Fusion Bright & Happy Thoughts

Hi friends! I hope you're having a great day! If you're looking for a new challenge you'll find another winner at Fusion Card Challenge . You'll love this challenge because there are three ways to play.. you can play along with the sketch, be inspired by the photo, or FUSE them together and play with BOTH!

This time the inspiration photo is called CRAYONS and WOW!! Look at all the pretty rainbow colors! Maybe this is where your love of crafting began? I hate to admit this but when I was little, and we'd spend time coloring, we all had to share the same box. Lots of times I only got my hands on one crayon.. the purple one. My Mom told me years later that she thought I was color blind because my colored pages would be all in one color - purple. Those days are gone and I have LOTS of colors .. and YES! I will share!! LOL!!!

Not inspired by the inspiration photo? .. that's ok!!! You're welcome to play along with the sketch. If you're feeling really clever you can FUSE them together.

I started by cutting a rainbow of colorful pencils with the Stamp Market Color Pencil Box set. It includes the pencils AND a cute little box you can put them in if you like. I decided to keep them out of the box, but used the heart window from the box to stamp the sentiment on.

The sentiment is from the Rainbow of Happiness mini sentiment set. It's got lots of sentiments perfect to pair with any art supply and colorful images.

The background is created by placing the Tiled Floral over a color block background of yellow and orange cardstock. I cut a scrap strip of gold glitter paper with the same die so I could scatter some of the pieces in the open tiles.

Now it's your turn! I can't wait to see how you interpret the inspiration photo OR the sketch. Maybe you need a little more inspiration? Check out designs from the rest of the team. Just click on their names below to jump to their blogs.

Claire Grantham

Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson

Laurie Unger

Linda Callahan

Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton

Tristan Da

Wanda Cullen

I hope I see you at Fusion Card Challenge! It's a great place to play and make new friends! I'm always inspired by the team as well as the linked up designs!



Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | The Stamp Market Rainbow of Happiness
Dies | The Stamp Market Color Pencil Box, Tiled Floral

SM = The Stamp Market

Rainbow of Happiness Shop at: SM	Color Pencil Box Shop at: SM	Tiled Floral Shop at: SM

Fusion Challenge Lemon Hydrangea

Hi friends! I hope you're having a great day! If you're looking for a new challenge you'll find another winner at Fusion Card Challenge . You'll love this challenge because there are three ways to play.. you can play along with the sketch, be inspired by the photo, or FUSE them together and play with BOTH!

I'm always drawn to the inspiration photo. This time I spy some blue hydrangea in glass vases filled with lemons! You can interpret the photo as you like.. perhaps some florals or fruit? How about the blue and yellow colors? Maybe you're not inspired by what you see in the photo.. that's ok!!! You're welcome to play along with the sketch. If you're feeling really clever you can FUSE them together.

I saw the hydrangea in the photo and immediately thought of The Stamp Market Ready to Bloom die. I die cut the flowers and inked them with Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch. Next I die cut and inked the Leaves background in Distress Oxide Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn.

  

I adhered the blooms and leaves to a background inked with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink. A stamped sentiment from Modern Messages was added with foam tape as well as some lemons from the Citrus Vine stamp set. .

I couldn't resist adding jewels to all the flower centers. I've decided to stop hoarding the jewels and be generous with more than a few!

Now it's your turn! I can't wait to see how you interpret the inspiration photo OR the sketch. Maybe you need a little more inspiration? Check out designs from the rest of the team. Just click on their names below to jump to their blogs.

Claire Grantham

Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson

Laurie Unger

Linda Callahan

Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton

Tristan Da

Wanda Cullen

I hope I see you at Fusion Card Challenge! It's a great place to play and make new friends! I'm always inspired by the team as well as the linked up designs!




Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | The Stamp Market Modern Messages, Citrus Vine
Dies | The Stamp Market Ready To Bloom, Leaves, Citrus Vine 

SM - The Stamp Market

Ready to Bloom Shop at: SM	Leaves Shop at: SM	Modern Messages Shop at: SM	Citrus Vine Shop at: SM
Citrus Vine Die Shop at: SM

Fusion Card Challenge - Citrus Vine Thanks

Hi friends! Are you looking for a card challenge to play? A new one starts today at Fusion Card Challenge! You'll love this challenge because there are three ways to play.. you can play along with the sketch, be inspired by the photo, or FUSE them together and play with BOTH!

I'm usually inspired by the inspiration photo, but I have to tell you this time all I see is a yellow door and honestly I dont have any door dies or stamps - maybe it's time to go shopping lol! But that's ok.. I am inspired by the yellow and white and the plants on the door step. If you're not feeling the photo or the colors, that's ok.. you can play along with the sketch! 

I've been looking for an excuse to play with The Stamp Market Citrus Vine set. I inked up the lemons and greenery and arranged them on a Modern Motif die cut background.

This is a multi stamp set so you can build layers for added detail. I used Altenew inks for these because they're made for layering.

I added a simple sentiment strip across the juicy fruit - it's from the Greenery and Greetings stamp set.

Now it's your turn! Now it's your turn! Are you ready to play? I wonder how you will interpret the photo! Maybe you need a little more inspiration? Check out designs from the rest of the team. Just click on their names below to jump to their blogs.

Barb Ghigliotty

Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson

Laurie Unger

Linda Callahan

Michelle Lupton

Tristan Dawes

Wanda Cullen

I hope I see you at Fusion Card Challenge! I cant wait to see what you make!




Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | The Stamp Market Greenery & Greetings, Citrus Vine
Dies | The Stamp Market Modern Motif, Citrus Vine

SM = The Stamp Market
SCB = Scrapbook dot com

Citrus Vine Shop at: SM | SCB	Citrus Vine Die Shop at: SCB	Citrus Vine Bundle Shop at: SM	Greenery & Greetings Shop at: SM
Modern Motif Shop at: SM

The 12 Kits of Occasions - August 2020 Simple Leaves

Hi friends! It's the last day of August and that means that it's time for the 12 Kits of Occasions! The 12 Kits of Occasions is a group of 12 friends who all love to paper craft. Every month we take turns making a kit for the rest of the group. We all receive the same kit with the same items. On the last day of the month we reveal what we each made with the kit. It's fun to see how we used the product in different ways. Sometimes the projects are similar and sometimes they are very different.

This kit from Marybeth Lopez of Marybeth's Time For Paper was filled with clean lines of woodgrain print paper, and crisp die cut leaves. The simplicity of the images calls for CAS designs with a touch of sparkle - pure Marybeth style! I tried to channel Marybeth and case her style. I hope you can see her style through me here today.

The beautiful images are from The Greetery, Altenew, The Stamp Market and Concord & 9th. I added only a few elements - mostly Wrapped Stitched Rectangles from Memory Box. I had lots of fun making these 5 cards and they came together so quick.

Ready to see more cards made with Marybeth's wonderful kit? Check out The 12 Kits of Occasions Blog where you'll see a sample from each of the designers as well as a complete list of ingredients that were supplied. You can also click on these links below to jump to other designers with projects to share today! 

Hostess: Marybeth Lopez - Marybeth's Time For Paper

Birgit Norton - Crafting While I Wait

Marcia Hill - Marcia's Stamping Pad

Nancy Penir - Artful Notions 

Kim - Cupcakes Cards & Kim

Michelle Leone - Pretty Periwinkle

Hugs and have a great day!



All cards finished size 4.25 x 5.5"
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SCB = Scrapbook dot com
PS = Poppystamps
TSM = The Stamp Market
PPP = Pretty Pink Posh

Wrapped Stitch Rectangle Shop at: SSS	Golden Garden Shop at: SSS | SCB	Golden Garden Die Shop at: SCB	Caps Bold Alphabet Shop at: SSS | SCB
Intricate Leaf Square Shop at: PS	Large Leaves Shop at: TSM	Just Vines Shop at: TSM	Uplifting Thoughts Shop at: SSS | SCB
Nesting Hearts Shop at: SSS	Lingo Thanks Shop at: SSS	Hugs Honey Script Shop at: SSS	Caribbean Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP
Shamrock Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP	Spring Green Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP	Flamingo Pink Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP