inspired by the Gnome Walk

Jake and his friend with their Spring Show t-shirts.

I have been following The Shabby Stamper's blog http://ponygirl40stamps.blogspot.com/2010/03/knobbly-gnome-walk-day-three.html for the past 3 days, she is doing a gnome walk with her favorite set Knobbly Gnomes, which as it happens is my favorite set too! I haven't had time to play with the set because I am making so many thank you cards for the middle school. So I took inspiration from one of her gnome cards to make one of my Alice cards. Take a look at her Gnome card, I used the same techniques as her, except I used flannel background for the bottom layer. This card is for the costume designer so I wanted lots of texture. I popped Alice up. I used certainly celery, bashful blue and very vanilla. I colored Alice with watercolor pencils. Thanks for looking!

more Alice in Wonderland cards

Two more cards I made for the play my son is in. The stamps are from a set I got from RedEowyn. The Dodo Bird is for the band director. I used a sheet of music form a very old piano book dated 1918. I found the book in tatters at a used book sale. You can see the paper is very brittle. I really liked this title for the card so I choose to think the tears give it character :) I used Bravo Burgundy ribbon and card stock. The Alice card is for the Art Teacher who has made incredible scenery with the help of a group of students. One of the scenery pieces has a flamingo on it so I thought this was a good image for him. For this card I used SU's Cameo Coral, and Bravo Burgundy for the mat and photo corners, I colored with prisma water color pencils and a blending pen. I have two more cards to make, the school's other art teacher is helping with the program and some work on the scenery and a parent volunteer is making almost all the costumes, by hand, by herself, wow!

thanks for looking!

ho challenge #2 single layer

This week's Ho Challenge http://craftyhoschallenge.blogspot.com/ is to make a single layer card with ribbon and button (s). I just got these Alice in Wonderland stamps from RedEowyn because my son's school is performing the play and I wanted to make the adults in charge thank you cards. Let me know what you think, good enough for the director? I am not sure if I like the coloring on this one. It came out brighter than what I wanted. I do love the wood button and it is the only one I have.

This card fits in with the teapot tuesday challenge here: http://mothermark.blogspot.com/2010/...ht-hed-be.html

Crane cs

SU ribbon

wood button

watercolor pencils and blender

Stazon brown ink