Author: Bonnie

Welcome to my Blog Finding my way to forming this blog has been an interesting journey. In the past I never really thought about expressing my creativity. Growing up in Wyoming and in 4-H I did learn to sew but that was solely for making my clothes. I have continued to make most of my clothes since I first began to sew. Still not really thinking I was being creative. When my husband and I purchased a ranch, I started learning how to quilt, because a rancher friend wanted to learn, we could learn together. As well, I could really use the quilts. I ended up giving away more than I have kept for myself though. Still not really thinking I was being creative About the time we got the ranch I started sending some handmade Christmas cards. They just seemed more personal and authentic. Then about five years ago I discovered a web based company that offered stamps, card stock and inks that all coordinated. Plus the owner offered online videos of how to use these wonderful tools. And within her website she had an area where other crafters could post their creations and I could communicate with them. Over the next several years I concentrated on doing Christmas cards for family and friends creating about 100 each time. Slowly as I grew in confidence and skill I developed an interest in doing other celebration type cards and now I spend a lot of my time crafting cards whenever ranch chores allows. So maybe being a little creative. Well as fate would have it, that original site no longer offers a place where I can exchange ideas and card creativity in quite the same way as it did, so this blog was born. It has become a way to stay in touch with friends and post what I create in my craft room, almost daily. I still sew once in awhile and would maybe make a quilt again some day. Please feel free to email me at bonnie@enhancedequine.com.

Bunny Ears

Bonnie

I crafted these bunny ears on my Silhouette. I had seen a sweatshirt with a similar design and wanted to create my own. It taught me how to add pp to my fill pattern gallery in the software so I could use it to fill these ears in leopard print. After printing on white text vellum paper I felt the inside of the ears were too plain in white so I added color pencil in pink and gray. Rounded the corners and mounted on punch cut circle that was dry embossed. The paper for the circle was shiny and cracked when embossed. I like the cracked areas for this background. Added die cut sentiment then mounted on white cs base.

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Can You Handle the Pressure: Easter

Soft Turquoise

Bonnie

The lily was stamped in clear then heat set in gold on Silhouette cut outline. Added the other stamps to this layers set in black and turquoise. Leaves are shades of gray layers. Vine bg is heat set stamp in white. Sentiment was Silhouette cut then glued on. All are mounted on white cs base. Added black enamel to ends of stamen.

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Crafty Catz: Spring Colors

Krafty Chicks: All Occasion

Baby Lamb

Bonnie

I had stamped this lamb to color and fussy cut but it fit so good on this slimline piece of scrap that I just colored with water colors then stamped Happy and heat set silver embossing powder on die cut Easter. Sponged yellow through stencil and stamped yellow splatters from a stamp. Mat layer is dark gray cs and all is mounted on white cs base. Added the b&w stripes in thin strips to help ground the focal piece.

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Paperminutes: Farm Animals

Try it on Tuesday: Oh So Sweet

Use Your Stuff: Animals

Easter for Mom

Bonnie

My mom really enjoys my cards especially when they are on the “different” side. This step card has so much going on. The center is colored with painting green Stencil Butter and then making the steps cuts and folds. I printed the edge panels on white text vellum, cut to size and then colored with pastel pencils and then used touch up paint tips in 1.5mm size to smear the colors. Set with spray fixative. All the white or gold cut details were cut on Silhouette then attached to different steps.

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CRAFT Challenge: Female

Daffodils for Easter

Bonnie

Using the fun fold from the previous post, I used Stencil Butters in green and blue to paint them on white cs with the edges masked. Trimmed to size, and created folds. Focal piece is white cs with just a very little of the Stencil Butters painted on. I used my Silhouette to create a mat layer of this stamp and after cutting out in white cs I stamped in black ink then water colored. Sentiment is Silhouette cut and then glued on.

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Sweet Stampin: Spring

Crafty Catz: Green