Glamping FUSION...

Had so much fun paper piecing this super cute Avery Elle caravan for this fortnight's FUSION! Paired with the sentiment from Avery Elle's Home Sweet Home set, Lil Inkers stitched circle and Mama Elephant's banner and cute diecut hearts from Verve. Patterned papers are from Lily Bee Design and American Crafts.

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

plus special guest Claire Apostoloff

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

Can't wait to see what you create!

FUSION... bowTie the Knot

I think my mojo has officially packed up its bags and gone on a vacation! 

Never-the-less I had fun with this fortnights FUSION, combining the bowtie theme and colours, with this fab sketch for a tie-the-knot card. Foxy flair and sequins bowties are from the Freckled Fawn, stamps from Paper Smooches and Studio Calico ampersand in a speech bubble. 

The Design Team have some more 

FABULOUS creations to inspire you

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 Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Monday Challenge

FUSION - Embossed Ombre

This fortnights FUSION features a gorgeous triple layered celebration cake in ombre icing! I couldn't help but create a wedding / anniversary card for the occasion. The Paper Smooches Fishtail Flag was cut from watercolour paper and washed in LuminArte Sky Blue and Blue Grass, with the Paper Smooches Always and Forever Always and Ampersand die cut from excess watercoloured paper. The background is embossed with Lifestyle Crafts Roses, and the single rose was also fussy cut from embossed cardstock. Added a few MME enamel dots, and pop dotted the rose and ampersand to finish.

Remember you can play along by being inspired by the photo, the sketch or BOTH.

I can't wait to see how you are inspired by this fortnights FUSION. 

The Design Team have some FABULOUS creations to inspire you!

Amy Tsura - Betty J - Deepti 

Jeanne Jachna - Julia Aston - Katie Brooks

Kelly Griglione - Kimberly Wiener - Lynn Mangan

Michelle Folland - Michelle Lupton - Stephanie Severin

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

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

Also playing along with Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes.

Altenew Chocolate Delight...

Having seen the sneak peeks of Altenew's brand new release over the past couple of days, I can see my wishlist growing by the minute! I couldn't resist playing along with their October Challenge, with this super photo inspiration. I picked up on the gold stamping, floral and wedding theme, and pearl drops. Stamping these gorgeous Antenew Persian Motive flowers and Magnolias for Her sentiment with gold embossing powder, colouring with Copics (BG000, BG11, BG15, E11 and E33, super quick, and I went for milk chocolate more than dark chocolate!) and adding some MME gold glitter enamel dots to finish.

Why don't you drop by Altenew for some fabulous inspiration, and check out their new release you could win some of while you are there!

 

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes and
Virginia's View All Things Metallic, and
The Pink Elephant Anything Goes too!

Addicted to CAS and Luxury - August Guest Designer

click HERE for Walter and Winnie Autumn Release Tour of the Stars post

I have had a FABULOUS time this month as Guest Designer with Addicted to CAS - and LUCKY for me, there are three challenges this month!!! The code word for this fortnight is LUXURY, and the first thing I thought of was a wedding card.  To me luxury in card making is all about texture, you feel like you just want to reach out and touch anything luxurious! So I created my card with a base of linen textured and pearlised pale gold cardstock, which I partly embossed with this gorgeous Tim Holtz embossing folder, and added a dark red velvet ribbon, threaded through this stunning silver Maya Road buckle I had been hoarding in my stash.

So get out your best crafting stash (you know, the stuff you have been saving for a special occassion!) and get creating! 

And just in case you get stuck for ideas, the Design Team has some FANTASTIC inspiration at Addicted to CAS - drop by their blogs and say hello - you know you want too!

Also playing along with Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes.

CASE Study 4th Anniversary, Inspired by Clare...

Joining in the 4th Anniversary fun at CASE Study with a card inspired by this gorgeous creation by Clare Buswell, and looking at Clare's card I probably should have tried to photograph mine with a coloured background too LOL! The lace strip stamp is by Kaisercraft and the lace doily and sentiment by MME, all stamped in Momento Luxe Bridal White, heat embossed with American Crafts Zing White. The Simon Says Stamp leaves were die cut in vellum and burlap - and I discovered that burlap die cuts don't always stay in one piece! So I used the individual burlap leaves as shadow highlights instead, and added some Kaisercraft pearls to finish.

Playing along with Little Red Wagon Embossing Challenge,
and I had this Clean & Simple Sketch lurking in the back of my mind
(flipped the sentiment to the other side and the ribbon became my leaves!)

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...

Love is Inspired by... WPlus9

I couldn't resist playing along again with WPlus9 Birthday Celebration Step It Up Challenge, this time I created a dimensional base by playing with texture paste and a chevron stencil, then using WPlus9 Folk Art Florals leaves in coloured vellum, pop-dotted Label Layers 5 in MME woodgrain paper,  Love Birds in white cardstock and Seasonal Sentiments hearts in red cardstock, with Damask Doilies sentiment. Just remember when you are choosing a base for die-cutting in mirror reverse, choose to cut it from cardstock or vellum, so front and back are the same colour LOL!

Playing along with Frosted Designs fabulous Love Is... Challenge, 
and Inspired By too, with its CAS, hearts, pops of colour and fabulous texture.

Lawn Weddings & Lace...

I thought this would be the perfect card to create with a piece of left-over lace from a wedding dress. Gold glittered die cut Lawn Fawn Cole's ABC letters, and an ampersand created by tracing a chipboard one from my stash, adhered to a piece of lightweight black ribbon. Playing along with Lawn Fawn CHA Catalog Challenge and Less is More Metallic Element Challenge, Really Reasonable Ribbon Bingo (White, Text & Glitter) Challenge, and Ribbon Carousel Anything Goes Challenge.

A Smooching Dash Down the Aisle...

9 Minutes and 58 seconds later...

I thought I'd combine this fortnights 10 Minute Craft Dash colours with this weeks Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect Challenge, especially when the first thing I thought of when I saw this weeks Picture Perfect Challenge was a sandcastle mixed with this couple, perfect for a modern fairy tale romance! Paper Smooches Royal Cuteness knight and princess stamped in Hero Arts Navy and Bubble Gum, with the castle in Butter Bar.  Created some depth by using Paper Smooches Borders 1 to create this sweeping pathway from MME The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine paper, overstamped with Simply Said sentiment, also in Navy. As the knights pony tail (or whatever it is officially known as LOL) is over the edge, Im linking up with The Little Red Wagon Off the Edge Challenge too.

Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect Challenge and 10 Minute Craft Dash

A Retro Monday Mood...

Post 3 for today...
Playing along with this fab Retro Sketches and WPlus9 Monday Mood Board. Ombre papers from Echo Park and WPlus 9 stamps and die cut.

 

Addicted to aMus(e)ing Lawnscapes...

Loved Laurie's gorgeous Muse Challenge card this week, and it created the perfect opportunity to play along with Lawnscaping Sentiment Challenge and Addicted to CAS Anniversary Challenge too.

Alpha die-cuts are Lawn Fawn Quin's ABCs, together with an ampersand from my stash, pop dotted against MME The Sweetest Things papers (appropriate I thought!) This card would be perfect for a wedding, or in my case a Happy Anniversary card. The most fiddly part was adhering the lacy paper strip to the bottom of the card and hand cutting it, but I think the effect was worth it!

Addicted to CAS have their one year anniversary celebrations at the moment - 

so why don't you come & join the party!!!

  

This made me smile...    

 

and this too!!!!! 

In CAS(E) of Love...

I had so much fun creating yesterdays CAS(E) this Sketch card, that I thought I'd do a variation on a theme for this weeks Summer Camp homework.  I love the brighter colours and the front flap - with just enough room behind the panel to add "...lifts you higher".  So you can not see the backs of the papers behind the lovebirds, I cut an additional sentiment and set of birds in white cardstock and adhered them on the back of the flap, this also gives the panel flap more stability. Papers are from Echo Park Now & Then and American Crafts Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, with the heart die cut from My Favorite Things and love and birds die cuts from WPlus9.

Playing along with The Pink Elephants Woodgrain Challenge too!

Retro Smooch with a Pink Twist...

It's that time of the month for the Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search, so I thought I'd add this into the mix.  Having fun playing along with extra homework for Pattern Play too - although I seem to be stuck on Day 1 LOL!  This fabulous Retro Sketch was perfect for creating white borders around your patterned papers.  I love this mix of My Mind's Eye and Lily Bee papers, Paper Smooches negative die cut ampersand and We Connect sentiment stamped in brown. I pop dotted the sentiment blocks and added these two Studio Calico love birds, and of course I had to tie-the-knot in the twine from my stash.

 

Playing along with Little Red Wagon Be a Negative Nellie,

The Pink Elephant Decorative Papers & Favourite Embellishment (die cuts) and

Catered Crop Twine Love Recipie Swap too.

This made me smile...

A CASE of Forever...

Inspired by this weeks CASE Study card, with its red-backed negative die-cut heart, X marks the spot and corrugated card base, together with this weeks Little Red Wagon Text Me and City Crafter Forever Mine challenges. Papers are from Crate Paper, and upcycled corrugated card from a Christmas gift.  Stitched with half embroidery thread (3 strands instead of 6).  To make stitching easier, I die cut the letters and hand cut the heart first, then marked out my stitching lines on the reverse of the text paper - so I didn't need to remove any pencil marks after stitching.  Hard to tell from this angle, but the text paper is pop-dotted too :)

Almost forgot to add my wedding pic in here as part of the challenge the fabulous & lovely Ardyth co-ordinated to help celebrate the very funny & creative  Darnell & Misters wedding Anniversary, so here I am with my Mister, over 20 years ago...

CASE Card by Amber Kemp-Gerstel