Fusion Card Challenge and Monday Mood Board #24

It's a cool and rainy day here and the perfect kind of weather to stay inside and use some of those stamps and dies I have bought, but not used yet.  I am playing along with the Fusion Card Challenge which may just become my favorite card challenge.  Have you ever played along?  If not, you should!  You can use any stamps or dies you want and also have three choices of how to play along.  You can use either the sketch, the inspiration photo or both to create "Fusion".  Here are the sketch and inspiration photo for this month long challenge (lots of time to make more than one if you want to!)

Since we have a month to play along this time, I decided to use just the inspiration photo for this card.  I'm going to create a little Fusion by using both the sketch and photo later this month.  

I am also playing along with WPlus9 Monday Mood Board #24 which also had an inspiration photo that included lots of red and white, very similar to the Fusion photo.

In both challenge photos, red and white just jumped right out at me and in the MMB#24, I was also inspired the by berries, greenery and beautiful pattern on the silk ribbon.  Here is my card based on both photos:

I used WPlus9 Silver Bells Stamp set for my focal point.  The beautiful bells are colored with a glittery pen and the sprigs are colored with copics.  I thought the red/white patterned paper ( Martha Stewart Cottage Christmas) really reminded me of both the ribbon and the cozy scene in the Fusion photo.  The frame is from Impression Obsession (Circle Shaker Frame Die) as is the Pine Branch greenery.  I cut the holly berries from a Silhouette Cut File.  Can you see the berries are all glittered up with stickles?

I was cutting it pretty close with the Monday Mood Board challenge, but there is still plenty of time to play along with the  Fusion Challenge...you have one whole month to make something fabulous!  

Monday Morning Mood Board#17

It actually was a Monday morning when I made this card for WPlus9's Monday Morning Mood Board #17. I am on vacation and wanted to do a little crafting and so I scanned some of my usual blogs to decide on which challenge to play along with and bam!, the bright primary and graphic colors of Dawn's mood board jumped right out at me. I only brought 3 sets of WPlus9 stamps with me this trip, but was able to come up with something that reminds me of the inspiration photo.

I was inspired by the circles, primary colors and the stripes on the cute tag in Dawn's picture. Here's my card:

My background started with a Lil Inker Impression plate (Circles and Diamonds, Stitched Pattern Die). I added some cute blueberries from WPlus9 Fresh Picked. Sometimes, it is just fun to stamp. Nothing fancy, just stamping one image after the other and it really helps that I had the impression plate to use as my guide so everything lined up perfectly. The tag is also from WPlus9 Fresh Picked as is the sentiment and label stamp. The cute circles are from Lil Inker Stitched Mat Circles which I seem to use no on almost every card. I pinked another piece of green and added a bow...and DONE. Dawn said there is a hint of what is coming in the next release...I am guessing it is those circle images...what do you think?

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Monday Mood Board #12

This is my first time playing along with the WPlus9 Monday Mood Board Challenge.  The inspiration photo is always so bright and cheerful with lots of different items for you to draw inspiration from.  Here is this week's picture.

May is a big birthday month in my family and I need several  birthday cards...in about an hour actually, so this challenge was a huge help to me.  I loved the primary colors, the chevrons, the candles and the overall happy vibe this board gave me.  

I just got this stamp set (A Pocketful, WPlus9) from my sweet friend Suzanne...it's one I have wanted for a long time.  I love the pocket and all of the cute elements you can add to it.  I decided my pocket would be full of birthday candles, all lit up ready to be blown out.  The candles are a die from Serendipity Stamps (Cupcake and Candle Die).  I cut the chevrons on my cameo and impressed the orange panel with the polka dot impression plate from PTI.  The top corner looked a little bare so I added the circle arrow, again cut on my cameo and the stamp is a very old stamp of mine, not even sure where I bought it.  

This was a fun challenge, one I am sure I will start to play along with more often.  You have two weeks now to make your Monday Mood Board card...lots of time to come up with something fabulous.