A Little Christmas FUSION

I am not sure what our endless fascination with snow at Christmas here is in the Southern hemisphere. Maybe we dream of it whilst melting in the sun by our BBQs, or perhaps it is just that because we do not have to deal with the reality of it, it will always keep its little bit of magic. Whatever the case, this fortnights FUSION inspiration is sprinkled with that same magic!

I flipped the gorgeous FUSION sketch on its head this fortnight, and saw the four panels as my window frame, peeking out to see the reindeer fly over the rooftops. Patterned paper is by Bo Bunny, stamps from Mama Elephant's Believe the Magic, and diecut Poppystamps Small Madison Window, Papertry Inc Merry, and Studio Calico Christmas. 

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 LeoneMichelle Lupton - Michelle Williams - Wanda Cullen

Hope you can join in the fun this fortnight @ FUSION.
Can't wait to see what you create!

Also playing along with 

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge (optional Snow)

Simon Says Monday B is for Blue

Papertrey Ink October Blog Hop & Inspiration...

It has been forever since I have played along with Papertrey Inks Blog Hop - mostly because I never seem to be able to get organised to play between family and work time! So I am extra happy to be able to play along today, inspired by this super gorgeous Challenge photo.

Inspired to create with Papertrey Ink Hello Foxy stamp set and Wet Paint "Always" together with this gorgeous Papertrey Ink die cut tree and sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by! I really appreciate it... today and always!!!

Also playing along with All the Little Things

Shake your Tail(feather) on World Card Making Day...

Although it was officially World Card Making Day for us yesterday, much of the festivities did not get kicked off til about 2am our time - just about when we had to put our clocks an hour forward for daylight savings, and as luck would have it, in the middle of a fabulous crafty retreat too!

Here is one of the creations I made over the long weekend away - this shaker card was created using some of the fabulous sequins Cecilia gifted us, together with some Pretty Pink Posh and Winnie and Walter Birthday Celebration sequins, and featuring die cuts from Winnie and Walter (Happy), Memory Box (trees) and Papertrey Ink (Holiday), together with this gorgeous watercolour fox, also from Papertrey Ink.

Playing along with 

The Card Concept Woodland Friends Challenge Mixed Media Card

Inkspirational Picture Inspiration and
Mixed Media Card Challenge Orange and Black plus Glitter

 

 

Make it Monday with NPlane for NBUS...

The current Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge highlights all the Make it Monday Challenges for 2014 and you can choose one you had perhaps missed. I'd love to say that because of the craziness that was the holiday season I missed the opportunity to partake in re-creating Laura Bassen's gorgeous Camoflaging Die Cuts Technique, but truth be told, I'm fairly new to the delights of Papertrey Ink, and only just realized they have weekly Challenges - slow, I know LOL! All the same, I couldn't miss the opportunity to give this technique a try!

In an effort to make more boys cards (seeing as there are 7 nephews on my side of the family alone LOL!) I thought I'd attempt a boys birthday card, featuring a Papertrey Ink plane (aka NBUS!)

Created by first making a cloud template mask by die cutting a piece of acetate, this can also be created using a variety of different sized circle dies. Using the cloud mask, started from the lowest layer of "cloud" and made my way up with Distress Ink Broken China and Tumbled Glass. When it came to doing the die cuts, the Papertrey Ink Birthday sentiment was fine, but the airplane is a single die incorporating three different elements, so die cut a Papertrey Ink plane from white cardstock and temporarily positioned it where I wanted it to appear on the card, then reused the acetate cloud mask to recreate the same cloud pattern on the white cardstock plane - this is where having the mask cut from clear acetate came in handy! Stamped the Papertrey Ink "Happy" sentiment in Distress Ink Broken China, and die cut additional white cardstock layers for the sentiment and plane, and sandwiched them together before adhering in place on the card. Highlighted the tops on the clouds with Wink of Stella Clear.

Playing along with Papertrey Ink Make it Monday, Darnell's NBUS Challenge #3, 

Seize the Birthday and Virginia's View Clean Slate.
Dies R Us Anything Goes with a NEW twist

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.

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...