Welcome to the Shire

Hello…today I’m excited to share another card I made for the Lawnfawnatics challenge: inspired by a movie, book or song.

This one was a card that WOULD NOT leave me alone until I created it. Does that ever happen to you? I couldn’t stop thinking about it and so now here it is!

Welcome to the Shire!

I imagine if you open up that round door you will see a Hobbit!? Or maybe…just maybe he has gone on an Unexpected Journey?

I only used 2 stamp sets and 3 die sets for this card. It’s a record low amount!! Here’s what I used:

Mushroom House
Mushroom Border
Scalloped Treat Box Spring House Add-on
Open Me Stamp Set
Milo’s ABCs Stamp Set

The top of the Mushroom House is grassy…I did some partial die cutting on this to add the grass to the top to make it look like a part of the grassy hill. Those mushrooms on the border not only look great with some Stickles and Nuvo Drops added, but they also double as a Cobblestone Walkway to the Hobbit house!

I used the sign from the Open Me stamp set and spelled out the name “Baggins” with Milo’s ABCs. I inked it up with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and added some wood detail with colored pencil. I love the lantern lamp hanging over the sign. Even at night you will know this is the Baggins’ property!

It’s a beautiful spring day at the Shire! The flowers and the fence are from the Scalloped Treat Box Spring House Add-on. Doesn’t this look like a lovely place to live? I die cut the fence twice from chipboard and added white detail with a gel pen.

The butterfly matches the mushrooms. Lol. I had a vision of the Hobbit House and a color scheme of dark amber, blue and brown. I will say that it ended up turning out a lot brighter than I imagined. But I love it!

The window and the keyhole/doorknob are cut from Satin Gold mirror cardstock. I love the soft golden look. I think the yellow and orangey-brown clouds make it look so dreamy…like it’s nearing sunset.

I used some circle dies to cut the door and the door frame. The woodgrain paper gives it just the right detail…and I inked up the door with Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks. The darker blue toned down that Salty Ocean and gave it just the right feeling for this card.

I hope you enjoyed visiting the Shire today. Come back soon, won’t you?

Linking up to the Lawnfawnatics Challenge here.