Birds of a feather

Away crafting on the weekend with Jenny Martin & Jenny Dix and created this Christmas Card using a leftover Gelli print from Jenny M.

Using some of my favourite stamps from the now sadly defunct Winne & Walter.

Inspired by the colours and bird themes over at The Card Concept. 

Welcome back with a cup of coffee!

OK so don't die of shock, but I'm back posting after a brief (2-and-a-half-year) hiatus.

I have been doing a little crafting on the side, mostly as an excuse to go away for weekends with the girls and chat and catch up, and throw a little paint and wine around on the side lol.

A bit of a shock to realise how many of the stamping companies and challenges I used to frequent are no longer with us!

Here's my offering for this week's combined Masculine and Coffee Christmas Challenges with the fabulous Stephanie & Lauren at Jingle Belles and the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge (which I missed thedeadline for!) and playing along with Less is More CAS Challenge.

This little beauty of a stamp set from Stamping Bella, coloured using Born markers (from Kaisercraft I think!) with patterned papers from Kaisercraft and die cuts from Avery Elle.

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CASE me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

So this is my first crafty session in about a year! I was hoping Michelle Lupton's Case me a Christmas Card challenge would inspire me, and it certainly did! Just managed to get my card reveal day messed up, so I'm here a day late but as they say, better late than never!

I used alcohol inks for the background, a combination of Pinata Rich Gold, Mantilla Black, Sapphire Blue and Baja Blue with Tim Holtz Mixative Pearl, Cloudy Blue and Sail Boat Blue. Stitched snowflake diecuts from Lil Inkers, Christmas sentiment diecut from Paper Smooches, Wishes stamp from WPlus9.

Hope you love it as much as I do!

Here's Michelle's gorgeous card that inspired my CASE...

Ardyth came up with a genius acronym to help you make a Case of a card without making a direct copy of it - LIMES. I am going to be using this acronym for all my Cases from now on: 

List: Blue, alcohol inks, die cut, flowers, birthday, two colour stamping, bold greeting, monotone, gold, landscape

Include: Blue, alcohol inks, die cut, bold greeting, monotone, gold  

Modify: flowers  

Exclude: birthday

Spin: Christmas, portrait, curved edge, diecut sentiment 

You can check out Michelle's gorgeous CASE of my card here

Playing along at CAS on Friday (Big sentiment)

Double D's Winter Blues

Simon Says Christmas

Fusion Christmas Wishes...

Hope you can join in the fun @ FUSION for the last challenge of th eyear!

I was inspired by the window shapes in the lantern and snowy Christmas scene. Created using Distress Oxides for the moon and night sky, paired with this gorgeous Memory Box Countryside Circle die cut and super cute Mama Elephant Reindeer flying across the sky, paired with Winnie & Walter Merry and window diecut.

PROCEDURES:
1. Play with just the sketch challenge.
2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.
3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.

Grab some more inspiration from our super Design Team

Barb Ghigliotty - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone 

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Challenge me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton and Friends...

So glad you can join me as I play along with 

"Challenge me A Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton and friends".

My challenge for Michelle this year was to combine die cuts and fussy cutting. 

As you can see, I was just a bit excited about this and got carried away, 

with not just one but nine cards...

First two feature Winnie+Walter stamps and Lil Inkers Stitched Oval diecut...

Also playing along with AAA Challenge - Maxi white

Technique Tuesday's Celebrate the Seasons by Ali Edwards sentiment paired with 

My Favourite Things window diecut and santa stamp set...

Also playing along with 
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Technique Tuesday's Celebrate the Seasons by Ali Edwards with dies from

Poppy Stamps Pine Tree Border and Memory Box Deer Trio and Lil Inkers Stitched Oval...

Next up two cards featuring Simon Says Stamp Holiday Frames die cut

 and Inkadinkadoo stamp set, with Bo Bunny patterned paper...

Also playing along with 

Challenge up your life - Black and white +1 colour

Inspired by the Bathurst car races on the weekend I was card-making, featuring 

Winnie+Walter Merry and SC Christmas dies..

Also playing along with the fabulous Jingle Belles

Is it Christmas Yeti - add a creature Challenge

And finally two cards featuring Stacey Yacula's Purple Onion snowman, 

and Simon Says Stamp Holiday Frames. Created the sparkly background

using Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical Shaker Afternoon Delight Denim...

Love it if you are inspired to create your own die cut and fussy cut Christmas card!

"Challenge me A Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton and friends"

FUSION Happy Birthday Fishes

Happy Halloween! 

Drew inspiration from this fortnights fabulous FUSION sketch and photo theme. 

Layers of patterned paper die-cuts with Lil Inkers stitched oval, Winnie & Walters "Happy", Simon Says "Birthday" and Avery Elle cupcake dies.

Love to see you play along with some super inspiration from our Design Team...

Barb Ghigliotty - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone 

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen


Also playing along with Seize the Birthday

FUSION Dragonfly

Had fun playing along with this fortnights FUSION creating these two variations on a theme. Both backgrounds were created using Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical Shaker in Afternoon Delight Denim and Time Travel Teal on watercolour paper, die cut with Lil Inkers Stitched Circles. Added Taylored Expressions' dragonfly silhouette, and finished with sentiments from Winnie+Walter and Avery Elle.

Love to see you play along with some super inspiration from our FUSION Design Team...

Barb Ghigliotty - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone 

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

FUSION Floral Wall Birthday Wishes...

Super fun FUSION this fortnight, inspired by this gorgeous photo and colour pallette, I fussy cut some cute flowers from an old sheet of SEI patterned paper and backed this with teal weathered wood background paper from My Mind's Eye, together with diecut Lawn Fawn letters for Happy and Ali Edwards (or it could be Studio Calico) scripty Birthday.

Check out some more fabulous FUSION inspiration from the Design Team

Barb Ghigliotty - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Can't wait to see what you create!

FUSION Family...

Missed out on posting this in time as I was heading to hospital for a knee arthroscopy. All good for now, but looking like I will need some additional hardware in the future!

Love the theme this fortnight @ FUSION, stamped this gorgeous Dina Wakely bird and paper pieced with this gorgeous American Crafts pattered paper. Created the envelope flap using Lil Inkers stitched square die on a 45 degree angle. Added this super cute Reverse confetti sentiment.

Check out some more super inspiration from the fabulous FUSION design team:

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Can't wait to see what you create!

FUSION Ombre

Inspired to try some layered stamping to highlight this fortnight's fabulous FUSION ombre inspiration and oval sketch. Altenew stamp and inks, together with Lil Inkers diecut stitched oval and diecut ribbon mesh.

Here's some more inspiration from the fab FUSION team:

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Can't wait to see what you create!

FUSION Triangles (and a Trio of Trees)

Had some sparkly fun with this fortnights FUSION! 

Tipped the FUSION sketch on it's side, and took inspiration from the golden triangles on the rug to create a super simple Christmas card. Die cut some cute Christmas trees using glitter foam sheets and dies from Paper Smooches and Reverse Confetti. Paired this with a stitched snowbank from Paper Smooches, and super cute Paper Smooches sentiment. Love this American Crafts sparkly background paper too.

Here's some more inspiration from the fab FUSION team:

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Can't wait to see what you create!

Also playing along with the gang at 

Jingle Belles (Snow Much Fun!)

This made me smile!

Kombi FUSION

First up I have to say it's great to be back lol! I have had a bit of a break from card making and while I did spend a day away making cards recently, I have only just got to uploading.

Secndly I have to say, this would have to be one of my favourite FUSION cards ever. 
Love the idea of a true flower power kombi, especially as my grandparents were avid Kombi Van Campers, and went on many adventures with the local Kombi Kamping Klub!
Flipped to fabulous FUSION sketch on its side and paper pieced this cool flower power print onto Stampendous King of the Road Kombi camper stamp. Went old school with layered coloured mats to highlight the retro colour palette.

I'd love to take off on a road trip in one of these, but in the mean time, the next best thing is to join in the fun with this fortnights FUSION Kombi Flower Power challenge.

Here's some more inspiration from the fab FUSION team:

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Can't wait to see what you create!

FUSION For the Birds

Super fun paper piecing these gorgeous Stampendous birds , paired with patterned papers from American Crafys. Focus on the sketch this fortnight for FUSION.

PROCEDURES:

1. Play with just the sketch challenge.

2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.

3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.

4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.

5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along.

Head on over to the FUSION blog for some more super inspiration from our fabulous Design Team...

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Looking forward to seeing what you create with this fortnights FUSION inspiration. 

FUSION On a Roll...

Doing a bit of a catchup here, so you could say I'm on a roll... Pun intended!

Fab FUSION inspiration this fortnight, flipped the sketch on its head. 
Super cute hedgehog stamp and sentiment from My Favourite Things and scooter stamp from a recent UK crafting magazine, paper pieced together with this fab Stitched sun from Lil Inkers topped with a cute yellow button.

Here's some more inspiration from the fab FUSION team:

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Easter FUSION

Super cute colourful FUSION inspiration this fortnight. American Crafts papers create a fun background for this paper pieced Reverse Confetti Later Alligator stamp set.

Here's some more inspiration from the fab FUSION team:

Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson - Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Can't wait to see what you create!