Monday, 26 May 2008

60th Birthday card :: Gumnut girly

Here is a card I made for a friend of my mothers, the instructions that I was given from Mum were that she likes natives (Australian) and is living on a property now... I first made one card without an image just some patterned paper I made and a ribbon and "Happy Birthday" then Mum said that she wanted me to draw something for it... "some natives, some bush, a girl with a hat??" Ahhhh ... How do I do this???

So I got to sketching some natives, eucalyptus, christmas bells... and then as I was looking at them I thought I'd draw a gumnut hat on a girl... and so I drew a girl and a boy... I have just used the girl on this card... I would like to do a whole series of images on this theme...

The gumnut hat has been used before, by May Gibbs for her gumnut babies in the classic Snugglepot and Cuddlepie books... I used to love those book as a child :)

the lady the card is for has just turned 60... I have surreptitiously included some '60s' along the barbed wire at the sides of the card!!

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6 comments:

  1. Kim Costello28 May 2008 at 09:55

    Hi Sammi,
    Very clever with the barbed 60's and a great drawing too... I thought it was a stamped image!
    Kim

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  2. ~Emma~29 May 2008 at 17:37

    Oh my word...how cute is she!!! And yes I would love to see you do a range of these!!
    Well done sammi!!

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  3. ~Emma~29 May 2008 at 17:38

    Oh and I hope you are feeling a lot better,x

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  4. Lisadwb30 May 2008 at 00:08

    Sammi, you are so talented. Wow!

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  5. ~Emma~30 May 2008 at 06:49

    Sammi there is something for you and the rest of our SBS sisters on my blog,x

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  6. Jac’s Playground28 June 2008 at 20:07

    Great Gumnut Girly how about Kylie! well shes Austrailian too! Sorry I dont get any better do I?! lol Jac x

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