Summer Time Card

I really didn't know what to do... I had miss read this challenge... had the finished project in my hands... and thought oh no... I thought it was for any type of creation.. and then I see it is for a CARD...  oh duh??? 

So back to the drawing board as they say... LOL... 

So here is what I created... 

 

The theme for Mixed Media CARD challenge  is SUMMER and you can use burlap as an option... which I chose not to use...

 

I love making envelopes... among a few million other things...LOL.. .but I really love to make unique envelopes... this green one is made from wall paper... from an old book and I tore it up and made over 30 envelopes... fully lined ones... LOVE them.. the post master doesn't... but hey... he still mails them... 

 

I also love to make smaller ones... like the pink one above... it measures about 4.5 X 6 inches... and I totally decorate it... as it goes into the larger envelope to get mailed or given to the person. 

 

 

As you can see, I totally embellish them... this one is made from paper that I have made using tim's method of putting ink onto my work sheet and then spritzing with water and then running the paper thru it... LOVE doing that... 

 

Then cutting out the envelope and decorating it...  I used a double rosette on this one... again with paper that I made with inks...  same as above.. 

 

A little bit closer... as I really love how delicate it looks... with the butterfly doily behind it... (spellbinders die) 

Do you ever try to make something and it doesn't come out right... well this piece of paper ended up into my pile of papers to use at 'sometime or other'

and so I pulled it out to use for this card... I really liked it... just that it wasn't right for the project I was doing it for the 1st time... LOL..

 

So I folded it in half...  and cut out this cute little fairy scene with the snail... so cute... love this little one..  

 

This is the back of the paper... and it was made with a stencil(? ) and some distress inks... much more than that... I can't remember right now... one of the bad things about making paper a while ago...

When you open the card this is what you see...  I will take you slowly thru this whole area... 

 

The center of the card is done with some Tea Bag folds...  and put together in a certain way, so that it folds each time... back the way it was...  as you can see... you can see under it... 

 

It is loaded with fairies... this little one is riding on the back of a blue bird... 

 

And this little one is talking to a frog (Graphic 45) 

 

Pink butterflies are flying all over the card... and stenciling is all over it too... when I am playing you never know what is going to happen... 

 

 

 

Each little area has a little saying... and meant with much love...

 

it is a whole visual scene when this card is opened...

 

this card... goes into the envelope that goes into the larger envelope to get mailed... wow... did you get all that??? You are good...

 

Thanks for stopping by today... and I do hope you enjoyed this fun project... I know that I did... and it is going out to a friend that needs a lot of love right now...

 

Hope you have a super good day...

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

FRIENDS

Today is SUNDAY STAMPER day...  and Hels asked us to do something with FRIENDS as the theme... 


BUT..... it is also her BIRTHDAY....  so I did something in honor of both....  HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELS... with many more to follow and happier each and every year... 

 

Okay, I wanted to decorate a few envelopes that I made as samples for a class... SOOOOooooooo this is the first one... 

I used Tims template for the flowers...  Tattered Floral Garden... I think I bought this when it first came out... and haven't used it too many times... I really like the flowers and so I am using it more often... used it yesterday in my piece for the CC3 4th challenge... have you entered yet??? Please  join us all.. it is so wonderful...

 

anyway...  using this one more... love the way these flowers came out... 

 

The envelope is about 4 inches by 5 inches... not really big... but nice enough to put a small note or card into...  and I guess you can send this size... but I would have to put this into another envelope... lol... I do make things more complicated... don't I???  but I do have fun... and Hels I still have ink and gesso on my hands from cleaning up this morning... (from my play day yesterday!!!!  ) 

Happy Birthday HELS... 

 

Happy Birthday Hels...  

 

This is my FRIENDS one...

I had made a huge rubberstamp of a leaf... and so I made a piece of paper using it a long time ago... and so I finally used it... it was one of those pieces of paper that you love and don't want to use... so silly... my studio is filled with those kinds of piles... and I am trying to break that habit... and am winning sometimes... LOL.. not too often.. 

 

I also made a few Rosettes using another Tim Template...  and layered them... love that ... I also used another piece of paper... but this one was from making other things... and it was the 'throw away' paper... that I personally can't throw away... so I use it...  LOL... and it really made a nice rosette... 

 

Of course I also dyed some ribbon... I just got a few rolls of seam binding... and can now PLAY with gusto... had to be a little conservative there for a while... was down to the last few yards...  I love ribbons... so this was a problem... 

 

 

You can see how very pretty this rosette came out... I had pinks and gold metallic on the paper... and then edged it with Walnut stain...  lovely together... love that....

 

The pinks... are Red Mahogany, Victorian Velvet and Pickled Raspberries...  together they make a wonderful statement...  love it...   

 

Okay... then I had to get grounded a little bit... as I was flying around the studio...  and so I used a piece of my purple and blue paper... another one from a special stash...  and then added my favorite of all... a DRAGONFLY... there were about three on the back deck this morning sunning themselves... so very pretty... I colored this one with alcohol inks... and a blending pen...  love the effects and the colors... 

 

 

 

Oh... and green liquid pearls for the eyes... YES... can't forget the DRAGONFLIES eyes... 

 

Hope you have a fun day today...  and also enjoy creating something ... I certainly did... and Hels, I hope you have the best of all birthdays... sounds like you are surrounded by friends and having a blast... keep it going all week long.... 

 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie