Turning the Page August 2022

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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 August page using Greenery Invites by Art Impressions.

 By the way, the calendars are 4 ½ inches by 7 inches.

They can be 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.

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Edged Wildflower Slanted

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We used this die in my last class and someone made an oops and cut it on the slant.

I loved it and thought I'd jazz it up with some watercolor smoosh.

Thanks to Norine Borys for the inspiration.

I used the colors in this month's Altenew Inspriation Challenge 

This die is wonderful for QACAS (Quick And Clean And Simple) cards.

Just add to a pretty piece of decorative paper.

 

or as we did in class...

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps: Wildflower Garden (Alt) 

Ink:   VersaFine Onyx Black, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Faded Jeans (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah, Baja Breeze (ret)

Other:  Edged Wildflower Die (Alt), Subtle EF (ret)

Card Recipe (card 2 & 3)

Stamps:  Uplifting Phrases (Rubbernecker)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Ink Drop Vivid (Craft Consortium)

Other:  Edged Wildflower Die (Alt)

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Wishing you Butterfly Mornings

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Years ago I worked in a needle crafting store and we had a cross stitch pattern

with this quote on it.  I always loved the quote but never actually used it.

I've been on the lookout for a stamp with the saying for a long time and

finally found one.  Isn't the font beautiful?

The butterfly was stamped in black on some patterned paper, then splattered with some

peach ink by flicking the end of a marker against a piece of acetate.

I splattered a bit on the background too.

  No die, but it was pretty easy to fussy cut that butterfly.

The colors are from the Color Hues Challenge #45

There are so many beautiful peach and gray cards in that gallery.

Do go take a look.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Mornings & Wildflower Afternoons (Crafty Individuals), Queen Anne's Lace (SU), Butterfly Flourish (Deep Red)

Ink:   Smoky Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black, Peach Parfait Marker (ret SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Peach Parfait

Other:  Acetate to splatter 

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In The Meadow with Jack

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

Today I'm showcasing one of Jack's latest creations.

Last week when he was staying with us, he wanted to use acrylic paint.

I had picked up a couple of canvasses at the thrift store and we set to work.

Somehow he painted the view behind the house I grew up in.  Except it had 

daisies and black-eyed Susan in the meadow.

He insisted that I paint with him.  Mine is still a work in progress.

He wants to enter this at Simon Says Kids Only Challenge.

So off we go.

Here he is with his painting.

Challenges:

Simon Says: Kids Only Vacation - ATG

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In Memory

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

My dear niece lost her battle with Melanoma this week.

She fought the disease bravely and tried every trial available to her.

She leaves behind two children and a devoted partner.

If you pray, please pray for them and her parents.

I wiped the inside of embossing folder with a baby wipe and embossed a piece

of watercolor paper.   For the color,  I used watercolors and touched

up with watercolor pencils.

The outside is edged with a Black Sharpie by tracing around the design piece on

a piece of scrap paper.

This is a CASE of card by Erum Tasneem.

Thank you for your inspiration Erum.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bouquet of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor (TH)

Other:  Feathered Lilies 3D EF & Stencils (ALT), Altenew 36 pan set watercolors (Warm Sunshine, Coral Berry, Forest Glades, Frayed Leaf), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Golden Yellow, Raspberry Red, Dk Carmine, Chestnut), Fineliner Pen (Ranger), Black Sharpie

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Dash Away All

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This Santa die had been hanging out in my NBUS box since last Christmas.

It's about time I  used it.

I cut a piece of salted watercolor for the background and die cut Santa and his reindeer 

twice from a snippet of black cardstock. I glued the two pieces together for 

some depth.

The houses were cut from another snippet of brushed silver cardstock.  I pressed the

edges of the roofs in VersaMark and sprinkled with a twinkly embossing paste

I found a tiny star stamp and stamped a few stars in the sky and embossed them.

I added a frame from my UFO box and stamped and embossed the sentiment.

Another one for the Christmas stash!

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Santa

NBUS #40 - Santa Die

Jingle Belles - Bring on the Bling (glitter embossing powder)

Double Trouble Paper Crafts - Christmas in July

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT), Mini Stars (?)  

Ink: VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Black, Brushed Silver

Other:  Dash Away All die (TH), Holiday Home Dies (ret SU), Metallic Platinum Sparkle EP (WOW)

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My Favorite Snowy Guy

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

I love snowmen and I have quite a few in my stamp, die and 

embossing folder collection.

This guy is my absolute favorite!

He's so easy to color and dress up.

I've done a bit of paper piecing this time, using some very old patterned paper.

Snowy is simply stamped and I've then added the paper pieced hat and scarf.

The brim of his hat and pom-pom have an icy sparkle with glitter and embossed

snowflakes are falling in the background.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - Snowfolk

Christmas Craft Creations - Patterned Paper

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Snowflakes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - ATG Christmas

   

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snowy, Festive Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray, Real Red

Paper:   Neenah, PP (stash)

Other:  Snowflake EF (Darice), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils

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Did You Know

A few weeks (or maybe months) back a friend of mine emailed me about 

the fact that comments on our blogs were going to spam.

If she hadn't given me step by step instructions on how to find that, I would

have never known.

When I found the key, I saw that I had over 200 comments that had gone into

that spam folder.  Most of them were legitimate comments.

So now, I check often and set those sweet comments free.

Here's how to check in case you are as clueless as I was.

Go to your Blogspot Dashboard and click on comments.

Look in the top left over the comments where it says All and click on the arrow beside that.

A drop down will pop up and you'll see the work Spam with a number beside it.

Hopefully the number is 0.  If it isn't click on the word Spam and it will show you

all the comments it has collected.  

There is an arrow to the right you can click on to publish the comment.

Those comments are too precious to waste!

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Butterfly Wings

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

There's still time to join in with our watercolor challenge at

CAS Mix Up

where Linda is asking us for....

This sweet butterfly was stamped and heat embossed onto mixed media paper

and watercolored with Gansai Tambi paints.

Lucky me to have the dies that go with these stamps!

I hope you'll check out the wonderful inspiration from our

Design Team.  Hope to see your watercolored "things with wings"

in our gallery.

 Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Watercolor Wings

NBUS #40 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Doily Embossing Folder)

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Option Spots (on butterfly wings)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Garden (PB), Bouquet of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:   WOW emb., Concord Crush

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Bashful Blue

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors (57 Turquoise, 51 May Green, 38 Deep Violet), Butterfly Garden Die (PB), Doily 3D EF (TH)

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Warmest Wishes

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Two pieces from my UFO box came together perfectly for this CAS birthday card.

I love when that happens!

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #70 - CAS

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use Embossing Folder/Option Summer

Simon Says Monday - Fabulous Florals

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flower Garden (TH), Blooming with Kindness (ret SU)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray, Chocolate Chip (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches CP), Neenah, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Flower Garden/Mini Garden  Bouquet Dies (TH), Zig CCRBM (51 Lemon Yellow, 50 Yellow, 52 Bright Yellow, 44 Deep Green, 60 Brown), Tasteful Texture EF (SU)

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Softly Bleached

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

Another piece from my UFO box finds a home.

This started with a Brusho background.  I'm not sure what color or colors I used.

Then I'd stamped these sweet flowers and used bleach on a paintbrush to remove the

color from the flowers and leaves.

That's as far as I got before this went into the UFO box.

When I was cleaning out recently, I colored the flowers with Zigs

and put it on a card.  Don't know why that took so long!

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Option of Spots and/or Stripes (spots from Brushos)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Softly (PB)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Daffodil Delight

Other:  Brusho, Bleach, Zig CCRBM, Sentimental Die (Avery Elle)

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Starry Christmas

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While I had those star dies out.....

I die cut several for the previous card and wanted to use the leftovers as well as

some leftover white stars in with the dies.

Actually, other than the sentiment, all the elements of this card were leftovers.

This one is for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  I think it's close enough to the sketch.

If not, I apologize for taking it over there.

This one is QACAS!  I love it when those UFOs come together!

I'll take this one to Jingle Belles Stars or Stripes

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Red Glimmer, Silver Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Stitched Star Basic dies (Dress my Craft), Tis the Season die (Creative Expressions), Mini Slimline Double Stitched (Kat Scrappiness), Star EF, Subtle EF, Confetti Stars Punch (all ret SU) 

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Red Glimmer, Silver Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Stitched Star Basic Dies (DMC), Holiday Words EF (Quickutz), Star of Wonder die (MB)

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