Fusion farewell...

 

It's so hard to say goodbye to a challenge that has been a favorite - one I cut my teeth on, so to speak!  The Fusion Challenge was started in April 2013, and I started blogging May 2014!  I have so many fond memories - especially when they chose my card as a winner - such an honor to this day!

Thank you to all the many fabulous design team members who have inspired me to play along all these years!  Laurie was my muse today... along with their Sketch and a technique I learned from the incredible Dawn from Wplus9 - painting with a credit/gift card! 

I did a little free hand water coloring for my snowman - looking back I now wish I had painted the sky black!  Perhaps this will be when a second helping will be appropriate?

I used that gift card's edge to begin the idea of a carrot nose, then took it a bit further with a damp brush.   After drying, the entire panel was embossed before adhering it to my card base!  Stickles for a bit of snow and one little snowflake to finish it off! 

Thank you for all the years of inspiration Fusion team and thank YOU for stopping by!

=]

What an honor the Fusion team has given me today! Thank you so very much!

Fusion Card Challenge - Gingerbread!

 I dug deep to find the two things I JUST KNEW I HAD SOMEWHERE to play along with the Fusion Gingerbread Challenge today!  I have taken to stowing away discontinued products - these are going right back into my Christmas supplies!  Here is our inspiration...

and a closeup up - perhaps you'll spot where my brain took me...

Did you spot that cup? and gingerpeeps?  Maybe even the roof's edge?

The one thing that I'm pretty sure still exists is the 'doily' I made using 

Spellbinders' Candlewick Squares.

and Waffle Flower Crafts Cutaway Alphas

Sadly, the mug is from Casual Fridays that just closed their doors =[

EH's Gingerbread figures are having a 'milk bath!' 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I better get this one in the Fusion gallery!

=] Michele

Can you believe this??  Thanks so very much Fusion!

Fusion Color Palette September 2022

 

I haven't been able to get this gorgeous Fusion photo out of my brain!

Time to put my ink where my brain is!

Here are the inks I used with my daubers...

I cut a panel of Bristol smooth paper for all this moody blending.

A new HoneyBee Layered Maple Leaf die set made quick work 

of the star of their photo...

After finding a few enamel dots/and a heart, a sweet sentiment from 

PTI's Fantastic Foliage set and my work here is done!  

Phew - now I can sleep again!  ha!  Happy weekend my friends!

=] Michele

Thank you, Fusion!  Such an honor!

Fusion Flutterby!

It's not often I jump right in to play at challenges these days, but this one at Fusion today immediately gave me all the feels today! 

You might know I couldn't resist those butterflies, right?  Here are the inks I've used today, along with a 'banner' made from a dome die from Waffle Flower!  I couldn't bear to clip a bit of that knitted embossing for a fish tail - sorry!  

My friend Marcia allowed me to borrow her Pinkfresh Jumbo Butterflies home with me for a bit - thanks, sweet friend!  this sentiment is from Altenew's Paint-a-Flower Tulips set! and my embossing folder is a Richard Garay that normally is used in the Winter - the string art in the Fusion photo brought it out of hybernation!  

All I did was swipe the inks across the raised bits!

 Just three little PF gems, and it was a done deal!

Hope you've had a great week!  I'll see you again tomorrow!

=] Michele

p.s  THANK YOU, FUSION!!