A Kept Life: Fusion Card Challenge

Up for a little crafty challenge today? Why not join us at Fusion Card Challenge! Fusion was one of my favorite places to play even before I joined their design team. My favorite sketches are always sketches. That's probably because I'm addicted to pattern paper! Even if you don't like a sketch that's ok.. because Fusion also provides an inspiration photo. You can work with either or fuse them both together!

Don't you love love love that musical butterfly? I was smitten with the clean simple design of the splashes of watercolor over the sheet music revealing a beautiful butterfly.

Ok so how to get that clean butterfly over the music print right? I didn't have a butterfly stencil, so I thought I'd make one with a die cut. I started pulling all my butterfly dies, but none of them were solid.. all my Memory Box were intricately cut.. and then I remembered that I had some Birch Press Design die cut's that coordinate with their stamp set.

When I started painting over my hand made stencil I was getting lots of watercolor seeping under.. so sad to see my clean lines disappear before my eyes.

In the end I die cut the butterfly from the sheet music and then added the watercolor splotches. I used the inspiration photo as a template - what colors to put where!

I kept the sentiment simple so it wouldn't cover up all my painting! I just recently bought an empty watercolor tin on Amazon and am enjoying choosing my own colors to fill it with.

This one was an unexpected surprise - I wasn't sure if I could reproduce the inspiration photo - but it was fun to try!

Need a little more inspiration? Head on over to the Fusion Challenge blog where you'll see samples from the whole team and you can link up your own designs! I'd love to see your take on this challenge!