I have never made anything like this before but when I saw this Blog post I knew that I wanted to make it for DDC. I will adapt it, like dropping the Fairies but I so wanted to make it.
It would be a Christmas present...... due to me being not very well, Christmas came and went and all the pieces remained in the parcel.
It could be a Birthday present ..... enough time? Of course!!
I finished it on Wednesday and the birthday was Thursday!!! Close .... I should say so!
Eventually the time came to start the work of art ........
I emptied out the pieces, gathered my paints and read and reread the instructions........ I played around with the pieces of chipboard to ensure that I had the right pieces and they would fit together how I envisaged.Then I painted ........
.......added a bit more paint .......
Starting to guess now are you? Ha!
Oh! No!
Look at that smudge!
How on earth has that happened?
I am not a very clever person, one of those people that no matter how I try to get it right ........
I shall just have to paint over it when all the paint has dried!!
I have started to put it all together now....
..here is the first glueing ......
Now complete ish.
I have painted all round the little grotto but you will have to take my word for it as I don't have any photos of the back ....in case you're one of those people who check to see if the dolly is wearing underwear ..... I painted the underside as well! lol
Can you see the back?
It's a small door in the toadstool stalk .....
.......where the gnomes live of course!!!
........ and all we need now is the Birthday Girl herself ........
...... and here she is!
Oh! the card ....
I think that's what you call a 'gnomey' birthday!
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