Fusion #8: Celebrate

I've been so excited to share this card with you today...welcome to Fusion Card Challenge #8.  Isn't that a beautiful inspirational photo?  I guess I am a Spring/Summer kind of person because I LOVE these colors!  

This week I used both the sketch and the photo for my inspiration.  That is what is so great about the Fusion Card Challenge...you can use either the sketch, the photo or mix them together like I did and create Fusion!  

I loved the colors...that should be obvious, but I also loved the tiny touch of gold around the edge of the chair, the pretty pink silk bows and the overall happy theme of the photo.   I used Papertrey Ink's Shape Up Series: Cupcake Die for the focal point of my card.  I cut the top part of the cupcake down a bit so that the scale would be right for an A2 card base.  I traced the base of the cupcake and cut it out by hand since I wanted to run it through the crimper without the score marks.  The crimper "shrinks" everything, so the larger base now fits the smaller size top of the cupcake.  Does that make sense? Before I crimped it, I added a thin strip of gold tape and after crimping, it almost looks like gold stitching.  The gold sentiment was the perfect size for the cupcake base...where else was I going to fit a sentiment on this card?  LOL.  Last thought...tell me why digging through mounds of buttons to find the exact right shade and size is so much fun?  My husband came into the room while I was searching through stacks of buttons and couldn't believe how many I have!

So what do you see in the photo...or will it be the sketch this week?  The Fusion Card Challenge runs for two weeks and just in case you still  need a little more convincing to play along, the Fusion Design Team have created some beautiful cards to tempt you to get busy making something fabulous!

 Sadly for our Fusion team, Geri Freeman has had to leave our little group where she will be greatly missed, but on a happier note, we are very fortunate that Jeanne Jachna of A Kept Life will be joining us and sharing her beautifully "Fused" cards with us every two weeks.  

Betty J

Dannielle Robeson

Deepti

Jeanne Jachna

Julia Aston

Katie Brooks

Kelly Griglione

Kimberly Wiener

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan

Michelle Folland

Michelle Lupton

Sindu

Stephanie Severin

CASology#87: Blush (The First I love You)

First thing Tuesday morning, I always check to see what the new cue word for the CASology challenge is for the coming week.  When I saw this week's word: BLUSH...I thought I was going to have a tough time coming up with something.  At first all I could think of was the color Sweet Blush, but there were already examples of that in the gallery and I wanted to come up with something a little different for my card.   I'm not sure how different this is, but here's my take on the cue word BLUSH...The First I Love You!

I know I should, but I honestly don't remember where we were or when it happened the first time my husband said "I love you" to me, but I am sure that I must have blushed just a little when he said it to me all those years ago.  I used some stamps that are from Fresh Squeezed Stamps, one of my favorite companies that are unfortunately no longer in business.  Those cute little "potty people" and the speech bubble are from Breath of Fresh Flair.  I used some Paper Smooches stamps(Sweet Hearts) for the I heart You sentiment and the cute arrow with the heart inside.  The larger sentiment stamped on the Lil Inker Instant Camera Die is brand new from My Favorite Things Stamps (Magical Memories).  

So...what does "blush" mean to you?  I am really looking forward  to seeing what makes everyone blush!

Magical Memories

Sweet Hearts

Instant Camera Die

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