Fusion Card Challenge - Cocoa

Hey,

Welcome to 2021 and the first Fusion Card Challenge, of what we are hoping is going to be a much improved year following a tricky 2020.

We are kicking off the year with Cocoa..

Which will you try? As always I loved both, so I fused them!

I was inspired by cute cocoa mugs in the photo and I always love a sketch!

As I tend to do, I rotated the sketch to suit my stamps better. I decided to mix up the stripes, by using my ancient MFT chevron dies, I love these dies. I die-cut them in plain red and spotty papers. 

Then I added a fun scalloped circle die that is from one of my fave shops in the UK - The Works. The cute Fox is 'Winter Fox' by Lawn Fawn, I added spots to the mug to match the paper used, and I think it might be one of the first things I ever bought from Lawn Fawn. I added a sentiment by Concord & 9th from 'Winter Wear'.

Make sure you check out all the rest of the inspiration by the DT over at the Fusion challenge blog, and play along with your own creation! When playing along you may use the sketch OR the photo to inspire your makes. OR, if you are feeling adventurous, you can fuse them together (see what I did there!).

Can't wait to see your makes. 

Challenge ends on January 19th.

My Retro Rubber teamie LeAnne, told me about the current Card Concept challenge and I realised my card is perfect for the challenge, as per Fusion, I am 100% inspired by the mugs of cocoa.

Cx

Card Concept - Fresh and Bold...

Hey,

So it's been a seriously rough week for me.

But I made this card and I wanted to post it.

I loved the Card Concept challenge image -

There were so many elements I wanted to incorporate in my card.

I opted for Clean and Graphic as my style and I incorporated these items into my card -

Pink and Yellow from the bed
Textured lines from the comforter
Circle / shape detail from the nightstand
Grey and black from the photos.

It was a great opportunity to use my new wonky stitched dies by MFT and the great border die by CAS-ual friday that I don't use enough. The awesome die is by Frantic stamper and the rest of the sentiment is by Neat & Tangled. I made my own card blank for this card.

So glad I got to share this one..I thought I might not be well enough to write this post.

Cx

Card Concept..Happy Anniversary...

Hey,

Hope you all had a great weekend, I had a quiet one mainly spent at my desk.

I saw that Card Concept are celebrating their one year anniversary.

I have really enjoyed their challenges over the past year and I actually learnt how to 'freestyle collage' thanks to the CC team..

This is the inspiration for the anniversary challenge -

I decided I would go with Clean and Simple for my entry.

I love the end result, every time I look at it, I smile :)

I used SSS Favourite Flowers stamp set for the flowers and leaves, I stamped them in 2 colours of pink. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

To make it sparkle a bit, I added a few teeny tiny gems.

I am loving a central feature strip on my cards right now..I wonder why?!

Cx