AAA it's Happy Birthday Two Moo...

Celebrating hubby's birthday and just in time to play along with the fabulously fabulous AAA Cards 4th Big Birthday Bash. Created using Paper Smooches dairy nice cows and sentiment for a "Happy Birthday Two Moo" birthday card, paired with country inspired sunshine gingham checked paper.

Playing along with 

AAA Cards 4th Big Birthday Bash

CASology Farm

CAS(E) this Sketch and 

Seize the Birthday

 

You're Jawsome!

LOVE this cool shark and his JAWsome matching sentiment from MFT, just perfect for a little (or BIG) boy's birthday card. Background created using alcohol inks on opaque Yupo (although I think baking or tracing paper may work just as well), dripped on the light blue, dark blue and yellow inks and blotted off the excess with ridged paper towel to create the mottled colour effect. Die cut with Dienamics scalloped edge to create the waves, then stamped and fussy cut the shark from grey cardstock and stamped the sentiment on and MFT fishtail flag - naturally lol!

Playing along with CASology Marine
and "Less is More" Yellow/Blue/Grey - 
although the yellow got very blended into the sea!
613 Avenue Create Mainly Blue
Crafty Cardmakers No patterned paper

The Harbour FUSION

Looking back, I realised it has been just over 5 years since my very first post on the original FUSION design team! How time flies when you are having fun!

Playing with heat embossing and masks to create for FUSION this fortnight. Using the super versatile sketch turned on its side, I heat embossed this Reverse Confetti Shine from Within sentiment in Liquid Platinum Ranger embossing powder. It is amazing how different this embossing looks at night compared to in daylight - almost night and day lol! The light rays were created using Law Fawn white ink and MFT sun ray mask. Added a panel of fussy cut chevron paper to represent the sea and topped with these gorgeous Ocean Lighthouse and Waves die cuts by Memory Box. I die cut the lighthouse from the same wood grained patterned paper used in my last post. 

To play along you can take inspiration from either the FUSION sketch or inspiration photo - or combine the two as I have!

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

Becca Cruger - Betty J. - Jeanne Jachna - Jen Mitchell - Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone - Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams

Hope you can join in the fun this fortnight @ FUSION.

Can't wait to see what you create!

Playing along with CASology Marine too

Winnie & Walter Rainbows for World Card Making Week...

 

Had such fun inking up and making rainbows for the WInnie and Walter World Card Making Day challenges. Created one for the Winnie and Walter Rainbow Challenge with Lea, then couldn't help myself but use the reverse scraps to make a second card to also play along with Winnie and Walter Variations with Shay.

Created using Winnie and Walter's The Party stamp set, In a Word: Happy Cutaway and Essentials: Audrey Cutaways. The rainbow background was created using Tim Holtz Distressed Inks in Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord. 

Also playing along with Seize the Birthday and CASology Odd Challenge (odd number of words, letters in "happy", balloon and colours too!).

My craftie room on WCMD for WCMD Craftie Challenge.

You're my cup of tea @ FUSION!

Back from a family wedding in New Zealand to join in this fortnights FUSION.
Thought it only apt to add a photo from my niece's wedding to add to the Valentine's celebrations.

Simple Valentines card created using Winnie and Walter die cuts, Avery Elle stamped sentiment, and some gorgeous American Crafts patterned paper. 

You can find some more fabulous inspiration from the Design Team blogs:

Becca Cruger - Betty J. - Carol Mayne - Jeanne Jachna - Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone - Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams

Hope you can join in the fun this fortnight @ FUSION. 

Can not wait to see how you are inspired! 

Also playing along with:
Winnie and Walter's 3rd Birthday Challenge with Shay's 3 Challenge
 using three Winnie and Walter diecuts. 
CASology Romance

Happy (Aussie) Day @ FUSION...

A HUGE thank you to Christine @ Create a Smile for her generous support of the FUSION 3rd Anniversary celebration. So many fabulous creations in the FUSION gallery!

On to another celebration this fortnight @ FUSION. 
Loving the green and gold inspiration for Australian Day on January 26th! Looking forward to Australia Day as a great opportunity to chill out with friends and family and 'throw another shrimp on the barbie!'.
Created a simple card using a super cool Studio Calico Australia map diecut, together with diecut 'Happy' and 'day' (cut from 'birthday') sentiments from Winnie & Walter, to deliver a card that is fair dinkum Aussie mate!

Hope you can join in the fun this fortnight @ FUSION. 

Can not wait to see how you are inspired! 

Hop on over to the Design Team blogs for more fantastic inspiration:

Becca Cruger - Betty J. - Carol Mayne - Jeanne Jachna - Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone - Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams

Also playing along with
Simon Says "Chill Out",
MUSE, CASology Cut

A Christmas FUSION...

Hope you get a chance to play along with FUSION this fortnight, in our last challenge for the year. So much fabulous inspiration from this gorgeous Christmas interior, and super versatile sketch!

I kept my card simple, taking inspiration from the white on white layering and Christmas candles. Layered this gorgeous Memory Box Christmas Candles diecut in white glitter paper, over a cardstock background, over vellum stamped in silver tinsel embossing powder using this gorgeous Verve sentiment.

Love to see how you are inspired by FUSION photo, sketch or both!

Hop on over to FUSION to see some more fabulously joyful inspiration from

 our amazing Design Team too:

Becca Cruger - Betty J. - Carol Mayne - Jeanne Jachna - Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan - Michelle Leone - Michelle Lupton - Michelle Williams

Also playing along with CASology Candle,

52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown Glitter and

CAS on Sunday Christmas

This made me smile!!!

Christmas JOY...

Inspired by the gorgeous MUSE Christmas Club reindeer, I found this left over sparkly reindeer diecut in my stash on the weekend (I think it is WPlus9), and paired it with the "Joy" and tag diecuts from Winnie and Walter, together with two impressions of Tim Holtz Vintage Snowflake embossing folder strip to make this very simple CAS Christmas card.

Also playing along with 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Dies and/or Punches, CASology CAS, Jingle Belles - Banish the Holiday Blues (No Blue) and 

CAS on Sunday Sparkle Challenges 

  

A Whole Lotta Happy 2nd Birthday FUSION... (aka Thinking Inside the Oval)

As soon as I saw the fabulous inspiration for the FUSION 2nd Year Celebration, I knew I had to invite my old teamie and birthday twin Kelly Griglione as my guest to join in the fun! I have long been a fan of Kelly's inspiring creations, she always thinks outside the square for her card creations, and is a fabulous photographer and scrapbooker as well!

This fortnight the paper for my card was the first element I decided on, with this fabulous rununcula paper by MME, following the colours and theme of the gorgeous FUSION 2nd Year Celebration inspiration photo. Then for the hard part! After several attempts at die cutting various colours for the Winnie and Walter Happy sentiment, drawing inspiration from the super FUSION sketch I realised I could cut out the Lil Inkers Stitched Oval, then die cut the sentiment from the centre oval, and secure it back in place, made me very happy LOL!

With so many Winnie and Walter Happy sentiments already cut out, I couldn't let these go to waste, so I quickly created another extra Happy card!

Remember to hop along to the website for some more incredible FUSION inspiration from the Design Team and their invited guests! As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both.

Betty J - Brandi Hall - Deanne K - Jeanne Jachna - Julia Aston - Katie Brooks

Karren J - Kimberly Wiener - Lynn Mangan - Michelle Folland

Michelle Lupton - Sandie Munro - Shannon Jaramillo - Stephanie Severin

I would be super Happy if you could join in the FUSION 2nd Birthday celebrations too!

You may notice another aspect of my card making - I tend to size the cards depending on what is needed, rather than cutting the card base first - it can make things difficult finding envelopes though!

Also playing along with Seize the Birthday and CASology Simple.

 

P.S. I would love you to join in to win with 2015 A Few of My Favourite Things too! 

Something OLD and Something NEW...

Not as much crafting was done last year, so I was a little (OK a lot!) behind with Christmas card creations, so I thought I'd get a head start this year LOL!!! Too easy with the CASology Merry Challenge, Freshly Made Sketches and Jingle Belles Something OLD, Something NEW Challenge. Unfortunately as I had not stamped for a while, my "NEW" is a new ink pad as my old one had dried out! Created using Tara Wakefield's gorgeous deer and bird stamps, paired with Winnie and Walter's Merry and Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle diecuts with Kaisercraft woodgrain paper background.

Rememeber there are still a couple of days to join in with FUSION, 

before our extra special 2 year anniversary celebration!

P.S. I would love you to join along with my 2015 A Few of My Favourite Things too! 

CAS{E} this FUSION...

This WEEK we have a super fabulous FUSION, teaming up with a super special sketch from CAS{E} this Sketch - so if you play along with just the Sketch or create a FUSION, you can also link up your card over at CAS{E} this Sketch!

Believe it or not, I created a FUSION this week - by turning the sketch on it's side and using a circle as my card base - inspired by so many circles in the inspiration photo.  The background cardstock was run through the cuttlebug with an embossing plate - similar to the pattern on the gold glass from the inspiration photo. The butterfly was stamped in white ink and sprinkled with gold Metal Melts and heat embossed, and the gorgeous gold embossed sentiment is from Altenew, stamped on a Paper Smooches fishtail flag.

How to join in the fun...

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.

Can't wait to see how you will be inspired by this WEEKS FUSION!
The Design Team have some FABULOUS creations to inspire you!
Anya Schrier - Betty J - Cathy Weber - Dannielle Robeson

Deepti - Jeanne Jachna - Julia Aston - Katie Brooks

Kelly Griglione - Kimberly Wiener - Lynn Mangan - Michelle Folland

Michelle Lupton - Sindhu - Stephanie Severin

Please check the linky for the days left to play with us - 
don't forget this is a special 1 WEEK Challenge!


Playing along with CASology special 100th Challenge...

P.S. Today is Washi Day...

Looking outside - the sun is shining brightly, or at least it's trying to, and we are in the midst of the longest run of warm May days on record!

So despite the fact it is Autumn, I thought it was a perfect time to create a Springy Happy Birthday card using this left over washi tape flower, and adding washi tape letters and side strip too. The die cut flowers are from Simon Says Stamp and sentiment is Paper Smooches.

Playing along with The Paper Players Clean & Simple Flower, 
Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes, and CASology Flower.