The Letter E for Election Day

A big day here in the USA.. ELECTION DAY... so since I changed H for where the E should have been.. I used the E today... funny how some things happen just the way they are suppose to...  

E...  Oh my goodness when I tell you this, you will really laugh... when I was in 7th grade.. ELVIS was a huge STAR... he was all over things... and one thing that I had was ELVIS sneakers...  oh my goodness... his face was all over the little white keds... I wish I still had them... I wore them until my little toes hung out the sides... and my big toe was peeking thru the front... they were my favorite sneakers ever...  long since gone... but I bet with even the holes in them they would be worth something... to someone?????  that collect ELVIS stuff today...  funny how things pop up in ones mind... what does E stand for in your life..??? 

 I did use a few E tangles in this one...  I try to expand my knowledge of the different tangles... it takes a long time to get them downloaded.. but I try...  

Thanks for taking a look and also for stopping by... 
Have an ELOQUENT Evening... and enjoy it all... 




Another E has evolved onto paper...  

Everyday when you create it allows you inner spirit to show it's self on paper...  that is so wonderful.  


 

I decided that I should commit to doing the Creative EveryDay challenge… and so I signed up and will be doing a piece every day for a month… nothing really different for me… as art is my life in so many ways… but I will try and share more with you each day… 

Well I decided to play a little more last night while listening to TV...  and here are some of the ones I did... I just kept them coming right along!!!  LOL... they were flowing fast too... could hardly keep up with the pen...  The Challenge on I am the Diva was really exciting to me... so I did the SOCC tangle and became really familiar with it...  I really feel that it is the only way to learn it and also put it into action... doing it once or twice just doesn't work for me at all.. 

 First one of the evening... and I really had fun with filling in the spaces that the SOCC tangle left...  and then I added some beads...  

and then the background...  

 I added some leaves and also some berries... and beads...  but then 

While doing the one above, I realized I wanted to attach this tangle to something... so I did... a few sticks...  

I call this the Loom... 

 

 And then the Wall Hanging...  
Like a Macrame... 

 And you know how much I love Flowers... so....  
I had to do a few of them... 

 I really liked way this one came out...  I need to improve on the shading on this one... I didn't have my paper smear thingy...  and it came out a little harsh... but you get the idea anyway... 

Well have a great day now... and if you haven't tangled or created some kind of art... get your act in gear and play a little...  it is really good for you... 

Thanks for stopping by... and see you a little later...
 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie   

Good Morning Monday with Diva and Strings

Good Morning MONDAY!!!  

Well here we are again with another whole week in front of us... tons of stuff to do... and CREATE... and also a lot of fun... Now the big question is when to do what... and what is top priority???  Well to me Creating is ALWAYS top priority... but other things sometimes have to do first!!! BOO HOO... but truth always is what you have to go along with... at least in my camp...  

As most of you know I have been tangling now for quite some time... since June of this year...  5 MONTHS now... and I love it more ever single day...   I can do it almost any place... at any time... and still be sane about the rest of my day... other than on Saturday's and Monday's when I am doing Challenges... but other wise... I am a tangle fool... and I really enjoy it... totally relaxes me like nothing else has ever done.. and also I find that because I don't follow to many of the tangling communities rules I really create my own form of art...  

I know that with 'Strings' I am not suppose to draw or outline them... but I really love the look of them... but today I did a few with the way they are suppose to be done...  but I really like a free for all with it... and love the lines and things... but both are great... so I will switch back and forth...  

Here are two that I did for String #25...  Thanks Linda for all the input that you give us all.. it is truly great..  

 I have not done the Zebra or the twisted tangle... don't have my book in here by the computer... and I can't think of the name of them... so sorry... 

The cake one... is really fun and I loved doing that one... and of course copada...  love that ... had to add a few flowers to it... LOL... got bored with the lines!!!

 Now this one...  I did the boron? I think that is what it is called... and I will use that again...  the others were not new to me... I love them...  had fun with both of these...  just a little different than my regular tiles...  These are both about 5x5 tiles...  

 Now I also had done a zendala for Erin's Bright Owl site..  which was to create using tangles that began with the letters P I E ... but this was sitting on the table and last night after doing the dinner and dishes I started to tangle in it... and this is what happened... no pie... we ate that for dinner... but I had fun creating this piece too... which is also about 5x5... or since it is a circle... 5 inches in diameter...  

Now... I will do the I Am the DIVA challenge after it is released... and hopefully will get it done by Noon  EST...  this time change has me going... but I am sure everyone else is the same.. it is just that our days change so much with the days getting darker earlier... chickens have to be done at dark... so dinner is a little later... and our nights are different...  more time to tangle!!!  Maybe so ... not really sure yet... 


 The Diva Challenge   this week is really a good one...   I was very touched to read all about Erin's challenge with this particular Tangle... so very true... we each create our our path along the journey of life... and even though they might look the same... getting there is entirely different and also so very rewarding to each person in different ways... wow... such a powerful thought in all ways...  Anyway... if you go the site of the I AM THE DIVA you will be able to read all about this process... it is well worth the trip...  believe me!!!  

So I wanted my project this week to be really special... so  I decided to  make a BOX with some special tangles on it...  

 This is what the top of the box looks like, when you are standing over it... LOL... Well I wanted a nice clear picture of the top...  So I think I took about 15 pictures... and picked out a few to share with you...  You can see the Socc in the center of the frame.  

 Here is a close up of the SOCC but the color is a little bit different as I kept on trying to find the right place to take these pictures... LOL..  so please ignore the color differences... I used a piece of Bazzill white paper... and it was a lot more difficult to control my tangle lines... but I did have fun with this box... I love making boxes... and have a huge collection of them...  

 A close up of the corner...and side panel... Love the leaves by Helen Williams... they are sure neat... but so are all of her tangles... she is very creative with nature...

 A little bit closer on the actual corner...  

 I did use a black pen... even though the one above looks like Sepia....LOL... funny how a picture taken one place will look so very different in another place... but it all the same box... believe me!!! 

 The side... not entirely covered with tangles...   I wanted the bottom left open... as I might add something else to it...  

Again... I have to thank each and every person that leaves comments... and believe me when I say I wish I could get to all the blogs... and leave all kinds of comments too... hopefully some day I will the ability to do so... and will have no more DIAL UP!!!!  With a high speed of 40kbps.... wow... a snail is so much faster..  

Thanks Laura for the challenge... and thanks also to Erin for creating such a fun tangle... I do love it.. and will use it again...  it is something that grows on one...  Thanks...  



 

I decided that I should commit to doing the Creative EveryDay challenge… and so I signed up and will be doing a piece every day for a month… nothing really different for me… as art is my life in so many ways… but I will try and share more with you each day… 

Like today... I have added a few more pieces, for the Creative Every Day Challenges...  I love doing all these pieces anyway... just another excuse to play!!!  Don't you love it...  who needs excuses anyway????  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope you have a wonderful creative fun filled day...  

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie   

Thanks for all the BOUNTY

Gratitude

'You ought to return thanks in a neat speech,' the Red Queen said, frowning at Alice as she spoke. . . . 

In fact it was rather difficult for her to keep in her place while she made her speech: the two Queens

pushed her so, one on each side, that they nearly lifted her up into the air: 'I rise to return thanks--'

Alice began: and she really DID rise as she spoke, several inches; but she got hold of the edge of

the table, and managed to pull herself down again.

-- Chapter 9, Through the Looking Glass

Okay... now that you have the details on this months theme... lets see what I did... LOL... I had FUN!!!  That is what I did...  I got out my alcohol inks, pens and palette,  paper and my new NATURES BLESSINGS stamps... 

(which I have to tell you this... when I received my Designer Team Stamps... they were wrapped in white tissue paper with the up most of CARE...  what a wonderful way to start a project... )   

So I un Wrapped my NEW Natures Blessings stamps and started to stamp them all.. oh I love these stamps... nice visions of happiness came across my face...  And I didn't have any of these wonderful stamps from Through the Looking Glass... what fun...  

Okay... then came the process or what to create...  

I knew that I was going to use my alcohol inks to color this beautiful stamps... and then what... ???? Think... ponder... think some more... go out of the studio and then come back in and tangle a little while... ..... all of a sudden it came to me... 

A book... a book of THANKS... So this is what I did...  

 I wanted to talk about THANKS.... Thanks for all the wonderful things that are around me... and Us...  so I created this little THANKS book... 

 On the front of each of the pages I have attached a letter...  spelling out the word THANKS.... (I used some Grundgeboard letters and painted them fall colors... but you would never know that I used 6 different colors... would you???  I used a Perfect pearls spray and I think that is what color took!!!  But I do love them... so that is all that counts anyway... right???  

 The first page is ALICE... with that cute little piglet...  and of course a funny sticker of a turkey... I had to use him as this was a Thanksgiving day theme...  GRATITUDE!!!  Thanks for all that you do...  

 I used some dyed seam binding ribbon for the colors on the rings... and love the way  they flow down the side of the book...  so fall and I might even glue some leaves on there too..  

Good Idea.. 

 T

So here are each of the pages prior to being put into the book form...  and I will tell you all about the meaning of each page...  

T= turkey...  and thanks for all the time that we have to create with...  Thanks for everything that we have in our lives... 

 H


 Because this is actually in the H section on the left hand side of the book...  it stands for rabbit... or hare...  LOL... even though this is truly the white rabbit.. it is still a hare!!!  

Haystacks...  hello letters, harvest in the fall... and homecoming of the kids...  and all the trimmings of the holiday....and for PUMPKIN PIES...  from the harvest... you can't just look at one thing... you have to look at the whole... right???  

Also H stands for my hubby.. as I am very thankful in so many ways that he is in my life... 

 I forgot to tell you... the leaf paper behind a lot of these pages I made with one rubber stamp that I also made... and used different colors ink to create a fun paper... and then using a 8.5 x 11 paper cut it for each page...  that was one piece of paper!!!  This book is 3.25 X 8 inches long...  a great size for this project...  

Okay... so that is all about H...  a good letter...  and I love these stamps... I hope that by now you have taken a look at the great ALICE selection that Nature's Blessings has...  REALLY WONDERFUL... and very fast service too...  

 A

There are so many things that A stands for... one is for this little rabbit ANNOUNCING that AUTUMN is here...  the APPLES are ready for the pies... and the AUTUMN leaves are falling...  

 I have to tell you that I love these Looking Glass stamps... I love them.. take a look at this UNICORN.... is he something... and that LION... GREAT going Alice with this AUTUMN CAKE....  

 N

Oh yes... so many things with N... we just don't maybe think of it...  the NEWLY fallen leaves.. the nesting of the little birds... do you feed the birds during the winter months when they can't find anything to nibble on...  do you thank them for all the sweet music that they give us all during the year...  look at all the colors in the leaves... so very vibrant and GREAT...  what a kaleidoscope of colors we have here this year...  the dogwood is the most vibrant red I have ever seen... and the yellows are just starting to form up... the oranges will be brilliant too...  

 And do we say GRACE with a flair... as the Mad Hatter does here...  with all his finery on...  We should thank ourselves everyday of the year for all we have in our lives... no matter how little it may seem... it is grand.  

Okay... now I would like to take a few side steps here and show you something that I JUST love... I have all the Distress line by Tim Holtz... and have found that coloring stamps can really be a lot of  fun... and you can get some great results with some great tools...  

So I wanted to really color these with a lot of flair... and so I grabbed my ALCOHOL inks and wanted to share this with you...  as I have shown these to so many people and they love it...  

You can use t he alcohol inks so many different ways.. but did you know this...  

 I love this stamp... Alice with these precious little kittens... and since this is for the K section... what could be more perfect???  Anyway... I wanted to have a nice little frame around this...  so I used a corner and border punch set... and then colored it with my alcohol inks...  

 The pieces that came out of the punches.. I saved and colored them too...  

I found this palette with a cover... made by Ranger and it is for the alcohol inks... you put some of the ink into each well... and let it DRY...  

Then using a refillable pen... you fill it with Solvent and can use that to pick up the color from the palette and color your stamped images...  I love the effect that it gives... it looks like water color... yet you have the control of a marker... 

 You can use the alcohol inks so many different ways.. but did you know this...


It is so very easy...  and will allow you another way to create with your Alcohol inks...  

 Okay... now you can use that same pen...  and fill it with the alcohol inks... 

and on the band mark it with the color ink you have used... 

Now go one step more...  you can CREATE your own colors...  
like a light green using blues and yellow inks...  what fun... each pen is naturally refillable by YOU... with YOUR own bottles of inks that you use for other alcohol ink projects... really fun...  '

 You don't have to have many... but hey... I love lots of colors... so I have a lot... and always find that I need more and more of these... to create new colors...  

Hope you have enjoyed this little side show...  now on with the main event... 

 K

 Here is ALICE in all her glory with these cute little kittens...  I love it.. and she is GRATEFUL for them... she loves them dearly...  

 And here is Alice trying to project herself from a storm of little leaves... (the ones I punched out... )   So much fun...  and all the animals that she has around her... she has to be GRATEFUL for them too... 

S  

The letter S...  So many words of thanks for this letter... but lets say that this book is all about gratitude... and THANKSGIVING... and what a SPECIAL day that is of the year...  also for sharing with all our friends... and how about the SHEEP.. that give us the wool for our clothes... thanks for that to all the sheep out there...  and to all the shop owners too...  it is a SEASON of THANKSGIVING ... and I am thankful... thanks...   

 I Love this little book.. .but will be mailing it onto my Mom who loves ALICE... and she will enjoy this SPECIAL little gift... 

I do hope that you have enjoyed it too...  

THANKS for stopping by for a visit.. and I do hope that you take a look at Nature's Blessings...  wonderful stamps of all kinds...  

 

I decided that I should commit to doing the Creative EveryDay challenge… and so I signed up and will be doing a piece every day for a month… nothing really different for me… as art is my life in so many ways… but I will try and share more with you each day… 

Have a great day... and thanks for all the wonderful comments that you leave...  Love them all...  

Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie 

Saturday is for Snails and Zendalas

I have committed to doing Art every day for at least November with a challenge called....  Creative Art Everyday    and so I need to do art EVERYDAY ...  Love it... how special is this... being forced to do something that I love so very much.... LOL.. anyway, I hope that you will join in on the FUN and create and share with the rest of us... even though it is not the first the month... you can still join in...  

So for today I have done a few pieces... 
This one is a special one in honor of the hurricane Sandy... as the Sea really created a problem for so many areas... but one of the worse hit was my home for so many years growing up... New Jersey...  and I so loved the Shore... we use to have a house there, that was visited during the summer months... right near all the devastation...in Beach Haven Terrace.....  I am sure the house is now gone... as so many others are totally gone...  My heart and love go out to all the victims of Sandy and I do hope that they healing has started for all of them.  Such a long haul back to 'normal' and I send my love.  

 Of course the Snail is a very special critter for me... I use to use in college as a trademark for all my art work...  but I use to have it turned the other way around... with the Animal inside still living...  

This one is totally open and floating along in the sea...  hoping to find a new beginning for it's life...  and this is the wish for all in this area of Sandy...  Please send your love to them all...   our son lives in NJ... and was with out electric for a couple of days... but is back to normal now...  while others in my family only had the lights flicker...  and some had no knowledge other than heavy winds and rain...  which I am thankful for in all ways.  

Okay... so I am most likely tangling now... and when I get finished with my Zentangle... I will share that with you...so if it is not here... please check back in a little while for more... 

Well Erin posted a most interesting mandala... and then gave us a challenge of all challenges...  we had to use the letters from the word PIE...  and pick tangles that began with those letters.. and one had to be one that we had never used...  There are still a lot that I have not used... so that was not a problem.. . 

PIES... oh my goodness... I use to make so many pies at holiday time that people would not believe it... I love to make them...  so very much...  I don't think I have a favorite to make... or eat... I love them ALL... that is the BAD part...  The good part is that my hubby loves to eat them all... and he does a really good job on it... and they look good on him.. and not on me...  he is nice and thin...  and doesnt even show that he could eat like he does!!!  Why is it that men are like that... and women look at a pie and it shows??? LOL...  Anyway...  
Here is the Zendala I did.. 

This stands for a lot of things... first off there are a lot of PIES here...  Apple, Pumpkin (I also always love to do one with Chocolate bits in it too.)  Persimmon, Cranberry Apple, Pecan and KeyLime...   They are all there...  
Can you find them???  

I also added a nice crust around the edge... rippled and all...  I also love to make lattice pie crust on the apple Cranberry... and of course pie has to be served with whipped cream and or ice cream to taste the best!!!  Wow... I think I had better go make a pie...  sounds too good to pass up.   

Now for the tangles that I used... 

Peaks-borders, Punkin, Ixorus, ennies.... which spells  PIE....  Yummmmmm  
I used four different sets of colored pencils to obtain all the colors... and for example the apples have 5 different colors on them...  LOL... I got a little compulsive about it...  but  I did have fun with it... now I am going back out on my deck and finish my sunbathing... it is a glorious day here... and the sun is deliciously great... and it feels so very good...  I love it...  

Hope you have a wonderful day too...  


Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope that your day is wonderful and that you can join in on doing art everyday for at least the month of November...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

The Letter G

Oh GEEEEEEE 

I have to say that the GREATEST G in my Life is GLENN... my hubby and very bestest (my word... )   of friends... He is the love of my life and stands for all the G's...  

I also have had two dachshunds with the name Gwennie... and have to also think of my Great Grandparents that were such a force in my life... and still are... a great reflection for me in so many ways... very strong and independent ...   having 9 children, living on an island in Maine with only a cook stove to keep the house warm... and WOW... or maybe I should say GEEEEE    ...  

 The first college I graduated from was Greenbrier Junior college ... G's... a strong force in my life... and one that I have loved... 

 

I decided that I should commit to doing the Creative EveryDay challenge… and so I signed up and will be doing a piece every day for a month… nothing really different for me… as art is my life in so many ways… but I will try and share more with you each day… 

Have a GREAT Glorious DAY... in all ways... and thanks for stopping by for a visit...  Loved having you...  come back tomorrow too... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

The Letter F

November First... wow... where has this year gone???  
I am still back in the early months... but the clock says differently...  at least it does here!!!   

The Letter F....  

With this TIA I tried to use all F tangles...  some are totally new to me.. but I had fun with them... and since I have done this TIA I have used the new tangles and have really gotten to know each one...  

You really have to use these often to get them into your mind...  and also to be able to make them flow and be part of your feelings...  

F... oh in my life... a Ford card... my first one...  Faeries, FUN, following through with thoughts...  and on and on... do you have any thoughts on this letter???  Let me know..  I love input from others on my projects... I might even use them in my book of memories...  you never know...  

 

I decided that I should commit to doing the Creative EveryDay challenge… and so I signed up and will be doing a piece every day for a month… nothing really different for me… as art is my life in so many ways… but I will try and share more with you each day… 

Have a fun filled fantastic day...  and thanks for visiting me... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

The Letter H

Happy Halloween....  

Since today is such an H Day... I better jump ahead to H... 

 H in my life stands for my Daughter... Heather Amy...  for happy, health, holly, 

and the list will go on and on...  
Hey.. if you have any suggestions... please leave me a comment...  I will add your word if it applies to me too...  

This is going to be so very much fun... and I would LOVE your help and input on this book... 

Here is another H.... I have so much fun creating these letters that I had to create more...  LOL... 
Do you think I am obsessed???  

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN....  

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie  

The Letter D

D.... oh what ever could D stand for...  

 Well for me... DAISIES... my very favorite flower...  

I didn't put any in here... but the next D will have quite a few... love them... and how about dandelions...  

Dandelions are an excellent food for spring time... nature always gives us what we need and also when we need it... amazingly so...  

 So this TIA is really all about ME... I love Daisies, the number 6... (6 daisies), leaves are for the love of life... and the snail.. well I love snails too, and purple Dragonflies... an the colors... favorite are lime, purple and teal...  and how about the yellows... for the sun that gives us life...  love it all... the layers of life that we all have... and the swirling of each and every day....  and yet life is all around us... right???  so very much all around us...  

 After I finished drawing it, and colored it with my watercolor pencils, I was sitting there a  little too lazy for anything...  so I started to draw underneath it... and wanted to share that with you too...  I guess I will have to do something with that for the letter S.... or V... for the violets...  but anyway... another letter... another day...  right... 




 D...  I know that you know a lot more things with the letter D... leave me one that I can write about for my book...  

Thanks for all the looks and visits...  love them all... have a great delicious DAY...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie   

Happy Monday

Happy Monday to one and all... and I hope that this is a Happy Monday for everyone... I know that along the Eastern Coast here in the USA we are having a massive Super storm... and way over here in Western NC where we were not suppose to have anything we have been having very high winds...  and have all night long... actually I have never heard wind blow this high for as long as it has...  so please if you are living in these areas, please be very careful in all ways...  

I took this morning and did the Challenge that the Diva gave to us...  LOL... you have to do these... dont' you???  It is a necessary Monday Morning thing...  at least here it is... and sometimes it might get finished... but I do think about how I am going to do it, when I do find the paper and pen in my area...  

Well this morning the house was buzzing with all kinds of activity...  but I did find a quiet corner and tangled...  YEAH!!!! 

The challenge today was to use the newest tangle called Bunzo!!!!  

So after copying it and then trying it on a scrap paper... I was off and going at it... I decided to use a 8.5 X 11 paper... so this  is not the normal 3.5 X 3.5  tile...  abut I did have a lot of fun... and it came out a little more fussie than I wanted it to... but I do like it...  You know I have to have flowers anyway...  and they tend to make things a little fussie anyway.. I just might add to this... but at this time, I am finished...  
   

 I am also doing the Alphabet... and will release one letter a day.. between Tuesday and Friday... this poor letter got put aside... as our life got a little hectic around here last week... but hopefully it is starting to calm down now...  we will see...  

I love this tangling stuff... and cant get enough of it..  I have so many pieces to share with you... hope you will enjoy them all...  

Thanks for stopping by today...  and hope that your day is uneventful in any negative way... and totally positive in all ways...  
Enjoy your creativeness in as many ways as possible...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 
 

Zendala Saturday

Well, I didn't really have too much time during the day to TANGLE... but last night I relaxed  a little bit and played...  so here are my two zendalas....  


Every Saturday Erin from the BRIGHT OWL post a fun Mandala to create with tangling.. and this weeks was really enjoyable... I love doing these anyway... but this weeks was really fun... Thanks Erin...  

So sorry though, Erin, that you don't feel good.. .that is not fun...  hope you are feeling better soon...  and can tangle... not feeling like tangling is not a good sign at all...  

My first one that I played with I wanted it to look regal...  and have a crown effect in the center...  and of course you know how much I love flowers... so I had to fill in the areas with flowers and more flowers...  


 

 Then I had another zendala printed... so I had to fill it in... why wouldn't I????  

I put the tangle Exinside there...  and then filled in around it...  
really had fun with this...  


Hope you have a wonderful Sunday... and that you can tangle to your hearts content... but also enjoy the weather...  I am keeping my fingers crossed that the hurricane leaves the Northeast safe and that it goes out to sea...  I have way too much family up there to be in this kind of mess...  Be safe if you live up there... 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope you will visit my blog during the week... as from Tuesday thru Friday I am releasing my alphabet soup...  which is my tangled alphabet.. . I have released a few... and it will continue until December...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie