A Little Loaf Pan

In life, one thing leads to the next to the next to the next... LOL... it happens to most of us... and that is what this is all about... 

I love die cuts...  Punches, inks, oh... okay.. I love it all... but I do love my dies...  of all kinds...  so one day I was checking out the Sizzix web site... and then it took me to Eileen Hull's  Art with Heart Challenge...  and oh my goodness a challenge... 

Well I had to do it... as I love die's, love challenges and love all the pretties I can make with different challenges...  so I was in... 

In December I decided to also do Frilly and Funkie challenge of the 12 days of Christmas...  and I had so very much fun doing it...  it was a real challenge... as my time was so very limiting at that time... but it was fun... and also entered some of the tags and projects into Eileen's challenge for the month of December...  Oh ... I won... I won the little loaf pan die... yippppeeee yeay... 

Eileen sent me a very special one... one that went on the road trip with her... and it is even signed... love it Eileen... I will cherish it... 

Okay... now the fun started... to make things with this new little die... which by the way.. is not so little...  biggest one I own... I love it... made quite a few...  made some into baskets and some into a little loaf pan with some cookies as a gift... but I wanted to create something a little bit different... back to the drawing board... 

This is what I created... 

 

I cut two of the loaf pans... and then I made some really specials papers with textured stencils and stamping...  and covered the loaf pans... then I glued the two together... one being upside down...  to create a wonderful little table arrangement... 

 

 

 

A couple of little knobs for either side... for a very finished look...  and some flowers... 

 

The flowers are made from my favorite media... baby wipes...  LOL... best thing going... clean up, let dry and then cut for your flowers... 

 

The largest flower is made with a Sizzix heart die... that has to be at least 100 years old... LOL.. one of the first ones I bought...  about 11 years ago...  a little red die... only about 2.5 x 1.5 in size... an oldie...

 

I tied some ribbon that I died to match the flowers and tied that in the middle of the two loaf pans... and had a wonderful table arrangement...  a couple of candles and it is perfect... 

BUT... I never stop at one thing...  I wanted something else to balance this ... so I made this little bird house, drawer and BIRD...  I love this little bird... it is also an Eileen Hull die cut...  it has wings on both sides and so it can fly... really fly... LOL...  how do you think it landed on the house and another one is one the loaf pans...  ??? 



More baby wipe flowers...  more fun... more ribbons and bows... and other than the bird... all graphic 45 papers... 

the bird is made from paper that I created with dyes... 

 

So there you have my little spring in January... a beginning of spring that will soon be here... our chickens are starting to breed which means we will have little ones before we know it... and the seeds have been ordered and we will be planting soon too... 

 

Hope you have gotten your loaf pan die... I also have a few other things I am going to try with it... and will share when they are done... 

 

thanks EILEEN for the Special die of this loaf pan...

and I have enjoyed playing with it... 

Hope you all have a very special day, week-end and the first month of the year is almost gone...  yikes... where ever does the time go... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...

Bonnie 

#12 12 Days Of Christmas Tags... the last one...

Tag #12... of the 12 Days of Christmas

Oh.... I so don't want this to stop...

but Christmas is almost here...

not many days left...

are you ready???

 

Sunday is Solstice and

the shortest day of the year...

a day when we celebrate the light

and the dark of the day...

so on Monday the 22nd of December

we will be celebrating again

 

the return of the longer days..

and summer will in 6 months in full bloom.

Wow..

Time does fly when you are having FUN.

 

So

here is my last tag...

or my 12th DAY....

 

These last 11 days and this project have all been created for the Funkie Junkie's

12 Days of Christmas Challenge...

and for that challenge Linda has created a tag, 

which is absolutely WONDERFUL... 

of a window, wreath and peeking inside the warm and toasty home,

Oh what fun... 

so... 

My Inspiration...
from Linda's Tag is

The WREATH, The Window,

and the POINSETTIAS!!!! 

I had to go with a feeling that I had from the first tag I created, that I wanted to make a Poinsettia wreath... 

Finally I would be able to do that with this beautiful tag of Linda's....

I knew it would be a certain way... 

and it came out just the way I wanted it... 

 

So here it is...     

 

 

This is my little scene...

This is not large..

The wreath is only 4 inches in Diameter ...

The deer, it is about 3 inches...

but more on the deer later..

The little tree about 3 inches...

SMALL little scene.  and PINK... 

 

 

 

I will write about things as I go along..

and hopefully make this as short as possible... 

 

 

 

I received my Christmas trees, and they were squashed...

so I had to use a few of them in different ways..

One way, was to cut off the squashed section,

and put it into a box...

Voila'

so I made a 1.5 inch little box, and colored it...

and put my tree in it...

and then decorated it...

lots of liquid pearls,

and distress essences... 

had fun...

wet and gooey but okay..

it will dry...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cut out 12 deer using chip board.

and glued them all together...

to create my deer...

I then embossed it with Adirondack Mushroom

and then attached the rusted star...

it is real metal... rusted... love it... 

 

Looking down on the scene 

 

Okay... my wreath...

Oh how much fun I had making this delightful

little wreath...

Thank You so very much Linda, for making a wreath the last challenge...

Oh... I totally enjoyed making this...

holding it,

moving it around to see it in all different lights...

it is really soft and sweet in all ways...

 

I used a circle frame, from the dollar store package of paper mache frames...  nothing special other than it was a circle, stronger than what I could make, and also colored GREEN... which I put on the back...

 

Okay.. now to decorate this..

Stamper Sunday Challenge...

create using a book theme...

a page of a book etc...

so the bottom layer on this wreath...

a row of poinsettias cut from book pages...

and then colored a very pale green...

Love the softness of that...

 

Then I started to make the poinsettias..

I used the Sizzix die cut of Poinsettias

 by Tim and used only the small flower...

 

This is also going into the Challenge over at Eileen Hull's

Sizzix Art with Heart... 

 

So my poinsettias were cut out of many different things...

coffee filters that were colored pale pink,

baby wipes that were pink, pale pickled raspberry, white, and even a few that had yellows, greens and browns on them...

each one very carefully chosen and then cut out...

then made into a small poinsettia...

with a JINGLE BELL in the center of it..

Carefully glued in place, along with some mistletoe berries, a little twig and of course some rock candy goo...  love that stuff...

I think I used three bottles on this project...

what do you think...???

I think I love the stuff..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My little sled.. started out like any wooden object that we get our hands onto... it was once a light tan wood...

now it weighs four times what it did...

and it has a fence glued to it... and a bunch of sticks for firewood,

and of course tons of glitter, glitter glues, rock candy and you name it... 

All ready for the wreath to be laid onto it...

I didn't glue it down,

as I think about putting it away at the end of winter...

and want the wreath to be pretty next year too...

 

 

On clear little pebbles

 

 

Hanging on black board. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yes... each flower also got some rock candy,

and some other goodies... LOL... what fun I had

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My finished project...

 

 

It is going in a very special place... and will be shown on the glass with the clear little pebbles...

I love it...

hope that you enjoy it as much as I am going to... 

I wanted a delicate wreath... and I got it...

I might even put this with my little white village...

You never know...

 

 

 

 

Remember the other day... I made my tag box???

Well here it is with my tags all in it...

 

 

 

 

The Christmas side of the box... 

 

The angelic side of the box...

my favorite actually...

 

It is sitting right here in front of me...

and as I type I am loving it more and more...

It will go into our den soon...

but for now...

it is sitting here being admired... 

Please make sure you go to the FUNKIE JUNKIE

and see all the wonderful work of all that are creating these

12 days of Christmas Tags,

and also go and view the

 FUNKIE JUNKIE BOUTIQUE….

Lots of fun there too… wow…

you name it…

It is a wonderland all unto it’s self…

I have finished all 12 tags, and hope that you have seen them all... and enjoy each and every part of each tag...
they were made with lots of love so that it would vibrate out to you during this season of LOVE...
I drew this yesterday for you to enjoy too...

Thanks again for all the love you all have given to me in comments and personal letters... I truly appreciate them all...
Hope you have the best ever holiday, and enjoy your family, friends and community around you...


Love to all of you.
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

#3 Twelve Days of Christmas Tag

I REALLY enjoyed making this tag.... I have wanted to make a Christmas Angel and I finally did...  this one was fun, challenging and also I love it dearly...  I think I will make a few more... giving them as Birthday presents to a few of my closer friends... 

Oh are you waiting to see her..???? 

Here she is in all her GLORY....


 

 

These tags are made for the 12 DAYS of Christmas tags Challenge that The Funkie Junkie is having... have you been there yet to see all the pretties that everyone is creating????

 Better go and see them... it is also so much fun to create these tags, and have an inspiration  for each and everyone of these tags...  that is the fun part for me...  I can make tags all day long... but doing them from someone else's ideas... that is another story... 

so today my inspiration was the SNOWFLAKES..... and the muted background...

I love it Linda... 

Linda is the FUNKIE JUNKIE...

and she has created all these inspirational tags

and the challenge...

and is also awarding some lucky person a wonderful shopping spree in her store...

WOW... what a fun time this is... 

 

Love it Linda... 

 

Okay.. back onto my part...

to create something special for me... 

 

 This inspiration was really deep…

 but I wanted to create something that was dimensional also…  and the snowflake alone was not going to satisfy me enough…

so I thought about an angel with a snowflake… 

and here is what I came up with…  

 

On My tag,

I wanted the  blueness of the snow tag…

but wanted to show a different end of the snow… 

 so my Angel is the angel of LOVE…

and has the stars and the moon in her body… 

also the plant life is there… 

she has the snow on her wings though… 

and all tied together with a blue bow… 

and the stars are in the sky…

looks like it might snow tonight…

what do you think??? 

Hopefully not here in North Carolina... 

or near here... too warm now ...  up in the 60's today. 

This is also being entered into

Art with HEART December...  Eileen Hulls' Challenge 

which is to use Sizzix dies...

 the snowflake in her hand/wing is a Sizzix die... 

 layered a few times... love it...

of course a little glitter too... 

 

I love her…

 she is like a little elfin peeking

thru the wings of her body… 

With her wings wide open to send LOVE TO YOU 

The stars are cute out and a layer is under of GOLD paper

 

 

Well how do you like her??? 

I had so very much fun with making her...

and designing her skirt...

you could use rubberstamps,

 or zentangles,

 or anything...

so very much fun...

think I will make quite a few more... 

Maybe even sell them on ETSY... 

Hope you have been on my store...

I really would love to have you visit... 

Just click on the top pictures on the right hand column... 

enjoy...

 

Thanks for stopping by today ... and hope you will come back later... I am playing all day again today...  yippppeeeeee

You might see more later... I am on a roll... 

HAVING FUN LINDA...

 

Please make sure you go to the FUNKIE JUNKIE

and see all the wonderful work of all that are creating these

12 days of Christmas Tags,

and also go and view the

 FUNKIE JUNKIE BOUTIQUE….

Lots of fun there too… wow…

you name it…

It is a wonderland all unto it’s self…

 

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie