HI to all of you.... so very sorry that it has been so very long since I have posted anything .... but the only excuse is that I have been very busy with so many other things...
Teaching, cooking up harvested things.., getting ready for the Ag Center Saturday markets... all that kind of thing... and on top of it... just having fun in the studio making all kinds of goodies...
So I thought after getting so many loving letters from ya'll that I had better share something with you...
Yesterday Sande... my Bud and neighbor came down to play... she is having surgery this morning... and so my thoughts and love are with her for a QUICK Recovery ... but we did get to play prior to her having to stay home and stay quiet for a while...
So this is what I did while we played...
So I used a Tim Holtz box and re-arranged it a little bit... putting a small one on the bottom, the largest in the middle and then a little one on the top...
I wanted the tree to section to be crowded... which I did get that look with very few items in the box...
What fun Sande and I had... She also created a wonderful box... entirely different than mine... all in Red, white and gold... but differently done... and very elegant and pretty too...
This is the center of the box...
In the very background I did use a watercolor of little trees... against a pink sky... which we see so very often here at dusk...
I used a gold garland around the tree and then used all different size pearls to decorate it...
Oh the lantern..????
WAit... until you see that all lite up... I love it..
On the very top is a little tiny tree all decorated too.. with sequins and pearls... and also some picket fence around all the pearls... (Stickles that is... )
A little pair of ice skates are hanging there ready to be used... LOL... so much fun...
I had to wait until it got dark so that I could take this picture of the glimmering lantern... I love the way it looks...
I am going to be selling this and others like this at the Ag Center Saturday markets... in Mill Spring, NC... What fun we all have there too... so many people to meet and see...
Down in the bottom box... I have a votive light... and it shows up the little houses all in the circle...
Hope you have enjoyed this... I certainly did... and will try and take pictures of the other ones to share with you also...
Hope you have a wonderful day... create something fun and enjoy what you are doing all the time... Thanks for stopping by for a visit...
Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie
What a fun thing to create for a book cover!!! I wanted to do a few more of these little plastic tiles for a book cover... this book is only 4X5 and so perfect for what I am doing with it... It is the first little book of my grandsons birth.. I didn't like the first one I did... so I am really redoing it... LOL... not that I dont' have more and other things to do... just wanted to re-do this one...
The cover of the book was purple... which I loved.. but I used Twinkling H20's and covered the purple... then I added alittle strip of My Minds eye paper... adn then a Martha Stewart border ... now that is where I added the GOLD for this project... As on Sunday Stamper we are to add GOLD.... it is there... hope you can see it...
Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week is to create anything other than a card... so this is not a card... that is for sure... and this is perfect for the cover of this sweet little book...
The Tiles are for Grungy Monday... Linda loves doing Tim's Techniques (as do I) and this is a great one. When I first did it, I thought it wouldn't work... but it certainly did... love it... Try this technique... you will love it... a little alcohol ink... a little plastic, and you will have fun... I am going to try this with a sheet of packaging today... I have not done anything really large and want to try it... These pieces were made with three colors of blue and a little green... so it is was a multi colored thing... love blending the inks too... what don't I like??? CLEANING.... LOL... actually I really do like it... but prefer my studio... dont' you???
I used Tapestry stamps as I wanted to create a small design for this small book... and I do love the feeling of it... sort of a small batik design.... Anyway... that is project for today...
Some gals have written asking if I have started my quilting... which I have not at all started... a few set backs... our kids were here for a week... and our son and his family are leaving I think today... so we are just finishing up with our Christmas time together... it has been fun and we all loved all the gifts that we had all made and bought from all over the world... I will share a few later on this week... have to get my life re-situated again... LOL I do know that you all understand that... that is an understatement...
My quilt is waiting for the fabric to arrive... and then it was canceled ... so I am having to find the muslin I want to use again... so am waiting on finding that... it will be a long project for this winter and most likely a years time... you will see the panels on my blog... don't worry about that ... I will share.
Hope that you have a wonderful day... stay safe and happy and remember to enjoy life...
Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie
Oh wow... what a way to start out this week... I just had all of my family here for a week... and am now trying to catch my breath and reclaim my SPACE... LOL.... my self is more like it... anyway... we totally enjoyed every minute of their visit...
So when I checked out the challenges today... I saw that I was in LUCK... as I am making presents for next year already...
Sunday Stamper challenge .... Hels asked that we use GOLD... so I used gold wire to create the flower on the top of this charm...
Grungy Monday.... to use a technique of Tim Holtz's with alcohol ink and archival inks... with plastic... Love this one...
Simon Says Stamp and Show... to make anything other than a card...
So all of these fit into one project... A pendant for a necklace!!!
I took a couple of pictures of this... as it was very difficult to photograph with the Pool Alcohol inks...As you might be able to see I did use some really fun stamps... they are Tapestry Stamps... they are nice and small and I could stamp the flowers where I wanted them... and then a leaf spray and of course a dragonfly...
This picture was taken with a white background and it looks entirely different... but of course it is the same pendant... the flower on the top is just gold wire formed to create the flower... and the back of the pendant is white... which has been treated with glossy accent...
I love making fun things like this... Hope that you will give this technique a try too... it is really fun.
Have a fun day... create something creative and enjoyable for someone else... Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope you will come back tomorrow... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
Grungy Monday...Linda really got me on this one...
The Challenge is to use some of Tim's Techniques that were used on the 12 Tags of Christmas... so that meant I had to make a decision!!! not a good thing for me to do today... LOL... Way too many techniques... and I love them all... so I started off choosing which ones I hadn't used for over a week!!!
On January 1st I used Tissue tape, and glossy accents on the box... and then on the 2nd I used all kinds of techniques for paper pieces for the Patchwork Pandominium Framed art work... and then Tissue flowers on the New and Old Stripes for the Altered Alice piece... and I used letters on Tim's Birthday card... also a lot of folder embossing... On January 3rd... I used tissue wrap on the little santa house... that was really fun...
On the altered Address Box I used inking and letters... and of course I had to buy some new dies... so I got the letters of Upon a time... and Tag and Tab die... love that one... and the stamp of Letters to Santa... which as you know I will be using year round the words... love it...
I made a forest of little trees from the Rosettes and that brings me up to here... so I have been having fun with the techniques already .... and putting them into my daily usage... as much as I can... that is the only way you make them part of your work...
So on this tag... I used the technique from Day #9 .... I stamped a 6x6 Impression Obsession background tag with Victorian Velvet... and then quickly used Clear embossing powder on it... and heat gunned it... then I used Brushed Corduroy on the blending tool for the edges and background... there are areas, which are now covered up, that were left white... I love that look.. and maybe if I didn't get so carried away with adding all these fun things you could see it...
You can see the background here a little bit more... and then also the Just Rite stamp. which I colored with some very soft markers... the paper flowers are soft too...
The Rosettes are made with paper from My Minds Eye and Prima... I took 6x6 papers and glued them together so they would make the nice rosettes... and then used a pearl on the center... to match the ones along the tissue ruffle... I used a piece of seam binding tape for the vine... which was colored with a stain... and I think it was Shabby shutters??? not really sure right now...
I used some Idea-ology too... the Trinket pin and the word token... Moments...
And then used as stated above the tissue paper on a roll for the ruffle... love that... and a little Martha Stewart paper lace...
Of course the main mannequin is made from a Tim die... and I used sticky back canvas... which I distressed and then inked with Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen Stains... Is this frilly or what... I love it... but it all started out with the wonderful background... so it couldn't help but be fun to play with...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit and please go to Grungy Monday and see all the pretties... and also stop by Tim's site for more fun and wonderful eye candy.
Have a fun day... see you tomorrow with more things...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
