SGC July - I'm a Littlebit Vintage

Here is my entry for Robin Shakoor's "I'm a Littlebit Vintage" challenge for the Swirly Girls Club over @ Swirlydoos. The challenge is to use a photo of yourself as a baby or little girl and to tell some things that people have said about you when you were growing up.  I can't remember anything specific that people said about ME when I was little. People always talked and asked about my sister (They still do! LOL). She was a real cutie when she was little, and she still is more extravert and easier to talk to than I am. I am more the quite type, not so outspoken. I was/am the typical "big" sister, looking out for her, my family, my friends. I do remember that my mom told me that I was an easy baby and todler. Never cried much, and when she would put me down somewhere with some toys, I would happily play and stay at the same spot where she left me. And that is what I still do. Put me in my scraproom and I will stay there for hours !!! Totally happy, and no desire to do something else or go anywhere else.

For this LO I used primarily fabrics and only very little paper. The big flower is (of cours) made with Tim's tattered florals die.

Thanks for looking and happy creating!
Bonnie

Canvas with Squares

Inspired by the beautiful artwork of Audrey Underwood and the gorgeous papers and chipboard shapes of Collections I created this 20" x 10" Canvas. I first decorated the  inchies, twinchies and trinchies with scraps of paper. Then I painted and sanded the various chipboard shapes and added some lace, cheesecloth, german scraps and metal embellishments. I had a blast during this whole process, and I'm already thinking about the next project :o) !

Here are some detail photos:

Thanks for taking a peek and happy creating!

Bonnie

What Else Could You Be?

This is my entry for the butterfly challenge over @ Swirlydoos. The entire LO is made of scraps. I colored the large butterfly with alcohol inks. The smaller butterflies are punched out of scraps of the Swirlydoos June kit. The hanging lamps is from Dusty Attic, which I painted with white acrylic paint and distressed with brown, gold and light blue paint.

TFL and have fun creating!

Bonnie

Bird Arch Trio

This is another kit by Audrey Underwood.
http://www.yourcreativewings.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=712
I just LOVE her vintage designs and thru these kits I'm learning a lot about incorporating chipboard in your art. There are so many new products on the market that I kinda forgot about chipboard. But now I re-discovered it again and intend to use it a lot more in my future projects. Thanks for taking a peek.
Have fun creating!

Bonnie

Swirlydoos June Kit - Antebellum Beauty

I have been so busy this week that I'm really late posting the reveal of the Swirlydoos June kit - Antebellum Beauty. This month's kit is again uber gorgeous with the beautiful Ella Blue papers, stunning flowers and an abundance of the most amazing embellies. So much to choose from, which makes working with this kit pure pleasure.
This LO showcases a picture of DSD Stephanie. I colored the felt with glimmer mist and the swirls with alcohol ink. The flower is made of fabrics and lace with Tim's Tattered Florals die.

This is my take on the sketch, also provided with the kit. The flower is made of canvas and lace with Tim's Tattered Florals die.

Another photo of DSD Stephanie. I made the flowers from metal.  

This picture was taken last week when I was in The Netherlands for my Mom's 80th birthday. I colored the Dusty Attic gate with teal, brown, gold and silver paint.

 

I made this with scraps of Ella Blue from the main kit and 7G from the project kit.

This month's project kit is totally fun to make. It is the 7Gypsies Printers Tray plus the 7Gypsies Avignon papers.  The embellies are from 7G, Tim and junk from my stash. The tiny houses are from Collections.

Have a great weekend

Bonnie

Spools

Recently I have totally fallen in love with the products of Collections. They have a gorgeous line of 6 x 6 papers and some pretty chipboard shapes. The little birdhouses as shown in my previous post are also from Collections. Last week I saw some super cute spools on Julie van Oosten's blog and I knew I just had to make them too. She also posted a tutorial. Here is the link: http://nirvanaelements.blogspot.com/2010/05/happy-spools.html . Check it out! They are fun and really easy to make. They are a great way to use up your tiny scraps and those chipboard circles that I never  knew what to do with. The pin cushion spool is a design from Audrey Underwood and is available as a kit http://www.yourcreativewings.com/index.php.

Hope y'all have a great Memorial weekend!
Bonnie

Birdhouse Village

While surfing the internet I came accross this beautiful birdhouse and I immediately fell in love with it. It is designed by Maxine Hazebroek and it is totally fun to make. I learned a lot of new techniques and new ways to use "old" techniques. Go check out her store for beautiful products and and inspiration http://maxinesmelange.com/

I'm really happy with how this turned out and even my hubby was totally impressed with the result. TFL

Bonnie

Buttons Tin

This is my entry for Lavona's May Altering Item Challenge over @ SB.com. This month's twist is to use at least 2 or 3 buttons. So I thought that this was a great opportunity to make something to store my buttons. I used an inexpensive lunch box tin, which I picked up at Michaels. I covered it with paper from the Prima Shabby Chic Collection and some lace and decorated it with a chipboard frame and and buttons from Jenni Bowlin, 7Gypsies and my stash. TFL

Swirly Girls Club Challenges May

These are my entries for this month's challenges over @ Swirlydoos. One is hosted by Tina: Distress and Layer. The challenge is to use at least 6 layers, all distressed and we had to make a rose. I used Tim's new Retro Grunge papers. The roses on the top right corner are made from metal and the rose at the bottom left corner is made of PP and UTEE. The flowers under the rose are PP covered grunge paper. Photo of DH and DS.

The other one is hosted by yours trully. The challenge is to make your own background paper from scraps. I keep my scraps by color in plastic envelopes and every now and then I'll take one of these envelopes and create a "new" piece of 12 x 12 paper. Just arrange your scraps and glue them on a piece of cardstock or "ugly" paper. The idea of the scalloped strip with the ribbon and roses is taken from one of my favorite artists Gabrielle Pollacco.

Hope y'all had a great Mother's Day!!!

Bonnie

Frame

The basis for this frame is an inexpensive Ikea mirror, which I covered with one of the new papers from the Shabby Chic paper stack of Tim Holtz. Then I used some Viva Ferro paste in the upper left corner and stamped it with a script stamp. After drying I painted it with silver paint dabber and distressed it with the new distress ink color Pumice Stone. I think this is my new favorite color as it seems to go with everything. The lace stamps are from the Artistic Stamper and again I used the Pumice Stone distress ink. For the flourishes and the large flower I used TSS metal in the new color Bronzed God and he new Timster dies Tattered Florals and Elegant Flourishes. To give the metal some "body" I made a "sandwich" out of cardstock, adhesive sheet and metal before I ran it thru my Big Kick. The roses are made with the same paper as used for the background and then dipped in UTEE.

Thanks again for taking the time to read my blog,

Bonnie

Canvas Album

You know I love to try new things and materials. So last month I bought an album kit from Carol Wingert. I met her last year in Phoenix at Creative Escape, and she makes the most amazing mini albums. (there is a link to her blog on the right column of this page). This is an canvas album and most of the embellishments are from vintage fabrics, laces and ribbons. It all so gorgeous and I had a blast putting this album together and truly enjoyed working with fabrics and learning new techniques. I still need to do two more pages, but it requires a sewing machine to finish them. Hopefully DH gives me one for my B-day. I already dropped a hint or two (LOL).

I didn't fill the album with photos yet, because it is all so pretty, and I don't want to spoil it with my photos. Just love to touch it and feel all the different textures. TFL

More Playtime

Just wanted to share a few things that I've done the past few days.

My first attempt to work with beeswax. It wasn't as easy as it looked on Suze Weinberg's tutorial. I'm not entirely happy with the result and I don't know if it is finished, or not. Maybe I have to put more stuff on it. That is one of the nice things of working with wax. It is very forgiving. You can always melt it and add, move, and/or remove stuff. Will keep you posted.

This book/box is altered with with stuff from my stash and some left-overs from the Swirlydoos Butterfly whispers kit. I cut some flowers from lace and tule.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bonnie