The lovely Christy is our hostess this week and she has a great theme for us - Mythical Creatures. More on why that caused me problems later because first I want to thank everyone who entered my sketch challenge last week. What creativity came from that one sketch! It was a pleasure to tour the gallery and a headache to choose the Cut Above!
Now Christy's challenge caused me a wee problem because, although I am a big fantasy fan possessed of a large fantasy fiction library, it seems this does not translate into the acquisition of stamps! Not a single dragon, unicorn, orc, troll, giant or harpy was to be found. I did find my Dalek stamp set but that wasn't quite in the ball park....
In stepped one of my downlines who lent me her Friendly Gnome bundle (retired). It was fun to play with, so maybe I'll have to do something to remedy my lack of fantasy inspired stamp sets soon!
It turned out that the dies that come with this set are awesome. I had fun playing around with some stamped gnomes (there's one on the inside of the card) but it was that die cut bearded beastie that I kept coming back to. So he has a Cherry Cobbler had, shaded with some White coloured pencil, Secret Sea boots and a Petal Pink nose.
I also cut some toadstool caps, where I coloured the impressions with more White colouring pencil, some Crumb Cake stems and some Old Olive grass.
I stamped the sentiment in Secret Sea at the base of the card front then embossed the rest using the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder. After masking off the sentiment section, I stamped in some grass along the base and sponged on some Old Olive with a blending brush.
After that, it was just a matter of arranging the gnome, the toadstool and die cut grasses into the background scene. Once that was done, I added in some Sparkle Dot Essentials in Secret Sea to lead the eye down to the words. Mission complete!
What mythological creaturs will you bring out to play? You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry at The Paper Players.
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
Anne Marie Hile (on leave)
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Love your stunning colors and the gnome is adorable
ReplyDeleteJan, I just love this little gnome in the mushroom patch. His popped up nose made me smile. The embossed background adds lots of texture and the color combo is perfect. The sweet birthday sentiment and sparkle dots add the finishing touches to this fun card! I hope you have a wonderful week, My Friend!
ReplyDeleteAn absolutely awesome card, Jan! How I wish I had this bundle! I love the color choices. Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive look great together, especially with Secret Sea accents. Of course, you just can't beat the Beautiful Pattern embossed background. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea this challenge would be difficult at all, as I have a rather large collection of fantasy stamps (and even more fantasy books, ha!). I think the Dalek would have worked as I would classify Doctor Who as sort of a modern folk tale, but I do love your gnome! I used to watch a TV show when I was a kid called David the Gnome, so that's what your card makes me think of. I love the colors you chose and the embossed background for Mr. Gnome and his toadstools, so cute! Thanks for making my challenge shine this week!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute little gnome and you've created a great scene for him with the toadstools and the grasses to ground him. How fortunate your downline came to the rescue. Now you might have to think about adding some magical creatures to your stash, Jan!!
ReplyDeleteI still have these gnome dies - they really are so fun! I love the way you grounded your gnome in his little garden and managed to incorporate some background embossing too (I would never have thought to do that in a million years, yet it's so effective!) A cute card this week!
ReplyDeleteI was in the same boat as you, Jan--no mythical creatures to be found! I did think about gnomes but only after I remembered my Mr Leprechaun from many years back! Your gnome is quite handsome, especially surrounded by his mushroom friends!
ReplyDeleteJan, I love that you little gnome matches his magical mushrooms. He could hide there (which is, of course, what gnomes do) among them and never be seen until he wants to. Thank you for making my mind go on a little fairy tale about Gordon (yes I named him) the Gnome and his Magical Mushroom garden.
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jaydee
The Gnome is awesome, he is so cute. You are very creative. I have the Kindest Gnome stamp and dies that I can use. Thank you you for sharing the grandchildren will love this also. I like the mushroom idea also. Can you tell us what color of dots you used on the Mushroom it really make it pop!
ReplyDeleteHi Lora. The mushroom is cut from Cherry Cobbler and I used a white coloured pencil to add colour to the dot impressions left by the die. 😀
DeleteI really like what you have made the Gnome is Awesome, you are so talented as always a beautiful card. I will use the Kindest Gnome stamp for mine really like the hat on the one you made and the colors. Can you share with us what ink you used on the mushrooms, it really makes them Pop. The grandchildren will love a Gnome card from me.
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