Fusion Challenge: Reverse Stamping and a CASE

Hi all! It's a second Fusion in a row for me. I pulled the colors (pink flowers, blue table cloths) and flower swag from the photo, and the overall oval shape and lower line from the sketch.

 The bird is from winnie & walter You've Got Love Mail. I say "bird" because there is only one. To get the second bird in reverse, I stamped it on an old, solid rectangle rubber stamp that was made for this reversing purpose, then stamped it on the card. The "normal" bird image I had to stamp off first to match the intensity of the reversed bird.

Also, after learning the hard way, it is important to stamp the reversed image FIRST since it's on the very NON-transparent wood block rubber stamp. Then use the clear stamp so you can position it appropriately. 

The prima flowers are strung loosely on gold thread, and pulled through a hole in the bird's beak.

I had a helper in my craft room when I made this card. It's cute (to me, at least!) when my 6 year old sees a card that I've finished and wants to CASE it. It starts off similar (you can see the two birds, and flowers strung between the beaks) but quite often takes several creative departures. 

Jackson adds a lot more excitement to his card in the end. I can tell when he really likes a project he's made. It gets a very high price tag in his card shop. His favorite piece is a frame he made for a picture of him and his brother ... priced at a cool $5,000!

We have some sad news and happy news for this challenge. The sad news is that Geri Freeman will be leaving us. I ALWAYS looked forward to see what magic Geri was going to work for the challenge, and I can't lie, I was really bummed when I heard the news. We'll miss you, Geri!!

On a happier note, we are all very excited to have Jeanne Jachna join us. Go check her out if you haven't already, she's got quite a flair!

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