Fusion Card Challenge - Seashells..

Hey,

Welcome to another fantastic Fusion Card Challenge.

I am currently on a staycation and I should be cleaning my closet.. but my desk calls. 

This time we have a great seashell themed image for you and a wonderful sketch.

Which will you try?

As always I loved both, so I fused them!

The seashells made me instantly think of the amazing all-time fave woodblock stamp I have by Stampendous 'Mermaid'. I bought it on super-bargain clearance about 8 years ago and I love watercolouring her.

I used Distress Inks to watercolour her. I kept the whole card super simple and mounted the mermaid panel onto a navy blue mat and added a heat embossed sentiment in a circle and x2 stars to fit the sketch.

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 June 22nd.

Cx

Floral Anniversary...

Hey,

I am still in London and SUPER excited today.

I am off to watch the NFL at Wembley with my Dad and it's going to be great, we always used to try and get to the London games when I lived in London.

It will make up for not being able to watch a ton of games from my usual NFL Sunday sofa position.

I thought my card today was topical, as I made it specifically for my Parents wedding anniversary on 8th October. Top fact, my folks have only been married for 14 years..but together for approx 47 years!!

It was a great excuse to play with a piece of NBUS. The stamp is 'Heart Bouquet' by Laurel Burch for Stampendous.

I stamped it onto watercolour paper and used liquid watercolours to colour it and added a ton of Nuvo drops in a few colours. I added a simple sentiment, as the stamp is very fussy.

I'm pretty pleased with how it came out and my parents liked it too.

I am heading home to NYC tomorrow - Yay! It's been a fun week of parties, work, catch-ups and even a crafty playdate with JT, but I will be happy to get home to Hubby, Boscat and my desk.

Cx

Share Handmade Kindness...

Hi,

Can you believe it's December already?!

Where has this year gone?

I have been working on a little something for my crafting buddies, to show my appreciation for them and to join in Share Handmade Kindness.

I had fun making my cards and something to give them..

The card is the one with the Rose on the front - it's by Unity Stamp Co. and was part of a grab-bag..I like grab-bags, a nice mix of hit and miss :)

The mermaid stamp is new and by Stampendous and I bought her on sale at Michael's..I love mermaid stamps and have quite a collection of them. I watercoloured her and die cut her out, so my buddies can use her however they like.

Fun to make things for others in amongst all the Christmas card making.

They all left in the post yesterday, so they should start to arrive later on this week.

Cx

Kaleidacolor playtime..

Hey,

Happy Friday..

So I am heading to London tonight for a week - looking forward to seeing everyone, as I had a month off from all of the travelling.

I acquired a new Kaleidacolor inkpad on my last class at The InkpadNYC... I could not wait to play with it.

Don't you love how beautiful the butterfly is in the main photo?

No real tips required for using these inkpads, just remember to try not to mix the colours, or you will ruin the inkpad.

I kept the several butterfly cards I made simple - basically its so pretty it doesn't need embellishing.

The butterfly is by Stampendous, the coloured card blanks are by American Crafts (I made the white ones), all papers by Recollections and the sentiment stamp is by Clearly Besotted.

Here are the rest - a few variants (including one with an inky finger print..oops)

These will be going in a gift box for my Hubby's Great Aunt.

See you in London!

Cx

T-Rex attacks..

Hey,

Happy Sunday to you!

I have had a great weekend and my boss arrives in NYC tonight, looking forward to seeing him, he is great fun.

I made today's card earlier in the week, as part of the #thedailymarkerchallenge3 -

The wonderful Kathy encouraging us to colour every day for a month - you should totally join in!

Every time I look at this card, I crack up laughing!

The T-Rex was a gift from JT in one of our $20 challenges and the die is new and from Clearly Besotted - so NBUS...

I used 3 stamps for the sentiments - Newton's Nook for the RAWR! Stampendous for the Big Wishes (which I masked off, so I could put birthday in between) and Mama Elephant for the Birthday.

Fun card and super easy too.

I love colouring and even though Mr T-Rex did not require much colouring, it is still nice to do every night.

Cx