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     

 

 

 

CC3Challege.... Soar with the Angels

Today is the first challenge of Compendium of Curiosities 3... and I was very excited to hear about this challenge, as I love using all my Tim Holtz 'toys' and goodies... and also I love doing nice challenges... also I finally was able to obtain HIGH SPEED INTERNET...  So I am so very excited about that...  it use to take me over 2 hours to get 5-6 pictures up on my blog... and towards the end I couldn't even get onto my blog... so my life was becoming very limited on line... but NOW.. wow... what a new world has opened up before my eyes... It would take hours to download a new blog or website... and most were impossible to do, as there were too many pictures on them... so I am so very happy in many ways to be able to join in on this challenge... and others too I might add... 

Well this challenge is unique.... you can find all the answers to all your questions... HERE     Linda is so very GREAT to do this challenge and this year she has added a whole crew of talented and great people from all over the world to help with this challenge...  what a great person she is... Yeah for Linda and the CREW...  I am really looking forward to this challenge every other week... 

Okay... so here is my piece using this weeks challenge... 

 

 

This is my finished piece... but I will go into each section with as many details as I can remember...  you see when I start to create I create.. and not too much stands in my way...  as far as color names, products etc... I PLAY and have FUN...  main goal.. 

 

 

 

I started off with my marbleized paper as per Tim's directions oh how to make marbleized paper... that was so very much fun, and I had to use up all the 'stuff' on my sheet that I made over 10 pieces of paper...  oh wow... not to worry I will use them all... but this was my very favorite one...  so I went over to my other table to proceed with the creation..... mind you.. each table is totally covered in debris at this time... what a lovely mess I made... 

 

I have to tell you that this piece will be put into a scrapbook that I am making of my mother growing up...  there are so very many cute and wonderful pictures of her... I need to do that for her...

 

My mother just passed into the next experience on February 8th of this year...  she was 94 years young... she had some physical problems... but was full of life in so many ways... she wanted to create more of her art every day... it became a huge frustration for her as the days went by... she was almost blind, (macular degeneration) and yet wanted to make flowers, and make cards for friends and others...  but just couldn't see at all.. 

I should tell you that her name was Vivian Prince Riley Nelson  and her mom was Eva Mae Prince Riley...  who was a very loved woman in many places all over the east coast of the USA...  she grew up in Maine, went to college in Boston, and then got married and off to Florida where she opened a music school to teach others how to play the piano.... she had made her debut in Carnegie Hall NYC when she was first out of college...  a very proud, Victorian woman.  I loved her dearly as my Nana and mentor in life in so many ways. 

 

This tag represents so much of what I am writing about...  for those who are actually reading this... 

The ANGEL is looking over them all the time...  (to create the angel, I used Picket fence distress stain on my stamp and then stamped over it with Gathered twigs... )   love the look I got doing this...

 

The chicken wire is a stamp... 

 (of course it is TIMS...  what do you think ??? )  

and it represents the fact that they were both able to learn a lot in life and move onto the next experience.. where they are hopefully very happy and creating again...  My Nana was a wiz in the kitchen... making a cake with a pinch of this and a handful of that... and then would go out and work on a handmade dress with a lace collar that she had made too...  so very talented... 

 

 

This little bird is not just a simple little bird.. 

First off I put some frosted film onto a piece of recycled plastic from something... and on the back after it was cut out with the bird and cage die set...  I used my alcohol inks to color it...  I have a palette and used my solution pen to get the stroke marks on the birds body...love it...  how cute is that saucy little one... 

 

The bird stands for my Mom and Nana's love of birds... pretty colored birds that they would love to look at...  both were fascinated with the colors, flying ability of the bird and also loved to feed them. 

I used a Cabinet die cut to make the 'frame' and then used an embossing folder to create the design on it... one of TIM's folders.. but the name sort of escapes me at the moment... LOL... I think it is about 8 years old or sooooooo .... 

 

I put some butterfly wings in the back of my Mom who was about 2 years old at this time... so this picture is about 92 years old... and my Nana was about 28 years old...  but I am not really sure about that age.. would have to look it up... ??? 

 

Anyway... I put the butterflies behind them to show that they were part of the angles who protect me in my everyday life here on the Earth Mother...  and they do soar quite a lot... as they are kept busy in so many ways... 

The flowers I made with some of the marbleized papers that I had created... YEAH... you see I already have used some of it...  and then I attached some Rock Candy Distress Glitter to the flowers... had to show the glittery side of my Mom and Nana...  and the little pink bow... one of their favorite colors...  My Mom also loved Green... but really loved all colors.. my Nana loved Navy and blues the best of all... 

 

The little lace at the bottom of the frame... is only about 60 years old...  LOL... I have a small bolt of it left.. from my Nana's sewing... 

 

But I made the flowers yellow and pink... I have to tell you that the colors I chose to use on this piece were Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint and worn Lipstick... as they were the only distress paints that I had...  I had loaned a bunch of my other paints to a friend for the week-end... not thinking that I would be using them for this challenge...  LOL...  so it was a tough one... not my favorite colors together... but I do love the green and pink... 

 

The hand... is pointing to the word SENTIMENTAL... as this is sentimental for me...

 

 

So looking at the whole piece again... you will see two large wings... I love these wings and don't get to use them that often... but LOVE them...  a Tim Die Cut... 

 

And they are for the whole memory to be lifted high into the heavens to send love to My Mom and Nana whom I miss and love VERY VERY MUCH.... 

 

So that is the general idea of my ART for this challenge... I will be adding this piece to a page that will have other art on it...  I will post that when I do it... but it will be a while... that is for sure...

 

Hope you have enjoyed all of this... and that you join in on this wonderful challenge... 

 

Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit... and hope you have a WONDERFUL CREATIVE DAY....

 

Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie 

 

 

 

Memories

Today is the day of the challenge for Sunday Stamper... which takes place of course on your computer... but the person behind all this challenge is Hels Sheridan from UK...  a very funny and loving person... 

Well... I have to tell you a short story first... since I have been on line, (approx. 10 years now..)  I have been on DIAL UP... which if you don't know what that is, feel very blessed in all ways... it is where you have very little options and they are all very

S    L    O   W  

but it was the only way I could get onto the internet... so I choose it... LOL... what else is there??? 

 

Okay... so I went down to get my computer up dated since it was 4 years old... I wanted to get windows 7 on it... so I could use both my computers the same...  LOL... my desk top (the 4 year old one) was unable to be changed over, as I would loose all my art programs in it...  and so I decided to keep that... and also if I kelp that computer as it was, it wasn't going to be able to stay on line after April 8th... due to the inability to talk to the dial up... so I had to think about what to do... all these other programs that every one had were not available around here... but finally after talking to one of our neighbors, we found out about a company that had satellite service that was available in the mountains...  so now I have

HIGH SPEED INTERNET  

 

and I am so very happy.... I love it... I was having trouble getting a picture up on line... it would take about 1 hour to get ONE small picture up... and then the line would disconnect from what ever... now I can get 7-8 large pictures up in a minute or less... and I am able to join back into my favorite groups... become social on Facebook and see Pinterest for the first time ever... and also run all my blogs and classes... so I am loving this in so many ways... 

 

 

 

So now here is another challenge... ( the first I did was Tim's Tag... )...  had to try that one again too... and also the new challenge starting on Saturday over at Linda Ledbetters... better go check that out if you haven't...  Linda and a whole CREW of really GREAT gals are all going to be giving challenges out every other week... what fun is that going to be...  They will be using Tim's newest book... Compendium of Curiosities #3...  yikes... love them all.. they are a must for any one really interested in learning new and exciting things... 

 

 

 

Okay... enough words .... now for my creation...

 

Hels Challenge today was to use a technique by the famous WENDY Vecchi.... and also the theme of Memories are made of this....  what fun is that... 

 

Again.. I have a story...

 

 

Every year in the winter months we decide what we are going to plant on the farm.... (we have an organic farm... with chickens and lots of veggies... ) 

 

So about three years ago we planted WATERMELONs... which I happen to LOVE...  These were Orange fruit on the inside and very very sweet.... called Orangelo...  anyway... they started to grow and grow and all of a sudden Glenn told me that we had about 60 or so watermelons about the size of a basket ball... (this variety grows ROUND)   so we started to eat them... we love them for breakfast.. so each morning Glenn would bring over one for us enjoy... all of a sudden... he noticed that they had small holes in each one... like a deer took a polite little nibble out of each one of the melons...  (we have way too many deer around our farm... ) 

 

 

Oh these melons were so very delicious.... and they were being eaten by the DEER????!!!!   Well this was going to have to STOP...  Glenn brought over a few to show me... and I said to him... these are not from DEER... that is from a BIRD.... a CROW.... or many CROWS.....  And so we went out of the house and all the crows started to scream... warning the ones that were eating the watermelon to GET OUT OF THE GARDEN... the human is coming back again...  LOL... they would do that everytime he would start to walk over there...  he finally had to pull all the plants up and let them finish growing in the shed on the vines with no soil etc... which only lasted a few days... and then we had to put them in the big refrig... they were delicious... but we lost a lot of them... so this tag is all about the crow and the WATERMELONS which are represented by all the roses on this slim long tag... 

 

 

 

Okay... I have a confession... I didn't have any other special Ranger paper left... boo hoo... so I had to use a piece of Glossy paper.. which really didn't work as well...  but I had fun with the background anyway... 

 

I used two of the newest colors of Wendy's.... Fern and Forget me Not...  love them both..  actually I love them all... I happen to really enjoy the intensity of the Archival line...  really wonderful for fabrics too... 

 

Anyway...  after creating the background... I had to STENCIL...

 

I happen to LOVE the dabber with the PEARL in it...  if I don't have 5-6 of  them on hand I feel lost...  it is so wonderful to use...  I never remember to clean out the tops.. .so I use a blending tool with a foam pad and have a blast...  here you can see the pearl used... 

 

 

 

AND HERE too... 

 

Here I used citrus up on the top right corner...  and some BLACK... 

 

You can see more here... but the area above the crow... not so well..  but it is used there... and that is the beauty of this color... now you see it... now you don't... 

 

I used a wonderful Tim Stamp...  for the saying... 

 

 

 

 

 

I even used some other things like Viva Inka Gold and I used some of the copper and gold on the background and also stenciled with it...  so much fun on a piece of paper that was only 3x8.5 inches... 

 

 

BUT THEN... I had to make some roses which were to represent the watermelons... 

 

 

So using my Tattered Pinecone die... I created some roses... I made a few using the whole rose... but then I also used one whole rose to make two roses...  like little buds...  added some greens, and some leaves... and also used Tim's new Honeycomb die.. .(love that one too... ) 

 

and used the Tissue Wrap to make a few smaller flowers... 

 

But I have to tell you... that they just didn't look the way I wanted them to look... so I heated up the old MELT POT... and dipped them in for a nice glossy look.... they actually look like they are porcelain...  love it... 

 

Before I let them dry.. I added some Rock Candy Glitter... oh so much fun...  just a littlebit.... as if I added too much.. it would change the vibrant color of the roses... 

 

Here is the final TAG...  or small picture...  not really sure where I will put this... or what I will do with it... but it will have a home of some kind... 

 

Close up of the tissue wrap flowers made with the dictionary paper... and dipped into the Melt pot...  with a thick UTEE...

 

Also a lovely piece of jute for the bow... 

 

If you look real close you will see the glitter on the roses... 

 

Here you will be able to see it even better... 

 

ANYWAY.... I did have a lovely time making this... but I also had a nice time on the deck... visited with my sweet hubby... talked to both our kids today... and enjoy the day 100% plus... 

 

Hope YOU did too... 

 

I would love to see others join in on the fun challenge every week...  it is so much fun to see what others create... I now can go around and visit other sites too... it use to take me so long to get onto a blog that I really lost interest in blogging all together... and finally cound't even get onto my own blog...  now I am here in full force...  and ready to PLAY plus... 

 

Have a great day today... enjoy it to the fullest... and CREATE something wonderful for YOU... 

 

Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie 



A Day in December

WOW.... I am back again... it has been a tour of many different types...  Since I was last here, I have done so very many different things and had fun and enjoyment in all kinds of ways... 

So I will share with you some of the things that I have made over the past months...  I have been busy getting ready for the boutiques held at the Agricultural Center in the center of Mill Springs...  it has been fun... and also a lot of planning on what to do, what to share etc...  but at this point I only have one more day down there... Saturday, and so I wanted to try and share these with you...  

These are some shadow boxes that I just had to make...  once I make something that I really love, I can't stop... and so I had to make a few more...  

 The Sleigh Ride...  of course I forgot to take a picture of this with the LIGHTS all on...  but the lantern lights up and of course there is a 'candle' in the window...I get a little carried away with all the details... but I think that is what makes each one so very unique... like the skates hanging on the sleigh...  and a cookie cutter heart on the edge of the box...  all fun things that we do at Christmas time...  

 

 This one is a little bit different... and the window does have a candle that lights up...  and the tree is all decorated with with pearls...  I love the mess of stars that the moose is hanging out in...  

 Another lantern in the scene... with a pearl decorated tree... and lots of crystals to represent snow...  PEACE on earth...  

 More lights, lanterns, pearls on the tree and a handpainted mural in the background.  all Christmas feelings ....  you just need the music to accompany these.   and it will be a lovely day for all..  

Have you ever bought something that YOU really didn't have any idea what you were going to use it for???  I generally dont' do that... I do have a general idea as to what I am going to do with most things I buy...  well this one package of paper was a real splurge... and it was bugging me... and finally I decided to make a set of a Never Ending Card, Eloquent Box and matching envelope out of it...  I think You might have seen this...  

 I just love this wonderful paper by Anna Griffin... her papers are so very eloquent and take you to another level of beautiful...   well... a lot of people fell in love with these...  and now have them as keepsakes, and also as presents for loved ones over the coming weeks...  so I decided to make some other sets, with a Never Ending Card, Envelope and box...  

Here are a few of the boxes...  sorry I can't show you all of them...  I just haven't taken pictures yet... 

 Holly and Glitter... oh my... what sheer delight in my heart...  I love it...  the Glitter is so very red... and it is just perfect for this floral bouquet on the top of this box...  the Never Ending card and Envelope of course match it... what a wonderful way to present a gift to someone special in your life...  

If you would like to have a set, please write to me... I will mail you out a set...  

 These Glittery balls are also a pretty sight...  with a soft bow on the top...  all so very light and pretty...  layered upon each other on this box top...  

I love pinecones, red bows, holly leaves.. and so another box... with all that on it... and a lot of LOVE!!!!  


I also have had another birthday since I last wrote on my blog... and am enjoying my 69th year on this earth walk.   So very much left to do, and my list keeps on getting longer and longer each day...  wow... will I ever get to the bottom???? I hope not...  
 


I just wanted to say something to all of those of you who have sent letters of inquiry about different things... Glenn and I have been sick with this flu/cold thing... it is really not something I want to share with anyone...  Glenn really had it much worse than I did...  with a touch of his old malaria acting up again too...  we have not been 'sick' for over 40 years... so this really took a tole on us... but we are back on the path again... and enjoying life.  Now if they would tell us that we would have a high speed internet connection we would be even happier... but hey...  life deals us what we need to experience...  right???  

Thanks so much for all your love and thoughts over the past few weeks...  I love you all.. . 

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday time... Merry Christmas, and celebrate the holidays to the fullest...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie