The Last of the Dare To Get Dirty cards...

Okay... this is the last of the Dare to get Dirty challenge cards... 33 challenges and this was the last one I had to do... it was for only one challenge... and I had so much fun doing this one..
I just got it finished in time...

As most of your most likely know by now... I live on a farm... our farm.. an Organic Biodynamic farm... which means that certain things have to be done on certain days... and on Wednesday it was THE DAY TO do pickles, and that kind of thing with all the zucchini!!!!
But I had three more cards to get done... and I wanted to get them done... but I put them aside.. and thought ... Oh well.. I guess I will not be a challenge Queen this year... I had to do some farm work.. and also things that Glenn and I feel are very important...A self sustaining way of life... which means a lot to us... So I left my cards on my workshop table... and went out and started to process huge amounts of zucchini, cukes and okra.. .
Okay.. I froze sliced zucchini... 16 gallons of it...
Made 20 quarts of garlic, dill cuke pickles... and then
made some zucchini pickles... only 10 quarts of them.. LOL..
Okay.. the okra... a real southern veggie that I grew up on.. and love.. but now we eat it raw... and so I put them all in the refrig.. done.. back to my cards...

I got the ones done that you see in the post below... ONE MORE TO GO...
The one that was above...
I started to work on it... and realized that my left shoulder from all the cutting of 16 gallons of zucchini was starting to really give me huge amounts of pain..
WEll I called up my chiropractor and made an afternoon appointment...
Worked on my card a little bit more... with just a little to finish up when I came back..
But she had other plans for me..
So I did follow her instructions AFTER I FINISHED THE CARD!!!!
LOL.. how could I not finish this one last card... OH......

So here it is... and I am crowned and sitting in my lazy boy for a few days now...
I shouldn't even be typing... but I am using one hand... so I guess it is all right...
Had to cancel all dates with friends... ugh... not nice... paper friends are special friends... and so maybe next week we will get together...
So I will have to beg off of the tutorial this week-end for the other half of the right angle punching... but I will get to it.. I promised y'all and I will do it..
Also the quilling... I just need to rest this poor over worked shoulder... no more zucchini today... and if you know anything about zucchini... there is another whole counter filled with it today.. .ugh... but that will have to wait.. .

So Anne... in response to your question... I do make my own cards... LOL......and I do all the farming fun things too.. and I do have a cleaning crew that comes in and cleans though.. .and my hubby is always helping me in all ways.. .not in the studio... but in the kitchen... and I dont' know what I would do without him in many ways.. .mentally, emotionally and physically too..

So I will take a break for a couple of days... and I will most likely be back in the swing of things before you know it...
Until then..
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

A huge Challenge of 33 ... Dare To Get Dirty... wow..

Okay.. I have only one more card to do later today... I have just finished these and love them all.. hope that you get some inspiration of some kind to create during these hot summer days... I really feel like taking a nap and staying cool.. but had to push to get these cards done..

I loved creating this one.. an all time FAVORITE...
First off.. the back ground paper.. .a sheet of K and Company paper... love their papers.
Then I added a sheet of paper I made with alcohol inks from Ranger... added some gold leafing to it... just to jazz it up a little bit...
Then... I a was following a sketch... so I had to add the white panel area... so I used Grace's Frame (Cuttlebug folder) and cut the center out... with a Spellbinder die..
Now the girl/woman... is printed with Stazon on a sheet of plastic from a Cuttlebug folder... LOL.. I don't like to waste anything... and if I can recycle I will.. at all times..
But this time, I didn't expect the results I got.. .and I love her over the paper I made with the alcohol inks... stunning in my book... when you see it in real life... wow.. she is really powerful... you loose so much with cameras and computers... but a necessary thing at this time..
I then made the large pink flower using a flower from PRETTIES BY BONNIE and also the leaves... and then added a few misc flowers that were floating around my work table area... I love this card... I added the soft ivory bow... and fell in love with this card...

I make a lot of cards... and this one is really an all time favorite...
hope you can see the beauty in her..

Another challenge to create a card.. .and this time... I use two challenges in one.. .
I love this Sweet Pea stamp... Thanks again Kim.. she is really so precious... love her..
I used a punch that I can only use on thinner papers behind her.. a blue hill punch called lotus... and of course the Martha Stewart shell punch..

I used two Cuttlebug Folder...
Polka Dot in the back ground and one the circle Floral Screen ... Love these two folders... not that I dont' like all the rest... mind you.. I think I have them all.. and use them all. .

Just got a few new Christmas ones and am going to play with them soon..
Another tutorial is next on the list of things to do.. .one with strip punching.. then one on Cuttlebug Quilling... wow... fun things... so if you need the Quilling templates I have a few extra left.. not many... Go to my store.. TOYZ 4 Paper
I can get them out to you tomorrow..

Oh what fun combining all these fun things...
I made all that paper on this card...
The background paper... Twinkling H20's...
The Scene ... using my Ranger re-inkers to create this scene...
then the strip that is punch... ink on paper
The Tea Bag tiles, I designed and printed them... then created the medallion wreath..
I had to cut down the picture I made with the inks.. and needed a little something up on the left top corner... so I cut the strips and added them to the card..
I really had fun creating this card...

Have you ever created a scene like this with your inks... I love doing it.. the mountains are made but tearing a pattern adn then dragging colors onto the paper with sponges.. .a fun filled technique.. then I had to add a strip of paper over this ... and really didnt' want to disturb the picture so I added some tree s to it... (the yellow paper)
Also I had to add something that went right across the entire design... and again I didn't want to disrupt the scene... so I cut with a knife into the cneter of the design... made a slit long enough for ribbon to slide thru it.. .and added the ribbon and bow!!!!! LOVE it.. so much fun.. a little bit different and fun... you have to move out of the box you live in... or you become an old fuddy dud... right??? So I moved... hope you will try this technique too. it is fun..

One more card... and I have to add that most of these cards are sketch challenges.. so I was pretty free to create as I desired with themes.. .
This one was create thru new toyz wanting to be used... like Kassies Brocade Cuttlebug folder... adn also this crochet flower that Deana made for me.. I took another scene made with my trusty Ranger re-inkers... and cut it out with a spellbinder.. added some pearls (they are light brown ones too.) and then the rest is really easy..

Used Antique Lined re-inkers on Kassies Brocade folder.. .adn mounted on the same lovely golden yellow...
Wrote Peace on a piece of paper ...and cut that out as needed... mounted everything and enjoyed it..

It was so very hot the day I made this card... over 110... and so I needed to cool off ... what better way than to make a snowman!!!!

I started off with a sheet of snowflakes created with Cuttlebug folder... then I also made a strip of snowflakes using a thin folder... and then used a sponge to lightly put color onto the papers ... which were all white..
I colored my snowman... who someone gave to me... and mounted him onto a scalloped circle that I cut from a spellbinder die..
A few random snowflakes.. and I was done..

Love it .. and I stayed nice and cool.. really did..

A happy Birthday sunflower... plain and simple.. .I drew the sunflower and then layered it... and cut a scalloped circle with spellbinders dies... adn then ran it thru the swiss dot folder... ran black ink over it... and glued it all together... DONE... easy and so cute... I painted the flower with Twinkling H20's.. .what else.. .

Hope you have enjoyed these cards today...
Check out my new store...
TOYZ 4 PAPER
click here ... or go to the top right picture of my hand... and click on it... they will both take you there... you can also buy other Cuttlebug items... they will just take a little bit longer to gt into stock... I have to say... Cuttlebug/Provo has just moved ... and reorganized and the orders are coming out fast... so with a week I am amost having the product in my hands.. that is great...

Enjoy... play with paper... created something fun..

I LIVE, I CREATE, I AM
Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie

Be Inspired #95

Oh Today the Cuttlebug Challenge Be Inspired #95 was to create a card with dancing, music and ALIVE....and fun... so to me this card is 100% that...

My Sweet Pea stamp that Kim Hellams so graciously allowed me to power stamp 100's of them... is here in her full glory... She is my belly dancer... wow.. what a sexy little belly dancer...

In the back ground... I used a 5x7 Bamboo Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug... it is part of the set 20-00237 called Oriental Weave... I love it... and so I colored the bamboo to match the stamp... then added some music in the background... as I love background music... LOL... A little pink bow... and a Pretties by Bonnie flower where I added a pearl in the center to match the pearls I used on all corners.

I used my H20's for painting and coloring the card... and also used my Spellbinders to cut the frame ... and popped the little leaf out from under it... Bamboo is really a very invasive plant... so it grows out of control... and this just proves it...

Go on over to the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog and join in on the fun... create a card and get in on this fun challenge... there is always a prize awarded and you just might be this weeks winner...

Thanks for stopping by... and have a wonderful Wednesday...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Getting ready for the tutorial

I am all ready for the tutorial... well almost... still have a few last minute things to do... but it will be ready tomorrow for you to view and play with.. so sharpen your corner punches and be ready to play... your best bet on paper for this is to cute some 8.5X11 sheets in half... that is a good place to start... later you can use smaller sheets... Here are some of the cards I have created using the corner punch paper in the background... This one also has some Flowers from PRETTIES BY BONNIE
And you can print them out any size to get this nice variety of layers...
The background paper is by K and Company...
and the stamp by Sweet Pea... Thanks again Kim... I love these.. I used my twinkling H20's to color the stamp and the flowers...

I call this one the Farm.. Reminds of our farm in some ways...
Our farm is separated by the road we live on... so the house is one side and the farm on the other... but it still is pretty... I just love harvest time... which seems to be every day now... as we are trying to get as much as we can... the weather has been so very hot, and we are in a severe drought... so we are hurting that way..
This stamp is by Impression Obsession... I used colored pencils to color it..
I mounted the stamped paper onto a piece of Core'dinations paper.... I love that paper... so great... and it distresses really nicely too.. I used my Tim Holtz distressing tool... great tool..

Another card that I loved the way it came together.. Fall is in my brain... actually because it rains in the fall around here... so maybe if I ask fall to come, we will get some much needed rain..

I used part of a folder by Cuttlebug and ran inks over it... the rest of the paper from this folder is on the card below... waste not want not..
I used a piece of gold foil from some Green and Black chocolate I was eating... and that is just so much fun... gives the card a real chocolate smell.. LOL

The other day, I had to make my calendar page for the up and coming Calendar Fat Book page and my month is November... so I had made some leaves using glossy paper and my alcohol inks... and so I used a couple that were laying on my table.. I edged them in gold pen..

Some Prima flower buds... and some silk fabric for the bow...
The Pumpkin is a Cuttlebug folder... I love this adorable pumpkin... and have used it so very much.. it is just a GREAT PUMPKIN...

This card is simple to show you that cards can be simple and easy to make and still very elegant in all ways... I used the other piece of embossed paper... which I had from the above card... I used ranger inks to create the color on the paper.. love them too.. I love too many things.. LOL
Then a Pumpkin from Cuttlebug cut and Emboss set... and the background is the punch work..

Another card that is layered with backgrounds that are punched... the Green paper in the way back.. oh my goodness... I had a hard time covering it up.. it is core'dinations and I ran it through my cuttlebug with the Holly stripe folder... the I sanded it.. .yikes is it lovely... I really didn't want to cover it up... but it is my BACK GROUND paper..

Then since the card is 5.5 x 5.5 I cut a piece of paper that was 5x5 and punched the heart punch set around the paper... then I created the other white paper... with the right angle punching... and stamped in the center... and then did a small four way punch.. wow.. really got carried away with punching...

Then I used my poinsettia from PRETTIES FROM BONNIE
which I printed to the size I desired... and painted and cut it out... added some Perfect Pearls by Ranger and LOVE it.. The leaves also come with the Christmas Combination... so I was able to just add another one... not a big deal... when you can create what you want and the size you want too..
A hunter green bow... and it is done..

Here is another one, very similar, but I used a printed piece of paper in the background ... it is from who else other than K and Company... it is a glitter sheet too.. I love them.. they are so very elegantly created..
I added a punched piece that was done in green bazzill paper.. and then polka dots added in the center...
But I can't stop there.. .I added a piece from the center of the 20-00254 embossing Plus folder called
Elegant Ellipse !!!!
I really wanted to make it stand out a little more than it was, so I added the small pearls all around it..
Then another poinsettia from PRETTIES BY BONNIE
Love it...
I named this card 3 white pearls... as it only has 3 pearls.. not four..
Love it... when you are the artist... you are allowed to create and do as you want to.. right???
So I did... having fun..

Okay... this is the last card.. tomorrow how to create all these backgrounds... this one I had so much fun with... I used a piece of Core' dimensions paper... adn then added my white background punced paper... and in the center some Seeing Spots embossed paper... that I used my Linen ink on... to color it...
I colored the wreath... which is from Christmas Combinations by PRETTIES BY BONNIE
I made the wreath a little bit smaller so I could put it in the center of this... and added the berries with Dimensional Pearls by Ranger... love them too.. wow.. .they really kick it out of the ball park for things like this.. love the texture of this card...
I added gold mesh thread and wrapped it all around the Seeing Spots embossed paper..

Now take another stroll through all the cards..
Gather up your tools..
Corner puches, and white cardstock paper
and be ready for a good start tomorrow..
It will be posted at 8:AM EST
See you then... and sleep tight..
REST your hands up..
Hope you have enjoyed these cards.. .I had fun making them to share with you for this tutorial..
See you tomorrow... and thanks for stopping by..
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Three more fun cards..

Three more fun Cards with tutorials to show you how to create them all.. WOW...
Just go to Cuttlebug Challenge as we are having an all day Christmas party... every hour which started last night at Midnight... there is something to see and create...
Here are three items that I have shared... hope you will create with us and do some of these fun things..

This Resist card is so much fun.. I love doing resist..





Then I have used this new folder called Grace's frame... and literally turned it into a 3D frame... with a fun star on the front of it..















Then what is winter or Christmas in July without snow... lots of
it... so I made a reverse snowflake card... and also a snowflake...

So much fun ... all with my Cuttlebug toys..

Speaking of which.. you can purchase them all here...

Hope you have enjoyed all that I have made this week...

Christmas in July ... glad it only comes once a year... LOL.. .I am exhausted...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Lace Tree Card and another one...

I love all white cards... for those of you who are familiar with my work... it is a favorite... and this time I did add a little color... oh well. I just had to ... it was screaming at me... if you have ever had that happen you just have to do what the paper is telling you to do ... and this green paper was screaming... so there it is..

This week on Cuttlebug Challenge blog, we have been showing our Christmas in July feelings... so this is another tutorial I have done for this season... so please check it out on the site... It will be up there right now...

This is the front... and the inside...






is ALL WHITE.... no color was screaming at me here...

I hope that you can see all the layers and embossing folders I have used... but when you see how easy it is... hopefully you will make one too...



Now you know I love to play with paper...
So here is another one I did...
It is a little bit more detailed...

I created almost the same type of front...


I actually used STICKERS for the snowmen... they were so cute... and I have to use some of the millions I have... so here are some of them..












On the inside... I used a lot of Cuttlebug embossing folders for the background.. .like the sledding one and the snowflake one are both on the inside...

I also used the Cuttlebug Embossing Plus folder Lace Door 20-00283... love it... YOU can now purchase this on my new site... for below retail pricing... great deals...

I dangled the snowflakes... and also added more all around the inside of the card... it was a very hot day when I made this card.. and it did help to cool me off...

Hope that you have enjoyed these cards...
and THANKS for stopping by to check out what I have been up to..
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Still open

Please Check out the posts below...
The GRAND OPENING
is going full force...
First Come, first orders to be filled
Click on the store...
TOYZ 4 Paper on the right...
Enjoy your shopping time..

Extra fun Cards for Christmas In July

This is really a fun and quick card to make … you could make a lot of these for a nice Christmas card to send to a lot of friends…

First off… you might have some of the supplies.. so lets just be really general with this..

Cuttlebug Machine

Cuttlebug combo Ice Crystal (snowflake)

Cuttlebug snowflake folder… or something winter like for the background… the D’Vine Swirl is fantastic also… or even my favorite the Swiss Dot… love them all.. Okay…

Martha Stewart border punch…

Snowman rubber stamp

Ribbon and some pearls for embellishments..

My actual card is made from some paper that I bought a long long time ago… and it is by Making Memories… I love the stripe to it… so I have used that .. but kraft colored paper will do fine.. as that is what I embossed my snowflakes onto..

Since this card is only 4.25 X 5.5 I cut the snowflake embellished paper in half.. and edged it with a gold pen.. put a piece of the brown gingham ribbon...then I stamped the snowman, and mounted him onto some cardstock... Martha's punch created the green lace... and the snowflake... well that is from the Cuttlebug Combo Ice Crystal 37-1819... and I cut it out and put it on there.. What else would be more perfect???

A cute simple card... make a dozen... right...

This cute little guy is just stopping by to wish you WARM WISHES.,.. so easy... you get the idea from the first one...
I just used a few different things... like the star embossing folder by Cuttlebug... and the star die set from Spellbinder... along with the tag die set...

Very easy and so cute... the moose... from one of those stamp sets you pick up for a $1.00... so cute and easy to use, color and cut out..

Enjoy the day... and make sure you also check out all the fun things going on over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog .... always fun popping out..

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out what I am up too.. always new things happening around here... that is for sure.. Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie

Toyz 4 Paper

GRAND OPENING

of a new addition to

My Life....

TOYZ 4 Paper

I have opened a much desired store on line... the pricing is LOW... to help us all keep our costs down for all the toyz we NEED to have to create all the PRETTIES we love to have around us.

New lines will be added as I can manage them... I have a very small space at this time to keep inventory... so I have to move out things... get new things in.. .speaking of which. .I have a good size order of these products arriving next week... so first come.. first served... Shipping is $5.00 for your order... nice and simple.. one package... one price... these folders are heavy... so be assured this is a good price..

I will be adding Spellbinders, Ranger and other needed things... so if there is a particular line that you love, let me know I will certainly check it out..

Take a look and send me your order via e-mail... Please at this time list the product number and also what it is... and the price... thanks...

Thanks...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Be Inspired #93 Cuttlebug Challenge

Yikes... MERRY CHRISTMAS in July...
That is what this is all about... wow... a wonderful feeling of Christmas in July... no shopping rush, no decorating.. just enjoying making cards... good feeling.

I have created a couple here that you will also see on the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog.. WE are celebrating a wonderful time in July... and hope you will join us for all these fun filled festive times... There is so much planned for you to enjoy... hope you will check out the blog daily... until Sunday... and then you should check it out hourly starting at midnight.. there will be a challenge every hour on the hour... what fun....

This card was a sketch that we were to follow... and so I used a double panel of snowflake embossed paper... the corners of the navy blue paper hide the seam!!! Then I outlined it with silver... Two squares cut and layered to form the focal point.. the white one was cut with a spellbinder to create the circle... and then I also used the scalloped dies to create the scallop frames... added a few glitter dots where the snow was falling...

Okay... now to create this village scene... I used the Cuttlebug folder from a couple of years ago... I just love that one.. it can create such lovely cards... I took an ink pad and covered the inside of my plastic embossing folder... and then put in two pieces of paper... and then ran it thru my cuttlebug machine.... when you take it out, you have the center piece... it is such fun.. I try and not use a dye ink... but wash it anyway as quickly as possible... and it will look fine... if you let it wait too long you will have decorated folders... LOL...
a little punching for the banner going across... and a bow and I was done with this one.

Okay... one more...
I told a couple of friends that one of the reasons why I was so prolific was that I have so much paper ... that if I lived to be 300 I would still have enough to share at that time... so I have to use some of this paper... and making cards helps!!!!!

This card was so very simple...
I covered the white card with the snowflake paper... and then cut two squares that are 3.25 x 3.25... and let the eyelet punches create the delicate borders... I mounted them as shown... and then created two snowflakes and put in the center.. one of them has the ends cut off...and it is staggered to give a dimensional look.. .a little label and a sentiment... with a bow... and I was ready to sign my name on the back..

Hope that you will join us in this challenge and also in all the other festive activities that are planned... See you there...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Poinsettia Card

A very SPECIAL week is planned ahead for all of YOU.. All of the people at Cuttlebug Challenge Blog
have been working hard on projects to make sure you have a special Merry Christmas in July week planned...

So this is the beginning of it... along with a lot of new things that I have added to my life for you to enjoy too..

This card is also announcing a new Christmas Combination of Digital Images by Pretties by Bonnie
So click on that and go see the new set... You can order on line... and pay with Pay Pal... what could be easier for you...

And then you can make this card... well almost... that is the other surprise I have for you.. .I will also have another site opening on Tuesday where you can buy all the Cuttlebug folders and equipment... the name is a secret until then.. and I will announce that when it opens on this site... so stay tuned... I am really excited about both... I will also be adding Spellbinders and Ranger supplies, plus misc things that I know you want... and all will be below retail prices... Of course you will pay the shipping to your home.. but we always do... right???
I know what it is like to have to run around from site to site looking for things that you love and want... so it will all be here... so you can make your cards really do what you want them to do... and be like..


This Christmas Combination is available NOW...
so please check it out, and I will e-mail it to you NOW... it is ready to be in your hands to create with...
Here is a close up of the poinsettia...
You also will get directions on how to create the flower you see here...



The Tutorial for this card can also be seen in full at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog right now.. so take a peek over there too...

I will have quite a few tutorials over there this week... and will refer you there to take a look, but make sure you check there too.. as there will be lots of fun things going on all week long..

This is the inside of this card... Oh yes... what I love so much about digital images is that you can make them ANY SIZE YOU NEED.... and they are always at your finger tips... wow.. love it..

If you have never used one... you will be in for a great treat...

Hope that if you have any questions you will let me know... I am trying to learn as much as possible about things... but still have not learned how to put my e-mail address onto this site...
So I am giving it to you, so that if you need to write me, I will hopefully be able to write back to you...

Have a wonderful day... and enjoy the Merry Christmas in July feelings...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie

More Quilled Flowers

I am trying a new format with the pictures in the center today... so hopefully I will be able to do this the same way as with the pictures on the left!!!!! We will see... these things don't always work correctly for me at times.. LOL

Okay... last night we had our monthly Whipperstampers Group meeting... oh what fun we had...
We were all suppose to bring something to teach last night... Renee and Linda brought cute little cards for all to make.. Thanks so much gals... they were really cute... April
brought a couple of fun things to do... one was a layout that you stamped into... I will show that to you soon... have to do it... wanted it to be nice when I showed it... LOL.. yeah at group meetings I just fool around and get dirty inky fingers... yeah... Also she showed us how to do Mosaic stamping... it was really fun, and I loved the way mine came out... will show you some of that also at a later date.. but you can go to her blog and see hers... she also walks you through the process... GREAT BLOG to favorite... Thanks April

Kim brought a set a stamps... and I stamped each of the 15 stamps 4 times... wow... I am really going to be in heaven when I start to use these... they are by Sweet Pea... and just precious.. I love them... Thanks Kim..

Ellen brought a weaving card... and that was also fun... I want to play with that a little more and then will also share that with you.. so many talented gals in our group.. each one has a unique talent and we all love to share, create and most of all PLAY!!!!

Oaky... I brought to share the Cuttlebug Quilling... which you can see on these cards... and I also taught how to use the corner punches this way .... it is so much fun to create with them.. .you can use any of the corner punches and create one of these panels.. so much fun when you see how easy it is...



I think that you can see from these cards that I love to do them... and in all different ways too...
Wow... I could really be a paper freak... Oh I am??? Wow... when did that happen??? Yikes... it is fun...

I just had a friend write me and ask me to play for her today... Okay Sharon I will.. when I get a chance... I have a million things to do prior to playing... but I will PLAY for the two of us... or for as many as I need to.. I love to play and create..

Okay the cards I have posted here all have quilled florwers on them... and also a punched panel made with a corner punch.. and used at right angles... Love it all.. Hope you enjoy these cards..
Have a fun day... create something special for you or for a friend... have a great week-end... and new things will be happening this week... so keep posted...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Be Inspired Cuttlebug Challenge #92

WOW... another challenge that I had so very much fun creating... love doing these... this one is a walk in the garden with a BUG... oh I have to tell you that I love bugs on paper and cards... I think that they are really neat...

I also know the True Value of having Honey Bees also... and we are losing more every year to sprays and insecticides... and once they are all gone... the human race will follow... so please don't use those sprays.. or even buy food that has been sprayed... I could really go off on a long tangent but will leave it here...

My cards this week I have also added another Cuttlebug GOODIE.... the Quilling templates... oh my goodness what fun they are... I have been making tons of flowers... so you will see a lot of my cards embellished with them...
This one I chose to do was to honor the Honey bee... so my background paper I painted with Twinkling H20's... and then stamped with honey bees all over it... also with honeycomb stamp...

I then added a piece of white paper that I had run thru the Lace door template... love that one.. and then I added three of my quilled flowers along with a few leaves I cut out and a yellow chiffon bow... I also added a bow at the top of the lace door and the bottom... just for a tie in with the ribbon that runs thru the inside of the card..

I very rarely put any sentiment on a card, until I am ready to use it... and then I might not even put anything other than hand writting on the inside of the card.. jsut my way. This one card I wanted the ribbon on the inside... so I put that there... it will be okay.. as I love the look of it.
Another fun card... this one I used the Cuttlebug folder called polka dots... love it... a little more bold than the dotted swiss... and so it carries a big yahoo ... here I am look...

So I put a delicate pendant (spellbinders) I used the eyelet one... and then put the center of the Elegant Ellipse(cuttlebug NEW emboss and cut templates) on top of it... My little grasshopper is just getting ready to pounce on the flowers and eat them all up... I added three quilled ones with a couple of brown bows... just for the balance of the flowers...

This is a 4.25X5.5 card... I usually only make 5x7 cards.. but loved the looks of this smaller card for these colors...

I loved the looks of these papers together... All the colors... and the prints just went together on my worktable... so I went with it... added this lovely brass bug...

Another BUG card... Butterflies are bugs.. jsut really pretty ones... I used some polka dotted paper that I ran an ink pad over... and then added some butterflies to balance out my quilled flower...

Loved creating all these cards... and I do hope that you will add YOURS to the challenge at the Cuttlebug Challenge this week... WE have had so many pretty cards published recently... I really would like to thank everyone that has entered one... they are all so very pretty.. I would love to comment on them all... but being on dial up it is really a problem with downloading all the blogs... at least 30 minutes on each one... ugh... I would never get anything created at all.. so please understand that... and be aware that I look at each and every one of them... And thanks for entered them...

Hope that you have had a pleasant time here... and please come back soon... Have a wonderfully happy day.. and enjoy every minute of it..
With Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

For Mark Meyer

This card is for a little boy that is VERY sick... and needs some real loving attention from all of us... so if you have a tender loving heart, please send him a card...
His address.... Mark Meyer c/o cookie grover
2511 Calloway Drive, Orlando, Florida 32810 Thanks a million... I know that he will love it.. he has a severe type of cancer... and is only 11 years old..

Okay... this card is for three challenges... but actually the card is REALLY for Mark MEYER!!!!
He is in need of some cheering up... as he is a very sick little boy... so this is him chasing all the bad things away... bugs to be exact... and this little bug is a green fly... green glittered fly!!!

Okay... so the card will go into the mail tomorrow... and hopefully Mark will get a lot of cards all at once..

NOW for the challenges...
Betty chose some really great colors today... and the dessert is to make a card for Mark... the colors... Kelly Green, Deep Red and Denim Blue... I naturally love all three colors.. so that was GREAT... Thanks Betty... LOVE IT..

Then Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge had a really nice sketch.. which was also great for Marks card....

AND FINALLY BUT NOT LAST!!!!!
TEAPOT TUESDAY.... Do I hear a drum roll???? I think so...

Well it has been a long time since I have been able to get into the swing of things.. .but I am finally here... and low and behold we needed to bring things to show Miss whats her name... what sports are all about...

Well I hope that she doesn't get the wrong idea... but this little guy is using his tennis racket for a fly swatter... !!!!! He is chasing away BUGS!!! Bugs of all kinds... (get it?) So Maybe Miss what's her name will pick up one, and start to practice chasing away some bugs that she has too... LOL.. and then someone will think that she is athletically able to do sporty things... LOL.. right??? Anyway... it is worth a try right!!!!

So here is my card... and I do hope that you all enjoy the day... and chase a few bugs away in life too.. you don't have to kill them... just chase them... Don't forget that Honey Bees are important to have at all times.. when they are all gone, humans will follow... all bugs have a reason... we just need to learn to live with them.. so I ask them to leave my house... and if they don't... well then I get out my tennis racket and chase them...

Hope that you have the best of days... create something boyish... and send it to Mark... and then enjoy every second of the rest of the day...


Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Quilling

I fell in love with quilling a few years ago, and you know how it is .... until something else spurs you to create with it again you sort of put it aside to play with other toys, or other things...

Well this week, I got spurred by the new Cuttlebug Quilling templates... they are so very much fun... I made a lot of flowers... and you will see them all over the next few weeks... here is one on this card... I used the rose plate... so cute... there is a learning curve to these... you have to put on a few rows of the center or the second little petals, prior to putting on the outer ones.. I am still learning, but as always having fun with these templates... If you have any questions I will certainly try and answer them.. just leave a note in the comments and I will get back to you on it...

To make the card, I used a piece of K and Company paper... and then added a background paper that I created with painting a piece of paper with my Twinkling H20's... and then running thru my Cuttlebug machine with an embossing folder... then using a Ranger Ink Pad over the top to give it definition (Black) . Then using two of Martha's bird punches I created the little 3.5 square inch paper and punched it... The corner bird generally is suppose to be punched with the twigs... but this one I used the birds sitting on the wire... justt to give it another look. Then I stamped a long piece of paper with the sentiment... and turned it into a banner... and slipped it into the edges of the square... By adding the little quilled flower and bow, it finished the look that I was trying to get on this card...
Here is a box that I made with the other kind of quilling... It is just a box that came premade, and then I added all the quilling, gems and of course had to create on the inside too..

I made lots of flowers out of the natural and kraft colors... and just randomly placed on the top of the box.... as you can see... I didn't try to make one particular type of flower.... I was just enjoying making all the flowers...

So many times we get stressed over the "gotta get it done" syndrome, and then we loose the insight as to why we were really making it..
which was to ENJOY....

So go back and start to enjoy the NOW moment...

Very difficult at times, but so very very important in everyday life...

Yesterday is gone... tomorrow might never come... so you better enjoy the NOW... LOL.. truth in all ways..

Okay... enough of that...






On the inside... Well if you dont' know me very well, you will come to find out that I LOVE my twinkling H20's... they are little pots of joy.... they are watercolor paints that have mica in them... when you wet the little pat of color... it really doesn't look like too much... but when the paint dries on the paper... the magic starts... it twinkles... OH I LOVE IT.... so I made all the necessary strips of paper for the inside...stamped butterflies all over them... and then painted them. Then I masked them and painted the background... and then I had to add more butterflies...

The golden color is just elegant plus... it really glimmers and shines so pretty...

After all the paint dried... I glued the panels into the box... and it was ready to enjoy..

I added the saying as it is so wonderful...

Love is like a Butterfly...
It goes where it pleases and
It pleases where it goes...

How lovely is that!!!!

Well I do hope that you like quilling... and that you give the new cuttlebug templates a try... they are fun... and the flowers are so sweet... You will see more... I am having fun with them...

Hope that you have a wonderful day... and enjoy it all.. We are still enjoying our son, who will be leaving tomorrow... boo hoo.. but the visit has been wonderful in all ways..

Thanks for stopping by and hope you come back again real soon..

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Be Inspired # 91

Oh wow.. this week the Cuttlebug Challenge is so fantastic... it is Doilies and lace.. oh talk about something talking to YOU!!!! This really talked to me... I really wanted to do about 10 cards... but felt that one was worth a million.. so here it is..

I am going to walk you thru the layers of this card... so many gals have written and asked.. so here it is...

The bottom layer is a Martha Stewart... most of my cards are 5x7... so if you make a A4 size you will have to adjust I guess... I dont' make too many of that size at all..

Then I have a layer of polka dotted pink paper... and that fits inside the frame... and that is trimmed with the antique lace...
(story time.... about 40 years ago, I went to a small store way out in the country of NJ, which is now very built up... but back then it was way out there... and I bought this BOLT of antique lace... it was very expensive to me back then... it cost me all of $6.00 I think... not more than that... and I still have about 8 yards of it left... can we say that I use it very sparinginly?? So this card is a special card to say the least... Each time I use it, it have to be something very special... and this one is... end of special story)

and then the pink ribbon is around the edges of that... I do use a wet glue... and it does make the card heavy, but that also saves it when mailing it... other than these delicate flowers... LOL..


(which when I ship a card like this, it is either in a box, or in a mailing envelope... where I have a piece of plastic over the flowers... when you buy something that has a nice dome to it... save it and recycle it with mailing cards that have flowers on them... )

Then I took a of a stack of paper doilies... and mounted them behind the Chic circle..
Which I pop dotted the Chic circle...which is in white... and not in off white... I wanted it to stand out... which it really does... and added the little tag in the pink polka dot too.. with the message"FLOWERS FEED THE SOUL" which in my life they do..

The flowers!!! I love the flowers... it makes the entire card to me... what do you think???
I took about 8 doilies and cut the center out... and made flowers out of the doily edges ... and put them all around the edges of the chic circle .. and mixed in some paper flowers that I made also...

I added a couple of little birds... one flying and one in the next... a little couple making a family ... and a tag saying how flowers feed the soul.. which let me tell you they certainly do..

Here is a closeup of the flowers so you can see it is a twist and gather method of making the doily flowers... very easy and quick...

The paper flowers are made from a punch... and then gathered around a pen... and glued in place... oh so very easy.. and if I do say so... very elegant and feminine...

I love it.. a favorite of mine... that is for sure...

When making cards... I have different piles...
and this one is going into the save pile... it will be in my collection until I do something to replace it, or something better... That is the way it goes around here...

Hope that you will look up the Cuttlebug challenge and join us by making a lace and doily card of your own... it is so much fun... please join us... we would love to see your creation..
Hope you will join us... and also I want to wish you the happiest of days... enjoy every second of it... and I will be back soon... I have had the pleasure of our son visiting us for the past two weeks... so I will get back to "normal" by Monday... I promise...

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie