Gate Cards

I love making gate cards... they add a different dimension before you even get started with the rest of the card...  never made one???  better try making at least one...  they are fun. 

Tomorrow I will show you a different style gate card... so please make sure you come back tomorrow too... LOL... getta get you hooked on visiting here every day...  I love your visits... thanks always for stopping by... 

Okay.. here are some gate cards... 

 

Okay... so these are a little bit different than the average gate folded card... but hey... I am different anyway... right???  I cut a circle in the middle of the gate fold, to put a medallion there... what fun... love it... 

 

Also a challenge at this time in my life... doing something a little bit different keeps me on my toes all the time... 

 

A gate folded card is simply folded differently...  take a piece of paper... lets say 12 x 6... and with your score board score at 3 and 9 inches...  or make a score mark in that area using a ruler...  fold into the center... a gate card has now been created by YOU...  EASY... 

The center of the card then needs to be decorated.. have fun... here I used a piece of tea bag tile paper, created with using a half inch tile... really makes a nice background paper... you can create this with any of my tea bag tile kits... using the tile making program...  check it out on the medallion art blog... (to find that... scroll down on the right hand side of this blog and you will see the medallion art tag... click on it... another whole world of stuff) 

 

 

 

A Valentine card for my special Valentine... 

 

 

Inside medallion 

 

 

Did you enjoy this... are you going to make a gate card... hope you will... even if you have made tons of them... make another one... and try and make a circle that will let you see thru to something else... what fun for the person that receives this card...

 

Love life to the fullest...

Thanks for stopping by for a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

On the FARM...

I just wanted to share a few things with you... I have posted on the FARM site a few new pictures for you to see...  some of the chickens and also of this great salad we had tonight for dinner... 

 

You can get to the site by clicking on FARM above.. or also by scrolling down to the bottom of this page and on the right side of the page, you will see a picture of the farm... click on it...  both should work... 

 

I love our farm and home... and love sharing it with you...

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie...

 

ps... tomorrow there will be some more cards ...  so come on back...  love your visits... 

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