Poinsettias of PEACE

Well FINALLY I got some time to PLAY...  it has been rather hectic around here for the past couple of months... but I think we are starting to get back to normal little by little... 

 

LOL...

 

(can anyone really tell me what

NORMAL is in all reality??? )

 

Okay... so I played and

the INSPIRATION

was Hels Sheridan's

Sunday Stamper... 
and also
Simon Monday Challenge 

 

I wanted to do a little Christmas thingy... 

and so I did... 

 

It has a very earthy theme to it though... 

 

The White stands for the angelic forces

around us at all times in our daily lives... 

 

The Green is for the love and energy that we live from....

the plants give us the oxygen we need to

breathe and live,

and also the good veggies

that we ingest...   The living earth mother ...

 

The Brown background is

multi colored browns and

also GOLD

for the richness of our soils

that give us the life we are living... 

 

The BLUE is the Sky connection... 

The heaven above us... 

 

PEACE is alive with the glitter to bring 

attention to the fact we are all one, 

and we need to start to live as one... 

loving each other in all ways.... 

 

A little intense???

Life is so beautiful in all ways,

and we need to give thanks all the time,

every day to the GLORY of it... 

So I wanted to share with you this feeling... 

 

I hope you are having a wonderful day

and that each day gets to be a little bit better... 

THINK LOVE. 

 

So here is my tag...

 

 

I am not sure that you can actually see the background...

but I did have fun making it...

and Hels, I was INKY plus...

finally I took some really wet gold

and splattered it all over the background... 

What fun it was...

Clean up was not fun...

but a necessary chore after having FUN...   

 

The centers of the poinsettias

I used Pink Blush liquid pearls,

and then poured some Glossy accents into the center,

after they dried... and then put some rock candy glitter...

Love the effect of it... 

 

 

 

I think I will put this onto a white bag for a gift bag...

I need to use some of my white bags up...

I bought way to many a few years ago... LOL..

if that a form of hoarding????  

Oh well... 

So be it... 

 

I hope you have a wonderful day....

create to your hearts content,

and even enjoy the clean up... 

Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit.

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie   

 

 

 

  

Honoring CROWS

I guess I have a love /unlove relationship with crows... and I am trying to LOVE them... they have been fairly good this season.. .so I am allowing them back into my heart of hearts...  this tag is to

HONOR all CROWS

 

I am also putting this into the following challenges...

 

Tim's 2014 TAGS

 

Sugar Creek Hollow  Tag you're it...

 

Inspiration Journal    Fall is in the Air

 

The Kraft Journal   Anything Goes

 

 

 

I used Tims Crow... and just altered the position so that they looked like different ones... crows seem to love to be together... and I always see them in groups of 3, 4 and more... they are so regal... the colors are blue/purple BLACK... deep deep black... I love it... they are wonderfully beautiful in all ways...  even their CRY... 

 

I used all of Tims new techniques... but did make a slight change with a few areas... 

 

But I did the background and didn't have enough color... so I added another color... and this is what happened... I happen to love it.. .so I went with it...  stamping that same wreath.. I love this wreath... as I love bittersweet and miss picking it here in our home... 

 

Okay.. here is where I went a little bit off color... I colored my separate paper with the inks... but then I stamped the Crow on it... trying to allow the blues and purples to shine thru... there really is purple there... but mainly denim and the new blue one???  can't remember the name right now... GREAT color...  love it.. 

 

Then using my palette and solution pen... I colored the bittersweet... 

 

You know that crows are very human like.. they are wild critters in their thinking.. .and this one is balancing on one leg on a thin piece of raffia... I think he is a little bit crazy... but he likes it there... 

 

My other three have taken to the bittersweet wreath... and are happy there... 

 

These words were so very fitting... and when I realized that I had chosen words that were actually left over and loose in my Remnant rubs folder and they were so fitting... WOW...  great words... huh??? 

 

 

My final tag...  I really love it... and it will go into my crow book that I am creating... you will see it one of these days... I promise you...  or maybe a version of it... never mind... you will see it.. 

 

Well I got this one posted and now am exhausted... I have been up way to long today... and need some sleep...  so I am off to Never Never land... (Peter Pan)  and will sleep very soundly... 

No school buses to wake me up in the morning...  and the chickens better sleep in too.. LOL.. (RIGHT???) 

 

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

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Leaves and SOUL....

Okay... another day.. another TAG... and this one was done with Tim's new technique...  using Alcohol Inks... not my favorite due to the smell of it... but I love the results...  so I turned the fan on.. and had some fun..

I am also doing this tag for a few other challenges also... 

First off... Tim's September Tag of 2014...  Alcohol Ink Technique

Sugar Creek Hollow   Tag You're it... 

Kraft Journal...  Anything Goes.. 

A Vintage Journey  To use a flourish of Tim's...  

Inspiration Journal    Fall is in the Air    



So here is my TAG... 

 

To see all of the Techniques used on this tag, PLEASE go over to Tim's site and see all the pretties that everyone has made... and also check out the techniques... thanks.. you will enjoy the visit... I know that.. 

 

My background didn't come out the way I wanted it to... so I did it again and again... and finally I liked what I saw.. so I went with it..

 

I stamped this fall wreath on it... as I had a fun idea... 

 

I did all the things that Tim asked for ... and here are my leaves...  I did use a lot of colors... but then added some teakwood around the edges... I wanted them darker so that they would look like leaves... 

 

 

 

I had enough paper for 3 and a half leaves.. what ever do you do with half a leaf... oh... you use it... on the edge.. .LOL... I couldn't throw that away... come on...

 

Some Remnant rubs... and what fun to use them like that...  no thinking ... just used them... love the way it came out too..  a few little birds that I did think thru and cut them apart... and used all over the wreath... 

 

which I finally colored with my alcohol inks and a solvent pen... 

 

I took the other leaf... that wasn't oak and used my solvent pen to remove the colors etc... and added a sentiment....

 

A DAY IN THE COUNRTY

SOUTHES THE SOUL....

 

I live in the country ... so I can only image how good it must feel to get into the country...  I love it in the country... 

 

My final tag...  I really love the whole tag... I forgot to tell you.. I used a tree die cut for the branch... and colored it with my solution pen and inks too... 

 

So.. I couldn't stop there... I had to make another one too... so you will just have to look for that one too.. 

 

 

I hope to post it now... but I am getting really sleepy... and it might not happen until tomorrow... have to see... LOL.. 

 

Thank You so very much for stopping by for a visit.. I really appreciate your time spent looking at my art... I love creating and love to hear your comments on the direction I am moving...

I cherish each and every one of them... and take them to heart... 

 

Hope you have a wonderful day... evening or time where you are now...  enjoy every minute of it..

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Pumpkin TIME on the Farm

Okay.... I did the Frilly part of Frilly and Funkie...  now I HAVE to do the Funkie part!!!! 

So I wanted to do something about our farm...  and so this is what I did... 

We grow a lot of different kinds of foods etc... one of our favorite is a Watermelon called Orangelo... it is Orange inside... and the sweetest thing you could ever want to taste... we love them...

 

Farming is not as easy as one would think... it either rains too little or too much... the deer decide eat all the tips of the tomato plants off, because they are sweet and tender...  or maybe the Mrs. Groundhog decides that her new family would be good right next to the corn field... and the story goes on and on... 

 

Well we generally have a Love/ not like situation with the Crows... I love CROWS... a favorite bird of mine...  I really love their nature etc... they are the lawyers of the birds... and at the same time the clowns of the birds... LOL...

 

anyway... last year they waited until the water melon was a certain size, and nibbled on each one... taking only a small peck out of each one...  so who wants to eat watermelon after a CROW??? 

 

Now me...

Well this year.. the watermelon didn't get enough water... it rained enough... but they are really water hogs of the plant kingdom...  so they didn't mature properly... so the crows didn't get any...

 

BUT

 

NEITHER DID WE...

 

But we did plant Pumpkins... and they are wonderful... we love to eat them stuffed with rice and all kinds of things... a fall/winter time favorite... 

 

They are just about ready to start to enjoy... and Glenn, my other half and the better half... told me that the CROWS found the Pumpkins!!!! 

 

So this tag is all about the way that we have now scared off the crows and we are winning the pumpkin patch back again... 

 

YEAH... 

 

The Crows are not going to get our pumpkins... I don't mind sharing... but they don't know what that word is.. .at all..so we enjoy and then let them have the left overs... the smaller ones etc... they don't eat them anyway... but the deer will... and so will Mrs. Groundhogs babies... and also all the others that live out on FARM... 

 



 

Our fields are filled with wild flowers too... small ones, big Sunflowers are still blooming and all kinds of leafy greens for egg laying insects...  also the fall and winter gardens are being planted now... kale, carrots, onions, cauliflowers, beets, etc. etc... a nice selection of foods... and we again will start to protect our own food first and let them have the remainder... 

 

Pumpkin Time... 

 

I love my STONE stencil... and painted each stone with the Tim Holtz Water color method...  love it...  so my pumpkin is sitting on the stone pathway... and the crow is trying to invade our pumpkins... NOT this TIME... 

 

Raffia... a fall time bow...  a natural bow... 

 

So this is the Summer Garden that is slowly being turned into the Fall and winter garden...  we are in the southern part of the state of North Carolina...    Actually we live in the Western part of North Carolina, in a very southern part of it.. LOL.. how's that for where do you live concept... ??

 

So our temperatures generally aren't as cold as a half hour north of us...  up the smaller mountain.. 

Growing is a great way to enjoy good food... but it is not less expensive...  LOL... just better and fresher... 

 

Thanks for stopping by today... and hope that you have a wonderful day and a very special safe holiday week-end if you live in the USA...  Labor Day is the 'last day' of summer... and so many people travel... be safe and get home safe... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

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 

Anything but a CARD

Anything but a CARD... this week the theme is IT'S A SMALL WORLD... so bottle caps, ATC's, Rolos, inchies... etc... 

So I love to work small at times... and so I took advantage of this today... as I had limited time available...  company for dinner and I wanted to make a nice dinner... but also FRESH LOCAL ORGANIC PEACHES... so shortcake was in order... YIKES... so very good.. is your mouth watering...??? Mine is... and we had it, and I could eat more...  not really.. I am good until next year..  but it was good...  also gluten free biscuits that I made and they were warm when I served the desert... OMG... delicious...  stop this right now... okay... I will ...

So with this challenge... it was super fun... I use to trade with over 75 gals a month when I use to do ATC's... and when I gave it up I was relieved... too much.. but I do miss doing them... so today I had an especially nice time creating them... 

Here is what I did... even thought these might look large... believe me they are what I am telling you... 

 

This is a 3.5 X 2.5 inch ATC... love it... I made the papers with Distress inks... and then edged the edge with gold pen... and mounted onto the 3.5 x 2.5 backing...  the birds are a Remnant Rub by Tim Holtz...  and the nest one of his stamps...   

 

This is 3X5... and I stamped the fall leaf from a stamp that has to be about 12 years old... and then tore a hole in the paper for the eye to look thru... (tim holtz eye   LOL)  the letters I added as I need to use some of these odd letters... and this was good...  Fall... seeing the fall... or Looking for FALL to arrive... cooler weather... anything but this humidity...  anyway.. they I backed this piece with another distress ink paper... (p.s.  if you don't know me yet that well.. I love to make this paper... and almost everything I do is made using it...  keeps me happy...  ) 

 

Okay... so I also have become a huge fan of plaster... or texture pastes...  love them... so I used it on this orange paper... and the leaf I made using a die cut of Tim;s and also a piece of up cycled plastic from a die... LOL... nothing like using it all right... we have to save our land fills and the earth.. .so we have to try and use as much as possible in our arts...  Anyway... the orange is a little pocket for the ATC to go into...  the ATC... my favorite ice cream use to be Mint chip... and they always made it GREEN??? anyway... put that on three layers of distress ink papers... one embossed... and the bottom one is water color paper... 

 

The Butterfly...  is escaping from within... and it was made with another die cut of tims and then I used texture paste to create it... and then distress inks to paint it... do you think I like distress inks... you are 100% correct...don't honestly know how I lived prior to them.. .and I have been doing this for YEARS...  way to many...  LOL.. .

 

 

Another pocket... this time it is a little larger... it is 3X5... and it holds a narrow Rolo...  which I used Tim's pumpkin, butterfly and Trellis dies on...  the leaves are also his die ... 

 

I love to upcycle or recycle... how or what ever words you like to use... and so I made this envelope to put both of these into to mail to a friend...  happy Fall... 

 

So that is my IT'S A SMALL WORLD....

 

I had fun doing these... and thanks in advance for all your lovely comments...  tomorrow I am making sauerkraut, kim chi, and also dill garlic pickles... Green beans will be ready again on Tuesday... so I will have to make some Dilly beans and also can the rest of them... so very much from our gardens this year...

We are getting another rain storm now... and so I had better get off here... thanks for stopping by for a visit... and please stop by ANYTHING BUT A CARD to see all the pretties...

 

Have a GREAT DAY... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie