FUSION Tulip Bike

Inspired by both the sketch and this gorgeous vintage style bike in this fortnights FUSION. Using Echo Park Sisters stickers combined with this gorgeous Lil Inkers stitched diecut flag and Simple Stories patterned paper.

Hop along and see the fabulous Design Team for more gorgeous inspiration!

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't wait to see how you are inspired!

CAS(E) this Festive Friday...

Had a play with some crafty friends yesterday - although there was more laughing and chatting than crafting me thinks! This is one of the two Christmas cards I managed to add to my collection. Inspired by this gorgeous Festive Friday inspiration photo and CAS(E) this Sketch. Created using Paper Smooches Christmas dies and Memory Box Pine Needle border, with papers from Echo Park and Basic Grey. 

Playing along with Virginia's View CAS Challenge too!

Merry Christmas Smooches...

Had some fun adding to my Christmas card collection, playing along with this fabulous colour combo from The Paper Players Colour Challenge, and this versatile sketch from Paper Smooches Sparks Designer Drafts Challenge.  I thought this gorgeous snowman was perfectly whimsical and joined him in the fun at Festive Friday Whimsical Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Christmas / Happy Holidays Challenge too! Paper Smooches Freezy Fellas snowman, Christmas Sampler sentiment, Swanky Snowdudes snowflakes stamps are inked in Hero Arts Navy (the closest I had to Midnight Muse) and Soft Pool inks with Echo Park Winter Park, and Lil Inkers stitched polariod frame.

 

A BIG FUSION...

A very literal FUSION from me this week!  Will you be inspired by the shapes (rectangles, circles, car, bows...), colours (pink, monochromatic, black & white with a pop of colour...), textures (paper, cloth, brick, glass, metal...) or theme (cars, gifts, industrial, fashion...) from this weeks cool FUSION graphic, or this funky FUSION sketch - or both?!?

I had such fun this week pairing my favourite The Alley Way Stamps car and gift with the BIG sentiment from My Favorite Things.  Stamped in Hero Arts Bubble Gum - originally stamped in black ink, but it just looked too harsh with all that pink!  Papers are from Echo Park, Authentique and Doodlebug (all at least three years old!), with die cuts from Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles and Paper Smooches Fishtail Flags.

Hope to see you at the FUSION Challenge Blog soon, in the meantime, here's some more FABULOUS inspiration from the Design Team...

Amy Tsuruta

Geri Freeman

Kelly Griglione

Lynn Mangan

Stacey Schafer

I thought this was a perfect opportunity to Link Up for Pink

and Shopping Our Stash Pink or Cancer Awareness Challenge too!

This made me smile...

Spring Chick...

Playing along with Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades Challenge, combined with some more homework from Pattern Play Day 1 too.  Patterned papers are a mix of Echo Park, Lily Bee and Bo Bunny, with this gorgeous spring chick from Paper Smooches, with the sentiment created by combining Spring Fling and Chubby Chums,with a few buttons from my stash.  Sketch is flipped from this weeks fab Retro Sketches by Lori.

Also joining in the fun at:

Simon Says Stamp Easter / Spring Challenge
The Pink Elephant Easter Challenge

 These made me smile...

The Red Pink Elephant and the Pink Little Red Wagon...

 

I created my first card drawing inspiration from this weeks photo challenge at The Pink Elephant, highlighthing the family home feel, colours, scalloped swag, vertical lines of the banisters and gingham.  The Echo Park Jolly Holiday house and Hero Arts / Junkitz sentiment are stamped in Versamark Dazzle and embossed in Red Tinsel.  

On closer inspection of the image I noticed the gorgeous pink and red colour combination on the parcels and created a second variation on my theme, using Basic Grey paper, perfect for this weeks Pink Christmas theme over at Little Red Wagon.

This made me smile...

A BIG Colour Q...

Second post for the day :)

Just for fun!  This weeks Colour Q colours just remind me of little kids toys, and seeing as I married a big kid at heart, thought I'd make a card to celebrate someones BIG day :)  Love My Favorite Things cityscape die-cut cut in Echo Parks Dots and Stripes with Kaisercraft Fine & Sunny die-cut helicopter, Echo Park Hello Summer clouds, and My Favourite Things BIG sentiment.

Hope you are enjoying a wonderful weekend :)


This made me smile :)

SHOUT OUT!

A CASE of Ribbon Carousel The Alley Way...

CASE Study Card

As soon as I saw this weeks gorgeous CASE Study card, I knew I had to make a "Bee all you can bee" card :)  The "B" is based on Basic Grey monogram letters, cut from Echo Park Country Drive paper, pop-dotted on Bella honeycomb impressioned cardstock.  I reverse stamped this cute bee from The Alley Way ei-ei-o, and the sentiment is comprised of "bee"tween, "a"re + sti"ll", "you", "con"gratulations (changing to the o to an a) all from The Alley Way Chatterbox and Jibber Jabber.  The bees trail is created from Divine Twine, and I added some pewter Kaisercraft Pearls to personalise the Prima Sun Kiss flower - not quite homemade, but at least home embellished, for the Ribbon Carousel Fancy Flowers Challenge.

Don't forget there's still time to apply for TAWS DT and Papercraft Gallery Idol 2012.

Best of Luck!

The Alley Way Moxie Fab Mojo Monday

  

Hope to just squeeze in for the gorgeous The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge and Mojo Monday Challenge, and couldn't help but add this to the ever popular Gingham Challenge at Moxie Fab World.

Just in case you are wondering how I was inspired by the BE Inspired photo, other than the gorgeous colour combination of green, brown, light tan, teal and burnt orange, you may remember the sayings "Proud as a peacock" and "Pride comes before a fall", well what comes after a fall?  Someone asking "How are you???"  Obvious isn't it LOL!

I just love The Alley Way stamps for paper piecing, their stamps are just so cute, including this sheep and hay (used as grass tufts) from ei-ei-o, and the sentiment is taken from the "ewe" and "ho" from "horse" from Get MOOvin' and the "are" and "w" from Chatterbox.  Papers are a mix of gingham from Lily Bee Design and Echo Park, with the spots from Echo Park too. All the stamping is in Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, and the scalloped circle die cut is Spellbinders.  I took a bit of liberty with the Mojo Monday sketch by using my sun as a flower and moving the sentiment banner to the base of the card - just don't tell anyone ;)

Hope you have enjoyed a wonderful weekend :)


Update -  I participated in The Alley Way Stamps / Ribbon Carousel bloghop recently, and had not realised what an impression Laurel Seabrooks card had made til I went back and checked it out (pun intended!) again today.  Her gorgeous creation can be seen here. 

Happy Mothers Day & Thanks for Dropping By...

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mothers Day, whether celebrating it yourself, or with your Mum!  Also a huge "Thanks for dropping by!" on the There She Goes Mother Of All Blog Hops yesterday - I couldn't resist making one more card featuring the There She Goes Under The Weather stamp set - and don't forget, there is plenty more inspiration today!  This card was inspired by this weeks versatile Freshly Made sketch and this gorgeous rainbow inspiration from Scrapbook Boutique.  Papers are a mix from Kaisercraft, Echo Park and October Afternoon.

Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day.  Thanks for dropping by!

Paper Smooches Sparks DT Colour Throwdown...

My second post for the day...

Standalone Card

Card placed inside a frame to make a cute nameplate for the bedroom

 

When I saw this Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge inspiration photo, I just knew I had to make a cute card / door nameplate for a girlfriend of mine who recently had a baby.  This is also part of my submission for the Paper Smooches Sparks DT (a girl can dream!!!).  The colour fit perfectly with this weeks Color Throwdown too!

I was inspired by the baby onesie from the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, so I drew a template and hand cut the onesies from Echo Parks Country Drive paper, and stamped the name using Paper Smooches Alphadots.  The gorgeous frills on the onesie reminded me so much of the cute little sheep from Paper Smooches Party Possee, that I couldn't resist stamping her in Magenta Ink, colouring her nose with Copics R83 (Rose Mist) and adding her in, running under the clothesline.  The clothesline and pegs were added by adhering the pegs in place, then pegging up the onesies and the Twinery Pink Sorbet clothesline.  I love that you just insert the card into the frame to make a cute nameplate for a childs bedroom.

Hope you have sweet dreams too!

Hoppy to Announce Paper Smooches Sparks Freshly Made...

I LOVE this inspiration photo from Paper Smooches Sparks and have used it as part of my entry for the Paper Smooches Sparks DT (a girl can dream!!!)  The circular elements and strong lines fitted perfectly with this weeks Freshly Made Sketches.  From the inspiration photo I have used the hot pink spots and green floral patterns, the cute frog, from Paper Smooches A Little Lovin', and the home theme with the sentiment, also from Paper Smooches A little Lovin' - "Hoppy to Announce", inside I stamped the sentiment "...we've hopped to a new pad." using Paper Smooches Alphadots. 

Papers are from Echo Parks Dots and Stripes, and Pink Paisley 365 Degrees, die-cut using a scalloped circle from Spellbinders, with hot pink twine from the Twinery, and Magenta Ink from Versa Colour.

Paper Smooches Sparks DYSU...

You may be wondering why I photographed my card with an egg and egg cup!  From the first moment I saw the gorgeous inspiration photo for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, I wanted to have a go at making one of those cute felt bunnies - I just wasn't sure how I would incorporate it into a card.  With the added inspiration from this weeks Do You Stack Up Stitching Challenge, I created this card, incorporating a pocket for my felt bunny egg-warmer. 

I created the bunny egg-warmer by blanket stitching together white felt, with hot pink ears.  The pocket card was created by cutting my card an extra 2 inches long, and reverse folding this extra edge to create an outside pocket.  The card front was then lined with Echo Park paper.  I used an awl to create my stitching holes before I blanket stitched the top and side edges of the card pocket.  The sentiment was created using Paper Smooches Alphadots, heat embossed in Seafoam White.  The gorgeous little bunny stamp is also Paper Smooches from their Spring Fling set.

Wishing you and yours a very Hoppy Easter too!