I didn't intend this to look 'vintage' when I started out, it was just after I coloured the first toadstool that that seemed to be the palette it followed. The red was browner than I intended so I just fit the other colours to the theme.

I started with a long tag painted white and stamped some of Melina's toadstools onto it...

...and also onto a piece of card.

Then I added grass at the bottom, smudging it up the tag.

The gnome comes from one of Kelly O'Gorman's new stamps. 

Note I smudged the red paint too - that's because I'm impatient as my kids keep telling me! never mind - I just added it to the design.

I decided the top corner needed something so I got out this sun stencil. I didn't want to add another colour like yellow, so I just made a blue sun to tie in with the gnomes top and extended the rays a little to pull it all together.

Finish with a leafy bit at the bottom and some old fashioned lace at the top.

Oh, and don't forget the extra gnome - you can never have too many!

Lots of happy accidents in this one - that's often how I create, I just don't always let on!

Hope you've enjoyed it.

Helen