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.

Hand Colored and More

Bonnie

The image is a printed digi colored with copics then sprayed with shimmer spray. Mat Layered on pp from stash. The sentiments were cut on Silhouette with white layering weight cs. I then smeared modeling paste on them. One in black and the other with white that got color burst in green added. Once dry they got sprayed with the clear shimmer spray for sparkle. Birthday is popped up and the doodling is white gel pen. The centers of the sunflowers got some white gel pen doodling as well.

Challenges I am entering

Allsorts: Hand Colored Image

Simon Says Monday: Oodles of Doodles

Double Trouble: Colorful

Not Exactly

Bonnie

Challenges I am entering

CAS MIX UP: Embossing with dies +Mixed media (gel plate, stamping & splatter)

The Paper Players: TicTacToe Metallic+Embossing+Thanks

Challenge Up Your Life: Autumn Mood

Krafty Chicks: Stamp Act

The idea for the CAS Mix Up was to use your dies to dry emboss. I did use the technique and embossing machine sandwich but the piece I used to emboss was Silhouette cut design from a single stamp that I layered. You can kind of see the embossing around the stamped leaves. BG is red and gold acrylic paint brayed on gel plate and paint picked up with white layering weight cs then black and gold splatter. Stamped my leaves with masking between stamping in black ink. Sentiment is stamped in black on copy paper and mat layered on scrap bg piece. Center of tag is popped up but the ends are adhered to card, giving it a kind of bow effect. Nice complement to the dry embossing of the leaves (which does really show up in real life).

On the Beach

Bonnie

Challenges I am entering

Make My Monday: On the Beach

Sweet Stampin: Paper Piecing

Double Trouble: Something not a image of a phone but the word is in the quote.

Allsorts: Going Round in Circles

This is a combination of using scrapes and wanting to try a new technique. The previous card left me with the shimmer blue in the center of white cs. That made my sea, now for the sand. I took white modeling paste and tinted it with Kraft reinker. This thick paste I dabbed the scratchier side of a kitchen sponge and then dabbed that on the lower half of the cs. Used a die cut for the flip flops, which I placed back down. I only wanted the hint of the foot prints in the sand. I then cut the die again in black and paper pieced the thongs. Added the sentiment and sun printed on tissue paper that was glued on. The line between the quote and author is stamped in black ink. Piece was mat layered on navy cs for just the upper corner and all was added to white cs base. I did add a few white dots in gel pen for sea foam, pupil of eyes and to tone down the black thongs.

My guy likes it

Bonnie

Challenges I am entering

Just Add Ink: Guys

Krafty Chicks: All Occasion

Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes

I had intended to create a mountain scene but not this one. When I put the stencil down and added blue color burst on a piece of textured brown paper the mountains turned green. While the spray was wet on the stencil I mopped it up with a napkin mostly to keep the stencil clean but then decided to place the stencil back down on white cs and dab with the wet napkin. Yea, textured mountains. I then inverted the stencil and sprayed with yellow shimmer to create sunset. Stamped the sentiment in black ink and trimmed the piece. Mat layered on black cs that was dry embossed with linen texture. Mounted all on white cs base.

My husband sends more thanks you cards then I do so I am always trying to keep him in stock.

Digi with tons of stuff

Bonnie

Challenges I like to enter

Little Red Wagon: Digi Do

Fusion: Dragonfly

Simon Says Monday: Beautiful Botanicals

I printed the digi on white Paper Vellum and colored with copics. Trimmed to fit and adhered sentiment and greenery that were cut on Silhouette. The bg paper is a leftover from using it as surface protector during stenciling with acrylic paints. Added the swirls through stencil with black modeling paste and then the punched dragonflies adhered. Mounted on white cs base.