have to do that... don't we...
This face and background picture remind me of my grandmother... so very much... so I guess I will have to send this tag to my Mom... she will love it... Hope she can see it...
Love to create... so I think I will spend the rest of the day doing just that... hope you get into creative moods and spend hours playing... organizing, doing things that you like to do... SEe you back here tomorrow I hope.. I have a few more tags to go... only 10 days until Valentines day... so get your sweetie something sweet... I don't know what I am going to get mine... still working on it... maybe I will make him something!!! One from paper... and one that he can eat... a sweet cake!!!
Love to cook too... yikes... I love so many things and spend all my time doing them... I guess I am spoiled... and I love that too... LOL...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie
Some of these tags might not seem like "Valentine" tags.. but they are .. they are made with love for someone else.. .and the theme is something that they loved... or love... so they are Valentine tags...
Our son loves the movie Moulin Rouge... and so I just had to make a few tags with that theme... even though this woman is not from Moulin Rouge, I loved her... and love the flowing of her dance... so she won the place on this tag...
The background was made with Weather Wood Distress Ink and then I used some Perfect Pearl Mist over the top of that...
Then I used a Impression Obsession stamp to create the swirling flow over the top of that...
Then I took another piece of card stock and painted it with twinkling H20's... and it really is a lot prettier in real life, than it is here... it looks flat here... but it glimmers and sparkles in real time... I cut it out with a Spellbinder die... and allowed this pretty little miss to dance thru and around it...
Of course I dyed my same binding and added the words... and was done...
I love these vintage pictures.. they really are quite challenging to cut out... but still fun to use. Hope you have a fun day planned and it includes creating something special... I have a few more things to create today... Thanks for stopping by for a visit... hope to see you tomorrow... Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie
Background... Using A distress ink pad, I smeared it onto my worksheet.. and then misted it lightly... and took my tag and rubbed it into the inks.. I think I used Victorian Velvet, and a little bit of Spun Sugar. then I used some Perfect Pearls Mist over the entire tag... again grabbing a few colors and misting... then using my heat gun to dry...
Okay... then I grabbed some of my stamps... wanted that olde Vintage look of the paper... so I used my crackle stamp 6x6 from Impression Obsession... and some Vintage Photo Distress ink and created this look... I used a tiny little stamp by Tapestry Stamps for the leaf border... and also some black archival ink that was there on my worktable... things are used that are handy... and it was left there... so it got used... Then I cut out my vintage clip art... and glued that down...
Then I wanted to do some tiles... so I grabbed the fractual Idea-o logy squares and put alcohol inks on them... I used Latte, Hazelnut and a little red... can't remember the name of it... anyway wanted a little of that... it only takes a few minutes (seconds actually ) for the inks to dry...
Then using a Black Archival ink pad, I inked up my Tapestry flowers and inked onto the alcohol ink... and then as quickly as you stamp you wipe it off... and you have the imprint of the stamp... it is so wild...
You might have to look hard.. but there is alittle flower in the upper right hand corner... and a larger flower in the lower middle of the tile... then I flipped the fractual over and stamped a dragonfly with the black archival ink... and allowed it to dry... You should try this... you can use any kind of plastic... even cut up a sheet of packaging... it all works... then you adhere to a sheet of glossy white paper... I used Glossy accents to glue it down... (good glue to use for so many projects)
I used a few different size tiles for this tag... all are so much fun to create... have to use this more often...
I guess you can use different backgrounds for different looks too... think I will try some metallic ones next!!! That should be fun... maybe use my silver foil and a little alcohol ink on that... wow... I will have to play some more with these little tiles... also some plastic recyclable sheets... always love to recycle.
Have a fun day... create something fun. and TOTALLY enjoy yourself.. even inky messes... Thanks for stopping by... more on the way for tomorrow... so please stop back... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
This is one of my daughters favorite pictures as a teenager... so I had to use this cute loving picture on a tag for her. I started off with a manilla tag (which I don't use that often..) and I embossed it with this cuttlebug embossing folder.. I happen to love this one a lot, as I love flowers... and this Asian folder also happens to be a large one... so the entire tag fits into it... love that too...
Then I used my worksheet... do you have one... ??? If not it is a really great investment... I use it all the time... in fact over by my inking area it is taped to the top of the table... someday I will share my studio with you again... I am always moving things around... re-organizing...
Anyway... I then used my worksheet... and sprayed some Raisin color wash by Ranger and then also some Victorian Velvet that I had mixed into a mini Mister ... after spraying onto the worksheet, I lightly misted with some water... very fine misting... and then swirled my tag into the inks... Then I dried with the heat gun... and then misted with some perfect pearl misters... I do know that I grabbed a few... colors??? just use what ever color you have or grab.... they are all pretty...
Then I created the stacked love... using the silver foil... (refer to Jan 23rds post) and a little square stamp that I love. WOMAN... so cute.
There you have it... a loving tag... oh yes... I happen to love to cut things out... did you notice that?? LOL... if there was a machine that did all the cutting that I do... I think I would still cut out with my scissors... which I use a couple of pairs of different scissors... but my favorite are my Fiskars... just bought another pair... as mine tend to get a little gooey... all chunked up with glue and other adhesives... Oh yes I have the ones that say that they will never get all gooey... but mine are!!! Not kidding... I must have at least 8 pairs of scissors that I can not use due to that...
Here is the bottom half of the tag enlarged for you to see the details on the stamp...
Hope you have a fun day... Valentines day is not far away ... so if you haven't started to make that special someone a Valentine you better get started...
Thanks for stopping by to see mine... see you tomorrow??? Hope so... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
