Best Wishes and Sweet Dreams Sharing April 2023 DT Inspiration Card for TFATU

 Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity blog!

Today's posting is for TFATU or The Fairy and The Unicorn challenge blog. I love gnomes and a few other fantasy creatures so when the opportunity came in November 2022 to become the new owner, I jumped at it...happy heart!

When: April 2023 (April 1 = 1st Saturday; April 1-30)

What: Anything Goes Fantasy theme

Why: my DT/owner inspiration project

HB2U Gnomes Hiding as Bunnies card=


Notes:

1. strawberry look cardstock = side 2 of a My Mind's Eye 

2. orange, blue, and circle print cardstocks = stash

3. posy wood shapes= from multi-shape pack Art Skills

4. peacock blue-green ink pad= Lawn Fawn

5. gold glitter acrylic paint= Plaid's Folk Art 

6. stars cut from a white backing sheet to an acrylic overlay sheet in my stash; Cantaloupe Memento ink applied

7. gnome bunnies = Dollar Tree (multi-pack)

Where: TFATU April 2023 blog post link=

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/tfatu-april-2023-anything-goes-fantasy.html

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other challenge blogs for sharing/linking are:

A. TGIF challenge blog; started March 31; Theme is Use Your Scraps; MY card has all cardstock scraps and a specialty wax paper type white scraps that the stars were cut from

link= http://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/tgifc414-technique-challenge.html

B. Cut It Up challenge blog; started March 23; Theme is always use a die-cut; option of embellishments; MY card has chipboard die-cuts (posies)

link= http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/cut-it-up-challenge-274-add.html

C. Crafty Catz challenge blog; started March 30; Anything Goes

link= https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/crafty-catz-challenge-631anything-goes.html

D. C.R.A.F.T. challenge blog; current; Easter or Spring; MY card is birthday yet has spring colors, faux bunnies and carrot hats on the gnomes, posies, 

link= https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-673-easter-spring.html

E. Seize The Birthday challenge blog; current for 3 more days; Anything Birthday Goes or Topping of Things in a Garden; MY card has sentiment "HB2U" and has 2 painted wood posies, 3 little gnomes disguised with bunny hats and a carrot hat

link= http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2023/03/seize-birthday-258-things-in-garden.html


and Facebook groups for sharing/linking are:

a. Mixed Media Creativity

b. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls

c. Paper Crafting For Everyone

d. The Crafty Addicts

e. Paper Crafting Galleria

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Best wishes and sweet dreams,

Becca S


*I'm owner of TFATU, FQGS, FQCB, and HQCB. I'm co-owner/DT for AACB and CBCB (new in May 2023). I'm manager/DT for MTTC and MTTCC. And I'm just a DT member for MIUCB, MLCCB, 


Comments

  1. ScrappyHorsesApril 1, 2023 at 5:35 AM

    Such a cute card embellished with those adorable disguised gnomes! Great papers and colors!
    Thanks for sharing with us at Cut It Up! ~Katrina

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  2. LisaApril 1, 2023 at 6:47 AM

    Oh these little gnome bunnies are so stinkin cute!

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  3. CathyApril 1, 2023 at 5:23 PM

    What a fun card and clever idea to disguise the gnomes as bunnies! Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x

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  4. LarelynApril 2, 2023 at 9:03 AM

    This card is just so cute and so many clever elements. Thank you for joining our Cut it Up Add Embellishments challenge.
    Hugs,
    Larelyn (CIU owner)

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    1. Becca Sadler, owner and manager of HQCB and FQCBApril 2, 2023 at 9:45 PM

      Thanks, dear!! I had a smile on my face the whole time I was putting it together!!!

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  5. SherylApril 2, 2023 at 11:34 AM

    Wow these little guys are super cute.
    Thank you so much for entering our challenge this week at CRAFT Challenge looking forward to see you again next challenge.
    Hugs Sheryl CRAFT DT xx

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  6. tillyApril 3, 2023 at 7:16 AM

    a really fun card with your gnomes, thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz challenge, Tilly

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