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Monday, April 8, 2013

Fusion challenge #1


There's a new challenge blog just starting up and I was really inspired to play.  It's called Fusion.   Basically, we were given 2 inspiration photos, and we can make a card based on either one of them, or "fuse" the 2 and make a card with both inspirations.  I loved the colors on the 2nd inspiration, and have really grown to love chevrons, so I chose to fuse the 2 for my card:


I found some solid flower stamps (darkroom door Carved Flowers, Verve Bloom & Grow, and Simon Says Stamp Flower Friend) and stamped them across a scrap piece of paper, using Hero Arts inks Punch, Pale Tomato, Orange Soda, and Butter Bar, then used my Die-Namics chevron die to cut it into chevrons.  These were then pieced back together on a blank white card, leaving a tiny space between each.  

You should visit this new blog and see the amazing DT samples, not to mention the entries that are coming in for this challenge - I'm inspired by them all!

I'd also like to add this to the current CASE Study challenge and to the one at CAS-ual Fridays.

31 comments:

  1. Your card is wonderful Lin, such vibrant colours (love those HA inks - must get some). Using the chevrons like that is a perfect touch, great work as always, Jo x

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  2. Love how you were inspired...the stamping on your chevrons looks wonderful! Thanks for joining us at Fusion!

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  3. Fabulous "Fusion"ed card Lin! Those colours are just the prettiest ever! Thanks for stopping by my blog and left me the lovely comment! I went thru the HA flickr group pool and saw those pretty cards you made with the Heart Winged Butterfly stamp! What a feast to the eyes!!!

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  4. wow!! that is a wonderful interpretation of the challenge - love everything about it. it's going on my pinterest board right now!

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  5. This is SUCH a clever take on the cues, Lin! If I had a chevron die, I'd love to CASE this. :)

    Thanks for playing along with our first experiment at Fusion!

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  6. Oh my Lin, I LOVE this approach to the challenge! The way you separated the chevrons is veyr COOL! So glad that you joined us in our very first Fusion challenge!

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  7. This is such a fun design Lin, I think I might have to CASE it!

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  8. Brilliant take on the sketch and inspiration photo, Lin! I love the soft pastel colors you used as well...Gorgeous card!

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  9. Love this! You have the best ideas.

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  10. And, bada boom, there you are! A perfect, perfect way to combine flowers and chevrons!! This is a fantastic fusion, Lin!!

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  11. Great for the challenge! Very creative!

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  12. Lovely take on the challenge, Lin! Love how the flowers are stamped on the chevrons.

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  13. Oh Lin this is fabulous! I absolutely love it

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  14. Of all the cards you have ever done, this may be my favorite .. until you make your next card!

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  15. Lin, this is beautiful! Love the flowers you chose and colors! AND so creative to use the chevron die :)

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  16. Lin this is gorgeous gorgeous. I love how you pulled together the chevrons and the colours. I just pinned it! Thank you so much for joining us at the first Fusion Hypothesis!

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  17. FABULOUSLY stamped floral chevrons Lin - LOVE it!
    So glad you joined in the fun of the first FUSION challenge :)

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  18. How creative is this, Lin! I love that you stamped and then diecut the chevrons! It's gorgeous!

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  19. This is so pretty. I am adding this to my cards to CASE for sure! Thank you for joining us this week at Fusion.

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  20. Awesome card Lin! I have also pinned this to CASE. Thanks for sharing!

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  21. Gorgeous card Lin! - so creative to use stamped Chevrons - I am not sure, but the CASe-study blog may be still open, you could link it to that, too

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  22. So seriously creative - I can hardly believe it! Great colors and texture.

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  23. Oh I absolutely love this!! Stamping on the die cuts is so clever and creative! Very neat technique!! So happy that you joined us for the first Fusion challenge this week! :)

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  24. Gorgeous, Lin...love your design and the beautiful colors! That is quite a fusion...a fabulous one at that! Thanks for playing along with us this week at CASE Study!

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  25. All I can say is "Wow!" What a fabulous job combining all 3 challenges. Simply gorgeous!!! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  26. Such a creative design, I love how you stamped on the die cut chevrons! Brilliant! Thanks for joining us at CASE Study Lin!

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  27. Oh fun ... this looks just like a puzzle! Lovely sentiment too. Thanks so much for joining the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge AND the premier Fusion Challenge!

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  28. I can see the inspiration from JJ's card--this is amazing, Lin! I love how it all fits together like a puzzle. You made it sound so simple but it probably wasn't.

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  29. what a beauty, LIn! love love it!

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  30. Wow - great card Lin! Love the chevrons, linking back together to build up the pretty floral pattern! Very clever!
    Thanks for the inspiration, Rx

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  31. Gorgeous! Love the chevrons. And the Hero Arts inks work great on solid stamps.

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