Easter is on the WAY...

I am trying to gather my cards that I have created and get them posted so that I can share them with ya'll....  so please be patient with me... LOL...

Here are a few Easter Cards that I have made...  Of course they have medallions on them... as they were samples for classes in Tea Bag Medallion making... we have lots of creative fun in these classes...  if you are local and want to join a group... please call me... or write to me...  thanks... 

Sop here are a few of the cards... 

 

This is the front of the card... and I wanted it to be an open card... with a window.... SPRING time you open up the house... let the fresh air in... yeah... 

 

Anyway... the medallion is around the edge of the window.. and the window is 'covered' with a piece of vellum that I ran thru a cuddlebug folder Dotted Swiss... or Swiss Dot..?? 

 

Behind it is another dry embossed folder ... I love white as a background.. makes a really nice background to show things OFF... 

 

A little bit closer...  there is also a Spellbinder medallion behind in a moss green....  just a little touch of color...  makes it look more complete...

 

When you open this up... you see this on the inside of the 'window' 

I love adding all this dimension...  just LOVE IT... 

 

 

 

When you open the card you still have a lot of place to write your message to the person you are sending this too... 

 

 

 

 

Using the same BUNNY... I  created this card...  the back ground paper is paper I made using inks of all kinds, stencils, lace done on the top edge of the card... and then punching and hand dyed ribbon... and then the MEDALLION...  love it... 

 

Oh yes... floating a medallion in a window... what fun...

With all the glories of flowers, ribbons and a charming bunny bringing a gift of Pussy Willows...  how SPRING is that... 

 

Check out the floating medallion... 

 

When you are in the mood to do something... you do it... you might not use it until a later date... but when I NEED to make PAPER... I get out my inks, paints, stencils and everything I need and CREATE.... 

 

So I was in the mood to make paper.. and made about 15 or so pieces of 8X11 pieces...  this background is one of them... I only used a small part here... and will use the rest on another card...  a little dry embossing and some spellbinders and clip art... and you have a CARD.... 

 

 

The Leaf stamp... I made using an eraser...  love my leaf stamps.. .I must have at least 6 all different ones...  you never know what size you might need...  right??? 

 

Oh what could be more perfect in my world than using purple and a dragon fly????  LOVIN IT .... 

 

Trying new and different type of cards is a passion of mine too...  variety is the spice of life... 

 

When you open this card... you can see more love pouring into the experience...   

 

Open all the way... you even see the pocket with a special message and maybe even a gift of more love... 

 

Pocket close up 

 

 

 

Looks like a pretty card... but then when you open it up... 

 

 

 

WOW...  really a fun card.... all in the folds... and of course colors...  and the medallion also adds to the WOW in my opinion... 

 

Love these cards... and hope that you do too..

 

One last one to share with you...

 

Almost forgot..  

Spring has sprung here... in fact it is hot out... in the high 70's... and going up as we speak... another hot day...  flowers are blooming, dogwood, pink and white.. the azaleas in our yard a little stunted at this time...  we went from COLD to HOT... in a matter of a few hours...  climate change??? Naaaaaa...

 

This card is so spring like...  had to share it...  with the little bird nesting and the daddy bird bringing food to the mommy...  I think of my son and his wife... having a baby and a very special time in their life.... 

 

 

Just wanted to share these with you and hope that you enjoy them...  have a super nice day...  enjoy every second of it... 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

 

Flip card made with Spellbinders

 

I love making flip cards.. BUT I don't like the normal way of  making them with a pencil ruler, xacto knife, etc... and then it doesn't look quite right etc...  I went onto Pinterest and looked high and low for this technique... I found enough information to create this one...

 

(Side note... I have been on dial up for over 11 years... totally frustrated and now I have a higher speed and LOVE IT...  so I am getting use to all the new things..  not totally sure of how to use some of these things... but having FUN!) 

 

So this is my first flip card using a spelldinder... Love it.. within a few seconds the card is made... and then you have the fun of decorating it...  yikes ... what fun.. 

 

 

This is K&co paper and it is really pretty here... but I will use double sided paper the next time... will be a lot easier... but hey.. live and learn...  that is why we are all learning about the how to do's.... and loving it too...

 

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

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

 

I have to tell you that I love this flower picture..  a friend gave me a pretty card and it was so lovely that I created these tiles from it, and also used the print..  so very sweet and delicate...  this card is a half gated card... and I used all kinds of punches to create it... 

The gals in the Tea Bag Group love the flowers too... and loved creating one similar to this... and will be excited to send it to a loved one... 

Hope you have enjoyed your visit here today.. .and would love to hear from you in comments...  thanks for your visit... See you soon...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Love is in the air...

 

 

Love is in the air... and hopefully SPRING too... 

 

Spring should be here soon.. 

 

This card was really a challenge for me.. not colors that I usually use, multi layers of colors and prints, and all kinds of things different than I usually use...  but I have to try things right??? 

 

All of these things also were on the work table... and I wanted to make a CARD... NOW... and didn't want to get up to get things...  lazy crazy day for me when I created this card...

 

Anyway... I found these really neat dragonflies at the dollar store... three in a package.. only a $1.00... yikes I bought a lot of them... so get use to seeing them on cards.. LOL... 

 

hope you have a wonderfully fun day... exciting and creative in all ways...

 

See you tomorrow ...

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

Purple Diamonds

Purple Diamonds is the name of this card... 

Why???

 

Well I used a few stencils after making the color on the paper... and then used some Liquid pearls all around the edges of each purple diamond... love the effects of this... 

 

Of course the bird motif is carried out in the edge in which I used Martha Stewarts corner border punches...  and of course the little one that is nested in the Tea Bag wreath... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also love making ribbons to match my papers... when I finish making the paper, and it looks just the way I want it to... I then clean up my ink colors on my work mat with a piece of seam binding... works out perfect for me...  LOL... love it when a plan comes together... 

 

Here's a view of the wreath and the bird up closer...  I also love the tile I used in this particular fold...  so very delicate... 

Hope that you enjoyed this card today...


Have a great day.. and maybe I will see you over the week-end...  busy times ahead with gardens going in... chickens going from pasture into the freezer... and also seeds getting ordered for more production this year...  since we are seed savers we always always have seeds to start our gardens with...  such a great thing... 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and see you soon... 
Please leave me a comment... I love reading and answering them... 

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

 

Tea Bag Classes

Yesterday I had a Tea Bag class and the gals had so very much fun...  we made a few cards... and learned 4 new folds...  a fun day.. lots of laughs, and fun...  also Glenn made a nice snack for us... roasted Sunflower and Pumpkin seeds.... perfectly seasoned with garlic, Braggs amino acids, and a little smoked salt... yummmm  ...

Anyway.. I wanted to share some of the cards and folds that they learned how to create...

This is a gate card that is so very pretty...  the gals made it in similar colors and papers... all the cards were WONDERFULLY Beautiful... or beauty-muss as they say...  A Spellbinder die was used to create the ends... and of course Martha Stewart punches for the trims...  a pocket holds a special message or gift..  always need a place for some cash or check... right??? 




This next card is really a favorite of mine... I love the delicate nature of it.. the purple and also the dotted Swiss vellum in the center just really sets it off as DELICATE PLUS in my minds eye.. 

 

This is on the inside of the card... looking out ward. 

Another pretty card... love the flowers that I was able to grab from papers...  and create tea bag tiles to match it...  Hope that you can see the details on these two cards... 

 

 

 

I guess you realize that I LOVE PURPLE... right??? 

So this one is no surprise... 

 

I made the paper behind the goodies...  lots of inks, stamps, acrylic dabbers, sprays with Perfect pearls... and then Spellbinders, bows that I dyed the ribbon to match a color in the background card...  The Victorian boy and egg are so very special too...  

Another purple card...  a card telling the snow to leave us alone and to allow SPRING to arrive...

The three panels in the background are metal foils colored with alcohol inks... love using them... 

 

 

 

 

This card was a highlight of the class... a fun card, easy to create and make... and lots of fun...  a score pad, spellbinders and a new medallion got the card finished in no time...  less than half an hour...  WOW... these girls are really getting the knack of tea bag folding... 

 

 

 

It POPS open and is so FUN!!!  Love this card... might make some time this afternoon to play a little and make a few more...

 

Why are you thinking I am addicted??? 

I love creating with my pretty papers...  so much fun and I love sending cards to friends and also selling them so others can share with their friends...  If you are interested in buying some, please get in touch with me... 

 

Have a super GREAT day... hope it is spring like in your neck of the woods...

 

Enjoy each day and take what nature delivers to your area...  go with the flow as they say... 

 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie   

Getting into the groove

Today is going to be a fun day... I have to PLAY!!!  What a shame right????  Well I will have to force myself to do this.. as tomorrow I am going to the Mill Spring Ag Center to sell cards, boxes, books and all kinds of things...  a FUN DAY again... what a life.... I love it.. 


Here are a few more cards that I have created since December...

 

 

I started to make a lot of boxes prior to December for gift giving... doing the Ag Center market every week prior to Christmas was so very much fun and a busy busy time...  I loved it all... This is a medallion on the top of the box...  and of course I had all colors for every type of gift giving...  not only in Christmas colors... 

 

I even became very engrossed in playing and creating black and white tea bag tiles from my Zentangles...  Here is one of the layered boxes...  this one only has two layers... but what fun I have had... It is really funny... Men are very drawn to these black and white boxes...  Most men will stop and comment on how attractive these are.  While the ladies love all the colors and flowers etc...  LOL... 

 

Every once in a while I make a card that I really really REALLY LOVE... this is one of those... 

Of course the purple is one of my favorite colors...  alive and pretty... I wanted to feel the spring in this card... even though it was made in December...  I love colors...

There is a circle cut into the card, under the medallion... which by the way is a triple layered medallion and is really puffy... very high... almost 1/2 inch thick... 

The ribbon... I dyed some seam binding...  LOVE THAT too...  have you bought any of that??? and dyed it...  I have a bag left from when I would spend hours dying it... and need to add to that...  If I could only stop some of the other things I am doing...

 

Here is the inside of the card... 

 

 

 

I think if you look closely you will see that the inside of the circle is also covered with a pretty two layered medallion... 

 

the little faerie is guarding the whole card...  with yet another medallion...  Do you think I LOVE to create Tea Bag Medallions????? Well you guessed it right... 

 

They say that you should always do things in uneven numbers... so here are three bows... do you have a little bow maker...  I don't know how I lived without ONE...  love it... thanks again Cheryl Bennett for this lovely gift... I use it almost every day of my life.  I also am quite fond of all my punches...  and my stamps...  this one is a Just Right one.. 
and a favorite. 

This card might look a little washed out.. .but it is just very delicate.  The butterfly is three layers also... as it is flying around the flowers...  Pink is also another favorite color... as it was my Mom's favorite...  she would have loved this card... 

Okay... so I will post a few more cards next time... and until then... hope that you also play a little bit, and have a wonderful time doing it...  Enjoy your day and play time that you will have. 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie 

 

 

 

I'm BACK!!!!!

It has been a very long time since I have blogged... and I am so very sorry... but my internet connection wouldn't allow me to get on here... so hopefully a lot of new things will be happening to this and my other sites... often and on a regular basis... 

I have been very busy over the past couple of months...  creating, cleaning out my studio of things I dont' need anymore, teaching more classes... and having fun... 

I also had a very sad time in my life, with the passing of my Dear Mother...  she was 94 in November of 2013 and passed this February....  her colon cancer came back with vengeance and so  with dignity she left this Earth Walk and with my Dear Dad and all the rest of our family that has left us too...

I use to get great pleasure in making a pretty card and sending it to my Mom... she loved pretty frilly things... and would love to share them with others...  so very important in life when you share all the time...  

That is really what blogging is all about... sharing and seeing all the pretty things...  Yes!!!!   So I have a few cards that I will share that I just recently took pictures of... will share more each day... 

 All these cards are from Tea Bagging folding classes that I have been teaching...  I love the gals in my class and they really enjoy creating all the different medallions and also now we are learning how to put together a card... all the techniques etc.... so very much fun... 

I am also offering these classes on line too... so if interested please contact me... thanks...  

Mr. Bunny above, has a pretty fancy cut flower arrangement from an old fashioned card... and also a bow...  made from seam binding ribbon and dyed to match... 

The medallion is dangling from the opening... so very fun to do crazy wild things on cards... 

This card was made on the Beetles 50th anniversary... loved the Bettles

 

Made the background paper and love the look of the bunny... 

blogger will not allow me to write in the columns ... so sorry 

a double medallion... which I love to make 

Another background paper with tons of overlays....

LOVE OUT LOUD... with pretty floral cutouts... 

Easter is on the way.. 

  Okay.... so now you have seen all the cards for the day... and hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some more goodies to share with you...  if you would like to buy any of  these cards... also contact me...  trying hard to keep my extra room clean..  LOL... do you honestly think I can??? 

Love being back here talking with you.. 
Hope you have had a wonderful day... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

A Day in December

WOW.... I am back again... it has been a tour of many different types...  Since I was last here, I have done so very many different things and had fun and enjoyment in all kinds of ways... 

So I will share with you some of the things that I have made over the past months...  I have been busy getting ready for the boutiques held at the Agricultural Center in the center of Mill Springs...  it has been fun... and also a lot of planning on what to do, what to share etc...  but at this point I only have one more day down there... Saturday, and so I wanted to try and share these with you...  

These are some shadow boxes that I just had to make...  once I make something that I really love, I can't stop... and so I had to make a few more...  

 The Sleigh Ride...  of course I forgot to take a picture of this with the LIGHTS all on...  but the lantern lights up and of course there is a 'candle' in the window...I get a little carried away with all the details... but I think that is what makes each one so very unique... like the skates hanging on the sleigh...  and a cookie cutter heart on the edge of the box...  all fun things that we do at Christmas time...  

 

 This one is a little bit different... and the window does have a candle that lights up...  and the tree is all decorated with with pearls...  I love the mess of stars that the moose is hanging out in...  

 Another lantern in the scene... with a pearl decorated tree... and lots of crystals to represent snow...  PEACE on earth...  

 More lights, lanterns, pearls on the tree and a handpainted mural in the background.  all Christmas feelings ....  you just need the music to accompany these.   and it will be a lovely day for all..  

Have you ever bought something that YOU really didn't have any idea what you were going to use it for???  I generally dont' do that... I do have a general idea as to what I am going to do with most things I buy...  well this one package of paper was a real splurge... and it was bugging me... and finally I decided to make a set of a Never Ending Card, Eloquent Box and matching envelope out of it...  I think You might have seen this...  

 I just love this wonderful paper by Anna Griffin... her papers are so very eloquent and take you to another level of beautiful...   well... a lot of people fell in love with these...  and now have them as keepsakes, and also as presents for loved ones over the coming weeks...  so I decided to make some other sets, with a Never Ending Card, Envelope and box...  

Here are a few of the boxes...  sorry I can't show you all of them...  I just haven't taken pictures yet... 

 Holly and Glitter... oh my... what sheer delight in my heart...  I love it...  the Glitter is so very red... and it is just perfect for this floral bouquet on the top of this box...  the Never Ending card and Envelope of course match it... what a wonderful way to present a gift to someone special in your life...  

If you would like to have a set, please write to me... I will mail you out a set...  

 These Glittery balls are also a pretty sight...  with a soft bow on the top...  all so very light and pretty...  layered upon each other on this box top...  

I love pinecones, red bows, holly leaves.. and so another box... with all that on it... and a lot of LOVE!!!!  


I also have had another birthday since I last wrote on my blog... and am enjoying my 69th year on this earth walk.   So very much left to do, and my list keeps on getting longer and longer each day...  wow... will I ever get to the bottom???? I hope not...  
 


I just wanted to say something to all of those of you who have sent letters of inquiry about different things... Glenn and I have been sick with this flu/cold thing... it is really not something I want to share with anyone...  Glenn really had it much worse than I did...  with a touch of his old malaria acting up again too...  we have not been 'sick' for over 40 years... so this really took a tole on us... but we are back on the path again... and enjoying life.  Now if they would tell us that we would have a high speed internet connection we would be even happier... but hey...  life deals us what we need to experience...  right???  

Thanks so much for all your love and thoughts over the past few weeks...  I love you all.. . 

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday time... Merry Christmas, and celebrate the holidays to the fullest...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Designer card and box

Sometimes when we do something it really turns out way beyond what you expected... I bought a ream of this paper and really didn't know what I was going to do with it... I just LOVED it...  when I got it...  I still wasn't real sure... and kept on looking at it... and finally it hit me to make a Designer Special Never Ending card with it...  and then the envelope developed... and then the box... I love it...  

A trio of things from one ream of special paper... LOL.. that I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with it...  

Please let me know what you think of it...  

 The stripe paper is by Designer Anna Griffin... so you know it is a good quality paper... very elegant to me... that is for sure...  

 I made up 12 never ending cards and can make a box to match.. I have a couple of boxes made... but can do them up for you... this makes a really nice holiday gift... in fact I am sending this to my Mom for one of her 94th Birthday presents...  filled with cashews... her favorite nut...  you can fill it with almost anything... including gift cards etc...  

Just thought you would enjoy seeing it...  
I love it and loved making it... and will love selling and giving these out...  

Hope you have had a wonderful day... 
Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie