Have you met my assistant?  This is our family cat, Maco, and he is 7 months old.  He loves to sit at my craft table while I am working.  He is especially good at scattering my markers, walking in glitter and laying down right in the middle of whatever it is I am working on.  Anyone who has a cat probably knows what this is like.  Of course I love him dearly and wanted to show him off.  

 

Maco is ready for his close-up

While shopping in our local craft store I noticed portraits of animals wearing clothing and I thought what a cute idea to show off my handsome boy.   So I stamped Dylusions couture clear stamps on The Paper Studio's (Murphy's Square) paper.  I attached a photocopy of his head and mounted him on a Dylusions spray ink background.  For interest, I stamped leaves, flowers and butterflies.  I used my Marvy markers for coloring and, of course, I had to toss in a little glitter. 

Maybe this will inspire you to create a fun portrait of your favorite family member.

I love, love, love the latest inspiration photo for The Card Concept.  It immediately caught my attention because I love polka dots, stripes and flowers especially when combined with these shades of pink, blue and green.

Of course I knew I had pink and white polka dot grosgrain ribbon and then I had to pick through my stash for just the right papers.  You know how you pick things up hoping one day you'll use them, well today's the day.  As I was searching through my drawer of do-dads I found the 3-D dragonfly and thought how nice it would look on the card.

I really enjoy the card challenges and it gives me a chance to dust off my stash of goodies.

I had so much fun with the last Fusion Card Challenge that I decided to do it again.  Below is this week's challenge FUSION: Happy Days!

Here is my take on the challenge.  I combined both the sketch and some of the colors in the photo.

As you can see, I love bright colors.  For a background I used a square of yellow canvas and textured blue card stock.   The edges of the canvas were frayed for interest.  I used my Dylusions' ink sprays and stencils to create multi-colored sheets from which I cut the rectangles and flowers.  The flowers and leaves were rubber stamped and cut out leaving a border.  I then stamped my sentiment on white card stock and framed it with black.