March Madness for Frilly and Funkie

Hi everyone and welcome. Over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge blog we are taking inspiration from a famous book. It's Suzz's turn to host and she's called her challenge 'March Madness'. Suzz says "I want you to be inspired by Alice in Wonderland. I started from this quote of a conversation between the Mad Hatter and Alice: The Mad Hatter asks Alice: "Have I gone Mad?" and Alice replies "I am afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are."

The challenge is to take any idea or concept from this wonderful tale to inspire your project. There are so many wonderful bits or pieces to be inspired by like the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, the looking glass, tea party or Alice herself. The possibilities are endless. Anything can be your inspiration but make sure you reference what inspired your art from the story!"

As ever, the Design Team will choose their top four picks, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at Frilly and Funkie and the next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

For this challenge I took inspiration from the first chapter of the book where Alice is feeling bored and drowsy while sitting on the riverbank with her elder sister. She notices a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch run past. She follows it down a rabbit hole when suddenly she falls a long way to a curious hall with many locked doors of all sizes. She finds a small key to a door too small for her to fit through, but through it she sees an attractive garden.

The idea sprang to mind to incorporate two of Wendy Vecchi's new stamp sets - Front Door Art and Delightful Art - as one has a door and the other some gorgeous flowers to represent the garden hidden behind it. The Etcetera Tag base was covered with a Gel Plate print using a mix of Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints on it including Sedona, Night, Ancient, Umber, Buff and White. I added to the white ghosted patches with splatters of dilute white paint and used Matte Collage Medium to glue it in place.

Behind the door the garden was 'constructed' with sprays of flowers from the Delightful Art set, stamped and painted on plain card and layered with the matching Mat Mini flower heads from the coordinating set. Opaque Texture Paste was applied underneath using the leaf clusters on the stencil that comes with the stamp set.

The fabulous door from the Front Door Art stamp set also has a coordinating Mat Mini so after painting the outer and inner parts with Umber and White paint it was easy to over-stamp the details with Archival Ink. The key added to the front is from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and I linked it to a a couple of charms from my stash - a heart padlock and frame with white rabbit inside. Linda has lots of charms in stock now including an adorable White Rabbit one! To finish, the sentiment comes from the Front Door Art set.

And here's the finished tag;

So that's my take on the theme 'March Madness' for the current Frilly and Funkie challenge. My talented team mates have created lots more amazing projects for this challenge so make sure you hop on over and check them out HERE. And remember to link up your own shabby chic or vintage projects inspired by Alice in Wonderland to be in with a chance of winning one of the fabulous prizes.

All the products used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed below.

Thanks for visiting,
Jenny xxx

Links to Wendy Vecchi's stamp/stencil/ Mat Mini sets;

Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamp/Stencil Set - Delightful Art
Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamp/Stencil Set - Front Door Art
Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Mat Minis Set - Delightful Art
Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Mat Minis Set - Front Door Art

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Etcetera Small Tag Thickboards	Ranger Gel Plate 9 x 11 inches	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Sedona	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Olive	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Buff 1oz	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - White, 1oz Bottle	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Umber, 1 oz Bottle
Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Night, 1oz Bottle	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Evergren, 1oz Bottle	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Ancient, 1oz Bottle	Metal Keys Charms for Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Ranger Texture Paste Opaque Matte INK44444	Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black AIP31468	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933