A Jumbo CAS(E) of Happy Birthday...

Inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch I remembered a project I had started a while back and this gave me the shove I needed to finally get around to putting this jumbo sized card all together! 

Old dictionary paper background was turned into a sky using Mama Elephant Stitched Borders as a template, together with Distress Inks. Mama Elephant Make a Wish sentiment stamped and embossed in black, added Mama Elephant Up and Away extra sentiment, and stamped and fussy cut red watercolour balloons adding fussy cut Mama Elephant Ella and Friends elephant.

 

 Playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch and Seize the Birthday

Celebrate in Pink with FUSION

Inspired by the versatile FUSION sketch and fabulous graphic colours and patterns in the FUSION inspiration photo, this week I had a play with my Gelatos to watercolour the pink layer used to fussy cut behind the carnations diecut, pop-dotted for added dimension over the two Lil Inkers stitched square and rectangles, and fussy cut MME paper chevron border. I just love this gorgeous WPlus9 birthday sentiment, and denim look MME patterned paper.

As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous FUSION photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both. Hop on over to the FUSION site for some more super gorgeous inspiration from the fabulous FUSION DT... 

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

I would LOVE if you could join in the fun @ FUSION too!

Playing along with Seize the Birthday too!

Full of Love for FUSION...

OK I have to admit, I do {heart} how this card turned out! I seem to be on a roll with my red and woodgrain cards LOL!

Inspired by these fabulous FUSION paper hearts and super cool FUSION sketch, the sentiment is stamped using Dina Wakley's Scribbly Alphabet, combined with Amy Tangerine's Today Thickers foam hearts, filled in with MME red polka dotted paper, and backed with MME woodgrained paper on a red cardstock base, with the front of the card offset about one inch compared to the back. 

As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous FUSION photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both. Hop on over to the FUSION site for some more super gorgeous inspiration from the fabulous FUSION DT... 

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

I would LOVE if you could join in the fun @ FUSION too!

PS. If you joined along with my Favourite Things post, send me a note with your address as I'd love to send you a little thank you! 

Michelle Lupton, Karren J, Susanne V, Sonja K and Kelly Griglione!

Also playing along with Addicted to CAS Red,

AAA Cards Love me Like You Do, and Sparkle and Shine.

Those of you who play along with Sparkle and Shine, may know that founder Angel Johns recently lost her husband to illness, and is now facing raising her two boys alone. 

A Go Fund Me account has been set up to help the Johns family.

 

Love You... FUSION

Hope you had a chance to join in the fun @ FUSION 2nd Anniversary, 

such a fabulous gallery of talent!

This fortnight I was inspired by love! Combining the woodgrain, spotted elements and wreath theme from the super cool FUSION inspiration photo, together with a loose interpretation of the inspiration sketch. I used my super cute spotted Verve heart die cuts to create a wreath of hearts just in time for Valentines. I love that the hearts ended up almost looking like a nordic inspired Christmas snowflake decoration too! Patterned papers are MME spots and Kaisercraft woodgrain, paired with Crate Papers' Open Book chipboard "Love You" sentiment. 

Remember to hop along to the website for some more amazing inspiration from the Design Team. As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous FUSION photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both.

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

I would LOVE if you could join in the fun @ FUSION too!

Also playing along with The Paper Players Clean & Simple Valentine

P.S. I would love you to join in to win with 2015 A Few of My Favourite Things too! 

A Whole Lotta Happy 2nd Birthday FUSION... (aka Thinking Inside the Oval)

As soon as I saw the fabulous inspiration for the FUSION 2nd Year Celebration, I knew I had to invite my old teamie and birthday twin Kelly Griglione as my guest to join in the fun! I have long been a fan of Kelly's inspiring creations, she always thinks outside the square for her card creations, and is a fabulous photographer and scrapbooker as well!

This fortnight the paper for my card was the first element I decided on, with this fabulous rununcula paper by MME, following the colours and theme of the gorgeous FUSION 2nd Year Celebration inspiration photo. Then for the hard part! After several attempts at die cutting various colours for the Winnie and Walter Happy sentiment, drawing inspiration from the super FUSION sketch I realised I could cut out the Lil Inkers Stitched Oval, then die cut the sentiment from the centre oval, and secure it back in place, made me very happy LOL!

With so many Winnie and Walter Happy sentiments already cut out, I couldn't let these go to waste, so I quickly created another extra Happy card!

Remember to hop along to the website for some more incredible FUSION inspiration from the Design Team and their invited guests! As usual, you can play along with FUSION using either this gorgeous photo inspiration, or this fabulously versatile sketch, or a combination of both.

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

I would be super Happy if you could join in the FUSION 2nd Birthday celebrations too!

You may notice another aspect of my card making - I tend to size the cards depending on what is needed, rather than cutting the card base first - it can make things difficult finding envelopes though!

Also playing along with Seize the Birthday and CASology Simple.

 

P.S. I would love you to join in to win with 2015 A Few of My Favourite Things too! 

Something OLD and Something NEW...

Not as much crafting was done last year, so I was a little (OK a lot!) behind with Christmas card creations, so I thought I'd get a head start this year LOL!!! Too easy with the CASology Merry Challenge, Freshly Made Sketches and Jingle Belles Something OLD, Something NEW Challenge. Unfortunately as I had not stamped for a while, my "NEW" is a new ink pad as my old one had dried out! Created using Tara Wakefield's gorgeous deer and bird stamps, paired with Winnie and Walter's Merry and Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle diecuts with Kaisercraft woodgrain paper background.

Rememeber there are still a couple of days to join in with FUSION, 

before our extra special 2 year anniversary celebration!

P.S. I would love you to join along with my 2015 A Few of My Favourite Things too! 

2015 My Favourite Things (Join in to Win)...

To celebrate, I've put together my crafting story for 2015 with a few of my favourite crafty creations here and I'd love you to join in the fun, so there's a linky below to add your 2015 favourites post before January 31st.

I started 2015 with high hopes for my creative endeavours, however, as usual life had other plans lol! Whilst I may not have created as much this year, I still had a whole lot of fun, and really enjoyed dabbling with Mixed Media, as well as keeping it CAS with cards (links to the original posts are below each creation).

Whatever 2015 held for you, I hope you too can share your favourite creations in the linky below, and hope that 2016 is an AWESOMEly creative year for you!

New Year New Challenges!

Love Winnie and Walter

Birthday Wishes

Shakin all over...

P.S. Will You Be My Valentine...

Mixed Media Magic

Guest Design @ Inkspirational

Poppy Love...

Colour and Fusion

Mixed Media Art Journal Journey Begins

Mixed Media Canvas Inspired by Finnabair

P.S. For A Golden Celebration

Clean and Simple Christmas

My favourites from previous years...

My Favourite Things 2014

My Favourite Things 2013

Top 12 for 2012

I'd LOVE you to add a post of your favourite cards and creations you created in 2015. If you get a chance, hop on by and visit the other links, to share the love! The idea is to link to a post of your favourite creations from throughout the year, rather than just one single favourite creation - it's fun to take a collective look back at your 2015 highlights in one place. The linky will be open til January 31st - and there just might be a random prize ;)