Fusion Card Challenge - Sweet Orange Blossoms/Hummingbird

Fusion Card Challenge has a gorgeous photo and/or sketch challenge this week - I am still their guest and haven't been kicked out yet HAH!

Are you thoroughly confused by my title and my creation? Me too.  Although I love little hummingbirds and how they fly around fighting between themselves, darting all over and causing my family and myself to dive for COVER…..I decided to be inspired by the sketch (sort of).

I began by water colouring Clearly Besotted Floral swag from Fairytale Ending and die cutting with the matching dies.

Then, using the gorgeous Neat & Tangled Ornate Frames I stamped and die cut (matching dies) the rectangle frame.  On the inside rectangle I stamped one of the sweet sentiments from Papertrey Ink's Petite Places: Main Street Stamp Set.

I popped up the flowers onto the Ornate Frame and them popped the frame and sentiment panel up onto a piece of Polka Dot vellum.

Using the frame from Mama Elephant's Madison Avenue Framed tags - I die cut a white cardstock frame and inlaid it into the negative frame from a piece of patterned paper - clear as MUD?

I laid those frames on top of the vellum which was layered onto half of piece of Lovely Lady and Soft Stone cardstock.

I finished it off by adding a few enamel dots and iridescent sequins.

Thank you Fusion Card Challenge for having me be your Guest Designer for April - my thinking cap was screwed on tight this month!!

Fusion Card Challenge - April Showers

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Fusion Card Challenge where I am excited to be guesting for the next couple of challenges!

To start off this week, we have a rainbow challenge and/or sketch challenge - you can choose to be inspired by the photo or the sketch or BOTH!

I chose the photo - I mean who can resist a rainbow?

I began by water colouring a bright rainbow wash for my background using my Zig Real Brush Markers and Tim Holtz watercolour paper - and then thoroughly LET IT DRY - yes I yelled, but it is so very important.

After die cutting my rainbow panel with Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle Die set, I stamped my Reverse Confetti sentiment from God is Good  with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then adhered it to my white card base.

Then I die cut some clouds using Mama Elephant's Landscape Trio Dies and white cardstock along with polka dot vellum - I love the softness of this!

After adding Gold Star Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh - I decided it was done and to leave it alone.. GAH!!! I am so tempted to over do my creations!

Why don't you head on over to the Fusion Card Challenge and try it out this week - actually it is always a two week challenge - but it sounds better saying it my way hah!

You're quite wonderful...

This is going to be an exciting month for me - because it is all about the GREEN!! My favourite colour in the whole. wide. world!

My creation today focuses on green -yay- and a few up and running challenges. The Card Concept and the Fusion Card Challenge both have challenges relating to green, St. Patrick's Day, or just being a lucky guy!

And the fabulous Betsy Veldman has an interesting technique for the Make It Monday challenge - Ombre Stenciled Backgrounds - so I am going to give it a shot.

I am using both the sketch and the inspiration for Fusion - albeit, I turned the sketch around - my crafty prerogative!

Make it Monday has so many techniques available - some you have probably already heard about or actually used - but this one is so easy and quick - I had to try.

I began by sponging Limeade Ice ink onto my cardstock panel and working my way up, using Simply Chartruese and finishing with Bright Buttercup.  For some unknown crazy reason - this sponging does not come easy to me argghh!!!

And now for the stencilling! - lay your stencil on top of your finished sponging and RE-sponge your same colour of inks - lightly - onto the stencil- such a pretty finished product!

I die cut the Branching Out die in white cardstock and then again in vellum and adhered it to my ombre stencilling.

The bottom of the card is a piece of patterned paper from the Winter Woods Collection.  The design actually runs along the side of the paper, but I cut it to size and adhered it to the back of my stencilling.

The sentiment is from Sentiment Splits Stamp Set, and is stamped onto a sliver of Soft Stone cardstock.

So there you have it - and there are a lot of challenges out there - always one to fit your style!

BOO!! Hee Hee Hee!!

Oh boy - it is Hallowe'en tomorrow night and I just now have finished my treat bags for my grandchildren - yikes!

We have three grandchildren - but I made four bags because there will be someone - probably me - who needs to have a big bag of treats....

I am linking this up with this week's Fusion Challenge - {Something Wicked This Way Comes....or Not}  I decided to be inspired by the photo - although there is a great sketch that is available to use also!

Here is the fabulous inspiration!

Lots of goody -ness to see today.....HAH!!  Strange what a simple Kraft bag can do if you just throw on some pretty  papers :)

I used Waltzingmouse Stamps, Papertrey Ink cardstock and patterned paper and beautiful checkered ribbon from the Stamp Simply Store - I have yards and yards of that beautiful prettiness!!

Lots of fun - be very careful out there tomorrow night! but have fun!

Autumn Blessings...Fusion

Good Morning - another Fusion Card Challenge is up and running - and did you know that I WON the last Fusion Card Challenge??!!  You can see my cute little creation here.... Thank you to the Fusion gurus that have the power!

This month the challenge is Sunflowers and I chose to create FUSION by using both the inspirational photo and the sketch provided!

I stamped my image from Papertrey Ink's Autumn Abundance, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it with my copic marker.

I had seen Debbie Olsen's colouring of the same image and if you can find that image on her blog - it is pretty much the same colours, shading etc......she really is the Master!

The patterned paper is from Papertrey Ink as is the Summer Sunrise and Classic Kraft Cardstock and  I coloured my seam binding with  copic marker to match the cardstock.

Best. Day. Ever.

The Fusion Challenge is kind of a different one.....you can choose to be inspired by the photo OR the sketch OR both....  Choices?? ack!!

I love the shiny pink - naturally, and I love the sketch, so I chose to do both.  Although I sortofkindof left off a panel - sort of.....but oh well....

I really like this $5 mini stamp "Cat's Meow" from Papertrey Ink. Easy to stamp. Easy to colour. Easy to diecut.  And don't even get me started on those cute little yarn balls......yummers....

The patterned paper is from Papertrey Ink's Soft Stone Patterned Pack.....another favourite.

I stamped the sentiment - from Bigger Blooms directly onto the patterned paper - I can just imagine this little kitty and the mischief he gets into - and enjoying it immensely!!

See you later, gator!