Flip card made with Spellbinders

 

I love making flip cards.. BUT I don't like the normal way of  making them with a pencil ruler, xacto knife, etc... and then it doesn't look quite right etc...  I went onto Pinterest and looked high and low for this technique... I found enough information to create this one...

 

(Side note... I have been on dial up for over 11 years... totally frustrated and now I have a higher speed and LOVE IT...  so I am getting use to all the new things..  not totally sure of how to use some of these things... but having FUN!) 

 

So this is my first flip card using a spelldinder... Love it.. within a few seconds the card is made... and then you have the fun of decorating it...  yikes ... what fun.. 

 

 

This is K&co paper and it is really pretty here... but I will use double sided paper the next time... will be a lot easier... but hey.. live and learn...  that is why we are all learning about the how to do's.... and loving it too...

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit and see you soon...

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

 

I have to tell you that I love this flower picture..  a friend gave me a pretty card and it was so lovely that I created these tiles from it, and also used the print..  so very sweet and delicate...  this card is a half gated card... and I used all kinds of punches to create it... 

The gals in the Tea Bag Group love the flowers too... and loved creating one similar to this... and will be excited to send it to a loved one... 

Hope you have enjoyed your visit here today.. .and would love to hear from you in comments...  thanks for your visit... See you soon...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Love is in the air...

 

 

Love is in the air... and hopefully SPRING too... 

 

Spring should be here soon.. 

 

This card was really a challenge for me.. not colors that I usually use, multi layers of colors and prints, and all kinds of things different than I usually use...  but I have to try things right??? 

 

All of these things also were on the work table... and I wanted to make a CARD... NOW... and didn't want to get up to get things...  lazy crazy day for me when I created this card...

 

Anyway... I found these really neat dragonflies at the dollar store... three in a package.. only a $1.00... yikes I bought a lot of them... so get use to seeing them on cards.. LOL... 

 

hope you have a wonderfully fun day... exciting and creative in all ways...

 

See you tomorrow ...

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

Purple Diamonds

Purple Diamonds is the name of this card... 

Why???

 

Well I used a few stencils after making the color on the paper... and then used some Liquid pearls all around the edges of each purple diamond... love the effects of this... 

 

Of course the bird motif is carried out in the edge in which I used Martha Stewarts corner border punches...  and of course the little one that is nested in the Tea Bag wreath... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also love making ribbons to match my papers... when I finish making the paper, and it looks just the way I want it to... I then clean up my ink colors on my work mat with a piece of seam binding... works out perfect for me...  LOL... love it when a plan comes together... 

 

Here's a view of the wreath and the bird up closer...  I also love the tile I used in this particular fold...  so very delicate... 

Hope that you enjoyed this card today...


Have a great day.. and maybe I will see you over the week-end...  busy times ahead with gardens going in... chickens going from pasture into the freezer... and also seeds getting ordered for more production this year...  since we are seed savers we always always have seeds to start our gardens with...  such a great thing... 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you soon... 
Please leave me a comment... I love reading and answering them... 

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

 

Tea Bag Classes

Yesterday I had a Tea Bag class and the gals had so very much fun...  we made a few cards... and learned 4 new folds...  a fun day.. lots of laughs, and fun...  also Glenn made a nice snack for us... roasted Sunflower and Pumpkin seeds.... perfectly seasoned with garlic, Braggs amino acids, and a little smoked salt... yummmm  ...

Anyway.. I wanted to share some of the cards and folds that they learned how to create...

This is a gate card that is so very pretty...  the gals made it in similar colors and papers... all the cards were WONDERFULLY Beautiful... or beauty-muss as they say...  A Spellbinder die was used to create the ends... and of course Martha Stewart punches for the trims...  a pocket holds a special message or gift..  always need a place for some cash or check... right??? 




This next card is really a favorite of mine... I love the delicate nature of it.. the purple and also the dotted Swiss vellum in the center just really sets it off as DELICATE PLUS in my minds eye.. 

 

This is on the inside of the card... looking out ward. 

Another pretty card... love the flowers that I was able to grab from papers...  and create tea bag tiles to match it...  Hope that you can see the details on these two cards... 

 

 

 

I guess you realize that I LOVE PURPLE... right??? 

So this one is no surprise... 

 

I made the paper behind the goodies...  lots of inks, stamps, acrylic dabbers, sprays with Perfect pearls... and then Spellbinders, bows that I dyed the ribbon to match a color in the background card...  The Victorian boy and egg are so very special too...  

Another purple card...  a card telling the snow to leave us alone and to allow SPRING to arrive...

The three panels in the background are metal foils colored with alcohol inks... love using them... 

 

 

 

 

This card was a highlight of the class... a fun card, easy to create and make... and lots of fun...  a score pad, spellbinders and a new medallion got the card finished in no time...  less than half an hour...  WOW... these girls are really getting the knack of tea bag folding... 

 

 

 

It POPS open and is so FUN!!!  Love this card... might make some time this afternoon to play a little and make a few more...

 

Why are you thinking I am addicted??? 

I love creating with my pretty papers...  so much fun and I love sending cards to friends and also selling them so others can share with their friends...  If you are interested in buying some, please get in touch with me... 

 

Have a super GREAT day... hope it is spring like in your neck of the woods...

 

Enjoy each day and take what nature delivers to your area...  go with the flow as they say... 

 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie   

Getting into the groove

Today is going to be a fun day... I have to PLAY!!!  What a shame right????  Well I will have to force myself to do this.. as tomorrow I am going to the Mill Spring Ag Center to sell cards, boxes, books and all kinds of things...  a FUN DAY again... what a life.... I love it.. 


Here are a few more cards that I have created since December...

 

 

I started to make a lot of boxes prior to December for gift giving... doing the Ag Center market every week prior to Christmas was so very much fun and a busy busy time...  I loved it all... This is a medallion on the top of the box...  and of course I had all colors for every type of gift giving...  not only in Christmas colors... 

 

I even became very engrossed in playing and creating black and white tea bag tiles from my Zentangles...  Here is one of the layered boxes...  this one only has two layers... but what fun I have had... It is really funny... Men are very drawn to these black and white boxes...  Most men will stop and comment on how attractive these are.  While the ladies love all the colors and flowers etc...  LOL... 

 

Every once in a while I make a card that I really really REALLY LOVE... this is one of those... 

Of course the purple is one of my favorite colors...  alive and pretty... I wanted to feel the spring in this card... even though it was made in December...  I love colors...

There is a circle cut into the card, under the medallion... which by the way is a triple layered medallion and is really puffy... very high... almost 1/2 inch thick... 

The ribbon... I dyed some seam binding...  LOVE THAT too...  have you bought any of that??? and dyed it...  I have a bag left from when I would spend hours dying it... and need to add to that...  If I could only stop some of the other things I am doing...

 

Here is the inside of the card... 

 

 

 

I think if you look closely you will see that the inside of the circle is also covered with a pretty two layered medallion... 

 

the little faerie is guarding the whole card...  with yet another medallion...  Do you think I LOVE to create Tea Bag Medallions????? Well you guessed it right... 

 

They say that you should always do things in uneven numbers... so here are three bows... do you have a little bow maker...  I don't know how I lived without ONE...  love it... thanks again Cheryl Bennett for this lovely gift... I use it almost every day of my life.  I also am quite fond of all my punches...  and my stamps...  this one is a Just Right one.. 
and a favorite. 

This card might look a little washed out.. .but it is just very delicate.  The butterfly is three layers also... as it is flying around the flowers...  Pink is also another favorite color... as it was my Mom's favorite...  she would have loved this card... 

Okay... so I will post a few more cards next time... and until then... hope that you also play a little bit, and have a wonderful time doing it...  Enjoy your day and play time that you will have. 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

 

 

 

I'm BACK!!!!!

It has been a very long time since I have blogged... and I am so very sorry... but my internet connection wouldn't allow me to get on here... so hopefully a lot of new things will be happening to this and my other sites... often and on a regular basis... 

I have been very busy over the past couple of months...  creating, cleaning out my studio of things I dont' need anymore, teaching more classes... and having fun... 

I also had a very sad time in my life, with the passing of my Dear Mother...  she was 94 in November of 2013 and passed this February....  her colon cancer came back with vengeance and so  with dignity she left this Earth Walk and with my Dear Dad and all the rest of our family that has left us too...

I use to get great pleasure in making a pretty card and sending it to my Mom... she loved pretty frilly things... and would love to share them with others...  so very important in life when you share all the time...  

That is really what blogging is all about... sharing and seeing all the pretty things...  Yes!!!!   So I have a few cards that I will share that I just recently took pictures of... will share more each day... 

 All these cards are from Tea Bagging folding classes that I have been teaching...  I love the gals in my class and they really enjoy creating all the different medallions and also now we are learning how to put together a card... all the techniques etc.... so very much fun... 

I am also offering these classes on line too... so if interested please contact me... thanks...  

Mr. Bunny above, has a pretty fancy cut flower arrangement from an old fashioned card... and also a bow...  made from seam binding ribbon and dyed to match... 

The medallion is dangling from the opening... so very fun to do crazy wild things on cards... 

This card was made on the Beetles 50th anniversary... loved the Bettles

 

Made the background paper and love the look of the bunny... 

blogger will not allow me to write in the columns ... so sorry 

a double medallion... which I love to make 

Another background paper with tons of overlays....

LOVE OUT LOUD... with pretty floral cutouts... 

Easter is on the way.. 

  Okay.... so now you have seen all the cards for the day... and hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some more goodies to share with you...  if you would like to buy any of  these cards... also contact me...  trying hard to keep my extra room clean..  LOL... do you honestly think I can??? 

Love being back here talking with you.. 
Hope you have had a wonderful day... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie