Sweet Pea Tags with RESIST! !

 Today being Sunday, I went on Ink on my fingers to see what Hels Sheridan had created... so many times I start on a project for this wonderful blog... but then something happens and I never get it posted... so this week I was determined to not only make something... but get it posted...  YEAH... I won... 

Okay...  the challenge was to made something with a RESIST of some type... oh how I love to do resists of all types... no matter what they are... I love to use them for tags, cards, scrapbook pages, papers, you name it... resist is so much fun... I love it... so the hardest part of this was .....which resist technique to use...  so I used the same one as Hels did...  with the dabber... I also got my Fall trio of colors.. and had made a set of tags a few days ago...  I love these colors... I didn't think I would love them as much as I do... and all together is really magnificent... love it...  
So on this tag... I started out with white dabber and then sponged on the Gathered Twig Distress ink... which I agree with you Hels.. .the pads are really juicy... and I dont' buy a pad without the re-inker... but did find ways to get the same mileage from just the pad...  

I created the paper for the flowers like you did with 'smearing' the ink pad on my work sheet... and then cut them out with Tim's 

 Tattered Floral die cut... love that too... 


I did use all three colors... on three separate sheets of cardstock... and did make a ton of flowers... didn't know which I would want to use... 

Then I made some seam binding ribbon with the pad... smearing it on the work sheet and then spritzing with water... and wiping it all up... love the look.. not deep not light... 
I made the little flowers, but sewing them... and wire in the green ribbon for some stiffness and body.. the little leaves.. well they are made and that is all I am going to say about them... at this point... 
I decided to use the Gathered Twigs flowers on the top... loved the look of them with the black stamen... 

On the bottom the 'Pinkish' colored flower, is also from the Seedless preserves... very very diluted... but it almost matches the Victorian Velvet on her dress and headpiece... which are accented with Distress Stickles... 

The background is very diluted Gathered Twigs and then a light brushing of Seedless Preserves... I just love these colors...  something that I generally would NEVER use... but tried to stick to the colors...  

I did dye the top ribbons with some Victorian Velvet, some antique linen and some other Mini misters that happened to jump into my hands...  so they are a real mixture of colors... LOL.. I did have a blast of fun with this tag... and hope that you enjoy it... 

The stamp is a Sweet Pea stamp... I think she is so sweet... and love the look of her... Thanks for stopping by... and also for any comments you leave... I love to read them... and really appreciate them greatly... 

Have a super great day... and for those across the pond... enjoy the day earlier... we will never catch up with you... but enjoy everything 6 hours later where I live... 

Thanks for the great challenge Hels... and I do look forward to joining in on more... even though I am on this fantastic thing called dial up  (NOT FUN!!!)  I try to get things done... and posted... I just have some trouble getting to some of the blogs with all the blinkies on the sidelines...  

Thanks again... 
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

Tim's New inks = new mess ! ! !

 Okay when I got my new Tim Holtz Fall SPECIAL colored Distress INKS... I had to create a mess to see what I really wanted to make.... I inked up papers, ribbons, spritzed with water, with mini misters that would match etc... I just had a lot of fun... 
Then I got down to some serious business... 


One sheet of paper that I had inked and stritzed with water, I cut into flowers for all these tags... and then added some stamen to some of them... 


Then I grabbed three tags, and inked them in all different ways... and also grabbed some crackle and crackled some paper to go with these.. even though I only used a couple of them... I still had fun... 


I grabbed my Sweet Pea stamps and colored them in to go with these wonderful inks... 

 It is not hard to use these colors... LOL.. they are wonderful for this time of year... it is like eating local and also in season... (I love to cook and eat healthy too... so excuse me if I bring in my other love... cooking)  These colors are so easy to use at this time of year... 
I took a piece of the ruffle from the trimmings ideology package and colored that Gathering Twig ( brown )  and love that....

 The purple looks a little pinkish... but it is a deep wonderful color...  I used it on the first tag above... with a foam pad... I love the color...  


Here you can see the crackle going on... but I used all the colors to color the tag its self!!!  Had fun with that... I love these colors anyway at this time of year... 


The ribbon was also dyed with them...  

 I used some of the distress stickles on this little nymph of the pumpkin patch .... I love them too.. .I guess you could safely say I love the Ranger Products... LOL... 


I used Spun sugar on the cats wings... and then all over the hat, and picked spiced marmalade for the pumpkins...  what fun I had making these ....

 Okay... then I got into a more serious background... I used an embossing folder and a tag.... and then with a foam pad, colored the pumpkins and background of the tag... then used an embossing PEN to color the leaves and vines ... then embossed with Shabby Shutters... love the texture of the leaves... so wonderful... of course you can't feel it... but you can with your eyes right???? 


I added some of the flowers... and then felt a need for more... so I added some that I colored with the purple pad... and from the trimmings package...

 Her wings I used Milled Lavender Distress stickles on them... and the ruffle on the bottom is from a very thin piece of brown paper bag... and I wrinkled it all up and glued it onto the bottom of the tag...  


I love this tag the best of all.. How about you... which one do you like the best???  


The little sayings on the bottom of each

tag are from a Tim Sheet of stamps... I think these are so cute... stamped a bunch and will use as I need them... 

How rich is that purple ink... can't think of the name of it.. but it is wonderfully deep and rich!!!  

What a lovely set if colors... thanks Tim.. thanks Ranger... love them.

Hope you have a wonderful day... and hope to see you come back for another visit tomorrow... thanks for stopping by today...  
Rainy looking here thank goodness... and hopefully a little of the wet stuff too... we certainly need it desperately...

A good day to play and create... have a fun one... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Christmas Fairy

Well Christmas is almost here... and the count down is going quickly... so I will share one last card prior to Christmas... and this one was created for my husband.... He loves these little fairies and sultry looking gals... so I made him this card... using this bewithcing one from Sweet Pea.... I love this one too...

Our daughter had an all white kitten named Crystal and she was a very very special one at that...

I used a lot of glitter on this card also... as the Challenge for Copic markers wants lots of SPARKLE!!!  So sparkle it is...
The Snowflakes all are in glitter adn also the bottom row of paper lace is all glittered...


A close up show it a little bit better...

Here you can see the glitter....and the gem stones in the center of the snowflakes...

Her Dress also has all kinds of gems dangling and also her had has gold bands... so the entire card is 'lite' up...

Glenn is so very funny, he loves all the cards I make, but loves the ones that he actually gets to keep... and he puts them all around the den .... and they can't be moved... so funny...

Glad he likes them though...

I have a few more cards to share with you... so come on back... as tomorrow a few more will go up... Have a  few challenges I want to do...so stay posted...

Have a fun day... and enjoy your last mintue chores getting ready for the big day... and thanks so very much for taking a few minutes to stop by for a visit...
If you are not a follower, I would love for you to join... as my pile of Blog Candy is getting larger and larger... I need a few more to start this give away... so please join... Love to have you see all the creations I create... Love, Light and Peace.. Bonnie

With Wings

With wings on my feet... I just wish I did have wings on my feet... yikes what I could get done.. can you imagine????

Oh well back to reality... now what really is reality???? I live everyday creating with paper all kinds of realities... and this is another reality of fantasy... a little precious kitten with wings... pinks ones no less... LOVE IT...
Of course it is real... I did it... I know and I can see it and feel it...

I also drew these flowers last night and then scanned them, and changed the colors, made them smaller and tiny... and did all kinds of fun things with them...

So they ended up on this challenge card for Sweet Pea Challenge... where something has to have wings... don't we all have wings... we just can't see them...

I also drew the leaves on the green paper.... and used a gold gel pen for the accents... love to doodle and draw...

Also after hours of trying different types of picture taking... I finally took this picture in total darkness... can you believe that ... and then took it into Photo Adobe and lightened it up... so I have been having fun in many directions... Hope that you like this... and enjoy the flowers at this time of year... I personally love flowers all the time... not just when they are blooming outside... they bloom all year long in my life... LOL...

Have a fun day... totally enjoy... and thanks for stopping by for a visit... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

A busy day in the Fall...

Oh yesterday Glenn and I went up to Mount Mitchell... which is the highest point East of the Mississippi River... it was a beautiful day... when we started out that it... but Mount Mitchell has it's own weather system... totally different to the rest of the state... LOL.. so we enjoyed the beautiful trees all the way up... when we started to get closer, the trees started to turn to more pines and balsams... so we had more greens than the yellows, oranges and browns... we saw lots of reds and trees with red berries... oh it was so very pretty...

We got to the top of the path way... and it started to rain... and the clouds came in, and we were not able to see anything at all... except for all the umbrellas of all the other people we walked up there with... it looked cloudy, and a little bit like rain... but it RAINED!!!!  Mount Mitchell weather 100%....So we came down... and started home... and the rain stopped!!!!  No we didn't turn around... we went  to Asheville to our favorite health food store and went shopping... then came home... it was a lovely day... and we slept GREAT!!! 

Okay... so today... I created a few more Digital images... you can see them on Pretties by Bonnie

but this is the card... You can see all the details and also the pumpkin on the insdie by just clicking and going to see it... the images are for sale also... you only have to click and they will be sent to you... so magical and easy...

I love the Pumpkin within a Pumpkin...
You see you use the Spellbinder Pumpkin and this image to create this fun card...

How much FUN!!!! 



Okay... then I wanted to do another card with a Tea Bag Medallion for a challenge... Oh Alice has  a challenge with tea bag folding... how perfect for me... so I made this card for that challenge...

The Medallion you can create... it is all there for you to learn... My CD's are for sale... and each CD has over 40 different folds to learn and use... and TONS of tiles and grids to print out all the tea bags you will ever need... Again a fun project... and also a learning fun project...

The pumpkins at the bottom of this card are from Ranger... created by Tim Holtz... there is also a cat and nine tail embossing too.. you will see that soon.. I have it embossed... just need to create the card!!!


Okay... I have one more card to share... this one is for a special person... and he will love it... I know he will ..

Anyway..so what do you think... you dont' even know him, but what man would love this kind of card???
So it is perfect for him...

What do you think???

Anyway... miss Autumn will grace him this week...

So this is what I have been up to since yesterday... what have you been doing???
Having fun with all these wonderful fall colors... and also this weather... love it... so wonderful..

Enjoy it all.. .

Thanks for stopping by... and also please check out the other two blogs and see the details on these cards... thanks for visiting and hope to see you tomorrow...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

A yellow day

Okay... when you get up in the morning do you think of a color??? This morning the sky was so very blue.. and a beautiful day out... we went for a ride... to enjoy the mountains that we live in... stopped by the health food store (where we shop) and then a nice ride home... when we got home I kept on thinking of YELLOW... the trees are starting to turn... YELLOW... oranges and of course browns... and I kept on seeing these wonderful YELLOWS... YELLOWS... and more YELLOWS... so I knew that I had to carry that into my art today...

A friend wanted to know how I used a particular border... so this is also to show her how I use the Fleur Di Lis borders... a little here and and little there kind of thing...

Okay... and then I had to make a sunflower from my poinsettia spellbinder also... and a little lacey window with my Cuttlebug Embossing plus folder... A Sweet Pea stamp that had sunflowers... all YELLOWS... love it.. of course my Twinkling H20's were on the paper  and I did use orange, reds and YELLOWS>.. you would have to peak under the sunflower girl...

Anyway... here they are..

Isn't she a sweetie... I love these stamps...
so innocent...

I sanded my paper to give that nice roughed up look of the Core Dimension paper gives you.. 

The little flower I made with a couple of layers of painted h20s paper...

Miss Sunflower princess is colored with markes, paints and a little stickles...

Now this one is a little bit different...
I used the Cuttlebug Lacey Window for my frame... vs the Fluer Di lis on the top card...

Also a piece of paper that is ages old... in fact it was printed by Provo... do you remember when they use to make paper???  a long time ago.. 

The sunflower... paper is H20 painted.. and the template is Spellbinder poinsettia...  love it..

Hope you enjoy these cards... and that you use your toyz... don't stash them... use them... yeah... me too.

Love the day... enjoy playing... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Purple Plus some

Oh how I love to do tea bag folding... I have a couple others if you scroll down that I did the other day... love to make the tiles, make up new folds the whole thing... And then when you add in some of the other things I love ... well I just go plain CRAZY!!!  Doesn't take much... a little Cuttlebug a LItte Tea Bag Folding.. a little stamping... and glitter... yikes... right off  the walls...

This card has them all on it...
I used the Cuttlebug Embossing Plus folder of Brocade Window... love that for the stenciling also... you lift the back flap and can stencil as your paper is in there... great effect...
You can get all your Cuttlebug and Cricut needs from Toyz 4 Paper at a really nice discount... take a look and see..
Okay... then I used this adorable Sweet Pea stamp... and painted her with H20's... and then this little butterfly was a prize this week... if you scroll down you will see all that I won at Flutter by Wednesday... so much fun...

Then of course a dear friend wrote me this morning... and said ... check out the Oh ALICE site... there is Tea Bag Folding on there... yikes... have to put this card up there... I made this card the other day and never got the wreath on it... it is all part of the Tea Cup Collection from the Queen of Englands 60th Anniversary... if you scroll down you will see the cup that I made the tea bag tile from... I did however change the color to match my Sweet Pea Fairy...

I had to add some Stickles to her wings... I think it is called fairy dust... anyway... she is so precious...
Hope that you all like her...

I am in the middle of making a couple of cards... and also an advent/house/calendar/fun project for our grandson this year... he is going to be 6 and old enough for this... I will show it to you when I am done with it...

Have a fun day... create with your heart and enjoy... Love, Light and Peace... 

Pumpkins and Colanders

Oh that is just the name of the NEWEST DIGITAL IMAGES that I just posted... you will have to go over to Pretties by Bonnie and see all the newest digital images...

I added a few cards too... I will post them here... but for all the details... please go over there... thanks a million... 

 Pumpkins .... embossing... playing and having FUN...


Just go over and see these fun embellishments that come right into your computer... all you have to do is print out the sheet... and you have six different pumpkins... two colanders.. and WORDS... wow...

Fairy among the pumpkins...  

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...

So many fun ways to use this fun sheet of digital images... I do hope you will enjoy these enough to take a trip over to Pretties by Bonnie and see the details of these cards... and also order the images...

Thanks again for stopping by... have a wonderful week-end... and enjoy these lovely fall days...

Fairy in the Pumpkin Patch

I love FALL... everything about it... the colors, the wonderful smells, the ending of one season and the beginning of another ... all of it is so great... it is a reminder that life is eternal  all around us... all the time..  Flow and ebb of all Nature...

So with that in mind... my little Pumpkin Fairy is here to say Hi...

Isn't she precious... like all faires that live on our farm... she is harvesting pumpkins in her own way... one at a time.. and choosing only the best for taking and keeping...

I love to see pumpkins growing... we didn't have any this year... we were way to dry... draught has been a very serious problem for us here on the farm...

Okay... this card... The little Fairy is by Sweet Pea... and this is also for a Sweet Pea challenge... and I used Cuttlebug folder of the Pumpkin patch in the background... and also Cuttlebug leaves... do you think I love Cuttlebug... I really do...

I painted both with Twinkling H20's... another favorite... I used clear embossing powder on the pumpkins to make them shine... I don't think you can see it in this picture.. .maybe the next one...

I used the Spellbinder Pumpkin set nd then painted them with H20's and accented with Stickles...  wow... love playing like this...

Here you can see here a little bit better up close and friendly...

She is really cute...
I used a lot of purples on her... but did use a little red on her berries.. I love the Bittersweet berries this time of year...

There are stars, fireflies in the skies behind here... created with Glitter...

The Kitten also has white enamal by Ranger on her... she is very textured... wow.. so smooth too..

On the bottom section of this easel card, I have used quite a few things... like the Lacey square... (which finally came in...)  and also some black Lace by Martha punches... and some trim with Liquid Pearls.. The limeade paper is Bazzill.. love it too..

The edges on the top and bottom of this card are distressed with the Tim Holtz distressor!!!!
What else...

Okay... so yes I did this card for a few challenges... and will take the time to link... Becuase I love these challenges...

Sweet Pea... to use orange, purple and GREEN!!!

Flutter by Wednesday...
Sparkle and Shimmer... with a fairy...

Creative Cottage...
Bling... my Liquid Pearls are shimmering as are the fireflies in the skies...

Crazy 4 Challenges ... colors orange, green, yellow, brown, black... they are all there... fall colors..  

So what do you think... Is this a fall card... can you smell fall yet??? Can you see it yet where you live... the dogwood trees have had all of their berries removed by the birds and squirells... and the leaves are starting to turn red... the oaks are losing their leaves... we will be raking soon...

Hope you hve enjoyed you stay here... thanks for stopping by for a visit... I really enjoy it when you stop by...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Snow Angel

Okay I know it is a little early for snow... and a Snow Angel.. but I wanted to do a purple card... I wanted to use this new Sweet Pea Stamp... I wanted to use my new Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes... so here is is...

Snow Angel of sweetness…  what a precious little thing she is too.  Wow… I love this stamp… Sweet Pea really does it nicely too.  Love these..  

I have to say prior to starting to how I made this card… that I only used WHITE CARDSTOCK!!!! 

Anyway I painted her with Twinkling H20’s… and then also used some markers and also my silver Gel pen… as a lot of these challenges wanted silver… so I used the real thing…

I also used something that I think you will love to play with too. Heating and Air conditioning tape… it is silver… a whole role is only a few bucks and will last a long long long time…  used it for all kinds of things… I ran mine thru the Cuttlebug snow narrow folder… and that is what is over on the left side…

I also used the snow flake semi frame from the Winter Wonderland series… you can order these from Toyz 4 Paper …

I used Ranger inks on them and then used my gel silver pen to accent areas I desired to show off the snow flake etc… then I added  some Elegant Flourishes by Tim Holtz’s die template… and used a silver pen to cover the white… and then added silver glitter… wow… Putting it all together adding gems and glitter where needed…

A real Snow Angel…  

Okay… this card is for a few challenges also …

#1.  Sweet Pea   Show us your dream…  I dream of purple… I love it… and love to use it… can you tell..

#2..Oh Alice… Card with a hole or window… like jumping down a HOLE!!!  Well my angel is in a snow window…

#3.  Flutter by Wednesday… I think I have put a card in this challenge everyday… I love things that fly… and flitter… these gals also always come by and leave such lovely messages… they are a super nice group of creative gals…

#4.  Crazy 4 Challenges …   BLING… lots of BLING… I think I have enough for the year..

#5.  Crafty HO Challenge…  a picture inspiration…

My water is just a little bit on the cold side… LOL… like frozen water… but the purple is there… I love this picture… 

#6.  Sentimental Sunday… Dimension… I have a lot of dimension… but not as much as normal… your challenge will get a few more from me this week… don’t worry.. the dimension on this is the flourishes, the gems and the frame around the Sweet Pea…

#7.  Paper Sundaes   …. Things with Wings… oh she has wings alright… pretty ones too..

#8.  On SCS Fun 4 All challenge #31  Scallops…

Thanks for taking a look today on my blog… I have a lot of seasonal fall cards below… and have been having a lot of fun creating them this season… hope you have enjoyed them..

We are having a rainy day today….thank goodness be… we certainly needed it… our soil has been so very dry that the plants have been screaming on the farm… so we are enjoying this today… also a good day to play with paper… lots of paper… paints, toyz and fun things… enjoy your day…

Love, Light and Peace…Bonnie

Dragonfly Fairy

Today has been a very trying one so far... The Blog has changed their picture up load... so I have to upload it into a album first and then transfer it into the blog... just another step... a little bit longer process... Why is it that computers were suppose to make our life easier??? and instead it has gone the other way??? Oh dear me...

Oh well.. enough complaining... here is the card I made this morning for a few challenges...

To me she is the Dragonfly Fairy... I love her... a new Sweet Pea Stamp to me... so very special.  all the flowers and the dragonflies... all the special things I love...

I am also very in love with Asian things... I know I never do any for the blog... but I will.. hold on...
These Sweet Pea Stamps sort of pull me there... so that is good.. .and I will get some Asian influence going on...

First off... I made the background paper with H20's... adn then using a 5x7 embossing Asian folder by Cuttlebug, I created the bamboo... and I painted it with h20's also... and then ran an ink pad over it... ranger of course...

I also created the purple paper behind the dragonfly fairy... H20's and then using a spellbinder, cut them out... The Sweet Pea stamp... I painted with my Twinkling H20's and also used some tombow markers...
Then I have these really elegant dragonfly stickers... and I used a few of them.. .

This card is slightly different than most... even though it is 5x 7... which 99% of my cards are... It is a gat card... look closely and you will see that it opens just a little bit beyond the bamboo...  Can you see the black paper?? that is where the card opens... fun and games... a little bit different and a little uniquely different to work with... I like doing that...

Okay... challenges...

#1   On Split Coast Stampers... F4A31... which stands for Fun 4 All 31 challenge... is to create scallops... which are behind the Dragonfly fairy...

#2..Flutterby Wednesday... wow... winged things... I have a few... the vellum is also dragonflies...


Then the sketch...

#3.  This is from Pixie Cottage and I used it yesterday and I loved it... so I am using it again today... that is why I opened the card where I did... I wanted to try something a little bit different with this great sketch.

Thanks...

#4.  Sweet Pea Challenge... this is their first challenge on their blog... so I wanted to create a few cards for them... the challenge is to show us your dream...
My Dream... I always wanted to go to Hong Kong and paint the people... I almost made it on the Ship Hope... but got married instead... glad I did.. My husband is well worth it... in all ways.  but I still love the Asian influences ... and love the people... they are so beautiful to me...

#5.  Stamping Vacation.... To use three things on their list... circle tag, string, vellum, string, frame, brad, black paper, eyelet, anything yellow, image with a building...  I hope to get to all these things prior to the end of the  month..  so today...  I used black paper, vellum, and circle tag, three more items...

#6.  The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge...
I am sure there are more challenges that this one fits into... but this is all that I have at this time..

#7.  Taylored Expressions Sketch is so similar... that I also entered there as well.. I love their work... so I will be going there often now... Thanks..  

I do hope that your day goes better than mine is... and that you have a wonderful day...
Take it easy... create something beautiful... and share it with someone... Thanks for stopping by for a visit and see you again really soon.. 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Buttlefly Meditation

Oh sometimes we have to look a little bit deeper to really know what is going on in ones mind... Especially when someone is in deep thought... like a meditation... especially with a butterfly... How precious is this one.. Love it...

Okay.. this card is only for a couple of challenges...

One is for Cute Care Thursday.. where you have to use a butterfly ...

Oh Alice wanted Mythical creatures... which this one is, with the purple hair... although I guess today... it is not mythical at all... but to me it is...

and


Then how about the sketch Challenge at Mojo MOnday.... Love it... that is what I used to create this card with...
I used the butterfly vs. the ribbon... as this card needed to be a little bit on the light weight side... even thought it is a huge card of 5.5X8.5... it will go nice and light...

The background on this card... I used a resist technique with twinklng H20's... and then some inks to accent where needed...

The punching... oh some of that fun punching... look under tutorials... on my blog here ... and you will find out how to create it... love doing them.. 

This card is also going into the Sweet Pea Challenge too..

So another card... another day.. .and more blogging... now for dinner, a little relaxation... a few friends to talk to... and then bed... which has been calling to me all day long...

Hope your day has been a good one... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

Kitten in Arms

Oh wow... I have so many things that this card is all about... YIKES... where do I ever begin... First off... I got my shipment of Sweet Pea Stamps today... oh there are so many GREAT ones.. love them all.. Hope you dont' get bored of these...as I love them... and I got a lot of them..

Then I have to say that our Mother kitten who has 4 little kittens herself... has moved them... along with BERT from MMTPT who moved hers also... from Texas to California... that was a move and a half... anyway... I also wanted to experiement with paper ruffles and folding... so I did some of that as the sketch sort of needed it... so that was an item taken off my to do list... yeah!!! 

I love the oval.. but this picture was a little too large for my spellbinder ovals... I am going to have to get the larger ones... oh dear me... more toyz!!!!  What a shame... so I used my Colluzzle... do you remember them.. I still use my from time to time... I use to live with it on my table... but now it is in a drawer close by...

The background is done with Kassie's Brocade folder by Cuttlebug.. love that folder... it is 5X 7... so it was perfect for this 5x7 card...

There are  few challenges that I have used it for...
Do you like the blue hair... I wanted to use one of these... and Betty's color challenge was not one that I could really use her.. so I colored her hair blue... not a big deal... I did another after this one with purple hair... I sort of like it..

CC289 at SCS Betty wanted us to use Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, and Cajun Craze... I am not really familiar with any of them... so I did the best I could.. Also to use stripes.. which the K and Co paper that I made the pleats with is striped... with white... You have to look closely... but it is striped!!!!

Over at Mother Marks' Tea Pot Tuesday... we had to do some Cats... as Bert Lady moved... and uprooted her two  kitties... shame on you Bert Lady...

The other SCS Challenge I used this for was Midnight Madness... Sketch Challenge.. 

So I guess I did that...

And then of course The Sweet Pea Challenge... which is to show a DREAM....
I would love to have my kittie back in my arms .... but she is in anothers arms... as she was out playing with coyotes about 10 years ago... and never made it home... I miss her greatly... but would like to have another one now... hopefully one of the little ones that is living out in the yard will become a house kittie... I would love it.. Someone told me the other day "You never own a cat... they own you."  How very very true... they own the whole yard, house and you and everyone in the house... all critters and really tolerate dogs, only to a point... LOL... I still miss my Moonbeam... she was a spiritual kittie is so many ways...

Well as life goes on.. I have one more card to post... and then must get on with the day... as I was suppose to have this all done about 4 hours ago.. LOL.. oh well..

Thanks so very much for stipping by... for a visit... and do so hope you come back for another one...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

What a Beautiful Day!!!!

What a beautiful day has been... it is on the cooler side... the sun is out... and not quite fall weather... but starting to feel like it... the trees are starting to get a little yellow on their leaves.. and the squirells are going crazy for anything they can find to store... We went up the mountain today to go food shopping and replenish some stock and when leaving our 'road' we saw a mother turkey and 9 babies.. wow ... so cute... they didn't know what our car was... but they hurried past it... and ran to Mama..  The yellow flowers that sort of look like a sunchoke or daisy... are all in bloom... millions upon millions of them all along the roads... they are so very pretty... the purple flowers will be popping soon... so pretty when the wild flowers talk to us...

So with that in mind... when I came home... the colors were racing in my mind... I had a lot of challenges to do, but I also wanted to get my husbands birthday card made... Tomorrow is our sons birthday... and I always like to have Glenn's done prior to that... so I HAD to make it...

Now you might be a little surprised as to what I created for him... and tell me that this is not a masculine card... My husband works very physically hard all day long... almost everyday of the week.. he is VERY MASCULINE.... but he also knows his feminine side of his being too... so he will LOVE this card with all the 'fluffy' colors... the glitter and ribbon... on yes... I didn't make it masculine at ALL...

Here it is... 

 

 Okay... he loves all the same colors I do... purples, blues, etc... I have to say green is his favorite... so the girl is in GREENS... He loves textures... and he will love this beautiful mermaid of a creature... a wonder to him in all ways...

I wanted to make this extra special for him, so I also did some different things..
Like I made the background paper with tissue papers...

I know that so many gals say to me... your cards are so very pretty.... BUT  I can't paint... you can do this, if you can glue and tear paper...

Here is what I did....
I started off with a piece of white cardstock.. .and I chose to make this card 6x6 .... so that is the size I used... but you can make a whole sheet so you have left over... I love left overs...

Then I diluted a glob of glue into some water... you can use any white glue... and gradually add water until it is thin... but not clear... you want the tissue paper to stay on the cardstock...

Then tear small pieces of tissue paper and start to cover the cardstock with it... I use a brush and just keep on doing it, until the sheet is filled...   Now I did take my Radient Rain (by Twinlking H20's) and splattered some all over the paper... just to make it look a little bit more different.. 

So that when it was finished it looked like this... I did use the heat gun to dry it... as I wanted to finish this card this afternoon... 

At the last minute I also flipped the edges that were hanging over onto the cardstock... so I didn't have to trim any of the edges of the 6x6 at all..

This is it... the way it was glued onto the front of the card...

I then used a couple of different pieces of paper that I did paint ... and cut them with the spellbinder... and then ran one thru my bubbles/pebbles folder by Cuttlebug... 

Of course the wonderful Mermaid is by Sweet Pea and I colored her with Twinkling H20's and also a Tombow marker here and there..  I also used some Stickles by Ranger here and there... on the butterflies etc... The large butterfly is one of my very favorite ways to create a butterfly... twinkling H20 paper that I have made with my paints... then Spellbinder with the butterfly die that has three Large, med and small.. Run it thru the Swiss Dot Folder by Cuttlebug... and pile them one on top of the other... then add some 'feelies' and you are done... my favorite butterfly...

As you can see aounrd the edges of the card, there is tissue paper that is not glued onto the cardstock.. it is a little bit on the shabby chic side too.. he will love this and by the time he finally puts it away I will be so sick of looking at this... believe me when I tell you that his Fathers day card and our anniversary cards are still up so he can see them... This will be up at least until Dec when the Christmas cards will start coming in...

On the background I also used 5 different colors of ribbon to give some more texture and add more color... also for the sketch design I needed it...

Now for all the challenges that this card is for...

#1  Stamp with Fun is where the sketch came from...     
over to the right...

#2  Sweet Pea Challenge with was to show your DREAM...
Well maybe this is not mine... but my husband and I are very very close... and this would be one of his dreams...  LOL... So does that count...??? 
Also I love to swim... and have always loved being way out in the water swimming and being alone... like a mermaid...

#3.... Oh Alice... this weeks challenge wants a mythical CREATURE.... or a crown... well she is mythical I guess... but my husband will say she is REAL....

 #4.  Flutter by Wednesday....    Of course a buttlerfly... and the buttons... ooops I forgot them... oh well maybe they are in the back of her...I just wanted to do a really nice butterfly for you all there... as I have not done one of these for your challenges...

#5.  Cute Card Thursday   on this challenge a Bird or a butterfly... so this is for Challenge #130

#6.  Craft Creations challenge 85  Music or Dance... well I want to tell you... she is certainly do a dance of some kind... and I did put music behind her...  It is stamped in black... my husband loves music... so it was a natural for this card...

#7.  The Secret Cratfer Saturday Challenge which is for ANYTHING GOES!!!!! 

So 7 Challenges for this card...

I have to try and get more challenges onto each card... but I also love doing cards... so that is okay too..

I know Glenn will love it.. and his birthday isn't until October 2... but that is not that far away... I am just glad I got it done in time.... LOL.. nothing like me not having one for him... that would be horrible... in many ways and on all levels...

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit.... please come back again.. and I really appreciate all the lovely loving comments y'all leave me... thanks so very much.. .Enjoy the rest of the day... and the evening...

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

In a Garden of Flowers I DREAM... on and on..

Oh what fun I had with this card... I lvoe these Sweet Pea stamps and their new challenge is up and going... so check it out... This card was a sheer pleasure to create... and to enjoy all the flowers and lovely colors...

I don' have much Turquoise in this card... but otherwise I have all my favorites... Love them all

Okay.. I think you can see what is on the card... I made the flowers ... the bottom lavender one is made with the Cuttlebug Quilling sets... check them out... I love mine... use them all the time... I also have a few sets left in Toyz 4 Paper  ... so check it out..

I painted the Fairy Princess of the FLOWERS with Twinkling H20's... and  I have to say I really enjoyed doing it the other night... it was nice and quiet in the house... Glenn was reading and I painted.. love that kind of time...

Okay,... now for all the challenges she is for..
1.  Sweet Pea Challenge #1  to show us YOUR Dream... my DREAM... is to be surrounded by flowers all the time... in all colors, shapes and sizes...

2.  Stamptacular Sunday Sketch #76... love it for this card... I didn't get the sentiment in words... but did in embellishments...

3.  Paper Sundaes challenge #35 was to use three embellishments... I used buttons, bows, butterfly, and flowers...

4.  Cute Daisy May Challenge for the month of September to pile on the flowers... check out their digital images on the side left panel... really some precious ones.. 

5.  Creative Belli Challenge   #100  to use three embellishments that begin with the letter B....
Butterfly, brass, buttons, bows,

6.  Flutter by Wednesday Challenge #122... to use buttons and also a fairy, or a butterfly anything with WINGS... I have a fairy and a butterfly...

7.  Cute Card Thursday Challenge 130  to use a butterfly or a bird...

So there you have it... 7 challenges on one card... what fun this is... how many for the next card???

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... I really love you stopping by and especially love all the comments... it really makes it so worth while... thanks a million..
Have a super day..  and please scroll down to see the other cards I have posted today and yesterday... thanks... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie