Fusion Card Challenge - Sweet Orange Blossom

Well Hi There!  LOL!  I hope you're having a great day!   A new challenge begins today at Fusion Card Challenge!  Isn't this pretty?  It's called "Sweet Orange Blossom"  It's Fusion so you can work with either the inspiration photo OR the sketch - and if you're feeling clever you can FUSE both together.  

I'm always trying to put the two things together.  I love that hummingbird - seeing one in my garden is always magical.  If there is someone close by I always grab their arm and point so they see it too!  Maybe that way I have a witness that it was really there!?  They move about so fast - a blink of an eye and they're gone! 

I do have a trumpet vine - just like the one in the photo - in my garden that gets visited regularly - and it's always a treat to see the hummingbirds visiting! 

You know I normally embrace orange, but this time I thought I'd mix it up with some purple and blue flowers.  

I saw the line that went down the side of the sketch and decided to widen it.  I water colored a strip of green - using Ranger inks - smooshing technique.  I wanted the green to be blotchy darks and lights.  Then cut a panel of white, stamped it with the sentiment and adhered it to the card with foam for dimension.

I splattered the white base with some of the ink left on my matt before adhering the die cut stamped leaves and flowers.  Those clean white spaces still bother me - better to get them a little inky!

I have a few hummingbird dies in my collection.  This one is from Memory Box - the Forest Hummingbird.   The pretty flowers are from WPlus9 -  Spring Blooms.

Ready to see more beautiful designs from the Fusion Challenge team?  Just click on their names below to jump to their blog!

Deanne Kay

Julia Aston

Katie Brooks

Kimberly Wiener

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Stephanie Severin

Shannon Jaramillo

Sandie Munro

Karren Johnson

Brandi Hall

I sure hope you will join us for this one.  Click here to jump to the Fusion Card Challenge page. 

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | WPlus9 Spring Blooms, Strictly Sentiments 2
Dies | WPlus9 Spring Blooms | Memory Box Forest Hummingbirds
Ranger Distress Ink