SENDING BEAR HUGS

With the Christmas Season over and flu season in full swing, 

I thought I would make a stash of 'feel better' cards for those in need

of a bit of cheer.

Fred Bear Gives Comfort (by MFT) is one of my new stamps and I could

hardly wait to ink it up.  The tissue box screams for a real

tissue and it makes for a very cute embellishment.

I had a lot of difficulty colouring this image with my Copics.

It's a very open image with no stamped shaded areas to guide you.

So, the second card was coloured with Distress Inks.

Here is a close-up of the tissue.

I decided to paper piece the blanket for a bit of interest, too.

Thanks for stopping by.

~Bonnie~

CHRISTMAS PUPPIES

It was Abbey's first Christmas with us and poor girl, she had no

idea what was in store for her.

Santa left Lily and Abbey, smoked bones for Christmas.

But as with many rewards, comes a task.  And so, Abbey was initiated into

our Christmas traditions.

Isn't she sweet?  Well, she didn't think so and was rather embarrassed.

And of course, Lily doesn't care what you do with her, as long as

she gets her treats for doing it!

Here she is in her Christmas dress.

Christmas would not be the same, if not for our fur children.

And when they allow us to indulge ourselves with photos like these, 

well, it just makes Christmas Day that much sweeter.

Thanks for stopping by,

~Bonnie~

TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

 The song "CHRISTMAS SHOES" brings true meaning to Christmas for me 

and I wanted to share it with those who may not have ever heard it.

May you be blessed this Christmas with love and special memories.

Merry Christmas,

~Bonnie~

Mmmmm .... CHOCOLATE

One of my clients stopped by on the weekend and surprised me with

a very unique Christmas gift.

It is a chocolate box, made from solid chocolate, with a lid also made 

from solid chocolate. And inside, is a wonderful selection of chocolate truffles.

It's so pretty and unique that I almost hated to taste it.  Now, notice that I did say

'almost'.  Here are the before photos (while it still looked like a 

chocolate box filled with truffles).

 Suffice it to say ... it doesn't look quite the same anymore!

Mmmmmmmmm....

Thanks for stopping by.

~Bonnie~

POINSETTIAS

One of the many things that I love about this time of the year are poinsettias.

I recently came across a blog that I am totally addicted to.  Kittie is not only 

amazingly talented but very generous in sharing her knowledge through

well written and easy to understand tutorials.

Here is the link to her blog ...   http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/

I have been having so much fun making these poinsettias 

and thank Kittie so much for her tutorial.  

I would not be having the success I am, without her tutorial.

Since I love red at Christmas, I decided to try some red on red and I really loved how it turned out.

I have a ME week between Christmas and New Year's so I plan 

to try as many of Kittie's tutorials as I can.

I have also been playing with some digital images and came across

these adorable snow people, which I made into cards for some of my neighbours.

(the nice ones!)

Took the image and cut it out with an oval Nestie.  Cut out a shadow mat.

Embossed the background with a snowflake folder. 

 Punched out a border strip.  Used tiny ovals for the greeting.

Added some glitter to the image, around the image oval and to the greeting.

Stuck it all together and there you have it ... fast, easy and sweet little

Christmas cards.

Don't forget to check out Kittie's blog ... you won't be sorry.

Thanks for stopping by.

~Bonnie~

AN ABBEY UPDATE

It's been over 2 months since we adopted Abbey and our lives will never be the same.

Boxer's are a high energy breed and Abbey is DEFINITELY no exception!  She

gets out every day for a run in the cherry orchard and if WE have any extra energy, she gets out twice a day.

We've had one private training class with her where she demonstrated 

how eager and quick to learn that she is.

Here are some random shots of her.

It's a good thing that she is a SHE because she is usually sporting

glitter on her head and nose.  She loves to come to visit me from under

my craft table, where she often nose-butts (and believe me ... that 

is one very big nose!), my hand for attention.

It is said that 'things often happen for a reason' and I am a real believer 

in that statement.  Abbey was meant to come into our lives and we 

hope we are blessed to have her for many years to come.

Now, if only she would stay still long enough for me to

photograph her in her 'reindeer antlers' ....

Thanks for stopping by.

~Bonnie~

WORKSHOP FRIDAY

Well, this project took two Friday's to complete and after a lot of tedious work, the finished project was sooo worth it. 

It was Cathy's turn to host and she designed this rosette wreath for us to make.

Thankfully, Cathy cut and scored every rosette for us ... we just had to 

fold and assemble them.  Now I say "just ", like it was nothing but

in actual fact, it was a lot of work.

After a few hot glue burns, some tired eyes and some frustrated hands, the

project was completed and now hangs proudly in my craft room.

Thanks for stopping by.

~Bonnie~