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Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Festive Fungi

 The other day, Mark came up with quite a challenge for me - as a keen mycologist, he wanted me to make some fungi themed cards for his foraging friends. Fungi themed CHRISTMAS cards. 

Well, mushrooms and Christmas aren't usually a crafting combination that springs to mind, but I had a rummage through my stash and found some lovely fungi themed stamps and combined them with some festive stamps and dies. 


The first card is an absolute snippet-fest! I used snippets of card in greens and brown, plus lots of my white snippets. I cut the pine boughs using a very old Spellbinders die set and the ivy using a die I bought from Joanna Sheen, although I can't recall whether it is her own brand or a Marianne Creatables one. The fungi are stamped with a very old Graphicus set of botanical stamps (now reimagined and sold by Chocolate Baroque under the name Nature Table) and a Hunkydory set that was a magazine freebie 4 or 5 years ago. I coloured all the images with Promarkers and fussy cut them. 
I christmasified it with a holly stamp and sentiment, and added clear liquid pearls for the holly berries, then used Stickles to give a frosty ground for the fungi to grow from and Wink of Stella to add a touch of frost to the cones. 

I am sharing this card with 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - challenge #413

Watercooler Wednesday - All about occasions  



My next card is a cute version. To the same basic elements, I've added a gnome - coloured as a Santa version - peeking over a toadstool. Apparently I'm not supposed to call it a toadstool, I'm supposed to call it Ammanita Muscari. But it looks like a toadstool to me.  

I'm sharing this with 

Passion for Markers - Make it Cute  

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes


On to my third and final card (for now - I am working on more fungi themed cards in a different style) and this is my favourite of the three, even if it isn't quite as festive. I just love the way those Oyster Mushrooms turned out! I tore the top of the tree stump rather than cutting it, to make it look as if the tree had fallen down naturally rather than being hacked with a chainsaw (and anyway I haven't  got a chainsaw). 

I am sharing this with 

Craft Rocket - Autumn and/or Mushrooms 

Retro Rubber - Anything goes  (those mushroom stamps are at least 20 years old, possibly nearer to 25!) 






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9 comments:

  1. Claire Toplis13 October 2021 at 14:13

    Prefect

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  2. Elaine Stark13 October 2021 at 15:22

    A very unusual combination, but it works really well. Thanks for joining Passion for Markers. Elaine

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  3. Aimeslee Winans13 October 2021 at 18:38

    Mark owes you...bigtime! You rocked that challenge, xoxo

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  4. Sarn14 October 2021 at 11:26

    Hi Jane

    WOW - you really nailed Mark's request to combine Christmas with fungi. Very successfully I might add! I adore these unusual festive snippety makes. Top marks.

    Thanks for bringing the sausage rolls to the Treehouse party - much appreciated. Hope your head wasn't too sore the following morning after the number of laced hot chocolates you downed!

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  5. Ilonka17 October 2021 at 12:46

    Youre card is so beautiful, thanks for sharing it with us at the Craft Rocket Challenge Blog.
    Hugs Ilonka DT

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  6. Di17 October 2021 at 16:38

    Oh I so hoped you would enter these/this into the Playground Jane. Brilliant, as well as such great colouring too.

    I did chortle about the sausage rolls - Dudley snaffled a few without you and Sarn knowing - woof!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  7. The Crafty Den18 October 2021 at 19:17

    Fab cards Jane. Great images and your colouring is perfect. Thanks for sharing with us at Passion For Markers this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  8. Claire Grantham22 October 2021 at 20:22

    Oh I love the idea of Festive Fungi and your cards are wonderful. Love all the details behind the fungi.Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT

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  9. Neva Cole23 October 2021 at 15:55

    When I first looked at your card I thought, hum interesting to include fungi . . . but your explanation is spot on! LOL! You did a fabulous job with your challenge from Mark. hanks for playing along with us at Retro Rubber for Anything Goes!

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