Okay

I just wanted to say to you all that I love you all very much... and I thank you ALL for being so very patient with me...  I am FINE... just in the middle of a very special project .... to be released soon... oh I can't tell you any more right now.. but I will soon...  so very much fun...  my studio is TRASHED... and my hands are inky and my mind spinning with all kinds of ideas that are flying around...  LOL...  and I LOVE IT ALL... 

Tomorrow is the FIRST of the month ... and so many new challenges will be released... but me... I am in the middle of one that hopefully will be well worth the time and energy I am spending on it...  I so hope you will enjoy it too...  keep on checking back for more news... 

See you soon... maybe sooner than you think... I miss the challenges and seeing all that you do to... 

Thanks for all your kind and loving comments, and the many letters of love and worry... I am fine... couldn't be better...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

A Spooky Haunting HOUSE

Today I am again the PROUD GUEST DESIGNER for Frilly and Funkie...  I love doing challenges and love making things... so this is right up my alley...  creating something SPECIAL to share with YOU... 

 

Okay... here is what I have made for this special

HALLOWEEN Special... 

A SPOOKY HAUNTING HOUSE

 

So many times we think that things have to be a special in depth item in order to be fun.. but I had so very much fun putting this house together... 

 

I LOVE IT.. .

and most likely it will go to one of my grandsons...  the only problem is which one...  maybe I will have to have more fun and make another one...  right???

 

OR...

 

Maybe I need it for myself.. as this little witch is so very special to me...  you see my neighbor who travels all over the world brought it back to me from the UK..  she said we are both witches and bought herself a big one... and also a little one... 

so I  had to put it onto my house ... somewhere... 

 

Anyway... I get so wordy... I apologize for that... but it is just my way of being..  LOL...

 

Here is the Spooky Haunting HOUSE..

 

 

 

 

This is the SPOOKY HAUNTING HOUSE... 

and it is really a fun house... 

When I bought this it was the brown paper mache house... and had no personality.. you know the kind... and so I added a few things...

 

First off, I painted the entire house black... then I added some white crackle that I had that was left over...  I have way too many things that need to be used NOW... so put them to some use... 

 

 

I ran out of the white, so I added some pale blue crackle (no longer available... but I had a few bottles of it.. mixed it with what little white I had to extend it... )  used it all up now...

 

Added some black cobwebs... white ones would have been a little to pretty.. BLACK shows the oldness and dark to the house... spooky.... right??? 

 

Okay.. so I got a little carried away with the Heart trim... but the house use to be a nice old home... it just turned haunting a few hours ago... 

 

and the spiders... they are spooky too... hanging all over the place... and wedged into places ready to eat their prey... 

I bet you thought you would see the witch... not quite yet...  but the roof is a roof of Ideology tape...Halloween Ideology tape...  and then glossy accents all over the roof... made it like a glossy tin roof...  the pumpkin is sliding off the roof to make a mess all over the place... 

 

Spiders are hanging out... waiting for little moths and bugs to fly their way... for a tasty meal... 

 

(You can see the black hearts here a little better) 

 

The building is in great need of some TLC... but it is haunted... and no one wants to go into it... can you blame them... 

I think there are even some crows living in the house... ???? 

 

You can see what I mean... their is a skull and crossbones on the opening, where a front door use to be hanging...  and someone put some pumpkins there???  silly huh??? 

 

Maybe the witch that lives here did??? or maybe the ghosts did... that seem to by flying around the house all the time.. . 

 

Things are so very haunting here that there is a grave stone by the front door...  maybe someone is under that area... spooky, isn't it??? 

 

See.... I told you there are ghosts around this old haunted house...  yikes... I am out of here...  I think there is a ghost on the front of  the house with red eyes...  scary stuff all right... I think I better run along now... 

And up in the top room... a spooky pumpkin seems to be staring out of the window... wow... this place really is scary...  

A bottle of poison by the front door...  EMPTY!!!???  Oh wow... and that fence...  really pretty scary!!!! 

 

 

 

I didn't go into the house... a little to scary for me... but someone took a picture of what they saw in the roof...  a baby crow.. I knew it... I could just feel the crows all staring at us... lets get out of here... 

 

 

Oh but wait a minute...  here comes the witch... she is landing on the roof... 

 

 

 

What a 'cute' witch she is too...  a real little broom.... and little black shoes like a witch wears...   wow... she must be a real witch... 

 

And there is one of those spiders going to welcome her home...  it has huge RED eyes too... 

 

Her hair is as wild as she is...  and what a site for sore eyes...  LOL.. 

 

 

 

Her evil eyes have now seen YOU... 

I am out of here... 

Enough of this scary stuff...

I won't sleep for a week now...

maybe a fortnight... 

as this challenge is on for TWO WEEKS...

 

So lets see your scary stuff... 

 

Please go on over to Frilly and Funkie and create something to share with this challenge... it is fun and also allow your creative bones to create something...

 

Thanks for coming here to see the

SPOOKY HAUNTING HOUSE.

 

And also I would like to say thank you to all of you who leave these great comments on my blog... I really, really appreciate them all.. and read and cherish each one... 

 

Have a great and enjoyable and SAFE Halloween... 

Love, Light and Peace...

Bonnie 

 

 

The FLOURISH and the ROSE GIFT BOOK

I know you probably are so tired of hearing me say this...

 

BUT...

 

 

I HAD SO VERY MUCH FUN.... making this book... 

 

I think I am a frustrated little kid that loves to cut paper

Glue it...

Paint paper,

Cut it up...

Glue it...

and cut pictures and clip art up...

and GLUE IT...

Make pretty ribbons,

and tie them into bows... 

but I LOVE IT ALL... 

 

Do YOU???? 

 

See...  there are some out there that are holding their hands up screaming...

I DO.... I DO... 

 

I knew it.... well I had fun doing this...

 

This week-end I had my basket classes for the Kudzu basket making... what fun we all had... baskets were made by all and some were very unique while others were out of sight with different colors, of light and darker vines... some with bark, others stripped off...  so very pretty... all were outstanding... I love teaching and being part of this type of thing... it was glorious... 

 

So today I had the opportunity to create this little book in the peace and quiet of my studio... 

it was very rewarding and I had lots of fun...

 

So here it is...

 

 

 

This is the finished book... 

I will show you each section and also all the details etc... 

I love the colors... and the designs of each section... 

Don't forget this is a GIFT BOOK.... 

 

 

To start off with, my sweet husband had received a couple of books in the mail... this is the piece of corrugated that came in the books!!! 

Waste not, want not...  a good thing to practice...

I peeled off  the outside paper... to show all the beauty...

and then folded it... unevenly, so that the front was shorter than the back... 

 

I made this piece of paper this morning...

It is sort of a new technique... spun off of Pamellia Johnsons tehcnique... 

 

I will tell you a combo of what the two are...

Pamellia took the textured paste and put it onto paper,

used embossing powder and a heat gun to finish it ....

 

I did the same with black paper, textured paste, and purple embossing powder..

 

BUT then... 

I took my Versa Mark pad and ran it lightly over the textured paste that had been embossed with the purple... and added some Steam....  

 

then I did it again... 

this time adding Lettuce...  

 

then I did it again...

adding milled lavender... 

 

WOW... what fun... what colors... 

 

 

it got a little thick.. what an exciting feature...  the colors slipped into the area that had no texture paste... it just turned into a wonderful piece of paper... I really didn't want to cut it up... but hey... new rule... 

 

USE IT...

or you might not find it again.. .
LOL... 

TRUTH... sorry to say..  

With all this stenciling... I am also putting this into the
Simon Says Monday Challenge
which is all about stenciling... 
 

 

  

 

Hels Sheridan's challenge today...

Sunday Stamper... is to use a ROSE... 

so here are two...

 

 

And I snuck in a few little ones too...  can you see the little purple one... 

I used ribbon to cut the flower out... and then some stamen in the center...  love it... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used Tim's Tattered floral strip and used the leaves here...

I used a sort of new method on these... 

I colored them with ink on the work sheet, but then I rolled them up until they dried...  then I sort of unrolled them... leaving a lot of the paper curly, etc.. 

 

Can you see the embossing... love it.. 

 

 

 

 

finished cover.... 

 

Below are a few more closeups...  just love this cover... couldn't stop taking shots at different angles...  LOL... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay... now this is a GIFT BOOK... so what is the gift...

Well at Crafting with Dragonflies, the challenge is to make a gift card...  oh... not me...  I dont' give gift cards...  a gift check... yes...

so that is why I created this .... 

 

 

 

 

 

It is a Sizzix Die...  oh so very elegant... all by it's self...

Lovely and ELEGANT.. needs nothing else.. but I did put a little bow around its neck... it wanted to be dressed for the occasion...

 

I also made it into a pocket... by putting double sided tape down the two sides and across the bottom... thus a nice envelope... 

 

 

 

Then I made this to slip inside... and there is a arrow at the top... it is a little hard to see... up by my name...

it is purple... 

it says PULL UP...

 

A little tangling... too...

When you pull it out.. a folded check is there as the gift...

YES... GREAT GIFT... 

 

 

You know that I don't stop with one thing in a book.... don't you???

 

So onward...

 

I made a piece of paper... 8.5 x 11... using tim's method of coloring paper... ink onto my worksheet and then dragging the paper thru it...  oh what fun.. .then I add some other color if I desire it... this time I cut the paper in half... 

 

and made two envelope... no flaps... they just fit into the booklet cover... perfectly... wow... I am getting good with this measuring thingy... 

 

I use to draw a lot of digital images and sell them.. this is the wreath...  I printed it, colored it, cut it out and glued it onto the pocket... a pretty K and Co butterfly... 

 

 

 

And on the other pocket front, I put a die cut/embossed paper by Cuttlebug and then put this cute little bird on there... it was stamped...

 but when???

by WHO???? 

BUT I did watercolor it... 

and then cut it out... 

 

When you look at the edges of the book... this is what you see...  so now I will show you all the goodies... 

 

 

The inside flap... 

A little doily and inside the doily... which is used at a pocket here... 

 

Is another little fold up paper... I have the sizzix die for that too... but it has no name on it...  ????  but it is a square and has rounded half circles on the four edges... love it... 

 

 

I put a flower on one of the half circles... 

 

This is it all open... and as you can see I have foil butterfly stickers all over it... 

 

This is how it looks when it is all folded up...  I am going to use my stickers up too... I have tons of them... and I really love some of them... like these...

 

Also this little folder is only about 2x2 inches... and it can also hold a bill... or a check also...  but I have a little butterfly inside for right now... 

 

 

 

In between the two pockets is this little paper, with the bird in it... just a little pretty... nothing more or less... just because...

 

The next pocket is this...

that I showed up above... 

 

 

Inside each pocket, I have a tag... of course... 

Each tag was also a lot of fun... naturally it was... 

 

this one I put a doily on the top and then some Pickled Raspberry inked paper... with a little bit of purples...  but love the PR...

 

A Swirl, and Textured paste queen Anne's lace flower... and some Chit chat... 

 

The SWIRL...  over at

A VINTAGE  JOURNEY

the challenge is a SWIRL... 

Tim style swirl... 

 

 

 

That is the first tag... 

 

Then the second tag... 

 

Okay...  this one is a little bit different... 

 

The same textured paste with the same stencil... a little bit different color background...  but then a Just rite stamp... and the word LOVE stamped and under it ... YOURSELF...

 

You can't love, truly love someone else, with out loving and knowing your self FIRST...

 

Love yourself...

Love others will full intent... 

How very BEAUTIFUL... 

 

 

 

 

 

FINISHED

 

 

Now all I have to do, is to find a box to mail it in... LOL.. that will be the hardest part of the whole project...

 

But then again... the Post office has these great free boxes... that this will most likely fit into with extra space...  LOVE IT... 

 

Okay...

 

So first project of the week... 

three Challenges... 

A Vintage Journey

Sunday Stampers...

Crafting with Dragonflies... 

Simon Says Monday challenge 

 

Have a great week.. .and please check back here tomorrow for more challenges...

and Please dont' forget...

 

On THURSDAY...

I will be the GUEST DESIGNER over at

FRILLY AND FUNKIE...

hope you will take a look at what I have created for this one...

 

WOW is all I am going to say... 

 

thanks for stopping by today for a look see and a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

A FALL Journey in a card and Envelope

A Vintage Journey

 

I am not the least bit surprised to see a challenge at this time of year with the theme of

 

FALL

 

Fall is a wonderful time of year with all the beautiful colors, one trying to out do the next one...  almost every color in the rainbow is glistening with dew, brightly shining and magnificently displaying its final round of beauty... 

 

So to capture this.. I felt that I needed to really get my colors nice and clear so I had to think thru this one clearly to get

CLEAR COLORS... 

BRIGHT COLORS...

and a little hint of DEW on the leaves... 

 

So this is what I came up with...

 

I have to apologize that I forgot to take pictures from the very beginning...  but you will get the idea anyway... 

 

 

This is what my final piece looks like.. it is a card and the envelope... which will have to be sent in another envelope... as this one will NOT make it thru the postal systems... LOL..  anyway... you will see all the components as I go along... 

 

I am going to start off with the card... I had started to make the card and envelope and then remember the camera... so I spread out the card so you can see the paper...  I used a technique using clear embossing powder, with layers and layers of stamping and inking in between... I hope to do this with a tutorial some day... I love doing this for each and every season...  just a really unique technique and you always get fun and pretty results... 

 

For this, I used Tim's leaf set of stamps...  and also Distress inks and round blending tools... you can get into areas that you normally would not get into with the little round ones...  and with this technique you will need to do that... 

 

When the card is folded, this is the front, with the paper beads I made from some paper that I also colored with

RIPE PERSIMMON... 

and cleaned up the worksheet with my ribbon... and added some mustard seed and also a little tiny bit of vintage photo...  

 

I attached a few leaves... which I made from Tim's Tattered Leaf Die Template...  love it... quick and easy and tons of leaves.. then I just have to have fun coloring them... a little spritz here and there.. and you have instant pretty leaves... 

 

I did edge them all with some browns... and also some greens...  

 

  

 

Down in the lower left corner I stamped this stamp which is from Just Rite...  love their stamps too... 

 

AUTUMN

the year's last,

loveliest smile... 

 

I love the purple... which shows up better in the camera than it does in real life... LOVE IT all...  The leaves on this look almost transparent....  and the colors are vivid... just like I wanted them... 

 

The front of the card... I also attached a leaf which is shown on the front and goes into the inside of the card... 

 

 

The inside of the card...  with a few leaves... that sort of got blown into the center... 

 

My favorite fall saying... 

 

EVERYONE MUST TAKE TIME TO

SIT AND WATCH

THE LEAVES TURN...

 

Have you ever done that... it is amazing... it takes a long long time...  LOL... 

 

The envelope...

I had already glued the envelope together... I should also tell you that I made the piece of paper 8.5 x 11 with these leaves while it was an entire sheet...  I then folded it in half and tore it... not cut it... tore it...  thus the ragged edge... also I couldn't find my scissors... and wanted to see the papers... oh yes... I love it...  Added some words to the envelope.. 

 

and also some Pickled raspberry... and I was HAPPY... 

 

Here is a close up of the leaves... you can see the embossed areas... 

 

I have told you that I love to make papers... so this on my inking area table... and so I stamped a pumpkin from Tim's set... and then started to color with the Distress markers...  but I didn't have the RIPE PERSIMMON

that I wanted... so I used a brush and distress stain on my worksheet and finished coloring the pumpkin.. 

 

All finished... 

 

 

I cut it out... a little too much as you can see here...

but on the envelope no one will ever see it... except YOU.. 

 

I added a few more leaves, and also the word AUTUMN from some of Tim's stickers... and a piece of raffia...  all done...

When I went to glue this all down... and piece of cheese cloth got stuck to my fingers... (Too much glue on my fingers...) and it wanted to go into the arrangement... so I let it...  and that is it... 

 

When the card is in the envelope... the top leaves stick out... I love that... so does the ribbon with the beads... 

 

The envelope alone.. 

 

The card and envelope... 

as you can see the leaves are out...  just adding to the

fall arrangement... 

 

On A Vintage Journey the design team has really done a fantastic display of wonderfully FALL items... you have to go take a look see...  lots of eye candy... and so many pretties... go to each site... as you will get 100's of ideas for your fall cards, books and fun...  it is exciting... and really hope to see your piece in the LINK... 

 

Thanks for stopping by here for a visit...  as I really appreciate you coming by...  and also love all the sweet loving comments you leave too...  I cherish them all..

 

Have a fun fall season... and see you later with more goodies..

 

Also... please check back here on Thursday the 25th of Septmeber  ... as I will be the guest designer on FRILLY AND FUNKIE...

 

oh my goodness what will it be this time... 

I am excited to share it with you... so please check it out here...  and on Frilly and Funkie...

 

 

Thanks again for all your love and support... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie