McLain Plaid

Today is really Tuesday... but the DIVA needed to take a break... great going Laura... I think it is a super good idea... when you need a break... your inner self is talking to you and YOU listened... super good...  besides.... Change is A GOOD THING... for everyone... 

So today... the DIVA has asked us to do the plaid thingy... 

Weekly Challenge #180: "UMT - MacDee by Anneke Van Dam"

Last week's Bijou challenge was so much fun!  i'm so glad you all enjoyed it.  This week is the Use My Tangle challenge, and this week's tangle to try out is called "MacDee" you can see the step-outs here

 

 

LOL... I love it... last week was fun and Bijou still is hanging around here.. I guess because I have so many snails around...  he feels good and at home... not a problem for me... that is for sure... 

 

Okay... my last name is McLain... use to be MacLain three generations ago... but all things get changed around as time goes on... don't they..???  (My maiden name was also Scottish...  Bonnie Prince Nelson...)  so I carry a lot of the Scots blood in me... that is for sure... on all sides of my heritage...  so I know what the Mac Lain plaid is... but I went on line and found this really stunning picture of the plaid... as I didn't feel like going and digging out the kilts, etc... so here is the plaid..

 

 

OMG... when I was on this site... they had womens GOWNS... and I fell in love with this gal's dress and the whole thing... the background etc... 

 

Now if you really study this picture... it is the SAME plaid as I have shown you above... it is just that the reds are muted etc... but I wanted to show both of these features...oh my... 

 

Well I knew it was going to be a long tangling day... but that is okay... I had made our gluten free muffins and they were cooling.. lunch was ready when Glenn comes back with some firewood... fall is on the way... so I was pretty comfy and ready for a nice morning... 

 

The sky got really dark and the heavens let loose... lots and lots of rain... but that is okay... Glenn got the tractor into a garage and was okay... no lightening hit him... etc... a terrifying thing in the mountains... 

 

Okay... back to tangling... I get so carried away...

 

FOCUS...

 

So here is my thought.. .I wanted to do a plaid fabric in the background... 

 

 

AND a ruffle at the bottom of this fabric...

 

AND also a brooch... 

holding the skirt up... but I wanted it tucked underneath...

 

No wrinkling of the fabric... I knew that would drive me crazy... so I kept that even... and the ruffle... good I know what I am going to do...  or do I???? 

 

 

Here is the way it turned out...

 

 

 

My plaid didn't come out like the blue of the dress... at all.. not enough colored pencils... LOL..

 

But I do like it... hey I spent the better part of my day doing this...

but I wouldn't do another plaid like this.. .that is for sure...

 

 

But the medallion is nice..

 

I did have fun creating this... and that is really all that matters to me...  Learning lessons about life, me and my art...

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope that you have a fun time with this tangle too...

 

Have a GREAT day...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

 

 

 

A LITTLE Tangling...

Monday.... and it is DIVA day... and I am also adding on to the challenge today... Anything But a CARD...  Both challenges took me all morning to do... LOL... as I got really into this with all my heart....

I Am the Diva.... I love Bijou... of course I do... anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE SNAILS.... it was a trademark in college... and I still love them... a 'few' years later..  so Bijou was an instant success in my heart... now as for the 2X2inch tiles... yikes... I usually love to work LARGE... more room to tangle.. .but 2X2... I grabbed a .o1 pen... and started to play...  and all of a sudden... Laura, You were right...  I had quite a few done... and I chose a few and made a BLOCK... I love it... these are to remind me to follow certain things in life... will keep it on my desk... thanks...

Okay... and this week on Anything BUT a CARD... also had the theme of tangling... a Tisket a Tangle...  so I thought I would combine these two challenges...  As I already made something else too... 

it is all down below...

 

This block measures 3X3 square... and I love it...

Each side of course is different... 

 

I added some words, as I LOVE yours Maria...  they are really outstanding... as all of your work/play is... love it... 

 

Rick... I love paradox too... a fav of course... 

 

Auroknot is always a fun tangle for me... so I HAD to try it in a 2 x 2 inch square... when you actually make a frame... you are working in a space of about 1.5 square...  tiny little lines... one at a time...  I gave Bijou a little tiny friend...  LOL.. 

Just so that you can see the cube... 
I LOVE it... 

 

 

I have a friend that just started to tangle... and so I thought I would make her a journal to tangle into... so this is it..

 

Front tangle a little closer... 

 

Top half of the piece... called a TIA...

Ycut is the main tangle... with Girlande around the edges of the entire piece... 

 

One of my FAVORITE tangles is called the Purk... I love it...  and I added some Mooka...  I love making and creating with tangles... so this challenge was a really fun one for me to do...

 

The lower half of the piece... and I did sign it... small as it is...  really tiny...

 

On the inside of the journal, I put a pocket so that she can keep something in there... not a pen... put a special piece or something... 

 

So that is my tangling for the day... hope you enjoy it... and I also hope that I am able to get around to all of you on the DIVA challenge this week... last week was a blur...  also please check out ANYTHING BUT A CARD challenges... 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and thanks also for all the GREAT comments... I always appreciate them... and read them all... of course... 

 

Please stop by both challenges and see all the GREAT things that are being made and created...

 

Have a SUPER DUPER day and week...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

A JOURNALING Day for SURE!!!

Today is Monday... a lot of fun things happen around here on a Monday...  today in the way we farm, it is a good day to ferment veggies... so I made 10 Liters of Kraut, 10 Liters of Kim Chi and 10 Liters of GARLIC DILL PICKLES... YUmmmmm I took a class a few years ago with Sandor Katz (the king of fermentation)  and he makes it all so simple... so I love to do these things... and we feel so very much better when we eat fermented veggies...  anyway... that has really taken most of my day... but in between I have been playing... not a whole lot... but bits and pieces...  and this is what happened...

 

As I go along with these pictures you will see how the whole picture came together...  bits and pieces... 

I wanted to do the challenge A  Vintage Journey... so

JUST STAIN IT

was the theme... and so I thought and thought... had a few ideas.. and then the journal came into my mind.. .I have to admit... I have not been journaling for about a year now... just too busy etc. etc...

anyway... I wanted to get back into that... so I am going to do it with this JUST STAIN IT...  yes sir!!!!  

Well because my stains are on my worktable always handy it was just what colors to use... so I used a variety of them... as I wasn't really sure exactly where I was going...  just to have fun.. main goal... 

I think I used about 8 different colors... it is a hard decision .. there are too many that I love...  so I just turned the lazy Susan and where it stopped... I used that one...  just that simple... 

 

I would make it all go together anyway... so not a big deal... and they are all yummy so again... not a big deal... 

The sayings are the hardest to pick...

This one is special...

LIFE IS THE SUM OF ALL

YOUR

CHOICES. 

How very true...  sometimes we don't want to admit that... but it is 100% true... 

 

okay... moving on..

 

Simon Monday is all ABOUT J's... so I thought on that for a minute too... and JOURNAL.. Journey, Jams...  oh my goodness get out of the kitchen now... you are playing in the studio... 

Well a Butterfly jam???  meaning a lot of them in one place... ???  Okay... stretching it  a little bit too much... we will go with JOURNAL... 

 

Of course being Monday.. it is Zen Tangle Day...  OMG... no meditation today... up too early getting things ready for the fermentations... and also bean processing... and then Glenn picked a couple more gallons of Blue Berries... too much going on... no meditation.. .but I want to tangle... so I did... on my journal page...

The challenge today was to use your initials and pick out two tangles to represent you...  so I did that too..  Me2 and one that begins with a B that has flowers... LOL.. you know me... it has to have flowers... 

 

Just wanted to show you how my page is coming along...  so far...  that is ..

 

 

I love maple seeds.. and my husband will always collect some for me to use in my art... so I have used some... but always reserve some too...

 

 

Well... I love butterflies... and love them flying and everything that a butterflies does is fine with me...  so I wanted to show as many ways as possible with a butterfly on these pages.. so I thought about embossing them too... Well low and behold... two challenges ask for EMBOSSING... of any kind... this is the dry embossing, but the dragonfly is WET... with my new Texture Paste... love that stuff... I have almost used half a jar... need to get more NOW... don't like withdrawel...  of any kind... 

 

So this is for Simon Wednesday blog  (Emboss it! ) and also for Craft Hoarders (Who's the Boss!)   

 

A better view of my tangle for today... 

 

After taking pictures of my journal page... I didnt' like the way it looked... so I went back and mixed up some Textured paste with some Distress dyes and added these little hexagons all over the place... I made this stencil from Tim's Template... love to do that... and they are so fun and easy...

 

Closeups of those areas.. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This word is very meaning ful to me... I had a speech teacher in college that use to stand up in front of the class and lecture for hours... with her eyes closed and half of us would sneak out...  anyway... her favorite thing to lecture about was OBSERVING... how very important it is all the time...  have you ever observed something you use all the time... would you be able to tell me what a pencil really looks like.. you know the yellow one, with 8 sides... and the little gold band... and the band generally also has another color on it too.. etc etc...  what words are on the pencil... OBSERVE... 

So it was a reminder for me...

 

Journaling is a diary for the artist to explore the inner and outer happenings in their life.. so this is mine for today...

I did forget to put some kraut on there... but it will not be ready for a few days... so sorry about that... LOL..

 

Thanks for taking a look and stopping by for a visit...  also I love all the comments you leave and read each and everyone... as I cherish them... thanks again to all of you. 

 

hope you have a wonderful evening and also day...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie    

Truffles

This week we have a very NEW face and also young face as the hostess to this I AM THE DIVA challenge..  And she has also created this Tangle as part of her Certification process to be a CZT...  congrats... and lots of love with tangling... 

So this morning after seeing this new tangle, I did my early morning cores... and then meditated and then tangled...  LOL.. it is almost noon here... and still have morning chores.. oh well.. life is like that at times... just going along at a merry pace... .


So here is my TIA for the week...

 

No color this week...  just black and white... have a few bushel basket of beans that I am canning and 20 quarts of blue berries to get finished today... phew..  a few things... but had to tangle and also have a few other challenges today as well... maybe that is... 

 

I like this tangle... reminds me of the tangle Roller coaster... a favorite...  I really didnt' take the time to add tangles in the spaces... time limits... but might try it later when time is a little bit more lucid...  LOL... 

 

Thanks for taking a look see and for the comments...  I try and get around to as many blogs as possible... but just dont' seem to get to all of them... 

 

Have a super wonderful day... and enjoy it all...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

WATER. WATER and more water... not enough water...

I never would have thought that I could combine these two challenges... they are totally opposite... BUT... low and behold... today I am doing just that... 

On Mondays I do my Zentangle Challenge... with, I am the DIVA and the challenge this week is to create something with B.Y.O.B.  (bring your own Beverage)   and so that is pretty easy for me... WATER...  WATER and More WATER... 

and also SIMON MONDAY CHALLENGE... All about a FACE...

Okay... they really didn't click with me either... but I wanted to make a special card for my Son and DIL... and so I created this picture... I started it on Sunday night... way prior to the challenges being announced...  So after looking on Monday to the challenges... I was surprised to see that this would really fit into both of these challenges... so I finished the picture off with tangling and then colored it my INKTENSE colored pencils... and then scanned it, printed and made this card... 

Okay... I am trying to work thru which part to show you first... so I guess I will show you the front of the card first...  such decisions to make!!!! 

 

This is the front of the card... do you see the face peeking out at you????? it is there...  you will see it better in a minute. 

I made the paper with distress inks and my worksheet.... and then stamped and die cut all the other pieces... coloring them with distress pens and inks.   

 

when you open the card... this is on the top part of the card... the large seahorse and the turtle are stamps and die cuts and they were colored and then glued onto the paper, that again I made from white cardstock, distress inks and stamps... 

 

Here is the SPECIAL INSIDE of the card..  my Zen tangle also for the week...  water, water and more water...  a mermaid with her new little one...  with all the sea critters with her loving the new little baby... 

 

The border is a Martha Stewart sea punch set... and the background paper again, white cardstock, distress inks and stamps... love making special papers that way... so much fun and they really make the card look GREAT.. 

 

The back side of the card... another piece of Bonnie paper... 

 

Here is a close-up of the TIA for the week... 

in all her glory... 

 

I tried to keep with the theme of ocean dwelling 'tangles' like purk, mooka, and all the other ones...  click on any of the pictures to see them larger... 

They just had a baby boy on July 3rd... and I wanted to make a send them a special card...

 

My favorite drink is WATER...  cant' get enough of it... we all need to drink nice CLEAN water...  no fluoride, no chemicals... just nice CLEAN WATER... my drink of all times... 

 

Our son loves Mermaids... so I had to do this mermaid for him... as this is his mermaid and their little one...  Love it..

 

Hope that both groups of people from the two different challenges enjoy this piece... I know that it is entirely different than you are use to... 

 

I had to do it... and I hope you like it...

 

Have a super wonderful day...  create with all your heart... and enjoy it... and thanks again for stopping by for a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

 

CRUX is that lilke the crux of the matter???

Today being Monday... it is a ZEN day... time to do my zentangling...  I am the Diva asked us today to do the tangle CRUX...  so here is what I did... 

 

I use to really be a traditional zentangler... but I have to say that even though it takes a lot longer to compete a tangle... I had to do this today...  Today was not an easy day... we have not had phone in over a week...  we have no cell phone... and our son and daughter in law had their baby... so we didn't even know until 12 hours later...  I tried to get Skype in prior to this whole thing... and couldn't ... but worked on it that night until I finally at 4 am got it into the computer...  ugh... so this has been the week of trials and errors... but we did get to see our newest little grandson ... and he is adorable...  no name as of yet... but he will soon... precious little bundle... 8.5 pounds... 

 

Okay.. so back to tangling...  I love this... it was a fun tangle... but not going to be on the top of my list... I have to say that... maybe if I fool around with it a bit longer... it might come up a little over mid way...  I dont' like the rigidity of blocks... like to free wing it... like I did with this PURK... the traveling PURK... love doing this.. 

 

There are 6 different colors of browns in each bead and also yellow... compulsive??? Not at all... LOL..  but I had to do this... I also used four different sets of colored pencils to get the effect I really wanted... and it took me over ... well lets just say a long time...  long, long, long time... but I do love it.. I had to add the flower to soften this ... as the colors were a little too dark for me...  hope you enjoy it... I really had fun doing it.. 

Because of all the tension and stuff with all kinds of phone things etc... I had to let loose and finally sat down to tangle to get free of all that stuff... tangling to me is a great release...  love it.. and this was in need of being finished... 

 

This is not finished... as I am going to try and add some color to this one... but thought I would share prior to the color being added... fun and games... 

 

Well I hope the rest of the week will be better and that all will calm down...  thanks so very much for all your lovely comments over the past few weeks... and I hope I have written back to you... if not, please check my last few blogs... thanks so very much... 

 

Thanks for stopping in for a visit too... and hope that you have a TANGLE day... one that is full of TANGLING and FUN...

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

I am the DIVA... layers of tangles this week...

This week Laura's son is sick... and I do hope he is feeling better soon Laura...  not fun working thru these things... for either you or the little one...  I am sending healing LOVE to you both.. 

So with that in mind... Laura asked Aimee to do the challenge this week... and she has called it SUPERIMPOSING STRINGs... 

Well I started by drawing two strings on my 5.5 X 8.5 inch paper... and then started to tangle... ooops... I forgot to take a picture of the two strings...  SO with that in mind... I thought... WELL I WILL JSUT COLOR THE TWO LAYERS DIFFERENTLY.... 

So one layer is in Violets and Pink... and the other (bottom layer ) is in Blues, turquoises, and multi greens...  I don't think you will be able to not see the layers...  and YES... I had fun again this week... YIPPPPPPP EEEEE ....  I love this... 

Color has really changed my all around again and the mojo is flowing heavy today... 

so with out any more ado... here it is...

 

I allowed the color to take me to places and tangle also... love doing that...  and also didn't create many different tangles.... but I did have fun..

 

DO you have Marie and Rick's Book... ???

Well I love it... and I used that to find some really different tangles that I wanted to use... otherwise I tend to use the same old ones... okay... so I love purk... and I know that I use that one a lot... but I LOVE IT.... what is a girl to do???  and I love mooka too...  but they had to go on here... LOL.. 

 

Anyway... hope you have fun with this challenge and enjoy it was much as I did... thanks Amiee for the challenge...  I really did enjoy it... 

 

Thank You for stopping by for a visit... and also thanks ahead for leaving a comment... I really do appreciate them all... each and every one of them... 

 

Have a wonderful night, day and week...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

More Diva Fun...

I have to say that I adored this challenge... and it was really a challenge for me... believe that or not...

I had tried colored Zentangles a few weeks ago... and really didn't care for it... but then I thought I had better try it for this challenge where we were to shake it up a bit... which I did... and I fell in love with the results...  (Laura this was one of the best ever challenges... Loved it... 100%)   Check out I am the DIVA here.. 

So here are a few more I did some time this week????

My husband and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary yesterday... and so for some reason I forgot to post... LOL... 

But here they are... enjoy and love to all of you... have a wonderful week-end... 

Love, Light and peace..Bonnie 


I had inked these papers a long time prior to the tangling of these papers... they are both the same size...  4.25 X 11 inches...  enjoy...  I DID... that is for sure... 

 

 

 

2nd one...  entirely different...