Fusion Card Challenge - April 10th

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Well, stamping friends - it's Thursday and there's a new Fusion Challenge! We are SO HAPPY to welcome Jeanne Jachna to the Design Team with this weeks challenge!  And at the same time so sorry to be saying goodbye to Geri - we'll miss your wonderful creations and wish you the best!
  
With spring upon us we'll be getting our gardens cleaned up and ready for planting - and today's photo inspiration puts us right in that mood!  Aren't these rose backed chairs gorgeous?! Can you imagine walking into a wedding reception or shower and seeing these?!  Or maybe you're not a flower person and you'll be inspired by something else in the photo - or just the sketch?

I found inspiration in both for my card today.  I used watercolor paper for the oval and top panels.  My card base is Vintage Cream card stock.  The inked flowers look softer as the watercolor paper absorbs the ink a bit more, a nice look for a sympathy card I think.  The stamps are Petals and Posies from Reverse Confetti.

I scored lines on the panel under the lower half of the oval to represent the lines on the base of the chair in the photo.  You can see them much better IRL!

What inspires you most -  the photo or the sketch?  Or will you do both like I did this week?  Can't wait to see what you link up over at the Fusion Challenge Blog!

You'll find lots of inspiration from the other Fusion Design Team Members linked below:

Betty J
Cathy Weber 
Dannielle Robeson
Deepti

Jeanne Jachna

Julia Aston - Me!
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Sindhu
Stephanie Severin

Stamps:  Petals and Posies - Reverse Confetti

Paper:  Water color paper - Canson Paper Pad, Vintage Cream - PTI

Ink:  Archival Watering Can and Leaf Green, Adirondack Mountain Rose and Lemonade.

Accessories:  lucky blend sequins - Avery Elle, foam dots, oval die - Alterations Movers and Shapers, ScorPal.