Brushless Watercolor

Today is one of those days that all routine has been broken... which is GREAT every so often...  I love it...  

I thought I was going to do one thing... and ended up doing another... and that has been going on all day long... and I love it...  

Even with this picture... which I will most likely add to my journal.. I thought I would do one thing... and it ended up being another...  and I had a lot of fun doing the whole piece...  

step one and two 

 This week on Linda Ledbetters STUDIO L3 challenge she has chosen to do the following...  

Technique 7: Brushless Watercolor

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol II, page 49

Sponsored by eclectic Paperie

 So I gathered up my supplies that I wanted to use and started to play...  

 After I got the background done I had to add more... oh wow... the stuff started to fly then... 


I used a new to me stamp from Mini ornate ... love the words... and stamped them in Black Archival all around the edges of the 8.5 x 11 paper...  then I took my Olive archival pad and used my blending tool in the center section of the paper...  

 Here is the paper after the Olive archival had been added....  


Oh now I was really excited... this technique was really perfect for the mood I was in...  


I had dreams about painting flowers with my H2's... and hoped that todays challenge would allow me to do something with them... and YIKES... it was...  

 Okay... I still felt like I needed to add more... so I distress stained another stamp ... the larger ginkgo leaf... and stamped that in peeled paint... and then used a black archival ink on top of that... you can still see the distress stain if you look closely... 

I wish I could get larger pictures up here for you... but with this dial up ... not a go for me...  

 Then I started to play... Bonnie style... 


I drew flowers all over the paper... and then using my Twinkling H20's... I colored them in... and then used my distress markers to accent the flowers...  Love the look I got... I also used my white copic in a jar as a paint for the accents...  


But don't you love the washed out gingko leaves... love it...  

 Here are some close ups of the flowers... and the background... which is just the look I wanted... LOVE it... You are right Linda... it will be a much used technique for a long time to come... LOVE IT...  100%... 
Thanks Tim for the inspiration on this background... I love it... 

 Another section... love these little orange flowers... they started out yellow... LOL... and of course the daisies are my very favorite... which please don't forget to take a look at my newest collection of Digital flowers... called Dynomite Daisies on Pretties by Bonnie  There are a lot of pretty ones to play with there... and there are bonuses galore HERE

 so that each time you decide on a kit, class or collection... you receive a BONUS... what a great thing to do...  check it out... thanks...  

Okay... more pretties on this corner too... I really had fun with this challenge today.. and thanks Linda and Tim for putting me into that space...  

Hope ya'll have a wonderful day.. if you are traveling... be safe and careful... and enjoy your day, week-end and time with loved ones...  Thanks for stopping here today too... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Sweet Violets

 Quite  a few favorites here.. I love the colors of this whole picture... the teal butterfly paper is from K and Co... and it is so pretty...  I was saving it for a SPECIAL occasion... and this was it...  


I added the violets which are a another favorite flower of mine and also the Just Rite shape...  the other favorite here is the little tag... 

A friend of mine gave me the tag punch... thanks Victoria... and I love it... it is a Fiskcar punch and I would never have bought it, as I wouldn't think I would use it that often... but in reality I use it the most of any punch I have ever had!!!!  

I have some little stamps that just fit in the punch area and I am happy with that...  but these violets I love the most... 

They are not released yet... but if you order your collections between now and the end of May, I will make sure you also get this violet...  it is so cute with daisies... and for all those that have received their collections... I will send you one too..  how is that... dont' like to have anyone feel like they missed out on something...  and this violet is a special little one..    

It comes with two buds... one single bud and also a double bud...  the leaves are in the greenery area of your folders...  

Thanks for taking a look and hope that you will take advantage of this special on Pretties by Bonnie and don't forget to remind me about the violet!!!  

Have a fun and creative day... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Violets and Daisies BOX

 Today I wanted to share with you a box that I did for a gift...  I wanted to include Violets and of course my favorite DAISY...  


All the flowers and leaves are from Pretties by Bonnie   where there is a promotion going on from today until the end of the month...  You can check out the BONUS promotion here...  the more collections you purchase,

The more bonus gifts you receive.... what fun is that.???  

Clip art, a new way of punching using a corner punch... and more.....  

So I do hope you will check it out...  

Box is approx 5 X 8 inches... 

 When you purchase a collection or a kit or a class... you will also receive a wonderful useful software program to print endless items all the same size... from 3/4 of an inch to 6 inches...  this will help you so much and can be used for any items you need to duplicate...  love this way of creating... 

 When you buy a stamp... you have that size only... but with this, you can make the same flower any size you need for YOUR special project... and your creativity will never be limited by the size of the stamp you DON'T have... 

As you can see there are two size daisies here.. but the same design... but one is smaller... how perfect is that.... 

I do hope you will contact me if you have any questions...  and I will gladly answer them all.. 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and have a wonderful day... if you are traveling... please be very careful and have a wonderful week-end...  for those that are not traveling... enjoy your time here tomorrow and over the week-end for more fun...  this afternoon is a challenge... so check back later...  see you then... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Daisy Gift Bag and Tabbed Book

 I have to start out by apologizing for these pictures... some of these were very hard to get a good picture of .... due to the coloring ... but I know that you will be able to see enough good pictures to get the idea...  


I used some of my Pretties by Bonnie  flowers from the Dynomite Daisy collection... I love daisies and wanted to play around with these today, as Glenn just picked me another really large bouquet of them today... I love them... did I say that already..????  


I also wanted to make something as a gift... and I started out by making the bag first... not kidding...  I knew what I was going to make as the GIFT... so the bag was the Fluff...  but it turned out so very pretty that I think that it will be used quite a few times...  I like it when that happens... Upcycling is so good for the earth...  


Well I made the small tote...  using some paper from Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection... and the paper is named  Mercurial Masterpiece...  A really special print... with a border all the way around the 12 x 12 paper.. so this bag is a good size bag... and perfect for my gift... 

 I used 2 sheets of the paper... and a few daisies... and leaves... Love these daisies... they brighten anything up... don't you think...  add a light to the project...  I used a sheer black ribbon for the 'handles' of the bag... but they are just for look... not to be used... a little too frail...  

 I used a green marker and a little dew drop magic for the centers of my daisies... and also some liquid pearls by Ranger.. .  

 All my daisies are layered... and when you get your collection of digital images you will also get a software package so that you can print TONS of all the exact size flower...  and make these pretty layered flowers...  they are so pretty on all kinds of things... tags, bags, cards, scrapbook pages, you name... they will certainly brighten up any project... 

 I made three small bows to go down the side of the bag on the right hand side... just to off balance the daisies going up the left...  


The picture isn't that great... but at least you can see what I am talking about... 

 Okay... then for the gift... what gal doesn't LOVE another little book... this book is 5X8.5 inches... and has four sections to it... a little frilly... a little flowery... and lots of places to write, sketch or doodle in...  perfect size for a purse... or tote... and a great gift...  


When you buy a collection between now and May 31st there is a bonus gift ... the more collections you buy.. .the more bonus gifts you receive... how to punch this background is one of the bonus gifts...  it is a fun way to use those punches and be creative again... 

 A little bit closer to see the daisies and the colander... which will be coming out soon...  

I love using liquid pearls on so many things... and especially leaves and greenery...  down by my watermark you can see my dots on the leaf.. LOVE doing that...  

Looking forward to you getting some of these collections so that I can see what you will make... all the gals that have received your sets... I would love to see what you are creating...  

Thanks so much for stopping by today... and hope to see you again tomorrow...  more goodies will be up here... that is for sure... 

Have a GREAT day... enjoy  the day entirely... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

THE Cheshire CAT!!!

 Altered Alice challenge this month I have been writing a story... with pages to tell that story... and this is one of those pages... of the continuing saga of the Top Secret... Alice is hunting for the answer... So on this page the Cheshire Cat appears and disappears all over the place...  Hope you see that... he is there... but not really...  LOL... he is not really visible to you...  
Anyway... I used a Cheshire Cat Stamp that I won from Stamp Attack a few months ago... (a little longer.. but who is counting...)  It is really a wonderful stamp... and just the right size for this ... .  He is all over the page...  Love it...  anyway... Alice seems him one minute ... but then he leaves... she goes on over to talk to the Duchess at  the games... and ask her... DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOP SECRET IS?????  She didn't even know what a top secret was...

 No use here... that is for sure... 


Another day another story... 


I hope that I will be able to finish this prior to the end of this Challenge on Sunday the 27th... but if not... have no fear... I will finish it in the next month...  

Hope that you have a GREAT day and thanks for stopping by for a visit... hope you can get messy and creative too... 

Enjoy your day... 
Love,Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Do You Know what a Gryphon is???

Altered Alice is having a challenge and I have decided to write a little story.... still working on the ending... but if you have been following along... this is just another part of the story.... 

Alice is looking for the answer to the TOP SECRET that the Rabbit announced a few weeks ago...  and Alice is asking everyone if they know what the TOP SECRET is??? Do you know...  Do you know what  a Gryphon is???  

 

 Well he and Alice has been talking for a long time... and all the other animals are all watching as they talk... he doesn't know what the Top Secret is... at all... 

 So Alice moves onto the Lobster and the Snail... and neither of them know either... did you know that these 'characters' were in Alice in Wonderland... ????  Amazingly they ARE... .so many of them... wild critters...   LOL... 

Another fun page to create and put into my Alice in Wonderland Journal... which I have to say I am working on the cover for... but might not have it done this month...  still waiting on a few things .... 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope to see you tomorrow... Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie  

Embrace the Moment and FLY

 Happy Monday.... hope that your week-end was a pleasant one... and that you are ready for a fun filled week ahead... no matter what it is ... a FUN filled week is in order...  To start the week off... I always do a CHALLENGE that I love...  The Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge... 

 You should check out all the GREAT work there this week... it is all very unique and so very different... each member of the DT has done an outstanding creation... love them all...   So I had to do something from my heart like so many of them did...  
I spent a lot of my summers at the beach... Since we lived in NJ as I was growing up... we went to the Jersey shore... also to Cape Cod and my mothers maternal family in Maine... so I saw many different types of beaches and the different water fronts created by the ocean...  so great...  In cape cod you so often saw the beach grasses blowing in the air... and so I wanted to create that feeling... and so the background that I started off with was to give that wispy breeze across your face in the summer as you are standing on the beach... LOVE IT... don't you???   

 Walking on the beach collecting shells, seeing a sunset as you collect them... or maybe even an early morning stroll on the beach you would see pinks in the skies...  


And again I wanted to show that too...  Some of these things have gotten lost on the page as it progressed... but they are there in spirit and also under things... LOL... 

 The name of this page in my Journal is Embrace the Moment and FLY.... as we so often forget to do that when we are enjoying ourselves...  reflecting back in time I did forget that at the moment... but certainly have the memories to do so now...  


I have the shells that I have collected from all over the eastern sea coast in jars on my hearth. .... year round.... to remind me of the connection to the ocean..  I don't go to the oceans anymore... but can remember the times when we did... 

The air was clean, the waters were clean and sands were hot on the feet as you walked in the sand to get to the waters edge... so very GREAT on a summers day.   

The sand Pipers on the shore line, trying to get a meal from the little critters digging deeper and deeper to get away from the sand pipers bill and tummy....  

 

 I can remember collecting sand dollars in Maine on Bailey's Island... as My great Grandparents house and family lands were all on Orr's Island... if you have ever been there... you have seen my families old general store... the Prince family ran it for years ... and now one of my great uncles daughters has a chowder business in the old store... 

I had to get the effect of clouds... as they are so pretty when they are floating over the ocean...  the waves hitting the sand and tickling your toes as you reach the water....  Summer Time... 

 I hope that you feel at this point like we have enjoyed a day at the beach... on our Summer Holiday... which is the theme for this challenge...  I have enjoyed it ... that is for sure...  


Collect some shells, display them proudly in a special place and remember the Holiday at the Beach forever...  

Everytime you feel the breeze in your hair it will bring back that memory to you...  so FLY in your everyday world to EMBRACE the Moment...  

Have a great day and week... and enjoy it all... 
Thanks for stopping here on your daily visits... and see you soon...  Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Circles

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 Circles.... Hels Sheridan's Challenge on Ink on MY Fingers.... Sunday Stamper Challenge....   CIRCLES!!!!  Well... I am flying around  the ceiling right about now... I loved doing this piece...I started off with some Dylusion sprays... and then added some stencils with a blending tool... and then added and added and finally thought do I have enough circles on here yet???  I had circles from the stencil... circles in the flowers, dots, wreaths, the WORD is a circle... ETERNITY....  yes!!!   The center of the flowers... circles all over the place...  do you see them all.. yikes... tons of fun... tons of circles... and all on a sunny day!!!  

 I do hope that ya'll are having some nice weather over in the UK and other places across the pond...  it is really nice here in Western North Carolina in the mountains... we even have a nice cool breeze which I am totally enjoying right about now... as it is a little on the toasty side here...  


So... do you think that the colors are bright enough on this piece... I LOVE these bright colors that Dyan has in her sprays... so wild and WONDERFUL... makes one feel good to just see them...  and when they hit the paper...  WOW... pop zum... you are flying around the ceiling...  higher than a kite!!!! 

 Here is a close up of some of the circles... on the butterfly... on the stencils circles... and the tiny dots...  


Circles...  


               Circles........ 


                                   CIRCLES... 
Love circles.. 

Even the centers of the flowers are circles... used liquid pearls for the centers...  

The flowers and wreath are from Pretties by Bonnie  from the newest collection...  

I put Utee on the violets... so they are like porcelain... and I love the sheen to them... wonderfully exciting when it all comes together like we can do these days...  

I also doodled on this piece... the white line drawings are me...  along with the dots.... as you can see I love to even write with dots....  love them too.. I love most things...  

Hope that you have enjoyed this half as much as I did to make it... then I will be happy...  Enjoy the day... have fun.. and thanks so very much for stopping by and leaving your thoughts...  Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

On the FENCE!!!!

I don't know where yesterday went to... but I finally got around to making my tags for the Challenge... !!!  The Challenge of course is 
 

Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 6!

Technique 6: Tissue Wrap Collage

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol II, page 38

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie's Boutique

 

 

 With that all being said... I read my book by TIM and gathered up my supplies and went to town...  I have done this one a few times... and still am up in the air over which way I really like it... so I did both ways... and you can let me know which way you like the best...  

 Let me start by saying that this tag is done with the stamping on the top of the tissue... and in some ways I live it better..  but I also like the other way too... not really sure which I like better... HELP...  


I used one of the Daisies from my newest Collection of digitals...on the side... I love daisies and since it is spring and they are blooming all over the area I had to use this today...   
Of course the letters are from a Tim Die too... 

 I used Liquid Pearls on the center of the daisy and on the leaves and stem....   and used Dylusion spray on the letters... love to use that, as they blend so very quickly and give a rich bright look...I love the 3D ness of the tag that the flower adds and then the tissue wrap back up in the background...    

 Okay... on this tag I used a digital that has not been released yet but I am so in love with the honeysuckle this year... I have a couple of bouquets that my sweet hubby picked for me... and so I sketched it and put it on here...  


There of course is a deep message on this tag too...  


BEE  LIVE.... let the bees live... we need the bees in order for us humans to stay alive...  this is very important to our way of life...  all the sprays and things that are killing our bees should STOP....   NOW...  not in a few years... or next week even... NOW... so when you buy an apple you are helping to kill bees...  the sprays that they use do a really good job of that... it will wipe out a whole colony of bees in a few weeks...  buy organic apples... buy organic everything as a matter of fact... we are no different than the bees...  take care of your body too...   so the sprays were worked so that the BE was a different color... that is for sure...  I used the stamps of the tree and birds in flight on this one... and then put the tissue on top of the stamping... 

 I really like them both... so am not going to worry about it...  but use both ways...  


I also always use my Distress Markers when coloring my Pretties by Bonnie flowers and leaves...  I love all the colors... but there is not a set of markers that will make leaves as pretty as the distress markers... I really LOVE the greens in this set...  they are wonderful...  

 I used Broken China on the background and then used Shabby Shutters on the fence area... and t hen used Picket fence on top of that... I wanted a white picket fence... LOL....no pun intended... just wanted it...  Love honeysuckle growing up a fence... it is growing all over the farm gates and it always smells so very pretty... love it... 

Of course the butterflies need to have a cleaner environment too...  so this tag is a loud scream for HELP from each and every one of us... think about using sprays ... and also about buying things that have been sprayed...  

Have a super nice day... and enjoy this weather... at least we are having a BLUE North Carolina Day here...  no clouds... just DEEP BLUE SKIES.... love these days... going to go stare at the sky and absorb some sun this morning... 

Have a wonderful week-end... and enjoy yourself...  I would love to have you take a look at my newest collections... and there is also a GREAT Bonus give away for all purchases...  until May 31st...  hope you will take a look...    Thanks for stopping by for a visit and also for visiting my other sites... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Exciting NEWS

Today... Thursday the 17th of May... I am announcing a new Digital Collection...  called DYNOmite Daisies... I love it ... as daisies are my very favorite flower...  I sure think you will love it too...  

You will have to take a look and see some of the flowers offered in this collection...   at Pretties by Bonnie 
(I seem to be having problems with linking... so if you can not connect... please use the Icon on the top right column... it should take you to Pretties by Bonnie  Thanks so very much)   

There is so much in this collection that you will LOVE it all... and the fun part is that when I figured out the price per digital in this collection... it was less than 65 cents per digital!!!!  WOW...


BUT also... I have added some really fun things... and that is when you purchase a Kit, an on line class or a collection of digitals from me... you will receive BONUS gifts... the more you buy... the more you receive...  Clip art... or tutorials... your choice... it is all   Here...  for you to see and decided which you desire to play with...

So please take a look see... and I do hope to hear from you soon... 
I am only a click away...  

Thanks for stopping by today... and Have a SUPER GREAT day... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie   

 

The Flamingo

 Alice is still looking for the answer to the top secret...  do you know what it is??? 

She stopped in to the gardens at the palace to play a few games... and she even asked the silly flamingo if he knew...  he never answered her...  I guess he doesn't talk to humans!!!!   


This page was a lot of fun... I used some of Dyan's dylusion sprays... by Ranger... and also her dot stencil... and then I had to use that wonderful Peacock Feather Distress ink pad...  the new one of Tims' from the spring collection... love that color.. .  of course when you put it on top of the pink.... you get purple... so rich isn't it???  

Then I used one of my latest digital images that I hope to release soon... of a dogwood branch as the background  to Alice and the flamingo...   I made all the dots with an old old marker... that I bought over 8 years ago... 

This is another page to the saga of the Top Secret story that I am doing for the Altered Alice challenge...  hope you will take a look see at this fun site... love Alice and all the things that are created on there... 

Thanks for stopping by... and hope to see you tomorrow...  
Have a fun and creative day ...  Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie