Fusion - Easter

Happy mail arrived this week - a brand new set of Tim Holtz' Distress Oxide Inks and I have just started to play with them. I used the inspiration photo to choose the colors to sponge on white paper (Bristol Smooth) and then spritzed with water. I didn't mess with it too much because I loved how vibrant the colors were.  I stamped the flowers from Number Of Years in Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron, Sweet Sugarplum and Flirty Flamingo and added a sentiment from Avant-Garden.

I am hoping our snow is gone by Easter because I am so ready for spring weather! But if spring is delayed we may just have a few getaway days planned in Cocoa Beach!

Karren has some great inspiration for us again this week at Fusion!  Hope you play along!

A Spot of Tea......FMS281

There is someting fun and vintage-y about the colors and designs on my card today. When I was growing up our kitchen set was black and white with a touch of red - metal of course.  Our kitchen shelves all had scalloped paper edging. And coffee and tea were always served in cups with saucers. Oh I can still hear the coffee perking in the percolator!  Guess that all means I am rather vintage-y myself!

Miss Emma had a wonderful time at an antique and salvage shop last week.  Her favorite item was this phone - she was fascinated!  Yep there was one of those in our house way back when as well......on an end table in the living room - on a doily of course! 

Even though we still have snow on the ground thanks to that last minute winter blizzard I am delighted that it is officially spring.  More daylight.....a tiny bit warmer.....and time for the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop.....always a fun event and full of fabulous cards!

I used Kim's very cool sketch at Freshly Made Sketches to make my tea card and will be linking to the blog hop as well. Hope you join in the fun!

Stamp Sets:  Delicate Details (SU!)  Vintage Teacup (Altenew)

Paper: Whisper White, Tasty Treats DSP

A Blog Hop for Lesley.....and her Baby Girl!

Lesley Croghan is a creative force to be reckoned with!  Not only does she make fabulous cards she has been a member of several design teams and has created many popular card challenges.  So if you are wondering why you haven't see her around blogdom recently now you know why. Baby Girl Croghan is due soon!  So today many of her cardmaking friends are having a blog hop to celebrate such a joyous occasion!  Our cards are all linked in a gallery on Lori Turner's blog.  Click on Lori's name for lots of baby card inspiration!  

For my card I embossed a sentiment from Layering Love and inked up a panel with distress inks in shades of pink then die cut the panels.  I added that sweet pup from Little Cuties because Lesley is also a dog lover.  So congratulations to Lesley and Corey.....can't wait to meet Little Miss Croghan!

Amazing! FMS280

I am excited to be hosting this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  When it is my turn to host I make an effort to visit all of your sites to see what you all have created with my sketch.  And the sentiment on my card today sums up perfectly what I think  -  you are all amazing!  Creativity abounds in our galleries for sure! 

Something else I find amazing is how Emma and Gram are such pals!  When we visit they love to look at family pictures together.  Gram's memory is fading and she needs help sometimes remembering people in the photos so Emma helps her out.  Total sweetness.....

                                                       

I used the sets Cups and Succulents (SSS) and You (SSS) for my plant and sentiment.  There is a hint of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink brushed on in the background and Copic markers were used for coloring. The cardstock is Neenah Solar White and SU! Wild Wasabi.