Fusion Challenge: A Tribute to the 1980s

 Well Hello There! That's exactly what I said when my mom showed me these gold doilies from the 1980's that she found at a garage sale for 25 cents. There were probably no white doilies in the 80s. Everything had to be gold or shiny.

 I cut the center of the doily out and layered that under a speech bubble cut from Studio Calico Darling Dear paper. The gem in the "o" is a nod to the glitzy doily. After putting it on the card on my way to following the Fusion sketch, I really kinda liked it as it was.

I had more Studio Calico paper out for the card, so I cut another piece and stuck it on the inside. Really liked the contrast of the graphic lines with the frilly gold doily. But, this is not really the sketch, is it? So we must press on : )

  

Although this is not exactly like the sketch either, I took my inspiration from the curve at the bottom. Cutting along the paper's jagged lines gives a similar effect. I wanted something luscious and white to peek out underneath, but the plain white cardstock left the card feeling too top heavy. So I took some white fabric (also from "cousin" Helen), folded it lengthwise, and gathered it under the patterned paper for some volume. Yep, that's it! Still white, but no longer top-heavy. And it's easily made flat for mailing since it's fabric.

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Reminds me of those *fabulous* prom dresses, also from the 1980's, with the asymmetrical ruffle on the bottom!

 
As a reminder, here are the guidelines on the challenge:

1. Play with just the sketch challenge.
2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.
3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.
4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.
5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along.

Here are some fabulous cards by our design team!

Betty J.

Cathy Weber

  Danielle Robeson

Deepti Malik

Geri Freeman

Julia Aston 

Katie Brooks

Lynn Mangan

Kimberly Wiener

Lyndal Higgins

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Sindhu

Stephanie Severin

Winners: Will be chosen by all of our teammates in two weeks. We each will choose one favorite. The winners will be announced at 4 am (PST) in two weeks!


Thanks for looking!
-Kelly