Wednesday, April 6, 2011

There She Goes Round and Round Challenge



This week's challenge on the There She Goes blog is to make a card with no angles on it!  That means round or oval only - including what is on the card!   Kept having to say "nope, can't do that", "nope, that has an angle on it" as I thought of different things I could  use on a circle card - wasn't as easy as I though it would be!

I finally settled (aka: wimped out) on creating a scene with this adorable little gnome and his little mushroom house.  I just love this My Little Friend set!  So many cute images which are fun to colour and so many fabulous coordinating sentiments :)

After stamping some extra grassy bits (thanks Torinco for including that little image in the set!) I coloured the images with Twinkling H2Os and popped up the two focal images.  There was a "hole in the sky" that needed  something so I hand drew a cloud and added it into the scene.  Was about ready to call it a night when my wonderful daughter told me my line of orange half pearls was straight so I curved it instead - phew!

That's it for today.  Off to help with Hot Lunch at the school and then hopefully still have enough time before the kids get home to get inky again :)  It feels soooo good to be stamping regularly again!!





What's In It?
Stamps:  (There She Goes) My Little Friend
Paper: Real Red, White
Ink: Black
Accessories: Scalloped Circle and Circle Nesties, Twinkling H2Os, Half Pearls, Dimensionals

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Marisa, this is so sweet! I had to giggle though because my brother-in-law is a gardener, is a little erm, shall we say, 'vertically challenged', has a beard/tache and looks just like your little character, lol!!! I have named your little man John, after my BIL. xx

Carol Hurlock said...

So you found my in blog land huh!!!lol Thanks so much for coming to visit. I hope you read the SCS comment I left you with my gnome story...lol I have to walk by my gnome every night....lol This card is so cute and I have to say I just visited Emzi and she had mushrooms too and in the same color. Great minds think alike!!! So darling and I always admire your work!!!

Bear Hugs,
Carol :O}

Bonnie said...

What a cute card, Marissa! Good thinking out of the box!

Vickie Z said...

Did VERY well with this!!! Circle card AND circle elements!!! The gnome is adorable...love everything!!

Emily Keaton said...

This is so sweet, Marisa!

Maureen said...

yippee for inky time!! I laughed out loud when I read the sentiment...how adorable!! We had snow here this afternoon!! And rain and wind and everything!! LOL Crazy!!

Nance Leedy said...

Oh my goodness, isn't he the cutest? I love his little mushroom house and your coloring is perfect! Adorable round card too! (hugs)

Benzi said...

Marisa, I love the mushroom house. I think you did great with the round and round. Daughters come in very handy, don't they?

Andrea Ewen said...

Love this adorable card, Marisa! Your coloring is fantastic (I guess I still have a few words in my arsenal). Love the round shape, I always have trouble with them but you make it look so easy! Super duper card!

Unknown said...

Aww this is SO precious Marisa!!!
Cute as a button and comic too. xxx

Stacy Morgan said...

Oh my goodness... I just about spewed my hot chocolate when I read the sentiment. bawhahah... Very fun and cute.

ChristineCreations said...

I had to really work my brain on this one too! This is so cute Marisa!

TannyP said...

Oh too darn cute! That gnome is really fun and you make him so adorable =)