a home amongst the gum trees

Give me a home among the gum trees

with lots of plum trees, a sheep or two, a kangaroo

a clothes line out the back, verandah out the front

and an old rocking chair

a great aussie song

one i thought i would try and imitate via stamping, punch art and collage.

this is a 3d version i thought i would have a try at.

i used the natural composition paper as the base then added leaves die cut from dsp

house is stamped using the hardwood stamp with a roof from the hexagon embossing folder

swing is a retired stamp set called summer afternoon and cat and dog are from cool kid set

not sure it works but it was fun to make!

for the song here is a recording for you to listen to

cheers ears

gum trees and flowers

when i moved to sydney the first thing that struck me was how many gum trees there were loads and loads of different varieties and colours and textures. it was one of the things that reminded me that i had indeed moved countries and i no longer saw sparrows and black birds in the trees but cockatoos and lorikeets!!! this month i am doing a card swap with the ladies from essential baby. this month we had to use a scallop circle, have a wild animal and use green.

i am not sure the ladybug quite cuts the mustard on the whole wild animal thing but she is soooo darn cute sitting on the leaf that i just couldn't not put her in the flower was inspired by valita's take on fushias which i have converted to a gum flower

the scallop circle is embossed using the big shot. the leaves are from the leaves die cut for the big shot too. inks are earth elements cheers ears