The White Witch

This morning I got up and had quite a few assorted things to do... and so I was a little frustrated not to be able to walk into the studio and play... then I had a few friends come over for eggs, and also to buy some cards, papers, and other goodies...  so it wasn't until about 3 that I FINALLY got into the studio to PLAY... YEAH... finally is okay... I did have a good time... so that is okay too... 

I had a few challenges that I wanted to address... and so here is what I made... 

 

I had so very much fun making this 'box' and then covering it and filling it...  oh wait until you see it all..

 

First off.. I saw a box that Anna-Karin made last week...  and since I love to make boxes... I put it onto my ' Note to Self' list to make someday...  well I didnt' realize that it was going to happen so quickly... but it did... I really love it...  so I sort of fashioned this one after it...

 

AND then my Friend...  Astrid MacLean 

from A Vintage Journey.... well she did this great tutorial this week...

 

If you like or LOVE vintage... you had better take a look see... her tutorial is fantastic... so I wanted to try her techniques... even though I didn't have all the right colors of distress paints, I had fun with it... 

 

Of course this is my project.. so it looks different than both of these..... as you can see... 

 

 

 

One of the challenges that I created this for is

The KRAFT JOURNAL

and the challenge is to always use Kraft paper...

and then this time it was also to PUNCH...   

I used an EKSuccess pumpkin punch...

and then I rusted it with

Distress Vintage Photo embossing powder...

love it... 

rough and old looking.....

 

Okay... as you can see the White Witches hat also... she is the BEST and only kind of witch...  she is in tune with nature... loves plants, critters and protects them all...

Helps people to heal with herbs naturally and consoles the spirit with love...  the white witch is a GOOD WITCH... 

Oh... you knew that from the Wizard of OZ... the good white witch helped Dorothy get home...  of course... 

 

I used a few stencils... this one is Tim's... called splatter... and I think it looks like a spider web...  and of course all the spiders are now building huge webs... catching as much as they can for the long winter months ahead... 

 

I used Willow, Aqua and a little Espresso Adirondack acrylic paints to create this...  Love the technique Astrid... thanks so very much for the GREAT tutorial... I love it and have it saved to my hard drive...  truth...  love it.. 

 

I needed to close the 'box' so I also had a challenge to use BUTTONS.... 

 

The Craft Hoarders Anonymous... 

Wow since I have been doing these challenges I have really started to clean up my studio and get things into order, so that I can find things and USE them... so many old things that need to be used... 

 

BUTTONS it was to close this box... 

 

The back of the box... I used a Dyan Reaveley Stencil for this area... and then of course some of tim's tissue tape...  great stuff... 

 

Of course the box opens... 

 

to reveal more stenciling... and birds flying out of the box... 

 

 

 

and down at the bottom... the front of the box opens... 

 

to reveal BRIGHT COLORS of FALL... 

 

 

 

Here is the inside of the box... 

assorted papers that I found today in my Halloween STASH... which is now totally organized and cleaned out... all the junk has gone into a bag that will go to others for their enjoyment...  papers, stickers, skeletons, all kinds of goodies... 

Tissue tape really gives you the opportunity to hide things too..  a knot from the button being sewn onto the front... 

 

Another challenge...

called

Simon Says Monday...

The challenge over there...  

WITCH KRAFT!!!!  

Well I just so happen to be in luck...  LOL... 

I used KRAFT paper... and also have a witch  on duty too... 

 

This is the first tag for this box... I will put a few more in here... there is actually room for 8... if I leave off some of the bulky things... LOL..   

 

A few little flowers using Tim's Tatterd floral mini die... and some dyed ribbon... 

 

Same die cut... just a larger flower...

The background... oh wow...

Do you remember this Embossing folder... almost every card in my stamping group had this embossing folder some how used on the card... LOL.. it was THE folder to have that year...  I loved it and had to honor it today with this tag... 

 

I also added a TIM stamped pumpkin and a few rust little pumpkins... 

 

And another piece of punched paper... 

Green polka dots... 

 

Raffia... a little flair for the flower.. and a finishing touch.... 

 

I really had fun with this project... and the

WHITE WITCH

will be back to add more tags soon...

have to wait for an addition...

 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit... and I have to say a super great THANK YOU to all of you who leave me sweet nothings... I love them all.. and cherish each word... 

 

Hope you have a super great day... use some older tools you have around your craft room or studio and honor yourself and your toys... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Vintage Suitcases

A few weeks ago, I was chosen by Frilly and Funkie to be a Guest Designer.  What a wonderful honor to be chosen and to do a special project for you all to see.. I so hope that you totally enjoy all I have to share with you... Please go over to see my other pictures and write up over at Frilly and Funkie Site.  And stop by this GREAT store too while you are there... lots of goodies...  

When I was asked to do this project the theme given to me was VINTAGE TRAVEL.... so I instantly thought of my suitcases... I love making them... and have taught this class often.  Each person always adds so very much of themselves to their suitcase... making it uniquely theirs..  What fun is that!!!  

So here are a few that I have made...

This is the one I made for today... 

 

On this suitcase, I decided that I wanted a dual look... as when I did research on Vintage suitcases, I was shocked to see so very many different types and I wanted to make them all...  Oh how many can one person have???  So I thought it thru and came up with this one...  now for the papers...  Well Tim Holtz was the first place to stop...  and low and behold... look at this piece of paper... perfect for the vintage suitcase!!! 

 

 

Of course I had to add some WORDS...  so my Remnant Rubs worked out perfectly for this application...  even on the tag... 

And the corners... perfect Ideology for any vintage traveler's suitcase.   

 

Since this suitcase is more masculine, I had to add some tools to this man's travel... I know my hubby always has to travel with his favorite tools... just in case he might need to fix something along the journey...  This suitcase again is for a world wide traveler... with maps of the world on the inside...  Again some of Tim's Papers.... 

 

Now this is the back of the suitcase... during those years people were given decals to put on their suitcases and this was even popular when I was in college...  maybe it still today... not really sure, as I don't travel like that anymore...  have a farm is enough of a daily JOURNEY for me... 

 

Anyway... this is a very well used and traveled suitcase... and again it is a Tim paper...  and the word JOURNEY... it is again a Remnant Rub...  Using a tape measure for a strap around the suitcase and also the corners for the suitcase were all trimmings from Tim Holtz again...  love that ideology... 

 

Okay...  so if you know me at all.. .you know that I am very prolific... and have to have choices and all kinds of pretty and fun things around me... so I had to also do a feminine suitcase too... 

 

This is the top of the suitcase and I used seam binding that I dyed to match this paper etc... and braided it to create the handles of this suitcase.  Sheet music was used for the corners of the suitcase. 

 

 

I used a piece of Tim's paper for the body of the suitcase... but started to embellish with flowers and things from Graphic 45's pad called Diary of a Woman. 

 

I used tissue tape from Tim... as it was so perfect to give the look of straps on the suitcase..  and another flower. 

 

More Ideology... yes I happen to be a huge fan of ideology... it just always works so well for my projects and things I need to play with... 

Now for the inside... wow I really started to have fun...  grabbed another paper from Graphic 45 and then went to town adding laces, trims, bows and even a little mirror on the top of the suitcase.. which was a must for the lady of that time...  On this vacation, she took a lot of pictures... (another Tim paper)  and was also the 1912 Fashion plate...  LOL...  so much fun. 

 

I also had to make a little book for the inside of this suitcase...

 

 

 

This of course is all Graphic 45 papers and embellishments... so cute... and each page has a pocket for each day of the vacation... and the pictures for that day are in the pocket... 

 

 

Of course a little write is due too... and there is room on these pages... the pages are a paper from Tim and it is the days of the week... how perfect for a weeks trip someplace... 

 

 

Now since I love to make these... here are some others I have made in the past... 

The other two you just saw are 4X5 inches... and 2 inches deep...   the top one here... the blue one is only 3x4... much smaller and so cute...  love all sizes... and you really can make these any size you desire... as they are simple to make.  once you have made the first one... that is... 

 

This was a special one I made... made out of Suede cloth paper...  so your hands had to be CLEAN at all times... and if you had any glue the suede cloth would pick it up... I was amazed that I was able to do it... not only once... but I made two like this... with matching books... 

 

Of course you can embellish these anyway that you choose to do so... with catches... etc... I also embossed the suede cloth here so that it looked like a special leather... 

 

 

 

For those that LOVE Tim's papers... I know you know this one..  all the license plates... how special for a trip... 

 

I used dyed ribbon for the handles here... 

 

My Mother had traveled all over the world... and I one birthday I really didn't know what to make her... at 93 it is difficult... and so I made this little suitcase and the book inside... I made it for each country and state in the US that she had been to... she was ecstatic with this special little gift...  loved it and showed (of course) all her friends what I had made for her... and.... where she had traveled in her life...  I used K and Co paper on this box...   

 

I made this one in a class...  nothing really amazing.. but I did use plain white paper and stamped using 6x6 stamps...  loved it...  (at the time...) 

 

 

Had to share this little folder book with you that I made for the blue suitcase... it has seahorses all over it... (done with texture paste...)  Love it... still has some more embellishments to go... and hopefully I will be able to use this for a challenge soon!!!  Maybe not...  but I did have fun making the book... again Graphic 45 papers.. 

 

So there you have a VINTAGE TRAVLER, as I see it... 

I could have made a tag, or a card... but wanted something special for all of you... so I do hope you have enjoyed this...  I love making these special little suitcases as presents, and for special people...  hope maybe you will too...

 

Have a wonderful day... and thanks so much for stopping by for a visit... hope to see you again soon...

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

DREAMS.... Love them, don't you???

SUNDAY STAMPER.... Okay... Hels has really had a rough week this past week... a tummy virus and that is not fun in the summer months... She should really have taken it easy today as well.. but she did a challenge for us... so who am I not to do it...  better get busy I said...  and so I created this card set... 

 

I really love making these sets... it is a small card with a cute envelope... and then a larger one made from Wall paper to fit the other envelope into...  I love it...  just so formal in an unformal way...  if you know what I mean... 

 

 

 

I don't know about you... but so many things I make I have to keep... I just cant get rid of them... they are part of me...  LOL... and this one I love... bits and pieces of paper that are all special... and I love this Just Rite stamp...  and that pink butterfly!!!  Well I just most likely will save this one... unless I really need to send it to someone really special... which might happen also...

 

 

it says.... embrace your DREAMS... I am a firm believer of this...  all dreams to me are very important and special... If I could remember them all, I would have a huge journal...

 

 

 

These envelopes are a great way for me to use up SOME of the papers that I love to make....they are just the right size...  and they are so much fun to make and decorate... this one has one of the medallions that I love to make and use...  and then some cute rub ons from Ranger...  love them too.. 

 

Well.... that is my DREAM entry Hels... and my one WISH for this week is that you are feeling so much better that you will be ready to run the mile by tomorrow morning when you get up...  So take care and get better .... 

 

Thank YOU for stopping by here for a visit... and thank you all so very much for all the lovely comments you have been sending me on my blog and also in my e-mails... I appreciate each and every one of them... 

 

Have a wonderful day, evening, what ever, where ever you are... and I will see you tomorrow sometime with a few more challenges... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Framing the Ancestors

This time on Compendium of Curiosities 3 we are creating Painted Industrial ... which I really call Faux Metal... and I happen to LOVE creating it...  wow... you will see some old things that I had done in the past with this GREAT method... as I really love doing it...

For all the details and also all the EYE CANDY... please go to the site  to see it all...  I really think you should grab some toys and join in on the fun...  Tim's books are for sale on the site above... and in other places... but that and join in on the creations every other week...  what fun.  I love doing these challenges, as it keeps me on my toes...  and I love to see what I come up with... and also what everyone else does too... 

Here is mine for this challenge... 

 

So many times a family forgets where they came from... so I am leaving tid bits around so that our kids can understand who people were in their ancestry...  

 

This is a picture of my Husbands Grandparents... I am looking for the book (family blood line book, which I can't seem to find right now???  ) 

They were married around 1890....  yikes... that is a long time ago... 

 

Anyway... they had four children ...

Nellie and Alton McLain 

 

I wanted to do something special for this picture... as it is really such a LOVELY picture for the time it was taken...  her dress is so very pretty...  and I wanted to show that to the fullest... also the room that this was taken in... 

 

The frame is also a shadow box... about an inch deep.. and you will see why in a minute... 

I used the Faux Metal and created a frame and then also using the die cut, three times with chipboard and once with the faux metal...  to make a thick frame...  I guess you have to look very closely to see that... but the oval frame is raised...  and the back piece is against the panel...  The panel is a piece of paper from the Wallflower collection of paper... love that paper... 

 

I create faux metal flowers too...  and used alcohol ink on them... I didn't want a bright color flower... so I used a pearl white and then put mushroom dye on top of that...  I think they look a little vintage... which is what I was tying to create...  since this picture was well over 100 years ago... LOL...   

 

 

I put one on the top too...  smaller flower... these were cut from the Tattered Floral die strip by tim...  I have had that one for a long time... and really just started to use it a lot... love all the different flowers on that strip...  and of course the leaves...

 

So here is a closeup of the frame... 

 

I had to make this picture lighter, so you could see the ribbon and the little locket in the box... 

 

 

 

In here are the names, marriage date, birthdays of the 4 children and it will be kept with this picture... hopefully one day, someone will cherish this as I do.. 

 

 

 

NOW... here are some other items that I have made in the past with this WONDERFUL technique... I really do love this technique... and do use it a lot.. 

A frame...  the flower is embossed with the color... 

 

I made this for my Mom's 93rd birthday...  she just recently passed, and I hope that I will get this box back...  I love the different looks you can get with this technique...  that is why I am showing all these... 

Well you know me... more is always better... LOL.. .so here are a few of the boxes I have made... one year, I made all the men a box for Christmas... with a nice gift inside of it...  love it... the girls got the flower ones...

So Thanks to Linda Ledbetter and THE CREW...  for all the inspiration and love that they give to each of these challenges...  and also to all the people that give wonderful prizes... like Tim, Mario and Inspiration Emporium... thank you one and all... you are all great... I love all these super duper challenges... 

Hope you all will take a look over at the site   so you can see all the wonderful eye candy...  really some really good ART... 

Have a wonderful day and be creative...  Thanks for stopping by for a visit.. and see you tomorrow with more challenges and more fun...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Stencil it.... BLUE ON BLUE

WOW... I just realized that this is a TIM HOLTZ tag... LOL... everything on it is TIM....  love it... anyway... This is another entry for Country View Challenges...  please look at the Dragonfly entry for all the info on this site... I just found this today... and love it... thanks to a good friend... Also put this into the Mixed Media Challenge... which is a brand new challenge...   

So here is the tag... 

 

BLUE ON BLUE 

This background is made using Distress inks and stamps by Tim...  then I used a die cut to create the butterflies.. and I will tell you all about that in a second... 

 

 

I love butterflies and wanted a stencil with a TIM butterfly...  so I took a piece of plastic from a package and die cut it with the Butterfly... 

This was my new STENCIL... 

I could use my textured paste and create all kinds of butterflies... I think I spent a whole day... making butterflies and painting them too...  but what fun it is..  I LOVE BUTTERFLIES... 

 

Okay... so I cut about 40 butterflies out of paper... and then while I was waiting for the texture paste to dry I colored some butterflies... a little ink right from the mini ink pads... perfect... and then some distress pens and a white pen... makes really lovely butterflies... I doubled them up... to make it look like they are flying... 

 

 

 

 

So one of the butterflies landed on a tag that I had crackled... And that tag is in a pocket... on the edge of the pocket, I took some tissue paper of Tim's... Music score and made a ruffle from a strip of the tissue paper...  just gathered it onto some red line tape... love that stuff too... holds just about everything where you desire it to STAY... 

 

Put a little dyed ribbon and hung an enameled word plaque and then used some Remnant rub ons for the words and butterflies...   Okay... another yeah... I love these little rub ones... I love them especially for little books... and also for small little areas where you want to add a word... like on this enameled plaque...  there are two butterflies and also the words FLY AWAY...  all on a little tiny tag... how wonderful is that...   

 

 

So once the tag is out... you can see it is crackled... it had some really huge air bubbles... and so I had to let it dry too long for the project I was working on... so it went into a pile of use later things... and here it is...  with a huge white butterfly on it... with some texture paste...  I didn't smooth the butterfly out... I love them sort of rough looking and very textured... 

 

The little blue butterfly is layered and both are painted with the mini ink pads and then some black and white ink pens...  

 

a closeup... 

 

 

Using the stencil I made from the die cut, I created a bunch of white butterflies... and they needed some coloring... so here is one...  the coloring is done with distress pens and a waterbrush and then straight  distress pens for the stronger lines... 

 

 

 

Just so you can see the texture on these butterflies... love it..  nice and chunky... 

 

Well that is it for now...  hope you all have a wonderful evening, and a great day... play with full gusto and enjoy it all..

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope to see you soon..

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie