Sparkling flowers

 WOW... what fun I had with these flowers... I painted them with Twinkling H20's... can you tell???  I love the results of the page... I used Dylusion spray on the paper... and then colored my flowers...  love the effects of it...  

then  I added some doodling on the side!!!  

Easy and fun for me...  









Can you see the sparkling flowers??? 

Have a fun day...  
Enjoy it all.. 
Love, Light and Peace...
Bonnie  

A touch of BROWN

 Today is a beautiful sunny day here in North Carolina... and I want to make the most of the day... so hopefully I will be able too...  I started off today with a challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show
and the challenge is really right up my alley... a TOUCH OF BROWN.... wow how great is that...  I love to add brown to things... so rich...  

So I had just printed a few new digital images that I had drawn from Pretties by Bonnie  and I wanted to  color them in and see what

 looked like colored... so I started off with that... and then a finished the edges off with a TOUCH OF BROWN... love it... and then went onto make by tag...  I gathered up some misc paper that I had cleaned up my worksheet with... LOL... best way to clean up your worksheet...(spray some water on it... and then 'mop' it up with a piece of cardstock!!!!  )  Best of everything.... so I added some Distress stains, and then a few stampings of a Tim collection that I love... the words are the perfect size for me... not big... not large... just right... and then I wanted some texture.. so I cut some tissue paper butterflies and glued them onto the tag...  they gave me just the right look I wanted...  I added some more brown stains to my paper and then cut my tag out ... and put my new digital image onto the tag...  I love the look I got... 

A touch of Brown at times is all that it needs to give that really rich Vintage feeling... even if you have bright colors.. it will still antique it...  

The Chinese character in the upper corner is for SPIRIT!!!  I love practicing my Chinese characters... and don't use them as often as I should...  I needed some SPIRIT to move me onward with this... so thus the work SPIRIT!!!   

Well ... I do hope that you will add into the challenge and join in with a touch of BROWN... you could win $50.00 of free shopping...  LOVE IT...  Simon Says is really a fun place to shop too..  so much to pick from..  take a look see...  

Well have  a fun day... enjoy what ever it is you are doing... and live to the fullest... Thanks so much for stopping by for visit... I am praying that we get a little bit higher speed soon.. I am about crazy with this SLOW speed... today it is only 21.3 kbps for me... so it took a LONG time to get these pictures up!!!  Not fun...so please forgive me for not visiting around at your site.. I don't have the ability to do that..  as it takes about an hour to down load one blog... and that is without all the pictures being visible at all... oh well.. I guess I will go whine and do something else...  
Have a GOOD Day...  
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie  

Happy Father's Day

 Happy Father's Day to all Dad's out there...  Being a Father takes a special person...  and there are so many GREAT Father's out there...  I know that I have one here... my hubby... a Great Dad... and also a sweet and loving husband...  


I have made Glenn a couple of things with this picture this week... as it is one of his favorite pictures of him and his other 'sons'... his horses...  he will always have them in his heart...  


We lost one prior to moving south... and the older one died here on our farm...  they were Gentle

 Giants...  


Anyway... this project is for two challenges... one is a new one for me... Over at Sarah-Engels Greer site...with her Mojo Monthly Challenge...  check it out... a fun and exciting place to visit...  I have been looking for some more challenges and someone said that she had  a monthly one... so I joined in with this project...  The theme... is Manly Man....  so I made this...  Sarah had made a really unique one too...  with a hinge... Love it... so great... hopefully she will get some more sardine cans to make a little trunk..   

 I, too, covered my tin with embossed foil tape... and then used Oregano and Lettuce greens to color the leaves... as these horses were used as Logging horses on selective environmental logging contracts...  so the leaves were a must...    Then I started to do other things... like the plaid paper made with alcohol inks... and then the rose on the top...  the Plaid paper is similar to my hubbies favorite plaid shirt...  and the rose... well he loves to make new roses plants... and they are the old timey roses... so they are so wonderful... the smell and the color is magnificent...  we both love them... 

I used the Turn Key as a reminder of turning back time!!!  Wish we really could... I would love to be 20 again and know what I know now!!! Wouldn't you???  Yikes... what a blast I would have...  

Anyway... the little hands are to represent the gloves and the hard work Glenn did back then... not that farming is easy... but hey... the logs were huge... and so were these boyz... each horse was approx 2500 pounds!!!  Just getting their harnesses on was a days work!!!  

Well... I am also putting this into the Sunday Stamper... as Hels also has a Men/Male theme... so this worked out GREAT....  Thanks for stopping by for a visit today... and have a super nice day with family, friends and all...  Enjoy your time with the Dad in your life...  Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie   

Hidden Stamps

The STAMP ATTACK  

After being invited onto the Altered Alice Design Team, my brain started to switch into high gear... I knew who the sponsor was going to be... and low and behold.. I had won a set of these GREAT stamps on one of the challenges...  so I pulled them out.. and started to plan... could you smell the smoke...  ????  I really was thinking hard...  So I came up with this idea...  so I gathered up all my things... stamps, papers... which by the way the whole project you are about to see... it is made from WHITE CARD STOCK... with the exception of the Red Roses... which is a very pretty red mulberry paper... LOL... everything else started out as white card stock...  I did have a ton of fun with this project... thinking, creating and using the stamps, getting messy, rethinking... and then finally taking photos of the finished project and then sharing with ya'll.... 

So on the outside of this project... which is a hexagonal box...  I am showing you all the stamps from the set  called  Alice in Wonderland ....                                       

The characters all around this Hexagon are the characters we all love and cherish...  Like the Queen ... 

the RED QUEEN of Hearts... 

White Rabbit 

On the top of the box.. there are 18 red mulberry roses in honor of the Queen...  
I made them like porcelain so they will stand up to all kinds of people handling this box...  The leaves are Pretties by Bonnie and colored with Distress Markers... by Ranger.. 

All around the lid there is a band of green leaves... cut from a Martha Stewart punch and colored with five Green Distress Stains...  and then the word WONDERLAND is spaced across with K& Co letters... 

Click to enlarge 

The feet are from my days of country crafts... and they are little RED apples...  I only had 4... so since this was a WONDERLAND project and things in Wonderland are always a little off.. so 4 feet on a six sided box is a little bit off... but normal in Wonderland... 

Each one of the panels on the sides of the hexagon box are basically the same... each has a stamp by STAMP ATTACK... but the backgrounds are all different...  and I used a separate embossing folder for each panel...  


And then this adorable little ALICE... 
I have cut each one of these out... and they are so adorable...  I love these stamps..













AND of course the MAD HATTER.... with only one show on...  

I left these all black and white ... but have used them often and colored them too.. they are really a nice set of stamps...  






















And here is ALICE sitting on the Throne with the critter under her feet...  with her Fleur De Lis in her hand... and so I used the background of the same...


















And of course the FAMOUS  Tweedle boys... Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum...  how cute are they...  with the stripe back ground... 

I have to tell you that my daughter gave me the checkered stamp that I used on the bottom... it was one of the first clear acrylic stamps that I received... and it was well over 10 years ago... I really didn't know what I was ever going to use it for... and I have to tell you that it is one of my favorite ones that I use almost every day either in my work or in my journal...  I love it... thanks Heather Amy..  On all the edges of the box, I have used Tim Holtz tissue tape... and it helps to make the project work really fast...   Love it...   

 


And a picture of the top of the box real close up and pretty....  This is the only part of the box that is not made from White paper... I used red Mulberry paper to make the roses and then dipped into Utee... love the roses...  










When you take the lid off... low and behold...  four of the sides fall down...

And you see the inner section of the box... which the scene is alive with all kinds of action...  

The Mouse is telling his Sad Tale that is on his tail...  (another STAMP ATTACK Stamp...)  
How wild is that...  

All his friends are sitting around as he tells his SAD TALE...  

A little bit closer ... so you can see this great stamp...  of course I had to take his original tail off... and added the tale ... 

This is the mouse all alone... he is really a very special mouse... as when you lift up the panel he is standing on... as you see here... there is a box... underneath the place where he stands...  

Here is the box... and low and behold... there is a hidden BOOK...  

It is the ROYAL book of Wonderland Postage Stamps...  The mouse must have taken this... I wonder if the Queen knows about this...  Oh well... 

Now when you take the book out... you can see the box... surprised that the mouse didn't have something else in there???  

 

Here is the Royal Book of Wonderland Postage... from 1865... 

And here is each one of the stamps... which I have to say each stamp was colored and then put onto special painted papers that match each stamp... . 

I have used all kinds of paints, inks and you name it... on the papers...  

Each stamp is really cute... and I would say that they are about 1.5 inches in length...  or height...  how cute is this one with Alice and the pig child...  

And of course the Mad Hatter... 

I like him so very much that I had to do two of him...  they are wild... 

I used a post card embossing folder from Tim Holtz on this one... love the look of that with the Tea Party stamp...  how great is that... 

I used some twinkling H20 paints on the paper and then a white gel pen to do the feather...  love the rabbit in his purple vest...  

 

And here he is in a blue vest...  

The colors really change the whole look of the stamp... that is why I colored so many... and then I WAS going to choose my favorite ones...  but I loved them all... LOL...  

And I had a piece of glossy paper that I had used some alcohol inks on.. and had to use them with this Alice stamp again...  

I really have to say Thank You again Carol for these GREAT stamps... I hope that a lot of you will take a look at these stamps and buy them... your Alice Creativity will really LOVE these ...  

Thanks for taking and look at my Entry in the Altered Alice Design Team... I hope that you will enjoy what I create ....Enjoy your day and week...  and your visit in WONDERLAND.... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Create in your MIND

I know that I will add some words to this page someday... but for right now... it is finished...  I love the flowers and have made a digital out of them... I put them into my journal for safe keeping...  


Then a few days later added the face... 

That is one thing about doing a journal that I love... I always add more when I feel like I need to for a certain page or area...  it seems to always be ready to do it with also...  

The girl appeared on my sketch pad the other night... and so I tore her out and added her to this page... I love her... she is creating in her mind... and the music is strong...  so is nature.. it is a sweet song...  

She keeps on appearing on my pages... and I think it is nice that she does...  only part of her shows.. the spiritual side of the face... the left eye... where the spirit resides... 

Meditation is so very profound and wonderful...  when I meditate I get some really great drawings afterwards.. both are so rewarding... 

Hope you have a wonderful day and week-end...  enjoy your time with family and friends...  Tomorrow being Father's day is a special day too..  to honor all the DAD's out there...  we love you all... 

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

A LONG Story called SYNCHRONICITY

SYNCHRONICITY  

WOW what a word this is… and so very powerful in so many ways…  I guess it all started on Tuesday of this week… I was trying to clean up my studio and realized that my paper bins were over flowing… you see when I have low energy I will pick up a paint brush and make background papers… or pick up a spray bottle and mist some backgrounds… I love them all… but I doubt I will ever use them all the way that I thought I would.. so I decided to make a ‘few’ journals with the papers…

That was Tuesday… 

On Wednesday we went shopping up the mountain and I had the opportunity of watching people as they passed me …  I love people watching…  especially in this place… as there are all walks of life… and each person is so very interesting to me…  So this very elegant woman passed me and I told her that I thought she was Beautiful… which she was…  She had beautiful dark skin that was so warm and rich looking…  and she had on the most glorious colors.... they were tan, apricot, lime green with a touch of turquoise and a long  long, long pearl necklace that almost reached here knees…  and she was tall…  so this necklace was very long… Oh she was so stunning.. I can still see here in my minds eye..

That was Wednesday    

Yesterday I started to cut my paper for the journals... and created a huge mess... and so I took a break from that and created a larger mess and made a few things...  LOL.. in other words I had FUN!!!! 

I made this page for one of my New Journals... and loved it...  

 In one of the new Journals I am going to do a page a day and it is going to be my MOOD or feeling for the DAY... so yesterday I was trying to go with the FLOW of things... and totally enjoy all ... and yet feed my inner feelings... I even took a needed nap!!!  And totally enjoyed that too.. yikes... what a fun day... 


My hubby and I made dinner together ... and sat and talked and ate something that we hadn't had in YEARS...  enjoying that too...  
This morning I went to check on a few sites... and low and behold I found that  Julie at Blazer Designs had been  making journals the same way as I was making them ... WOW... SYNCHRONICITY.... and then I noticed that she had posted a space for entering a journal page... which I did... and then I noticed that the gal from the ART Journal CAFE  
also had an entry... and I hadnt' checked on that site in a few days...  so upon checking that site low and behold there were the colors of the woman on Wednesday...  WOW... SYNCHRONICITY   PLUS... 

So with that story all told... you can understand a little bit better why I have pictures of all these journals... LOL... I had a lot of paper and cut it into sizes perfect for me to journal on...  but I did put some of the papers back... as I might need them for other things too.. LOL... oh come on... I have to save a few things... don't I ???  

So here are the undecorated journals..   
 

 But when you open them... they all have different pages in them...  as the papers are all originals... and all ready to be journaled on.. oh what fun I am going to have... 

Sprays, masking, dribbles, you name it... I have papers that prove I have done it...  and then again some other things too...  

All fun and I love them all..   

Each one unique... 
Different colors... 


Different feelings... 

And maybe if I choose not to journal on a page or two.. .that will be okay too..  since they are mine... I can do with them as I please... wow... such a fun thing...  

 So onto the Challenge at the Art Journal Cafe...  


I used the colors... as I had been wanting to use these colors since I had seen this stunning woman the other day...  but I had to add a few things...   The PEARL is the paint dabber I used too...  Oh when you are in SYNCHRONICITY you do it all over the place... I wonder how many other people have been having synchronicity all day today too... I know that my hubby and I have been all day long...  amazing...  I love it too...  I hope that Julie and also the gal over at the ART JOURNAL CAFE read this...  I wonder what made them do the things that they did... color wise and to make journals with old painted papers...  FUN HUH??? 

 I decided to just use the colors and the WORD... my word for the DAY... to say the least...  

 I had to use a page that I had started a long time ago on this same color challenge too...  so here is that one...  with the pearls... 

 It all began like this...  


And then I kept on adding colors and playing with it...  

 And then this is what I came up with...  I added the pearls and was done...  other than adding todays word

SYNCHRONICITY.... 

Hope you have a wonderful day...  enjoy it all...  I am... as you can tell... 

Thanks for taking the time to read all this... and also for stopping over to see my play results...  
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie  

A little FUN!!!

What FUN I had making this tag ..  It was for the challenge over at STUDIO L3

Technique 10: Tissue Wrap Flowers

Tim Holtz: A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 2, page 37

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie's Boutique

So I started off trying to figure out what kind of background I wanted..  I have been working on all kinds of projects all day long... a couple of challenges and with each one I took my time and totally enjoyed each section of the project...  

If you read the next page on this blog, you will see the reason for the tag...  I really have been having a day filled with FUN!!!  In so many ways... 
 

 So you see I had all these scraps left over from my next project...  sounds funny... but the truth...  and I wanted to use them... as I don't like small pieces of paper in the studio.. they seem to get lost and never used... and I really did want to use them... they are all papers that I made using Twinkling H20's and journal pages etc... so they are each special in their own right...  


So I took a piece of heavy cardstock... enough for two tags... and started to glue the strips onto the paper... 

 And this is what it turned out to look like... I will use the other one soon...  not in any hurry... I love making these kinds of backgrounds...  so very much fun... and so very elegant ... 

 Then I made my flower according to page 37...  and it came out pretty... but was not going to be right for the tag I wanted to create... as it is going into one of my newest journals...  LOL.. 


So I made another one... and this time I flattened it out so that it looks like a sunflower... I cut out a suede cloth center... and it was just the right size... 

 As you can see here...  


I might use the other one for a gift I am sending to a friend...  but not really sure...  


But It will not go to waste... believe me.. too pretty to not use it... 

 So I wanted it another color too... so I used my Dylusions sprays and voila' I had my sunflower!!!!   I used some leaves from Pretties by Bonnie
which I colored using Distress markers... I love the greens in that set.. and the nice part about the set is that I dont' have to buy another WHOLE set.. I can just get the individual pens that I have used up... which the greens ones are almost there...  I LOVE THEM... great for leaves for all my flowers...  

 As you can see.... 

 Since this is a Tim Holtz challenge... I had to add a few more things all Tim... so I stamped this saying... which sold the set of stamps to me in the first place... and then added a little 'inspire' energy...  

I really had fun and hope that you will try this challenge and create a flower like this... they are so pretty...  

Thanks for taking a look and hope that you have a wonderful week-end...  I know that we will...  Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there... no matter where they are ... they are all special DAD's...  

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie