Mushroom houses and gnomes with coffee

When I first saw the mushroom houses of the Stampendous I knew at once that I wanted them. It was love at the first sight.  

And the same happened with me when I caught sight the gnomes (or elves) Buddy and Jolly of the Stamping Bella.

From these stamps I imagined a picture with two cute gnomes who just come out from their home to drink a coffee together early in the morning because "coffee and friends make the perfect blend".

I can show you some photos of the making.

Here is the gessoed A4 chipboard.

I drew the outlines of the die-cut houses and stamped the elves.

I stamped the windows and doors of the houses.

I covered the images with papers. I adhered the cover papers with cellotapes. 

With a sponge I tapped acrylic paints (different greens and turquoises) on the surface.

After I started to stamp the greens with archival inks, then I coloured the images.

What I used:

Stampendous stamp and die set, Mushroom Home (CSD05)

Stampendous stamp and die set, Cottage Home (CSD06)

Stamping Bella stamp, Buddy and Jolly

PaperArtsy, Eclectica Kay Carley EKC01,EKC02

Penny Black Stamp, Sprigs (30284)

acrylic paints

Ranger Distress markers

Ranger Archival inks (jet balck, olive, coffee)

Copic Sketch markers

gesso

chipboard (A4)

Schmincke acrylic ink pen

Crop-A-Dile Big Bite 

wire

With this project I would like to join the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp: FOOD AND/OR DRINK