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.

Vellum Butterflies

Bonnie

My butterflies were stamped with clear embossing ink then heat set with white on vellum then fussy cut. The bg is second generation of a stencil where the first pass was with stencil and black texture paste onto a white cs piece. I then spritzed the wet paste on the stencil with fine mist of water then placed this on white copy paper. Once dry I sprayed with shimmer sprays in yellow and orchid. Sponged on the lime green from ink pad. Sentiment was created on Silhouette then cutout in white cs and mounted. Butterflies are glued down at their feet only and rolled the wings over a pencil to give them movement. Trimmed piece to fit a mini slimline cs and the You sentiment is from a set of printed strips and attached with foam tape.

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Cupcake Inspiration: Color Challenge

TicTacToe: Diagonal

CRAFT: Spring

Partial EF

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I only wanted part of the embossing to show, so I made me a shim for my machine out of thin cardboard. By cutting a diamond pattern in the center of the shim I could place it on top of the sandwich before sending only half of the ef through the machine. Focal piece is copy paper cut to fit the lower area. Stamped image in black ink then added blue shimmer gel pen on wings. Fussy cut wings out of vellum. By cutting each side of the wings separately I could cut a tab that was along the body side, score and fold it under. It acts as a hinge and gave me a good place to glue each set of wings in place. I then heat set silver embossing powder after stamping wing details in clear ink. Image is popped up with fun foam cut to slightly smaller size then attached.

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Can You Handle the Pressure: Special

Sweet Stampin: Spring Mood Board

CRAFT: Spring

Red Rose with Wonky Frame

Bonnie

CRAFT Challenge wanted a shaped card so I use this freebie digi of wonky frame and fun rose to create this. Using the Silhouette I outlined the frame and broke the layers into individual shapes. After overlapping mirror images of the background shape and welding together this created the base. My top frame with holes in it as well as the top full piece were cut in white cs and then I painted the whole outline piece with red acrylic paint. The rose image was printed on copy paper and fussy cut to match the inside layer. Colored the rose with the same red acrylic paint and the rest in alcohol markers. Stamped the sentiment in black ink then put all the pieces together. The white dots of the rose have Silver Dust Stickles on them for just a little bling. I sized this to fit an A2 envelope but the card feels much smaller because of the odd shape.

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CRAFT Challenge: Shaped Card

Creative Artiste: ATG

We Love to Create: ATG

Flirty Birds

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So fun to watch the birds right now, they are all so busy checking out each other and places to nest. This started with the Silhouette cut birds in white cs that I painted with black gesso. I had been collecting birds from free digis for a silhouette file so they would be available in various posses and could be sized to fit. The bg is from my stash and I would guess that I sprayed shimmer spray in green and yellow then picked up with brayer to gel press for a print. The leaves and branches was stamped in black ink and then the birds were popped up with foam tape. Sentiment strip was created on Silhouette then printed on white sticker paper. Yellow strip is cs with a strip of b&w washi tape added. Black boarder was created with straight edge and permanent black marker. All is mounted on white cs base. Of course Terry wanted the birds to have eyes so used a white gel pen. Also added white circles around edges with stencil and white ink pad to sponge. I will gladly share my svg of the birds if you want it?

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Try it on Tuesday: Spring Colors

Alphabet: A is for Animal Antics

Yellow Forsythia

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One of my newer favorite haunts is Notable Ink. Amber just came out with a new release. I got a few things in stamp form and some in digi. This bg is a digi from a while back and printed the plaid on copy paper. I stamped the image in watermark ink then heat set gold embossing powder. Colored with combination of water color, marker and acrylic paint pen. Stamped sentiment in watermark ink and heat set black embossing powder. Added black water color splatters, the gray splatter are part of the digi image. Mounted on yellow cs then on white cs base. Love that this makes a great birthday for that hard to fit guy or a thinking of you for any pal.

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Colorful Options: Yellow

Krafty Chicks: Stamp Act

Challenge Up Your Life: Splatters