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.

Plum Perfect

Bonnie

At Rainbow Card Challenge this month they are asking us to use Purely Plum. I started with the plum cs base then added a layer of white copy paper. The bottom pp check was a gray and white that I had printed on the copier then sponged on the plum from an ink pad. Top pp was created by using circle stencil with a lavender color oxide spray onto white cs. Leaves were cut on the Silhouette then attached as was the circle shapes. Pointed circle was colored with marker in plum and center was stamped in gray with leaves then in black for sentiment. Dropped plum ink then dabbed most off for water color look on leaves.

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Rainbow Card Challenge: Purely Plum

Pammies Inky Pinkies: ATG

Mix it Up: Mixed Media and Monochrome

Colour Crazy: ATG

Moth in Pink & Plum

Bonnie

The moth is a never been used 3D die. Once cut and embossed in white layering weight cs I smeared the plum ink pad across the moth. Then I added the pink with paint brush and water color. I smeared the die/folder with black ink pad and pressed the piece into the wet ink. Attached to the bg piece created by dragging the white copy text vellum through buckskin color ink pad pressed on the glass mat. Scored the edges then attached to fun foam that is attached to white cs base in the mini slimline size. Added the stamped sentiment strip and stamped in black antenna.

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Hand Stamped Sentiments: Color Challenge

Colour Crazy Craft: ATG

Creative Artiste Mixed Media: ATG

Watercolor through a Stencil

Bonnie

The focal image is on the inside of this card with the hand cut window and die cut frame on the front. I added a layering weight cs in white to the front inside panel that is colored with black marker to highlight the dot frame. My image piece is the other half of a previous project of monoprint with stencil and blue oxide spray. I placed the stencil back down and used water colors and a wet brush to color the image. Sentiment strip was printed on sticker paper and attached on the inside of this creation.

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CAS Mix Up: Watercolor

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies: ATG

We Love to Create: ATG Mixed Media

TFJB: Die-Na-Mite

First fall

Bonnie

The calendar may say it is mid September but our leaves are not showing any signs of fall so I have been holding onto the summer mode till today. This is for my brothers birthday and he will appreciate the vibrant colors. This started as a piece of red cs that I heat embossed in gold these stamped leaves. Sponged the edges with ink from a brown ink pad. Added the Silhouette cut sentiments and then a few splatters with black and white gel pens. The gold accents are sticker paper with dry embossing from a leaf stencil. All is mounted on white cs base.

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Alphabet: L is for Leaves

Make My Monday: Autumn

As You Like It: Round or Straight Corners It is very rare for me to round any corners. Many ways they don’t look right and only one way to get it perfect.

Use Stencil to Stamp

Bonnie

The dinner party was a success and now we need to send a thank you. To create the blue bg I used my favorite stencil, turned into a stamp, I had sprayed the blue oxide through the stencil onto the flap of an envelope so there was residual on the stencil. By placing the wet side down onto some white copy paper text vellum it stamped this monoprint. After cleaning the stencil and allowing the bg to dry, I placed the stencil back down and added the fall colors with bristled dauber then added some details with markers. The block pp is printed on the copier then a few block colored in the markers. Layered the pp and image on mini slimline white cs. Sentiment is a single stamp that I cut apart. Stamped lower portion in white embossing powder on black and the upper portion in black embossing powder on white. Layered the pieces together then fussy cut the white to create boarder effect and attached.

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TGIF: Sketch

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies: ATG

Sweet Stampin: Colors of Autumn