Fusion-Purple

Hi Fusion Fans!  Happy Thursday!  

Are you ready for a new challenge?  Ready....set....GO!!!!!!!!

The time got away from me this week and I didn't realize it was time for another fun challenge.  It may be because this is my second attempt at making a card for this challenge, the first one....er....didn't turn out.  I am trying to block it from my memory. :) LOL.   Some days you have it and some days you don't- you know what I mean?

Here is my card for this week.  I used the lovely feathers from Reverse Confetti on this.  I embossed them white on my paper and then used my Gelatos to add color.  it is a little messy looking, but that is the intent. The paper is SU! and the enamel dots are from Freckled Fawn. 

Please head over to Fusion and check out the other ladies cards, they are lovely!  You can check out the rules and submit your entry while you are there too! :)

Happy Thursday!

Colour Me Striking- #62

Colour Me time is here again!  Won't you come and join us for the fun?!  Here is this week's inspiration:

My immediate thought was shamrocks, I mean it is just about St. Patrick's Day and there are lots of green challenges happening out there.  But then I thought I might use these lovely SU! leaves and HAD to use them!  

I white embossed them on water color paper.  Once I had them down I used a couple of different SU! greens (Certainly Celery and Garden Green) with my aquapainter to create the water color look.  Then I sprinkled some salt over the top and it draws the color towards it.  Such a cool effect.  The finishing items include the tag with the sentiment from Winnie and Walter, the Ribbon (SU!) and the sequins from Neat and Tangled.   Super fun to make and get messy with. 

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo... come on over to Colour Me and check out all the wonderous creations.  Here are the ladies blogs so you can visit them each individually and leave them some bloggie love!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke 

Julia Wilson 

Katie Brooks  (that's me!)

Sandy Mathis 

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

I do hope you'll come and join us for the fun!   Thanks for stopping by. :)

Cupcake Inspirations 300th Challenge

Hello, back again with another fun creation I made this weekend.  I used Cupcake Inspirations 300th challenge!  I've played the challenge in the past but it has been a while.  I played using their Confetti inspiration photo. 

It isn't this fun!  It looks delicious too (and I wish I was eating one right now)!  I had so much fun making a card to go with this inspiration.  I started with this delightfully cute image from Penny Black stamps.  I used my Copics to color it and added some bright confetti on top and around the edge of the wrapper.  I used my spellbinder die to cut around the image.  I really enjoy coloring, it is so therapeutic!  I added some glitter to the frosting and to the wings of this sweet little fairy for a fun touch.  The paper, sentiments and die cut "sprinkles" are all from PTI's Make it to Market kit.  I cut the "sprinkles" sentiment into glitter paper from DCWV.

I hope you enjoyed this quick post.  I really enjoyed making this card and I know some little girl will love it one of these days. 

Thanks for stopping today!

Also entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge- Special Lady

  

Daring choices

Hello.  I do wish it wasn't Sunday night, but what can you do.  The great news is that I had a fabulous weekend.  My family and I went for a hike to Wallace Falls yesterday.  It was quite the hike. Not the longest distance ever, but a lot of up, up, up!  Today, I was able to do some crafting and that was awesome. 

I made this card for the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge that began today.  I was inspired by the mirror in the upper left corner of the picture. I thought I had a stencil similar to that, nope,  i realized I was wrong, so I used this stencil from TCW instead.  I added the color using my Gelatos.  I stamped the I Heart Art set and cut it out.  I put one of the Paper Smooches hearts behind the HE[ART} part of the sentiment.  The paints brushes colored in red to mimic the read heart.  I added some fun ribbon from Simon Says Stamps and some Freckled Fawn red pearls as a finisher.  

I don't think I've ever used red and green together with out it being a Christmas/Holiday card.  It was a daring choice for me, but I think it worked out. 

I hope you have a good Monday!

Color Me Monochromatic- #61

Here we are ready for another amazing Colour Me challenge!  

Lucky for you this monochromatic palette is Tangelo Twist and Neutral....ORANGE you glad we are keeping it bright?!  I am!

This image reminds me of a card that I love made by my friend Kate at Pinned & Penned a while back.  Kate has such a bold style, I so envy her creative genius!  Check out her card here.  

Anyhoo, using the photo, colors and Kate for inspiration, I decided to be a little bold myself.  I mimicked the texture in the photo and Kate's card by adding embossing paste, the tattered edges around the starfish and this delectable ribbon (that reminds me of seaweed!) were perfect for the occassion.  The soft hue and gloss of the pearls was a nice contrast.  The products include a Tim Holtz Stencil, Design Memory Craft embossing paste, SU! paper, Stampers Anonymous stamp, copics and Simon Says Stamp pearls.  

The minute I finished this I popped it into the mail for my Mother.  Her birthday was yesterday (the 3rd).  Typically we go to the Oregon Coast every year to visit and celebrate, but this year there was a conflict that came up.  So, I thought the card (and the little gift inside) might bring a little bit of cheer to her and ensure that she knew I was thinking of her. :)  Happy Birthday Mama!

So with that I hope you have found some inspiration and will come and join us over at Colour Me! The other gals have some amazing stuff to inspire you further so be sure to check out their blogs too. 

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke 

Julia Wilson 

Katie Brooks  (that's me!)

Sandy Mathis 

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Thank you for stopping by today and Happy Wednesday to you!

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello!  Happy Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop!!!!   I am a little late in joining in on the fun today, but I am here none the less.  I am excited!

Here is my card for today!

I had so much fun making this card!  The first cool point is that I used this fun coffee stamp from Stamps & More.  You can't see the labels ont he cup, but I checked the one that says, "shot of joy."  What's even better is that I got this stamp from my friend, and our fabulous hostess, Amy Tsuruta! (Thanks girl!) The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.  I stamped it inside a word bubble from Lawn Fawn.  All the papers and journal cards are from Fancy Pants Design's True Friend collection. I put a piece of a paper straw in behind the cup and love that touch.  Lastly, the fun sequins are from the last coffee lovers blog hop- I won them from Annette Allen of My Clever Creations.  I love this mix of sequins, so fab!

This hop wouldn't be this hop with out a huge line up of fabulous sponsors.  There are "flash sponsors" that are doing flash giveaways. Lookie here:

And a whole ton of regular sponsors as well.  Check these out:

The Super Sponsor prizes will be awarded after the hop linky closes which is Friday, March 6th @ 11:55 pm.  The winners will be posted on Sunday, March 8th.

Eligibility for Super Sponsor and FLASH Sponsored prizes is linking up to the hop!  Remember, the theme is Spring!  Your projects must be newly created and PLEASE, no back linking.

Don’t have a blog?  You can use sites like Flickr to link up.  Remember to join our Facebook group, not only is it full of information regarding the hop, it’s filled with awesome people that love to share their inspiration!  We’ve started a new Pinterest board dedicated to the Spring Hop HERE.

The hop will run from Friday, February 27th – Friday, March 6th.

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inlinkz will be open until Friday, March 6 @ 11:55 pm pacific.

Stuck on you

I have made so many cards that I never posted.  Other things too.  I am making it my mission to share some of those things, even if they are not in season.  

Here are the Valentines treats that my daughter and I made for her class.  

I have to tell you getting the hearts in the packaging with out ripping them was hard, until we figured out the trick!  You load one into the top and leave it there so the opening of stays propped open, then you just keep feeding them in until they fill the entire tube.  

We made 35 of these bad boys. I cut and stamped the tiny toppers and she colored them.  Well, I did color a few, I do love coloring and couldn't resist!  It was very fun to do.  The sentiments are very punny... "so charming!"...."you are sweet!"... "stuck on you!"... and more.  The last one is my favorite with the glue bottle.  Obviously, I used an assortment of products, including Sweet Stamp Shop to Lawn Fawn and even some Penny Black.  

So that is all today, just want to get these things shared. :)

Happy FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!