Happy Mother's Day!

Hello!  Happy weekend!

And Happy Mother's Day to all of you who are celebrating this weekend!   I find the holidays that celebrate mothers (and fathers, for that matter) are multi-layered, and complex.  For many of you there is deep sadness in mourning the loss of your mother this year; I know I'm not alone in feeling meloncolic about never having experienced a mother's love; and my heart bursts with joy thinking of those women who are celebrating their very first Mother's Day!

Having said all that, in some places in the world, this isn't even Mother's Day weekend so you might prolly be bored to death.  Okay.  Okay. 

I've had a busy week and not done much crafting.  I was too tired last night to work in a lot of challenges on one card, so I just concentrated on one card for one challenge.  I decided to play with the Fusion Card Challenge which I missed last week.

There is a lot going on with this highpotanoose.  I have to tell you that there were a lot of failed experiments in my lab.  I think because of the teacups, the sketch side reminded me of a tea towel on a rack.  That made me head for the kitchen for a snack.  Repeatedly.

In the end, there was fusion in my card:

  

I hope you can tell I used Jackie's Challenge sketch for inspiration.  From the photo on Lesley's Challenge side, I pulled the bright pink color, the polka dots, and the tea cup. 

Oh, for heaven's sake, looking at Lesley's photo more closing typing this post, I just now noticed that the tea cups are months and the whole thing is a calendar.  How cute is that?!  I thought it was just an old inspiration photo from 2011!  Hmmm, perhaps it's time this granny had her eyes checked?

Returning to our story, to make my card I cut four slits in the card base to run the pretty PTI ribbon through, using a craft knife.  Remember craft knives?  I was never very good with them, and hence I love paper cutters and dies, but for my idea, only my old craft knife would do the trick.  To "reflect" the fishtail banner, I used a corner stamp from a Hero Arts set which also happens to have polka dots.  Score!

After that, since I didn't have a mother's day sentiment that would curve, I searched for one that was curvable and appropriate for Mother's Day.

And there you have it.  Seriously, especially now that I've seen the calendar, there are SO many fantastic designs you can come up with for cards for this Fusion challenge, using just the sketch, or just the photo, or both.  I hope you give it a go!

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I'm so happy to announce that joining us on our little card-making journey is the very talented Brenda B. of Brenda's Crafty Corner   Brenda has been a prolific blogger since 2012 and her card art is spectacular!  You're gonna wanna go there!  Welcome, Brenda, and thank you!

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy your day.  LITS*!  If you're celebrating Mother's Day, as I am so blessed to be doing with my DS, DIL, and the Terrific Twins, make it the best EVER!!  Take pitchers!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Playhouse. Special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment or join as a follower!

*Life Is Too Short!

Paper:  PTI white
Stamps: Hero Arts, LL110 Decorative Corners;
  unmarked teacup and sentiment
Ink:  PTI Hibiscus Burst
Ribbon:  PTI Hibiscus Burst and Autumn Rose
Punches:  SU! scallop and Corner Chomper