Turning the Page March 2021

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

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 March 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!

More Glittered Circles

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

Have you ever had a card that you struggled with?

This one was a struggle for me!

I did some soft sponging over a stencil and was happy with the background.

I was using this technique by Eileen Godwin and CASEing her card.

I stamped a silhouette flower in black and didn't like it.

It seemed too strong a contrast to the soft colors of the background.

So I winked it with Stella.

I liked that even less and set it aside.

I'd look at it and think that it needed something.  Finally, the thought of

a die cut popped into my head.

If you look closely you can see the stamped flower behind the die cut.

I'm finally satisfied!

Here's a close up.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Script (Darkroom Door), Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Speckled Egg, Tattered Rose, Shabby Shutters (DI for background), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Petal Pink (SU), Black (MFT)

Other:  Laurel Stencil (Lavinia), Circle Masks (Cut from heavy vellum with Infinity Circles Dies (HA), Flower Stems #1 Die (TH), Twinklets Glitter

Merry Snowflakes

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

I have a slimline card for the Christmas stash.

I used a Slimline Stencil from Stamplorations pressing VersaMark through it

then heat embossing with white powder.

When the embossing had cooled, I used my stencil brushes to add some

Distress Oxide ink over the whole piece.  I used Tumbled Glass first and dried,

then gently added some Wilted Violet here and there and let it dry.

I needed it darker and used some Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink since I didn't

have a dark blue in the Oxides.

After buffing the embossing to remove excess ink, I matted it and popped it

on a card base and added some sparkly die cut snowflakes on top. 

I kept thinking it needed some red so I tied a sparkly, die cut sentiment with

some red twine.  Some stickers added a finishing touch to the center of the snowflakes.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - Slimline Cards

Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark, Tumbled Glass, Wilted Violet (DOX), Blueprint Sketch (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Blueberry Bushel, White & Red Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Snowflakes Slimline Stencil (Artsplorations), White EP, Various Snowflake Dies, Wonderful Words Die (PTI), Red Twine (Ali)

Purple Times Two

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

The rain has stopped for a few days and it feels like Spring will come!

Memory Box is asking for PURPLE this month and I'm happy to comply.

I actually did the second card first, but realized that that particular die isn't

available anymore.  So I came up with plan B.

This pretty corner die was cut from watercolor paper and watercolored with

Distress Inks.  The background die is also from Memory Box.

It would make a perfect shaker card, but I didn't have any suitable colors of

shakers in my stash.

I did add some splatters and pearls.

I used the Print Making technique for this card by watercoloring the lavender

on a mixed media piece and turning the flowers over and pressing down so

some of the wet ink transferred to the background.

Inspired By Challenge is asking for a quote and this is one of my favorites.

It's from a company that has since gone out of business.  Sorry.

Challenges:

Memory Box Outside the Box Challenge - Pretty Purples

Inspired By Challenge #162- Quote Me

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Agapanthus (TT)

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint (DI), Gorgeous Grape (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor (Arches Cold Press)

Other:  Small Antilles Floral Left Corner Die (MB), Distressed Windham Collage Die (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Kind Words (Verve)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah

Other: Long Stem Lavender Die (MB), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

More Zoom Fun

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

Last week I enjoyed a Zoom crafting get together and

have finished a couple of the cards using the techniques.

First up...

We did Loll's Faux Mother of Pearl technique.

We dripped some Frost White paint on our mat and smeared it around with

a wadded up piece of plastic wrap.  With very little paint on the wrap, we pounced

it on our cardstock and let it dry while we washed the stencil.

 Then we replaced our stencil and used our blending brushes to ink it

up with Distress Ink through a stencil.

Another technique we did was Kristina's Sponging Bleed Through a Stencil.

After the image was inked through the stencil, we used small blending brushes to "bleed" 

the color around the stenciling.  It gives a much softer look.

You can use multiple colors for this technique and it gives an even better look.

Here's a photo of the shine from the Faux Mother of Pearl.

While I was waiting for inspiration to finish my tree card, I die cut a butterfly from vellum

and did the technique again.

Then I used the die to cut out my FMOP butterfly.

 

Here's a picture of the shine.

For this card's background I used an Eileen Godwin Technique.

I did some soft stenciling and stamping then used circle masks I'd cut from

heavy vellum to lightly sponge around.  When the ink was completely dry, I

used a Quickie Pen to trace around the circles and added some glitter.

It was a fun day!

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #547 - CAS

Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes

Now I hope that Blogger doesn't think there's something in this post that they

don't like and delete it all.  If I disappear from Blogland, you'll know that's why.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Botanical Blocks 2 (PTI)

Ink:   Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness, Brushed Corduroy (DI), Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah, Embossed Vellum (ret. SU), Green Leaf (SSS)

Other:  Christmas Trees Stencil (Artsplorations), Frost White Paint (Tsukineko), Gold Dazzling Details (SU), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Blending Brush

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Script (Darkroom Door)

Ink:   Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Spun Sugar (DI), Sahara Sand (SU)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Laurel Stencil (Lavinia), Mini Stencil Set 4 (TH), Delicate Wings Die (PB), Frost White Paint (Tsukineko), Circle Masks cut with dies, Quickie Glue Pen, Twinklets Glitter

Spot's Christmas

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

Meet Spot.  He's been a good boy and hopes Santa will leave him some

goodies in his stocking.

He's been stamped with Versafine ink and his spots were drawn and colored

with colored pencils.  I used a Copic Multiliner pen to add darker

edges on the spots.

I die cut the stocking from felt.  A little die cutting and embossing

and he's ready for the Christmas box.

Susan is hosting CAS Christmas this month.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Critter Party (PB), Festive Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Real Red (SU), Watercolor (TH)

Other:  Whimsical Christmas (Cheery Lynn Designs), Square Peek-a-boo Window Die (MFT), Felt, Brick EF (TH), Subtle EF (SU)

Embossed Dragonflies

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

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up.

Our challenge this month is

This time I smooshed some embossing paste through this sweet dragonfly stencil.

For some odd reason, I was thinking the paste needed to dry before I put the embossing powder

on it.  By the time I realized the mistake, it was dry.  So I broke out my Wow Embossing Pen

and covered the raised design with that, sprinkled on the powder and heat set.

I did two dragonflies at a time to ensure they would be wet enough.

I love the sparkle in this powder!

After it had cooled off, I lightly brushed some Speckled Egg Distress Ink

around the dragonflies.

I've scored lines around the design.  You can see the lines better here

My mixed media are Stencil Heat Embossing, Stamping, Ink Blending, and scoring.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Speckled Egg (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Pool Party

Other:  Dragonfly Stencil (Magenta), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Long Island Teal EP (Wow), Embossing Pen (Wow), Simply Scored (SU)

Blogger Deleted my Design Honors Page

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

I just added some design honors to my honors page and got this email from Blogger

   Hello,

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(https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy) describe the boundaries for what we 
allow-- and don't allow-- on Blogger. Your post titled "Design Honors" was 
flagged to us for review. We have determined that it violates our 
guidelines and deleted the post, previously at 
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     Why was your blog post deleted?
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our Community Guidelines page linked in this email to learn more.

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My friend Darnell had this happen a few days ago so I was careful not to add a link to

the challenge site and used badges already used in my page. 

Be careful about adding anything to your blog!

And if you can figure out how to get in touch with BLOGGER, please let me know!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   

Other:  

Valentines

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

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's a few of the cards I made for the kids.

Using a retired Stampin' Up! stamp set and embossing folder.

for the Let's Squash It Challenge

Use a LOVE THEMED Embossing Folder AND

the colour RED/PINK

Using an Impression Obsession giraffe! Did you realize he has a heart on his neck?

A Penny Black stamp with assorted heart shaped balloons.

Another Penny Black stamp.

If you'd like more information, let me know in the comments.  Be sure you leave

your email address, so I can respond.

I hope you have a LOVEly Day!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Sweet Heart Roses

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

I made several of this design for Valentine's Day.

The stamp is a 6 inch x 6 inch background so I cut some pink cardstock

just a little bigger and used my MISTI to stamp the roses.

After heat embossing, I used a sponge dauber to add color to the center of the roses.

When they were all colored, I cut the un-inked edges off and cut into 

3 inch x 3 inch pieces to die cut with this sweet heart.

I pulled out some already dry embossed pieces, some that were cut offs, and

cut a piece of the pink cardstock just a bit larger.

I placed the sentiment in my MISTI and stamped several times by moving the

cardstock up or down a couple of rows, then cutting them apart.

Challenges:

Double D Challenges - Valentine Love

NBUS - Roses Background Stamp

   

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Roses All Over (MFT)

Ink:   WOW Embossing, Regal Rose (ret. SU)

Paper:   Tickled Pink (MFT)

Other:  White EP, Finger Brush, Layered Leaves EF (SU)

Balloons for Twofer

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

It's Twofer Time!

T

his month's challenge is...

 

Balloons always make a fun birthday card so I went traditional on this one.

I've done some monochromatic stamping for the background and made a balloon

bouquet by die cutting and punching balloons from some alcohol inked backgrounds.

I went non-traditional with my Twofer...

By flipping the die cut balloon upside down, I made a Christmas tree ornament.

I know you have at least one balloon stamp, die or stencil in your stash.

Have fun with it and make two different designs for two different occasions and

stretch your card stash!

Check our the awesome inspiration from our Design Team and our

talented Guest Designer, Greta.

I hope to see you in the Twofer gallery!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge, Timeless Textures (SU), Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Island Indigo

Paper:   Neenah, Island Indigo

Other:  Alcohol Ink, Celebration Time Die (SSS), Die Cut Party Confetti (HA), Twine (FSJ)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Cucumber Crush (SU), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer

Other:  Heirloom Frames Die & EF (SU), Celebration Time Die (SSS), Small Snowflake die (IO), Pretty Pines Thinlits (SU)

Inspired Valentines

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

I have two similar but different cards today.

Poppystamps challenge this month is...

and

The Inspired By inspiration photo for this challenge

Aren't those hearts darling?

A twofer inspired by the Inspired By Design Team.

Paper, cardstock, dies and embossing for two more valentines.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper: Crumb Cake (SU), Neenah, Patterned Paper (?)   

Other:  Stitched Heart Trio die, (Poppystamps), Heartfelt Die (PB), Music EF (?), Stately EF (Craft Concepts-retired), Paper Ribbon, Pearls (Stash)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Crumb Cake (SU), Primitive White (MFT), Patterned Paper (?)   

Other:  Sweet & Sassy Framelets (SU), Heartfelt Die (PB), Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Braid from stash