Totoro Meets MMH!

Today I played with my awesome August My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons again. My coworker Robin mentioned that the beautiful frame die included in the kit looked like a scene out of My Neighbor Totoro (one of my absolute favorite animated movies!) - so of course I couldn't just let that go, I had to create a card!

I die-cut the frame from watercolor paper, and used my Daniel Smith paint dots to add color. Have you tried Daniel Smith watercolors? They are my favorite, they are fabulous - and the people behind Daniel Smith are fabulous, too! For Totoro, I searched the internet for an image to copy and penciled him in. The image I was using had Totoro holding an umbrella, but I used the mushroom cap included in the kit's stamp set to make a cute little mushroom umbrella! I also stamped some smaller mushrooms and ferns in Antique Linen Distress ink, as well as some clouds from the Dream Are Made add-on stamp set.

Then I just watercolored until I was happy with it. I couldn't resist taking a photo of my Totoro card tucked in the vegetation of my yard. I wish my kids and I could find an actual Totoro out there! :)

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