GLITTER plus....

So very many things have been happening this week... and all of them are wonderful.  I started a class on Journals... making one from 100% white paper... oh you guessed already...  YIKES... I guess I am a little bit to transparent...  but anyway... I have been working on this journal for a while now... and teaching a class brings it even closer to my heart... 

So it was sitting on my workbench this morning as I worked on it yesterday...  getting interior pages in place, pockets worked on etc...  I will show you different things in this book as I work on it.... which will be a process..... I love things that I can pull out and work on them for a while and then finish at a later date... 

I also have been working on more flowers... my favorite item to play with and create for different challenges, projects and also classes... I have a favorite class I teach with how to make a box and then teach how to make 12 different flowers...  a fun class... and everyone leaves the class full of ideas and are anxious to make more flowers... 

So I wanted to add these two things today HOPEFULLY to the Challenge called... 

Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge 2

 

 

This challenge is held every other Saturday and today is the day... what fun... and all you need is some things to play with...and Tim Holtz's BOOK...  Compendium of Curiosities 3   This book is truly a wonderful book...  all kinds of ideas, and techniques... and today the challenge starts off with GLITTER...  page 56...  so turning to page 56 is where we begin... 

 

Glitter Tim Holtz's way...  Love it...  and it just so happens that I happen to have a FEW of these pretty distress Glitters...  fun and games...  now to work on my journal a little bit more...  combining these two is very SPECIAL to me...  and I really love the way that this book is taking shape... 

 

Okay... get ready... because here it is... 

 

Oh before I forget... please go over to the site...  Click on the above link... and see all the pretties that the CREW have Created this week... it is very difficult to pick the prettiest, best or favorite... as they are truly all wonderful each one being so very different and with much depth and thought... Love this challenge... have I told you that... ???? 

 

Pictures... Oh yes... here they are...

 

 

I have to tell you that I have just recently been able to get High speed internet... so prior to last month.. .I had never seen a video on line, not been able to get to others blogs, or web sites... seen too many things other than a few small pictures that were shown in different places that I happened to spend the hours downloading...  Pictures .... uploading 8 would take hours... (2 plus) and now 18 pictures takes less than a minute... so I am SPOILED and I am loving this greatly... soooooo

 

I had not seen these fantastic 'PLASTIC' Flowers that Tim had created using Frosted film and also Wendy Vecchi's  Clearly Art sheets...  Well I fell in love with the flowers... and had to make them... so I got the supplies and am having a fun time making them... all different ways...  I have a huge stack of plastic sheets that I save too... and used them for the butterflies... 

 

The cover of my journal and all the pages are made from 100% white paper that have been INKED... yikes is that a fun thing or what... I have piles of papers that I have put ink too...  and I don't ever have enough of them either...  I then will stamp, stencil, add more inks, more stamping etc... to each sheet...  I love Pearl Dabbers... and think I bought a case last time...  LOL...  love the way it looks... now you see it ... now you don't...  love it.. 

 

6... My Favorite number... 

Flower My Favorite embellishment...

Colors... Turquoise and Greens... oh wow...

 

So here are some close ups of the flowers... I really love making these... have to buy a FEW more sheets of Clearly Art and also a couple of rolls of Frosted film... I can see what is going to happen to me...  LOL.. and I LOVE IT.. 

 

I used my palette of Alcohol inks and a solution pen to color all these pretties...  and then I used the Glitter technique on page 56... Oh what a pretty flower... 

 

 

 

 

 

I also cute out some butterflies using a Tim border die cut... and I bent them so that they stood up... and flew over the flowers, 6's and page...  I again used my alcohol inks to create the personality of each butterfly too..  Also used some Rock Candy Glitter on them too... 

 

 

 

Since this is a JOURNAL for ME... I had to add a DRAGONFLY... what else would I have...  in solid GOLD...  LOL.. 

 

 

 

Since my Husband and I own an organic farm, we are aware of many problems that we on earth are facing... one of the major ones is the problem that bees are having right now... we need to protect bees... in all ways...  not to use chemicals in anyway but especially around plants that bees and other insects will be going on... Linda's sweet Hummingbird is even effected by these harsh and horrible chemicals and we need to protect all living critters around us..  thanks for listening to me about this.. I feel very strongly about this and use a lot of bees in my work to remind all about the bees.  thanks for taking time to help protect them also.. 

 

Okay... these little flowers around the word SIX...

They are also from recycled things... oh yes... they are felt from my alcohol pads...   small and very pretty... and I cut them up and make flowers, leaves etc from them... adds a fun touch of different materials...  which I really love... you can see the tissue tape peaking thru them...  another product that I have tons of and love using all over things.. 

 

I really love the way that you can get these flowers to stand up and talk...  really great.. I also use a large one inch DOT to adhere them to what ever I need to put them onto... they stay forever... I am not afraid of these flowers getting squashed.. as they pop right back up...  so very wonderful about them... 

 

 

I actually colored these small flowers (the smallest on the Tattered Floral die cut... by Tim... )  with Current Alcohol ink... after I went all the way around each petal, I then filled in the center and it diluted the petal to this pretty pink... or rose color...  similar to Victorian Velvet... my favorite color of the RED/PINK family... 

 

I then was able to use the Victorian Velvet Glitter on these smaller ones... so very pretty... 

I also used my alcohol inks to color the large brad and then add detailed dots for stamen...  love it... 

 

 

I just might pop the number 6 and the work 6 off of the cover and do something magical with them too...  I feel I have to... this cover will most likely be an on going project for a while... so when it is all done.. .I will share it with you... 

 

 

 

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing all these pictures... I am just so happy that I can take these and put them all into my blog in such a short period of time... so happy about that...

 

I hope that you will join in on this challenge... have a happy and great week-end... have also a VERY HAPPY MOTHERS Day to YOU... Every one of us has to celebrate Mothers day... as we all have or have had Mom's ...  So happy Mother's Day to one and all..

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope you will come back again for another visit soon..

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

 

Thanks for all the BOUNTY

Gratitude

'You ought to return thanks in a neat speech,' the Red Queen said, frowning at Alice as she spoke. . . . 

In fact it was rather difficult for her to keep in her place while she made her speech: the two Queens

pushed her so, one on each side, that they nearly lifted her up into the air: 'I rise to return thanks--'

Alice began: and she really DID rise as she spoke, several inches; but she got hold of the edge of

the table, and managed to pull herself down again.

-- Chapter 9, Through the Looking Glass

Okay... now that you have the details on this months theme... lets see what I did... LOL... I had FUN!!!  That is what I did...  I got out my alcohol inks, pens and palette,  paper and my new NATURES BLESSINGS stamps... 

(which I have to tell you this... when I received my Designer Team Stamps... they were wrapped in white tissue paper with the up most of CARE...  what a wonderful way to start a project... )   

So I un Wrapped my NEW Natures Blessings stamps and started to stamp them all.. oh I love these stamps... nice visions of happiness came across my face...  And I didn't have any of these wonderful stamps from Through the Looking Glass... what fun...  

Okay... then came the process or what to create...  

I knew that I was going to use my alcohol inks to color this beautiful stamps... and then what... ???? Think... ponder... think some more... go out of the studio and then come back in and tangle a little while... ..... all of a sudden it came to me... 

A book... a book of THANKS... So this is what I did...  

 I wanted to talk about THANKS.... Thanks for all the wonderful things that are around me... and Us...  so I created this little THANKS book... 

 On the front of each of the pages I have attached a letter...  spelling out the word THANKS.... (I used some Grundgeboard letters and painted them fall colors... but you would never know that I used 6 different colors... would you???  I used a Perfect pearls spray and I think that is what color took!!!  But I do love them... so that is all that counts anyway... right???  

 The first page is ALICE... with that cute little piglet...  and of course a funny sticker of a turkey... I had to use him as this was a Thanksgiving day theme...  GRATITUDE!!!  Thanks for all that you do...  

 I used some dyed seam binding ribbon for the colors on the rings... and love the way  they flow down the side of the book...  so fall and I might even glue some leaves on there too..  

Good Idea.. 

 T

So here are each of the pages prior to being put into the book form...  and I will tell you all about the meaning of each page...  

T= turkey...  and thanks for all the time that we have to create with...  Thanks for everything that we have in our lives... 

 H


 Because this is actually in the H section on the left hand side of the book...  it stands for rabbit... or hare...  LOL... even though this is truly the white rabbit.. it is still a hare!!!  

Haystacks...  hello letters, harvest in the fall... and homecoming of the kids...  and all the trimmings of the holiday....and for PUMPKIN PIES...  from the harvest... you can't just look at one thing... you have to look at the whole... right???  

Also H stands for my hubby.. as I am very thankful in so many ways that he is in my life... 

 I forgot to tell you... the leaf paper behind a lot of these pages I made with one rubber stamp that I also made... and used different colors ink to create a fun paper... and then using a 8.5 x 11 paper cut it for each page...  that was one piece of paper!!!  This book is 3.25 X 8 inches long...  a great size for this project...  

Okay... so that is all about H...  a good letter...  and I love these stamps... I hope that by now you have taken a look at the great ALICE selection that Nature's Blessings has...  REALLY WONDERFUL... and very fast service too...  

 A

There are so many things that A stands for... one is for this little rabbit ANNOUNCING that AUTUMN is here...  the APPLES are ready for the pies... and the AUTUMN leaves are falling...  

 I have to tell you that I love these Looking Glass stamps... I love them.. take a look at this UNICORN.... is he something... and that LION... GREAT going Alice with this AUTUMN CAKE....  

 N

Oh yes... so many things with N... we just don't maybe think of it...  the NEWLY fallen leaves.. the nesting of the little birds... do you feed the birds during the winter months when they can't find anything to nibble on...  do you thank them for all the sweet music that they give us all during the year...  look at all the colors in the leaves... so very vibrant and GREAT...  what a kaleidoscope of colors we have here this year...  the dogwood is the most vibrant red I have ever seen... and the yellows are just starting to form up... the oranges will be brilliant too...  

 And do we say GRACE with a flair... as the Mad Hatter does here...  with all his finery on...  We should thank ourselves everyday of the year for all we have in our lives... no matter how little it may seem... it is grand.  

Okay... now I would like to take a few side steps here and show you something that I JUST love... I have all the Distress line by Tim Holtz... and have found that coloring stamps can really be a lot of  fun... and you can get some great results with some great tools...  

So I wanted to really color these with a lot of flair... and so I grabbed my ALCOHOL inks and wanted to share this with you...  as I have shown these to so many people and they love it...  

You can use t he alcohol inks so many different ways.. but did you know this...  

 I love this stamp... Alice with these precious little kittens... and since this is for the K section... what could be more perfect???  Anyway... I wanted to have a nice little frame around this...  so I used a corner and border punch set... and then colored it with my alcohol inks...  

 The pieces that came out of the punches.. I saved and colored them too...  

I found this palette with a cover... made by Ranger and it is for the alcohol inks... you put some of the ink into each well... and let it DRY...  

Then using a refillable pen... you fill it with Solvent and can use that to pick up the color from the palette and color your stamped images...  I love the effect that it gives... it looks like water color... yet you have the control of a marker... 

 You can use the alcohol inks so many different ways.. but did you know this...


It is so very easy...  and will allow you another way to create with your Alcohol inks...  

 Okay... now you can use that same pen...  and fill it with the alcohol inks... 

and on the band mark it with the color ink you have used... 

Now go one step more...  you can CREATE your own colors...  
like a light green using blues and yellow inks...  what fun... each pen is naturally refillable by YOU... with YOUR own bottles of inks that you use for other alcohol ink projects... really fun...  '

 You don't have to have many... but hey... I love lots of colors... so I have a lot... and always find that I need more and more of these... to create new colors...  

Hope you have enjoyed this little side show...  now on with the main event... 

 K

 Here is ALICE in all her glory with these cute little kittens...  I love it.. and she is GRATEFUL for them... she loves them dearly...  

 And here is Alice trying to project herself from a storm of little leaves... (the ones I punched out... )   So much fun...  and all the animals that she has around her... she has to be GRATEFUL for them too... 

S  

The letter S...  So many words of thanks for this letter... but lets say that this book is all about gratitude... and THANKSGIVING... and what a SPECIAL day that is of the year...  also for sharing with all our friends... and how about the SHEEP.. that give us the wool for our clothes... thanks for that to all the sheep out there...  and to all the shop owners too...  it is a SEASON of THANKSGIVING ... and I am thankful... thanks...   

 I Love this little book.. .but will be mailing it onto my Mom who loves ALICE... and she will enjoy this SPECIAL little gift... 

I do hope that you have enjoyed it too...  

THANKS for stopping by for a visit.. and I do hope that you take a look at Nature's Blessings...  wonderful stamps of all kinds...  

 

I decided that I should commit to doing the Creative EveryDay challenge… and so I signed up and will be doing a piece every day for a month… nothing really different for me… as art is my life in so many ways… but I will try and share more with you each day… 

Have a great day... and thanks for all the wonderful comments that you leave...  Love them all...  

Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie 

In My Back Yard

Over at Just Add Water Silly, the Artist Play Room Challenge this week is to see what is in our own back yards, and to create something that is inspirational to us... well I have wanted to draw this huge tree in my journal... and finally took the time to do it...  

We can all find reasons as to why we can or can't do something and have to push at times to get past the road blocks we all set up for ourselves...  They are generally huge lessons for me...  I love doing these lessons, and learning from them...  so off I went to create this tree.... Yes they are in my back yard.. and also in my front, and sides too... our home is nestled into 5 acres of woods... and there is very little grass to cut... when the sun finally gets to these areas, we get a few blades of grass... but generally wild flowers...  I love it... what more could some one ask for that LOVES flowers...  

In our front and side yards we have to HUGE 30 foot magnolia trees... the blossoms are the size of a dinner plate... and then when done, they leave this pod... about 4-5 inches long... and it turns bright red now... so at this time, I know it is fall... as the magnolias had these red pods all over them...  the leaves are shiny green... like they have had wax poured all over them...  they glisten among the pines, cedars, and oaks...  so very elegant in its glory.  

 So I had to do this tree tangle.... and it had to go into my journal I am presently working on...  

I love doing this tree and have done a few of them... each one comes out so very differently... as a tree grows... so do my trees on paper...  each one a little uniquely it's own self...  

Of course I did the background first... a little of this and that... actually I had a piece of paper laying on my work table that I couldn't throw away... it had some of the light turquoise paint on it... so I added some other colors and glued it into my journal... to be used for something... it was just what I wanted for the background.. .  

 So I set to work on the tree... and love the way it grew on the page...  not too large, or too small... just filling the page the way it should.. . 

Then of course it was all in black... and sepia... with a little lime mixed in to give it some spice of life...  

The butterfly was the last thing on a rub on sheet of stickers... and it went onto the page way prior to me starting on my tree...  Sometimes these kinds of things get in my way... while other times it is just an added attraction for the page... that is what happened here...  I love her showing off her beauty.   

I do wish that I could post larger pictures for ya'll to see... but this is hard enough with this 'lovely' dial up...  but this section I did want to share with you...  it is all that fun tangling going on...  love it... 

WEll it is raining here today... so I guess I will be forced to stay in my studio and play... what a shame...  LOL... it is such a shame...  I do love it in my studio on a rainy day... all cuddled into the space and playing with all my inks, paints and things to create something...  

Fall is really coming on quickly... a flock of geese just landed in our pasture...  we have Chinese White Snow Geese and they call to their sisters and brothers to land...  I guess they tell them stories or something... as they all talk for a while and then the Canadians leave on their route to their winter homesteads...  

Fall is here... and on Friday.. it is the International day of Peace... please Please PLEASE... create something for Peace...  if you can scroll down you will see that on a Tangling challenge we made pin wheels for peace... so please create something and bring peace to all into your heart and send it out to everyone you know...  

Have a wonderful week... and see ya'll soon...  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and enjoy your day.  

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie  

Tangling with color...

I have been cleaning out things... up loading things and just plain having a good ole time with my studio and house...  so when I saw this tangle.. .I had to try it...  love it... I don't know how else I will use it.. but it is fun to play with...  

        

 One of my items to do this week was to make Mary a Birthday card... and then yesterday when I looked at the Birthday book... her birthday was two days ago... but I am mailing this to her anyway... Happy BELATED Birthday Mary...  I still love you... and hope you had a wonderful day...  with a fun filled year coming up...  and a lot more time to play..  

I wanted to keep on tangling... but decided to clean out more things... wow.. .I am starting to get so light in feeling...  feels good... need to get rid of more!!!   

Anyway... I wanted to share this with you...  
Do you ever make pretty papers and then think... what am I going to do with all these papers... well I have stacks of papers that I have painted and finally figured out to cut the 8.5 X 11 paper in half... and then bind them... and voila... a journal...  

You can see my most recent finished journal here...  I put a lot of my zendalas in it... and also all kinds of other things... I love it... and wanted to share it with you...  

I also wanted to share with you a way to make your own papers... I use a piece of water color paper and then wet the entire piece of paper... and then use my twinkling H20's and color the paper... when almost dry, I spray with some Perfect pearls and heat gun dry the paper...  then I start to have fun...  

When I am all done tangling... I accent a few places with a colored pencil...  I use a lavender and a turquoise pencil on this one...  I just love the effect that I get... why not try this... see what you come up with...  I would love to hear from you how you liked this...  




I was actually sitting and relaxing and waiting for the water to boil on the stove... I am canning some more okra...  I love this pickled okra in the winter time...  anyway... I started to doodle on another piece of paper and wanted to do a frame for a small picture that I love... but I got a little carried away... and the frame on the inside is not large enough... but I love this.. so I had to share it with ya'll....   I think ya'll know that I love .... LOVE flowers... so what else would I use...  flowers of all kinds...  



Erin has changed around the Zendala Challenge to be on a Saturday... so I have a little more time to get things done during the week... good, bad or indifferent... I love doing this challenge... keeps my brain happy.. . and I do need that... that is for sure...  

Anyway... Erin, no matter when... I love doing these... so keep them coming.. I had fun with this one today... and since I had copied four... I used three and give one to my neighbor Sande...  hoping that one day she will enter it in this challenge...  but here is what I did with my three...  

 So here is what they finally look like on the pages of my latest journal... please don't forget to scroll down and see my other journal with all my zendalas in it...  there is a link above too...  

I feel that fall is going to be a little bit early this year... as the leaves are already starting to turn reds and oranges... so thus my colors for todays zendala...  

 Closer yet... the left page...  

I love FALL... so the hearts are a sign for me that fall is coming...  I love all the bright colors... crisp mornings, and chilly evenings... love getting under the quilt and watching a good movie... reading a good book.... have my face in a few right now...  getting ready for FALL.... 

 The right side of the pages there is a little stamping of pen nibs...  school starts in September ... and I always use to love to get all my notebooks, pens and things ready for a long long school year... I was not a student until I reached college...  then I couldnt get enough...  funny how life is...  

Fall colors to me... orange, dark greens, purples, browns, tans etc...  and of course yellows and reds...  I love the way the maples look in the mountains... they are like dayglo paints.... vivid and BRIGHT.... almost like they could shine in the dark...   

 The heart zendala...  

used Pressedwood around the edges... and then the rest I sort of made up... maybe they are tangles... not really sure...  just had fun with this one... and yes I did cut away part of the zen dala... 

 This one has the bittersweet vine all around the edges... love bittersweet plants... also love to make wreaths with it... and hang on every door in the house...  of course picking the berries up is another story...  

 
 I really had a lot of fun doing all these zendalas... but I think this one I was the freest of all.... love this one...  flowers, leave, mooka, chains, greek keys, and pods..  swirls had to have a say too...  

love the colors of these pages and the zendalas certainly are happy here...  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope that you have a great week-end...  Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie