Gorjuss FUSION

Had so much fun breaking out my NBUS Gorjuss diecut balloon girl to play along with this fortnights FUSION. Taking inspiration front this fabulous FUSION sketch and gorgeous FUSION inspiration photo, borrowing the book page and a mostly neutral monotone pallet. Diecut and layered my Gorjuss girl and paired with a layered happy sentiment from Winnie and Walter.

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

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!

Also playing along with Dies-R-Us Kids Kards Challenge, and 

Seize the Birthday

She... Guest Designed at Inkspirational

So excited to be invited to be Guest Designer over at Inkspirational She Art or Image of a Woman. If you search on Pinterest you will find some amazing She Art inspiration, and I found my inspiration from this work on Pinterest by Sara Riches, and the pops of blue in the current Create Something Catchy Let's Get Pinspired challenge. Unfortunately my place is all over the head at the moment, and I got my dates wrong, so this may be posted on the Inkspirational site a little late. You have almost two weeks to join in the fun!

 

This panel is 9 x 7.5 inches (slightly smaller than Letter/A4). The background was created by applying a layer of Gesso to the back and front of a sheet of the Oxford Dictionary onto watercolour paper, and backing with a sheet of blue patterned paper. Stamped with this gorgeous Unity sentiment, paired with Santoro's Gorjuss Ruby stamp of a girl on a swing with her cat, stamped and fussy cut in blue patterned paper. Die cut butterflies from Simon Says Stamp and Dienamics, in a range of blue patterned papers from my stash. 

Also playing along with The Mirror Crack'd Wings 

Art Journal Journey Things with Wings,

Create Something Catchy Let's Get Pinspired

and Mixed Media World Anything Goes

  

Totally Gorjuss Birthday Pinspiration...

I really wanted to join in the inaugural Challenges of these new blogs, Pinspired Challenge, and Seize the Birthday, and as I was surfing the net I also discovered Totally Gorjuss, a new (to me) blog.  So I thought this was the perfect opportunity to ink up my Gorjuss Scribble stamp, with an added hairband created using Gorjuss Little Foxes, and Verve Making a Statement sentiment, and run with the Spotty theme from Totally Gorjuss and the fab Pinspired Challenge #1 photo.  I just love combining bright colours (in case you couldn't guess!) and these patterned papers are from Simple Stories.

You'll have to forgive my colouring "L" plates - I'm hoping it will improve and that means practice LOL!

Well, there you have it, the first of what I hope will be a growing pile of Birthday cards for my stash! 

Sunshine, Freedom & A Little Flower...

Inspired by the colours from this fortnights floral CR84FN Challenge and this versatile sketch from The Paper Players, I christened my Gorjuss Little Foxes girl and flower in Stampin' Up Chocolate and paper pieced them using a mix of Authentique, Basic Grey and Studio Calico papers, with her hair coloured using Copic E59 Walnut. The sentiment sticker is also from Authentique Carefree, finished off with dark brown hemp cord from The Ribbon Carousel.

Hope you have a FABULOUSLY crafty weekend & don't forget to stop by 

The Alley Way Stamps blog for your chance to win some great new stamps!