Hello FUSION...

Hope you are having an AWESOME week! 

Love the mix of pastels gold and white in this fortinghts FUSION inspiration photo! Comined this with the fabulous sketch to create this Hello, you are awesome card. Embossed this super cute script hello from Altenew in gold, backed with gold glitter paper. Added some Prima flowers and netting ribbon from my stash, topped with this perfect gold "You are Awesome" flair from kjkareen on etsy (thank you Jorja!!!).

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 what you create!

FUSION... Birthday Wishes

Super fun playing along with this fortnights FUSION! Created circles of various sizes in gold teal pink and white using Lil Inkers Stitched Circle dies, and overlaid with these gorgeous Winnie and Walter sentiments in gold glitter paper, backed with black cardstock.

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

Hope you get a chance to play along!

Hop on over to FUSION to see some more super inspiration from

 our amazing new 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 
Winnie and Walter Taheera's Gossip Column - Precious Metals

Traditional Christmas FUSION.. with Glitter!

Can you believe it's almost Christmas!!!

I don't know about you, but I seem to be short on my Christmas card stash again this year! So I've decided to celebrate the last FUSION of 2015 with two Christmas variations on a theme.

The first card is inspired by this super versatile FUSION sketch, rotated 90 degrees to create a Christmas shaker card. Created this super glittery shaker card using silver and gold glitter paper, diecut with Lil Inkers Stitched Snowflakes and Stitched Oval shaker opening, together with Winnie and Walters Joy sentiment. Added a sheet of clear acetate to the cardstock piece to create the window. Finally some fabulous glittery star and circle sequins from Winnie and Walter, then created the walls of the shaker with double-sided foam tape and adhered to the cardstock card base.

Second card is a more traditional Christmas card, inspired by the theme and colours of the FUSION inspiration photo, together with the sketch. Created using the same die-cuts, with the addition of Memory Box Pine Branches, all cut from Kaisercraft and Basic Grey patterned papers.

As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both.

Pop on by the Design Team blogs for some more super FUSION inspiration:

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

Hope to see you playing along, can't wait to see what you create!

Card number 1 also playing along with

Virginia's View All About Glitter and 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Just a Pinch (of sequins)

 

Card number 2 also playing along with 

Jingle Belles Happy, Happy Holidays

PS It's FUSION Time...

Time for another fabulous fortnight of FUSION inspiration!

I have to say this fortnight I was inspired by the super cute stacked pumpkins - reminded me of a mini snowman! So I interpreted the wavy sketch lines as huge snowdrifts and paper pieced my Paper Smooches Freezy Fellas snowman with an extra warm scarf and beanie, topped off with a nine carrot nose (pun intended!). Paper Smooches Christmas Words sentiment is die cut from sparkly gold glitter paper, and golden bokeh snow background paper is from Websters.

As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both.

Pop on by the Design Team blogs for some more super FUSION inspiration:

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

Hope to see you playing along, can't wait to see what you create!

Playing along with the fabulous new Paper Smooches GOLD Challenge 

and Paper Smooches Guest Designer Challenge 
and The Paper Players Colour Challenge too!

 

This made me smile...

Winnie and Walter 1st Birthday Celebrations...

Created using Winnie and Walter Scenery: Big Bang Circle Creative Screenings background with Wendy Vecchi Translucent embossing paste, adding a Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine flicked on a die cut stitched circle, Simon Says Stamp partial branch die cut in vellum, Freckled Fawn wood veneer heart, and golden thread topped with Winnie and Walter The Big, the Bold and the Happy Cutaways Love sentiment in gold.

Joining in the fun with two of the amazing 1st Birthday Challenges over at Winnie and Walter (see below for links to all their Birthday Challenges), Winnie and Walter Mood Board Challenge with Lea (focused on the bottom left hand photo) and Winnie and Walter CAS and Freestyle Collage with Gayatri. Inspired by this gorgeous sketch at Cardabilities, together with the fabulous Virginia's View Clean Slate Challenge.

  

To help celebrate Winnie and Walter's 1st birthday, there are TEN, count them, TEN FABULOUS challenges, click on the links below to find them:

• Shaker Challenge with Julie
• One Challenge with Shay
• CAS + Freestyle Collage Technique Challenge with Gayatri
• Color Challenge with Heather
• Sketch Challenge with Joni 
• In Rotation Technique Challenge with Kelly 
• Collage Challenge with Laura
• Mood Board Challenge with Lea
• Distress Inks + Patterns Challenge with Mayuri
• Gradient Challenge with Vanessa

Also playing along with AAA Challenge Add a Little Gold

This made me smile...

PS I'd LOVE if YOU could link up your favourite creations for 2014
on Our Favourite Things linky party on my blog here!

FUSION - 1st Birthday Celebration!

Welcome to a very special 1st Birthday Celebration at FUSION! I do hope you can squeeze in a little New Year crafting time to play along with our special Birthday Celebration as it's a fabulous one! 

This fortnight I was inspired by the ombre, colour combination and gold frame from the inspiration photo. Creating the background watercolour wash from on a Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle of watercolour paper, with Watermelon and Guava Gelatos and heat set before stamping with this super cute Mama Elephant sentiment (I love how this sentiment has the same squiggly loops as the "you" in the inspiration photo!) in Hero Arts gold ink, then sprinkling with Making Memories gold glitter. Added a few Verve pale pink sequins, before using foam tape to adhere to American Crafts Gold Glitter background.

As a special Birthday treat we each invited a special guest who inspires us to play along - so you get TWICE the FUSION inspiration! I chose the gorgeous Anika Lerche (Anni) as my special guest. I first 'met' Anni when I had just started card crafting, and this year was fortunate enough to be on the KIS Design Team with her. I have always loved her CAS with a twist creations, her fabulous style and faultless execution gets me every time! I'd love it if you could pop on by Anni's blog and say hello - you won't be disappointed!

The Design Team have some FABULOUS creations to inspire you
AND each team member has also invited a special guest to play along!

Amy Tsura - Betty J - Deepti 

Jeanne Jachna - Julia Aston - Katie Brooks

Kelly Griglione - Kimberly Wiener - Lynn Mangan

Michelle Folland - Michelle Lupton - Stephanie Severin

Hope to see you playing along, can't wait to see what you create! Remember you can play along by being inspired by the photo, the sketch or BOTH.

Please check the linky for the days left to play with us.

Also playing along with AAA Touch of Gold,

Seize the Birthday, and Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes.

PS I'd LOVE if YOU could link up your favourite creations for 2014 on 
Our Favourite Things linky party on my blog here!

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge...

Hope you all had a FABULOUS Christmas!

I was so excited to discover I had time to spend a day with my kiddies enjoying the Boxing Day sales (except for the parking which was diabolical LOL!), AND a chance to play along with Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge (not the least bit diabolical!), thanks to the time difference!

The December theme is Silver and Gold - so on trend! With all my Christmas cards out of the way, I was inspired by this gorgeous celebration cake, with all its layered circles. Created using a base of white cardstock splattered with Heidi Swapp Gold, diecut with silver glitter paper Papertrey Ink circle heart die cut (tree top) and Stitched Circles, added a touch of gold thread, and Papertrey Ink Wet Paint sentiment in superfine silver embossing powder.

Also playing along with Crazy for CAS Anything Goes,

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes, and Dies R Us Anything Goes.

Coffee Lovers Holiday Blog Hop (Peace, Joy & Coffee)...

All I want for Christmas is...

to play along with the fabulous Coffee Lovers Holiday Blog Hop.

As a special Coffee Lovers Holiday treat, I have included the recipe for a coffee cocktail - as we celebrate Christmas in the midst of Summer here! Did you know it is rumored that Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) drank a gallon of coffee a day! This cocktail was created by Mad46, a Manhattan rooftop lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel, as a salute to the hotel's namesake...

Teddy Tini

2 oz. chilled espresso

3 oz. vanilla vodka

1/2 oz. Kahlúa

Fill shaker with ice, add ingredients, and shake well.

Strain into chilled martini glass and garnish with 2 chocolate coffee beans.

Card created using Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and the Merry die-cut in pearl gold cardstock, MFT alphabet die-cut in pearl bronze cardstock and a La La Land fir tree, with background patterned paper from Simple Stories Cozy Christmas, and added silver star sequins.

How YOU can play along...

• There are also random 5 prizes for people that comment on ALL of the linked blogs see on Amy's blog for the list before 11:55 pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 14th.

EXTRA BONUS GIVEAWAY if you comment on this post, this post or this post (my Coffee Lovers Holiday Blog Hop posts), you will also be in the running to win a FABULOUS Winnie and Walter The Big, the Bold and the Merry stamp set.

A BIG THANK YOU to our fabulous sponsors:

17 Turtles, Add A Little Dazzle, a●muse studio/Chris Franco

Butterfly Reflections Ink, Color Cast Designs, Create a Smile

Hero Arts, Kraftin' Kimmie, Kreative Kymona

Latina Crafter, Neat and Tangled, Newton's Nook

Paper Smooches, Pickled Potpourri, Poppystamps

Reverse Confetti, Stamp Academy, Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis 

STAMPlorations, SugarPea Designs, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 

The Alley Way Stamps, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Two Paper Divas

Verve Stamps, Whole Wild World, Your Next Stamp

Also playing along with Merry Monday Gold, Silver, White and Bronze,
Cure for the Monday Blues

Jingle Belles Rock Anything Christmas,
Inkspirational Colour Challenge, Dies R Us Winter
 and Card Concept Silent Night Neutrals, Clean and Layered

  

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Blog Hop

In the words of Dr. Seuss:

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

Hopefully you are following the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine Special Blog Hop, arriving here from fellow Aussie and all-round fabulous crafter Michelle Williams' blog, and celebrating the inspiration and dedication of the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine team.

A heartfelt THANKS to the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking family. Thank you for being such an integral part of the crafting community! Suffice to say, we will miss "discovering" fabulous talent, product and all that amazing inspiration!!!

Card details:

Card 1 created using Memory Box Butterfly Heart die cut (with the butterflies removed), backed with a Gelato watercolour rainbow, and Papertrey Ink Wet Paint stamped sentiment. Also playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch, Little Red Wagon Things with Wings, Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes, A Little Bit Crafty Anything Goes but not Christmas, and Feeling Sketchy Free Scrap Card.

Card 2 created using Simon Says Stamp die cut leaves, in vellum and Heidi Swapp Gold Shine sprayed cardstock, gorgeous Winnie and Walter's The Big, The Bold and the Blessings die cut sentiment in gold glitter paper, metallic golden thread and holographic gold sequins. Also playing along with Freshly Made Sketches, Crafting Musketeers Bling, Make My Monday Sprays and Mists.

Next stop on the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine Special Blog Hop is stop #60 the always gorgeous Elena Roussakis.

All these people want to thank you, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine!

1.	Jennifer McGuire	72.	Laura Sterckx	143.	Ashley Harris
2.	Taheerah Atchia	73.	Donna Bowman	144.	Susan Liles
3.	Veronica Zalis	74.	Rachel Kleinman	145.	Darnell Knauss
4.	Laura O'Donnell	75.	Ellen Hutson	146.	Donna Hitz
5.	Julia Stainton	76.	Tanis Giesbrecht	147.	Miriam Prantner
6.	Lorena Cantó	77.	Marcie Sharp	148.	P. Kelly Smith
7.	Amy Tsuruta	78.	Danielle Walls (Neat and Tangled)	149.	Yana Smakula
8.	Piali Biswas	79.	Beverley Brown (Uniko Studio)	150.	Nichole Heady
9.	Rae Barthel	80.	Tracey McNeely	151.	Altenew
10.	Jessica Witty	81.	Laurie Willison	152.	Lisa Henke
11.	Annette Witherspoon	82.	Bev Gerard	153.	Alice Golden
12.	Gayatri Murali	83.	Nina Yang	154.	Cath Edvalson
13.	Laura Williams	84.	Barb Housner	155.	Cindy Lawrence
14.	Maria Fischer	85.	Clare Prezzia	156.	Karen Dedman
15.	Lisa Arana	86.	Tasnim Ahmed	157.	Sandy Allnock
16.	Wendy McGaffey	87.	Joyce Mehrberg	158.	Operation Write Home
17.	Heather Hoffman	88.	Sabrina Alery	159.	Jennifer Ingle
18.	Cristina Kowalczyk	89.	Waltzingmouse Stamps	160.	A Creative Journey with Melissa
19.	Lynn Mercurio	90.	Leigh Penner	161.	Yvonne Yam
20.	Jamie Greene	91.	Jenn Shurkus	162.	MFT
21.	Lori Tecler	92.	Kimberly Wiener	163.	Shemaine Smith
22.	Susie Wittwer	93.	Amber Hight	164.	Spectrum Noir
23.	Jocelyn Olson	94.	Lindsay Amrhein	165.	Nicki Scheck
24.	Chaitali Narla	95.	Mayuri	166.	Asty Purbasari
25.	Hero Arts	96.	Vera W. Yates	167.	Danielle Pandeline
26.	Nadine Perez	97.	Connie Mercer	168.	Isha Gupta
27.	Sarah Martina Parker	98.	Audrey Tokach	169.	Jen Carter
28.	Laura Bassen	99.	Paulina Nakamura	170.	Mendi Yoshikawa
29.	Lori Barnett	100.	Reverse Confetti	171.	Keren Baker
30.	Deepti Malik	101.	Libby Hickson	172.	Trinh Arrieta
31.	Tessa Wise	102.	Shelly Kurth	173.	Tenia Nelson
32.	Karen Baker	103.	Yoonsun Hur	174.	Angie Tieman
33.	Tifany DeGough	104.	Maureen Plut	175.	Lawn Fawn
34.	Virginia Lu	105.	Jessica Pascarella	176.	Lydia Evans
35.	Ruza Rebel	106.	Lynn Mangan	177.	Samantha Mann
36.	Emily Leiphart	107.	Mariana Grigsby	178.	Kymona Tracey
37.	Ashley N Newell	108.	Shery Russ	179.	Jess Moyer
38.	Jennifer Rzasa	109.	SRM Press	180.	Kathy Martin
39.	Dana Warren	110.	Sarah Jay	181.	Joni Andaya
40.	Amy Kolling	111.	Anabelle O'Malley	182.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
41.	Wanda Guess	112.	Michele Boyer	183.	Lisa Johnson
42.	Kalyn Kepner	113.	Clare Buswell	184.	Laine Webb
43.	LauraJane:)	114.	Angel Rivera	185.	Bethany Stellpflug
44.	Tammy Jackson	115.	Laura Pryor/Lil' Inker Designs	186.	Melania Deasy
45.	Karolyn Loncon	116.	Beth Pingry	187.	Ivanka Lentle
46.	Heather Campbell	117.	A Jillian Vance Design	188.	Sweet Stamp Shop
47.	Niki Garcia	118.	Jillian Vance	189.	Jeanne Jachna
48.	Erin Schreiner	119.	Bunny Vance	190.	Emily Branch
49.	Vanessa Menhorn	120.	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L	191.	Anja Bytyqi
50.	Simon Says Stamp	121.	Kristie Larsen	192.	Chameleon Pens
51.	Donna Mikasa	122.	Maureen Merritt	193.	Francine Vuillème
52.	Lin Brandyberry	123.	Heather North	194.	Newton's Nook Designs
53.	Giovana Smith	124.	Nina Brackett	195.	Alicia Thelin
54.	Brenda Weaver	125.	Clearsnap, Inc	196.	Sarah Moerman
55.	Glenda J. Wyatt	126.	CAS-ual Fridays Stamps	197.	Winter Sims
56.	Kelly Griglione	127.	Lori Craig	198.	Amber Kroening
57.	Michelle Lupton	128.	Lydia Fiedler	199.	STAMPlorations
58.	Michelle Williams	129.	Julie Campbell	200.	Avery Elle
59.	Lyndal Higgins	130.	Lea Lawson	201.	Caryn Davies
60.	Elena Roussakis	131.	Taylor Usry	202.	N@ Ali
61.	Kara Vrabel	132.	Jill Dewey Hawkins	203.	Amy Sheffer
62.	Michelle Woerner	133.	Chunyuan Wu	204.	Nance Salkeld
63.	Amanda Coleman	134.	Melissa Cash	205.	Meredith MacRitchie
64.	Winnie & Walter	135.	Annette Allen	206.	Jill Norwood
65.	Cheiron Brandon	136.	Carisa Zglobicki	207.	Kelly Latevola
66.	Kristie Goulet	137.	Crafter's Companion US	208.	Lesley Croghan
67.	Kimberly Crawford	138.	Stephanie Muzzulin	209.	Penny Ward
68.	Lalo IK	139.	Alice Wertz	210.	Karin Åkesdotter
69.	Katie Gehring	140.	Kim Hughes	211.	Yainea Nuñez
70.	Jennifer Cuthbertson	141.	Becky Olsen	212.	Lucy Abrams
71.	Cecilia Hsieh	142.	Kim Heggins	213.	Mama Elephant

 

This made me smile...