Fusion - One year Anniversary n my farewell + MMCC #7 - NEW

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for my CAS-ual Friday's Stamps January Release Day - 2

NOTE - This post also includes my card for MMCC #7, please scroll down to check it out.

Hello friends! Today, I am here both to celebrate Fusion One year Anniversary and for a goodbye to Fusion friends. I have completed a full one year with Fusion and I am so gonna miss this lovely team of talented ladies. I am stepping down due to some family commitments. I want to thank Lesley for bringing me on board, bringing together the best of the Fusion challenges for us and for all the love and support. I also wanna thank my lovely teamies for their awesome inspiration and lovely comments :) I will be catching up with all of you in the blog land :) 

Now let's get back to the challenge, my card and a very special thing planned by Lesley to make this One Year Anniversary celebration a memorable one. Lesley came up with this amazing idea that each of the DT member invites a Guest Designer and tell everyone why we picked them :) Let me first show the challenge photo...

Isn't this pretty!! Before I show you what I created, I will tell you about my amazing Guest Barb Ghig of Barb's Studio Creations. I chose her because I love her CAS style, the serene and soothing cards that she designs, the soft colors that she picks and for the  wonderful person that she is. I have always loved her style and another amazing thing about her is the encouragement that leaves in her comments. I am so glad to have you as a Guest Designer at Fusion :) Thank you Barb for being here ! Please check out her amazing creation HERE. Now let me show what I created...

I was inspired by the photo, to make this card I stamped the jar (from TAWS Buggin out set), stamped the hearts (from CFS In the cards set) in shades of pink to fill the jar. Fuzzy cut the jar. I also stamped and fuzzy cut the banners (from Recollections Valentine Banners) In Hero Arts wet cement ink. On the card base, I added a chalkboard patterned paper (from Studio Calico Print shop 6x6" Paper pad) and adhered the banners and jar with some foam dots. To finish the card, I added the twine. I am sharing this at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes!

There is a lot more inspiration available for you by our lovely team. Go and check out :) Also, for more details about the challenge please visit Fusion Card Challenge 

Amy Tsuruta
Betty J
Deepti .....<you are here>
Jeanne Jachna
Julia Aston
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Stephanie Severin

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I am also, sharing my Mixed Media Card Challenge post here, just to avoid the hassle of multiple posts in a day :)

We are at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #7. The theme for this challenge is just right "NEW" for the new year, new beginning, new day, new cards and new crafty goodness ;p There is also an optional element "Tissue" that you can add to ur designs. we all can also join in the fun, irrespective of our style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about.  So let's see what our challenge is and what I created...

To make this card, I took a rectangular panel for my focal piece. I crumpled some tissue paper and adhered it with some glossy Mod Podge. I used a partial tree lines die from MFT to cut the trees for the landscape. I then inked them with some distress inks. To make my sun, I used embossing paste (Wendi Vecchi) mixed with some Mustard seed distress ink and a Crafter's workshop stencil. I then adhered the tree line with some foam dots, stamped the sentiment (STAMPlorations - Bloom set) and hand drew the birds. I then cut out a kraft card stock to add on the card base and laid my focal piece over it. Here is a closeup in to the textures... 

There is a lot more incredible inspiration by a versatile and uber talented team :) Please head over to our challenge blog to check out the details of the challenge and some more inspiration. I am sharing this at Showcase your style #5- Use a die cut

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