A Little Tangled Watercolour FUSION...

Second card for today... I couldn't resist creating another FUSION card this week - this one I have focused on Jackie's sketch Challenge, the colours drifted a bit far from Lesley's photo inspiration!  

PROCEDURES:

1. Play with just Jackie's sketch challenge.

2. Play with just Lesley's 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.

Inspied by this watercolour by Conrad Roset

Today I combined Jackie's sketch with inspiration from this gorgeous Watercolour by Conrad Roset, linked by Cathy for the Moxie Fab The Wonder of Watercolour Challenge.  I used Derwent Inktense pencils to create my watercolours, with a combination of Cadmium Yellow, Sienna Gold, Tangerine, Poppy Red, Iris Blue, Green Aquamarine and Sea Blue.

I stamped the gorgeous bird image and sentiment from Neat & Tangled All My Heart in Versamark Watermark then Zing Pewter heat embossed, to play along with this weeks Little Tangles Emboss It! Challenge too, the music stave is stamped in Hero Arts Shadow Ink Orange Soda.

Hope you have a fantastic week & really looking forward to seeing your FUSION creations.  

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team and Guest Designer

blogs for some more inspiration too!

• Allyson
• Amy
• Deanna
• Kelly
• Stacey

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes too!

This made me smile!

Crazy for FUSION...

A huge THANK YOU to all of you who joined us for the FUSION experiment last week, so many gorgeous cards in the gallery!

Now for some more fab inspiration from Lesley & Jackie!  This week is my 21st Wedding Anniversary - so my FUSION experiment today has a dollop more interpretation than last week.  I love the graphic style of the flowers, which reminded me of the sun and of looking down onto the tops of hot air balloons, I also love the contrast between the bold orange and yellow and the cooler hues, and the layers created by the overlapping elements.  I interpreted the sentiment block as a cloud, to tie in with my semi-circle sun and hot air balloon elements.

I paper pieced this gorgeous The Alley Way Stamps Lighter Than Air hot air balloon and sun using papers from October Afternoon, Kaisercraft and Echo Park, adding a little twine to hang the basket from, stamped The Alley Way Stamps sentiment onto a Lil Inker Designs stitched cloud in Hero Arts Charcoal Shadow Ink, before hand drawing a faux stitched border to anchor the scene together.  Even though I LOVE seeing real stitching on cards, I love this technique as it means I don't have to wrestle with my sewing machine, and if the "stitch holes" are emphasised enough, it is amazing how realistic the faux stitching can look - and it's a good deal straighter than my real stitching would be LOL!

Hope you have a fantastic week & really looking forward to seeing your FUSION creations.  

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team and Guest Designer

blogs for some more cool inspiration too!

• Allyson
• Amy
• Deanna
• Kelly
• Stacey

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes too!

You Can Count on Me...

As soon as I saw this fortnights Keep It Simple Number Challenge, I knew this was the card I wanted to make - it just took a while going through my stash to find the perfect paper which, as luck would have it, I had already removed from the pad, so I think it is a My Minds Eye paper, but I can't be sure - which just goes to show, you can't ALWAYS count on me LOL!  This gorgeous script stamp is one of Kristina Werners for Simon Says Stamp, which I stamped in Versamark Watermark ink and embossed in Zing White.  I created the "ME" by printing to size (170 pt) in Showcard Gothic font and using this as a template to cut out the letters from my patterned paper.

If you are in Australia, hope you are making the most of your ANZAC Day!

Playing along with this weeks CASology Giggle and
 Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes too!

This made me smile!

Congratulations on Your New Addition...

I couldn't resist this combination of Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades Challenge, and this fab Retro Sketch by Deanna.  I thought these Cool Shades would be perfect for a baby boy card.  I fell in love with this teal  American Crafts 5th Avenue paper, with images of houses and "home is where the heart is", "at home" and "happy little life" sentiments scattered on the paper, so combined we have "Congratulations on Your New Addition"!  Featuring this gorgeous mama and baby elephant from Paper Smooches A Little Lovin' and sentiment from Sentiment Sampler, together with papers from American Crafts, with the corrugated kraft card left over from some recycled packaging, all tied together with some Trendy Twine in baby blue.

 

Fabulous FUSION...

Are you ready for a little experimenting at FUSION?  This week I went very literal in my interpretation of the sketch - and I just LOVE the bold pop of fuschia against the black and white.  I had some old Heidi Swapp papers in my stash which were just perfect for this weeks FUSION  paired with floral chipboard stickers from Basic Grey Ambrosia, with an added touch of sparkle, some back magic mesh and Incredible sentiment stamps by Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday.  I just love how the polka dotted paper around the frame makes the card look like it's up in lights.  And I have the perfect someone in mind who I would love to thank for being fabulous!  I'd love to see you playing along - either just with Jackie's sketch, just with Lesley's photo inspiration, or a FUSION of both.

Head along to FUSION to check out the FAB inspiration 

from the DT and Guest Designers this week!

I'm certain you'll be AMAZED by the gallery too :)

A Catered Crop, Retro Style...

This fortnights Catered Crop is Just Add Glitter - not normally something I would reach for in my stash, but when I think of glitter I always think of STARS!  I thought this fab Retro Sketch would be perfect for a star card.  I first backed a sheet of American Crafts silver glitter paper with cardstock, to create a more sturdy base to enable pop-dotting of the assortment of My Favorite Things star and alpha die-cuts.  My fishtail flag is pop-dotted over some of the silver glitter paper too - although I cut a hole in the middle of the glitter paper so the pop-dots could adhere to the cardstock, rather than trying to adhere them to the glitter.  Last but definitely not least, this cute sentiment is fresh from Neat and Tangled.

Dashing Around in Circles...

Todays 10 Minute Craft Dash colours are super SPRINGY!!!!!  Some weeks I really wish I wasn't in the Design Team, but only because I'm not eligible to be in the running for any of the FANTASTIC prizes, like this weeks $20 Avery Elle Gift Certificate!!!

I managed to complete this weeks card in 9 minutes and 33 seconds - it would have been less except I decided to change the sizes of the pink and green circles half-way through the dash!  My butterflies and circles are die cut using MFT dies from a combination of papers by Websters, Fancy Pants and Jilly Beans.   I inked this cute sentiment from Ali Edwards by Technique Tuesday in Hero Arts Bubble Gum, before pop dotting the butterflies.

Playing along with CAS on Sunday Round and Round Challenge too.