Fusion - Pretty in Pink

Hello!

Oh, how I love the inspiration at Fusion Card Challenge this time around! I used only the inspiration photo, picking up the colours and floral/leaf designs. I did partially use the sketch, but not all of it. ;-)

I used SU! Botanical Blooms and PTI Wonderful Words: Friends. Colours are SU! Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, and Pretty in Pink.

Isn't this inspiration photo beautiful? I love the sketch, too. I am really looking forward to taking a browse through the gallery!

The weather remains hot and humid here in Brisbane. Luckily for me, I spend my work day in air-conditioning. That just leaves the problem of sleeping at night time. Looking forward to a cool change sometime soon (fingers crossed).

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 145

Hello!

For CAS(E) This Sketch this week, I went die-crazy! 

I used PTI Wonderful Words: Friends stamps and dies. I spritzed with a splattering of gold Smooch.

Life is in busy mode right now. We're in the last term of school for the year. That means lots of music concerts and the associated preparation, throw in an eisteddfod for fun, too! We also have ballet concert preparation. My eldest has started up water polo season again, which runs through to March next year. That makes for very busy week-ends. 6.5 weeks of school left. In about 8 weeks, we'll be finished with all of that kid-based activity and launching into Christmas and Summer holidays. Yay!

Thanks for dropping by!

Michelle

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CAS(E) This Sketch 128

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Well that week whooshed by very quickly! I'm here with my card for CAS(E) This Sketch! Put on your sunglasses, it's bright. The sketch was perfect for pulling out some of my neglected patterned paper.

I used PTI Wonderful Words: Friends stamps and die. The paper is from Stampin' Up!

My kids are about to finish school for the mid-year holidays. They have three weeks off school. My youngest daughter has a few ballet commitments in that time, but other than that they get a break. Unfortunately for me, I still have to work. I wish I was on three weeks of holiday with the kids!

Thanks for coming to visit.

Michelle
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Case Study 199

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I have had a busy few weeks! The nice part of this past week is that part of the busy-ness was caused by a little trip to the Gold Coast. We were greeted with the most stunningly perfect Queensland Winter weather! I might whinge all Summer long about the heat, but a beautiful Winter day at 22 degrees with the sun shining on the beach can't be beaten. :-)

I'm here to share my card for Case Study #199. Our muse is still the amazing Shari Carroll. I took the overlapping circles from the inspiration and made a card using inlaid die cuts. I added a few sequins for sparkle, and I was done! Fitting those die cuts together was a little like a jigsaw puzzle at times, lol!

Last week I forgot to mention our two guest designers for this month. Yes, TWO! And they are two amazing ladies who I count among my bloggy friends - Amy Tsuruta and Tenia Nelson. If you haven't met them before, make sure you take a wander over to their blogs and check out their fabulous work!

Okay, now, back to the Gold Coast. I thought I'd share some of the fabulous week-end.

The beach. The water was clear and perfect. The sky was clear and perfect. Just wonderful!

That's my kids playing. There was a big rip, so I had to keep asking them to come back closer to the beach, but they couldn't resist and kept going out into the water. I had visions of me having to get out there to rescue them, lol!

And the reason for our trip - the marathon! My hubby ran it exactly as he predicted - 3 hours 45 minutes. This was about 4km into the race, right outside our hotel. They ran back this way, too, at about 27km point.

And finally, one of the beautiful sunsets. No editing. This is straight from the camera.

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle

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Fusion #8

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I am predicting that this round of Fusion Challenge we will see some super-pretty cards in the gallery. The inspiration is pretty and pastel and the sketch lends itself to garlands of flowers. :-)  My card is definitely inspired by the inspiration photo, but if you squint your eyes, you may also see a whisper of the sketch in there, too. I flattened it into one layer, so it takes a bit of lateral thinking to see it. ;-)

I used PTI Wonderful Words: Friends and Ruby Rose stamps. Inks are a mixture of Stampin' Up!, Memento, and Hero Arts.

The rest of the design team have amazing cards, so please take some time to check them out!

Betty J
Cathy Weber 
Dannielle Robeson
Deepti
Geri Freeman
Julia Aston
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Lupton

Sindhu
Stephanie Severin

Thank-you for visiting!

Michelle
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Clean and Simple 3 - Day 1

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It's Day 1 of Clean & Simple Cardmaking #3 - One Layer Cards. At the beginning of class there was a note for us "purists" (I think they were talking to me) about the various definitions of a one-layer card. I've revised my definition for this class to be "flat card". The exciting part of this new definition is that I'll have MANY more options when making cards. :-) It also frees me up for nights when I really don't have much time to craft (which is most nights) but want to make a card for class - sometimes one-layer can take a LOT more time!

We were shown three techniques today, and I've used one of them so far. The technique I chose was die-cut inlay as demonstrated by Debby Hughes (who I adore). I didn't stray too far from Debby's design due to lack of time to consider my design options. I will definitely explore this technique further, it's so effective!

I'll probably bling this one up later on. Tonight it's after bedtime, and my blinging can take me quite a while! I have used PTI Sweet Speech dies, Wonderful Words: Friends stamp and die. Paper is SU! Watercolour Wonder. Card is SU! Smokey Slate and PTI Basic White. Ink is Mama Elephant Smoke.

And before I go, another picture of my chickens. I have heard chicken-owning bloggers calling their hens "fluffy butts" and I used to wonder what they were talking about. It turns out that chickens really do have fluffy butts, lol!

Thank-you for coming by to visit!

Michelle
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