This small card features an illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (c 1916) of' ' Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby', one of the fairies in Reverend Charles Kingsleys' 'The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'. This is my favourite fairy tale and has been since I was 7 years old, a long long time ago.
If you have never read the story of this little chimney sweep, give yourself and your children a treat.
I have altered the illustration to black and white so that I could colour it with watercolours, I have added some watercoloured sea creatures, some real shells (nearly out of shells, have to take a walk along the beach again next week), even a pearl or two. The matrerial is white cheese cloth with some cream ribbon and blue twine.
This card is entered into the following challenges
Polkadoodles and Studio 12 - Fantasy/Fairy Tale
Robyns Fetish Challenge Blog - Ribbon and Twine
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes - Optional theme - Pile it on
6 comments:
Just gorjuss, thanks for joining us at Polkadoodles this week.
Shell xx
Gorgeous card, thanks for playing along with Polka Doodles
Anne x
Wow! Very create, loving the colour. Thank you for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create.
Lovely card Cass. Thank you for joining us over at Polka Doodles this week. Hugs Clare xxxx
Adorable card!! Thank you for joining Robyn's Fetish Challenge! Lilia DT
A great fantasy themed card, Cass - I love all the added little sea creatures. Thanx for joining us at Polkadoodles for the Fairy/Fantasy challenge.
Hugz, Jan (DT) xx
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