Pilin' on the Winged Monkeys

Our theme this week at the Pile It On Challenge is Fantasy. We're sponsored by Sweet Pea Stamps, and my imagination was sparked by Elphaba and Her Monkey by Charmaine Flannery. I must admit that I've neither read nor seen Wicked, but I've always been pretty freaked out by the Technicolored flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. Despite knowing the end of the story, I like the idea of a life-long friendship between a girl and her Winged Monkey!

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I colored the image with Copics, adding highlights to her hair with green Smooch pearlized accent ink and fur to the monkey with a purple Wink of Stella pen. I had created a frame for the image before printing it, and colored that with a Copic and covered it with lime green Stickles glitter glue.

Using the image's oval shape, I hand-traced and cut the pieces to make a simple notch swing card.

The patterned papers, flying monkeys and grown-up Elphaba are from "The Magic of Oz" collection by from Graphic 45. I fussy-cut the characters and colored the witch's face to match the front image.

Cheerful Sketches

Challenges/Inspiration:
Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog: Sketch
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything goes (2nd entry)
Love to Scrap: Initial Challenge - LTSCB (Leaf ribbons, Thread on larger button, Stickles, Compass on witch's belt, Buttons)
Shopping Our Stash #184: Use a hidden element (2nd picture) + Stash (buttons, designer paper)
Use Your Stuff: Buttons + Stash (small flower buttons have been in my stash for at least 1 year)

Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting! Hope you'll join us at Pile It On,