Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Turning the Page July 2020

Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the last day of each month to share them.

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

Here's our July page.




By the way, the calendars are clipped together and can be displayed on an easel
or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me (bonklass(at)gmail(dot)com.
and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

If your email address is not in your profile, I have no way to send this to you.

Email link is in my profile on the sidebar.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!




Monday, June 29, 2020

Cardinal Christmas Tree

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by.

I have another Christmas card for my stash.


I've used another of the Power Poppy Digital stamps and watercolored with
Twimarkers and my waterbrush.

The background is a wet on wet wash using reinker with
lots of water.

A little Chunky Frantage heated from underneath added a bit of snow.

This scene reminds me of the shelf outside my grandma's window where
she fed the birds.  I still love watching the birds.

Challenges:
Jingle Belles:  Get in shape
June Rudolph Days: Anything Goes Christmas


  



Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps: Cardinal Couple (PP), Signature Christmas (PTI) 
Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah
Other:  Stacking Pennants Die (Honey Bee), Mini Embossing Die (Nicole), Arteza Twimarkers (Poppy Red, Ruby Red, Orange, Latte Brown, Army Brown, Caramel Brown, Moss Green, Pine Green, Mint Green, Pale Green, Bumble Bee Yellow), Caron d'ache Supracolor Pencil (Silver), Tumbled Glass reinker, Chunky Frantage, Linen Thread (SU)


Saturday, June 27, 2020

Happy Birthday Loll

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

Today I'm celebrating the birthday of my cherished friend, Loll.

Happy Birthday, my friend.


I've inked this Technique Tuesday stamp with Distress Markers and ink pads
and used a damp waterbrush to blend the colors.  Where I needed more color,
I smooshed ink on my palette and picked up the ink with my waterbrush.

I hope you have a wonderful day, dear friend.

Challenges:
Krafty Chicks: All Occasions 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Rhododendron (TT), Banner Sentiments (PTI)
Ink:   Warm Glow (GKD), Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles (DI)
Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 100 series)
Other:  Stitched Square Die (LI), Caran D'ache Supracolor Pencils (9 Dk Carmine, 239 Spruct Green), Subtle EF (SU), White Gel Pen, WOS


Friday, June 26, 2020

More Flowers in Bloom

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!


I think I'm on time for the MFT Sketch Challenge this time.  Usually when I'm
ready to post, the challenge is over.  The weeks go by too fast!

This is one of my favorite stamps to color.  I use Distress markers to ink
the stamp and added color from Distress ink smooshed on my palette.

To color the strips, I first wet them, and added some of the lightest pink
ink from my palette then dipped it in the other colors that were pretty wet.
I added some black dots in the center of the flowers to tie in the black sentiment.
Wish I hadn't done that.  The splatters worked out okay though.

Challenges:
  



Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!



Card Recipe
Stamps:  Flowers in Bloom (MFT)
Ink:   Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, Forest Moss (DM and DI), Versafine Onyx Black
Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah
Other:  


Thursday, June 25, 2020

Memory Box Birthday

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!


This is a CASE of a card by Joy Taylor

I stamped both sizes of the flowers from the Watching the World Bloom
stamp set from Memory Box with white craft ink and heat embossed.

Then I cut a circle from the embossed piece and a sheet of foam
cut a bit smaller than the design piece.

The solid butterfly and a circle insert were cut from vellum
and the butterfly outline was cut from Neenah.

Challenges:
AAA Birthday #14 - Use Vellum/Birthday
NBUS #15 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Butterfy)


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Watching the World Bloom (MB), Handwritten Notes (PTI)
Ink:   Whisper White, Smokey Gray
Paper:   Neenah, Bashful Blue, Vellum
Other:  Drifting Side Butterfly Die (MB), Infinity Circles (HA), White EP, Sequins (SSS)


Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Floral Stem on Vellum

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!


I've pulled out my favorite Poppystamps die and added it to a
piece of watercolored vellum I did at last year's retreat.

The die cuts two flower heads and I've popped one on top with a dimensional
and added some yellow prills to the center.

Quick and easy.  My favorite kind!


Challenges:
AAA Birthday #14 - Use Vellum
Krafty Chicks #512 - CAS (Clean and Simple)
Poppystamps #69 - Clean and Simple

 


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!



Card Recipe
Stamps:  Handwritten Notes (ret. PTI)
Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black
Paper:   Neenah, Vellum
Other:  Floral Stem Collage (PS), Prills, Candy Dots (ret. SU)


Sunday, June 21, 2020

Garden Wishes

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by!


I colored this beautiful digital image with Arteza Twimarkers and water.
Since I'd printed it pretty large, I cut it in half.  Then I cut it in half again.
The other two pieces will be used later.

Challenges:
Lisa's Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge: Share a flower you wish you had in your garden
Seize the Birthday #193 - Birthday with Topping


 



Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Garden Fireworks (PP Digi), Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)
Ink:   WOW Embossing, Tumbled Glass Re-inker for wash
Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah, Basic Black
Other:  Arteza Twimarkers (Ruby Red, Sage Green, Moss Green, Olive Green, Ultramarine Blue, Sapphire Blue, Raw Umber), Brick EF (TH), White EP, Twine (FSJ)


Friday, June 19, 2020

Blissful Navy

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I hope you and yours are well.


This NBUS stamp has finally seen ink.

Do you buy stamping stuff and then take forever to use it too?

I used Distress markers to ink this stamp after securing in my MISTI.
Then I smooshed some ink on my palette and picked up color with a damp 
waterbrush to fill in the flowers and leaves.

I decided to wait on the sentiment because I'm not sure what I'll use it for.

Challenges:
NBUS Challenge #15 - Never Before Used Schtuff
Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes or Spots and/or Stripes
The Flower Challenge #45 - Colour Navy + One Other





Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bliss (PB)  
Ink:   Chipped Sapphire, Peeled Paint (DM)
Paper:   Mixed Media, Night of Navy, Neenah
Other:  Subtle EF (SU), Elegant Rectangles STAX (MFT)


Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Bubbles and Baubles

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by!

I have a Twofer today.


This month's Twofer Challenge is

First my bubbles.....

I believe I first saw these Bubble Chicks at the Twofer Challenge.

When Stamping Bella had that good sale a while back, I treated myself to
both the stamps and the dies.  This was the perfect opportunity to get them out
of that NBUS box!

I stamped them with Memento ink and colored with Copic Markers.

A bubbly stencil with a bit of ink brushed through added interest to the
background and the die cut chicks fit perfectly in these die cut squares.

I can send this as a birthday card or to cheer someone up.


Next up is a Christmas card.  I used a marker to ink just the bubble part
of one of the floating chicks and cut the bubble off from the chick holding one.
There are extra smaller bubble stamps and dies in the set that I used for
the third bauble.  Again, I colored with Copics.

This time I colored the bird to be a Tufted Titmouse.

I've covered the baubles with Crystal Glaze and it blended the red into
the white streaks. I have since added some streaks with gouache paint, 
but lazy me didn't take another photo.

Challenges:
Twofer #28 - Circles/Bubbles
NBUS #15 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe (card 1)
Stamps:  Bubble Chicks (Stamping Bella)
Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass, Wilted Violet for sponging (DI)
Paper:   Neenah
Other:  Bubble Chick Dies (SB), Square Window Trio Die (Honey Bee), Subtle EF (SU), Copic Sketch Markers (Y13, Y15, Y17, YR15, YR18, B0000, BV0000, RV00, B000)

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bubble Chicks (SB), Christmas Pines (SU)
Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, , Gumball Green (SU)
Paper:   Neenah, Gumball Green
Other:  Bubble Chick Dies (SB), Copic Sketch Markers (N3, N5, N7, C0, YR12, G12, G14, G17, R22, R24, R29), Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Gold and White Gelli Roll Pens)

Monday, June 15, 2020

More Embossed Vellum for CAS Mix Up


Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by!


There's still time to join in with Susan's Challenge at

This time I stamped a NBUS fun bird stamp and colored with Copic Markers.
I stamped again on vellum and heat embossed.
The vellum softens the look of the birds and I love the dreamy look!

Super easy and a good way to soften some over-bright coloring. ;-)

The challenge is open until June 24th.

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up - Embossed Vellum
NBUS #15 - Never Before Used Schtuff



Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Three Little Birds (IO), Every Day Sayings (HA)
Ink:  WOW Embossing,  Blueberry Bushel (SU))
Paper:   Neenah, Cardstock Vellum (SU)
Other:  White EP, Copic Markers, Double Pierced Rectangles (Avery Elle)


Sunday, June 14, 2020

Gnome for Christmas

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by!




This gnome die was in the NBUS box and needed to see some action.

I die cut him from watercolor paper and use Distress Markers to color him.
By using the markers directly on the die cut, I got a deep, saturated color that
I just touched with a damp waterbrush.

The beard and nose were done by swiping color on my palette and picking up
with a waterbrush.

The card base was cut twice with a tag die.  After scoring one piece just below the
top curve and dry embossing the other, I adhered the top domes together.
The scoring helps to make it stand like a card.

Challenges:
Christmas Kickstart #32 - Care to Tag Along
Krafty Chicks #511 - Christmas Week
NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff

 


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.
Enjoy!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bauble Stamp Set (magazine freebie), Oh What Fun (ret. SU)
Ink:   Shaded Spruce (SU), Pine Needles, Candied Apple, Brushed Corduroy, Spun Sugar, Pumice Stone (DM)
Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor (Strathmore)
Other:  Pinpoint Main Street Tags (PS), Gnome Die (SSS)


Saturday, June 13, 2020

Oh Ribbon Tree

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by!

I have another Christmas card today.
We're almost halfway through the year and Christmas
will be here all too soon!


To make this card, I added some Sookwang tape vertically over a 
scrap of Neenah cardstock.  Then I pressed the ribbon horizontally.
When the whole piece was covered, I die cut it with a pennant die.

The ribbon has wonderful texture!

For the snowflake on top, I used a piece of canvas that is for crafts.
I'm sorry, but there are just some pieces in my bag of cork, fabric and wood
so I don't know where it came from.  I also cut the snowflake from a
snippet of crumb cake cardstock and glued them to each other a little
offside.  This time I did it intentionally! LOL

I used a larger die to emboss the card front and decorated the tree
with some red glitter glue.

Challenges:


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)
Ink:   Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Naturals White (SU), Neenah
Other:  Ribbon (Michaels), Stacking Pennants Die (Honey Bee), Snowflake Die (IO)


Thursday, June 11, 2020

Bells for CAS Christmas

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Today I have two cards for CAS Christmas.


My sweet friend Linda  (Lin's Crafty Corner) is hosting this month and she chose...

I chose to use these bells from an old Stampin' Up set and the words from
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. They've been heat embossed 
in gold on textured paper.

For the first card, I die cut the bells with a Stitched Arch die
and cut a larger arch from Gold Foil.

For the second card, I did the same thing but placed both the bells
and sentiment on the same piece and die cut them with the
Elegant Rectangle STAX also with a gold foil mat.

I die cut the background with the largest of the Elegant Rectangle dies, 
scored the back piece and glued the two pieces together.
The scoring helps the card to stand up.

It was hard to capture the shine of the embossing and gold foil
but they are very shiny IRL.

The Design Team and Guest Designer, my friend LeAnne,
have some wonderful cards to amaze and inspire you.

Challenges:
CAS Christmas - Bells


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!



Card Recipe (card 1)
Stamps:  Bells and Boughs (SU), Fanciful and Scripted Greetings ( OOB Amy R)
Ink:  WOW Emb. 
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Linen (PTI), Gold Foil (SU)
Other:  Gold EP, Stitched Arch STAX  dies (MFT)

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bells and Boughs (SU), Fanciful and Scripted Greetings ( OOB Amy R)
Ink:   WOW Emb
Paper:   Neenah Classic Natural, Neenah Eames, Gold Foil (SU)
Other:Gold EP, Elegant Rectange STAX dies (MFT)